AEM Drag Civic | The 7s, When, Where and How

“A front-wheel drive running 12s in the quarter mile…that’s impossible.” That was the mentality of the drag racing community when Hondas would frequent the drag strips on weekends and at early Battle of the Imports events back in 1994. Not long after the “impossible” proved to be just a matter […]

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World’s Most Powerful 6-Speed Supra Rules the Streets

Too much power? Say it ain’t so. Saad Saad’s 1994 Toyota Supra turbo held the world-record for the most-powerful, 6-speed Supra in 2004. While this vehicle was able to lay down 9.80s at 150mph with 950 horsepower at the wheels and no nitrous-oxide assistance, getting its new-found 1230 wheel horsepower to […]

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Santo’s Turbo Corolla Rakes in Eights

Japanese classic cars have gained momentum and garnered momentum and garnered appropriate attention from enthusiasts throughout the world. It’s eye opening to see classics restored to a level worthy of show and race. Santos Renovales Sr. and his son Santos Jr. have been long-time fanatics of older Toyotas including the […]

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STM’s 864 WHP EVO RS Takes the 8-second crown

It’s been said that records are made to be broken. After setting the quickest elapsed time record for a 2.0-liter 4G63 EVO, Emery Kapral and STM’s “Ricer” (an 8-second EVO VIII featured in Issue #97 of DSPORT) arrived at a crossroads. “We had to make a tough decision. Since Ricer […]

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DSPORT Classic: 1999 Battle of the Imports

For this DSPORT classic we revisit the 1999 Battle of the Imports race in Palmdale, CA. Hosted by the founder of Turbo Magazine Kipp Kington and DSPORT’s publisher Michael Ferrara. This race feature many of the popular cars & stars from the late 90s drag racing scene.

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DSPORT Classic: 2002 IDRC Rocky Mt. Nationals

We went deep into the IDRC vault and uncovered this classic event from 2002. Watch drag racing stars Ari Yallon, David Buschur, John Shepard, Carlos Montano, Ron Lummus, Sav Leone, Erick Aguilar, and Shawn Geers battle it out in the high altitude of Bandimere Speedway.

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1,000+ Horsepower B-Series on the Dyno

They said it couldn’t be done, so we did it. We built a 1,000+ horsepower B-Series engine. Had we been among the flock of misguided sheep looking to forums religiously, chances are that our engine combination would be very different. Following BAD forum advice would have likely resulted in missing […]

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