Adventures in China & Hong Kong, Part 2

Eric Hsu posted on November 24, 2011 00:00

Adventures in China & Hong Kong, Part 2

by Eric Hsu

Back in May this year, I took a trip to Dongguan China to train a customer on the Cosworth ECPro ECU and its accompanying software suite. After spending almost a week in a not so Westernized city, it was great to be back in Hong Kong where the old, modern, rich, poor, foreign, and Chinese all come together in a densely populated peninsula. Forunately I was introduced to some locals who were cool enough to show me around for the 2.5 days I had free. I think I saw more E92 M3s and R35 GTRs on that trip in Hong Kong than I've seen in Beverly Hills collectively in the last three years.

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Posted in: Magazine, Columns, Beyond the Dyno, Nissan, Friends, Travel & Events, Parts, GTR

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum

Eric Hsu posted on October 13, 2011 03:50

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum

by Eric Hsu

During my visit to the Indy 500 last year, I got the chance the day before the race to visit the museum and hall of fame. If you appreciate race cars of all ages and varieties, then the museum at Indy should definitely on your bucket list. All kinds of race cars were on display. What interested me the most was seeing how the old school (turn of the century) builders used to build 'em. Lots of pics after the jump.

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Posted in: Columns, Beyond the Dyno, Features, Events, Motorsports, Travel & Events, Race Cars, Races & Shows, Borg Warner

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MotoIQ Radio Episode 10: Martin Gonzales updates on the MPTCC, Nikolas Malechikos from the North American Festival of Speed, John Naderi with the Global Time Attack Recap

willscarcast posted on September 20, 2011 19:25

MotoIQ Radio: Martin Gonzales, Nikolas Malechikos and John Naderi

By Will Cannady

ACTION PACKED!! We open with Martin Gonzales from MotoIQ giving us some updates on the MPTCC - 2011 Season Announcement. Up next we have Nikolas Malechikos formerly of Redline Track Events, we get the low down on the move and what his North American Festival of Speed is all about and why you want to be there. Bringing up the rear is John Naderi, Grand Poobah of Global Time Attack, with a recap of this weekends event at Chicago's Autobahn Speedway. We hear about the times, the records broken and the steak knives.

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Posted in: Magazine, Features, Events, The Industry, Motorsports, General, Travel & Events, Time Attack, MotoIQ Pacific Tuner Car Championship, MotoIQ Radio

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Sierra Sierra EVO Pre-WTAC 2011 Update

Eric Hsu posted on July 28, 2011 02:10

Sierra Sierra EVO Pre-WTAC 2011 Update

by Eric Hsu

The World Time Attack Challenge is coming up pretty fast next week on August 5 and 6. There have been some changes made to the EVO since winning the 2010 Source Interlink Superlap Battle final at Buttonwillow, but we've been pretty quiet about updates mostly because we've all been pretty busy concentrating on other things. Mike, Jet, Richard, and Ron have been able to squeeze in some work between the Ferrari races and I've been able to get up to Sierra Sierra a couple times for some engine testing in between my 900 other tasks and travels. The results are pretty cool I think considering what little time we've been able to spend on the EVO. Will the changes be enough to fend off the new domestic Australian and Japanese competitors? I sure as hell hope so. Pictures are inside after the jump.

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Posted in: Columns, Beyond the Dyno, Features, Mitsubishi, EVO IX, EVO VIII, Travel & Events, Race Cars, Sierra Sierra EVO 8, Borg Warner, Time Attack, 2011 WTAC

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Adventures in China & Hong Kong, Part 1

Eric Hsu posted on July 18, 2011 03:00

Adventures in China & Hong Kong, Part 1

by Eric Hsu

Last month I took a trip to Guangdong, China and Hong Kong to train a customer to use the Cosworth ECPro ECU and software suite. I had no idea what to expect in China. It was to some degree what I expected being a developing country, but it was also good to discover that street car tuning is alive and kicking. Track days are massively gaining popularity and there's even a touring car race series.

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Posted in: Columns, Beyond the Dyno, Subaru, Travel & Events, Engines & ECUs, WRX, Impreza

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Sydney, Australia - May 2010, Part 1

Eric Hsu posted on August 01, 2010 23:30

Sydney, Australia - May 2010, Part 1

by Eric Hsu

This is part one of a short series about my trip to Australia back in May. I've already covered the World Time Attack so in this series I attempt to minimize the amount of car stuff and cover more about my short stay in the wonderful city of Sydney and the new friends I made there.

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Taipei, Taiwan 2009

Eric Hsu posted on January 30, 2010 01:32

Taipei, Taiwan 2009

by Eric Hsu

What to do, where to go, what I did, and as usual, my opinions during my Christmas trip to Taipei, Taiwan. Plenty about Taiwanese food, night life, friends, and tourist spots inside.

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