The 4th of July, 2009
Tucked Wheels
I was cruising through some random old pics and cam across these. Some of them are late 90’s BTCC cars I saw at the 2008 Autosport show. In BTCC they are limited to stock fender wells (or “arches” the Brits call them).
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Win a Trip to the 2010 Tokyo Auto Salon
MJ RIP 6/25/2009
Hi Octane Racing RB26 Dry Sump
I do get quite a few questions regarding RB26 dry sump oiling. I have stopped answering them because I feel like a broken record sometimes and then most people freak out on the cost in the end anyway. PLEASE CALL HIGH OCTANE RACING IN AUSTRALIA @ +61 2 9368 4643 or email them at sales@hioctaneracing.com.au. At AU$8180 it isn’t cheap, but dry sumps are a lot of work to fabricate. Check out the High Octane Racing site for more details. CLICK HERE for a detailed PDF on the dry sump kit.
Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo
Ken sent me this pic. Somebody rolled up in a early 90’s Nissan IMSA GTP ZX-Turbo to Cars N’ Coffee last Saturday. And you wanted to bring your stock S2000 or stock EVO to Cars n’ Coffee?
by Eric Hsu
Some in car video from the Sierra Sierra EVO 8 time attack car from Round 2 of the 2009 Redline Time Attack season at Willow Springs. Check it out.
Mario's Wall of Wisdom
Sometime late last year, I cruised by Toespeed Fabrication to meet up with Tod. Mario is the local 510 guru and master fabricator. If you can think of it, Mario can design it. Or if you can’t think of it and just want it done, give Mario a call if you have a budget (good fabrication isn’t cheap). If you’ve seen buff 510s around southern California like Tod’s, chances are Mario built it. In his shop was a wall with writing all over it. I dubbed it the “...
Some background info on the CART engines of yesteryear. Everything goes from big and heavy to small and light while RPMs sky rocket.