Somebody sent me a link to this video. This video is very obviously not a Cosworth production so it's not a web marketing sneak attack or anything. Anyhow, its great to see real world performance improvements of a product you had a hand in. If you have an MX-5, you know you want one. If you don't want one, well you certainly own the right car already.

Supercharged MX-5 Video

Somebody sent me a link to this video. This video is very obviously not a Cosworth production so it's not a web marketing sneak attack or anything. Anyhow, its great to see real world performance improvements of a product you had a hand in. If you have an MX-5, you know you want one. If you don't want one, well you certainly own the right car already.

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Mine's R35 GT-R VS Spoon NSX-R GT

Here's some new video from GT Channel on some Japanese muscle cars. I'm over the 4 banger shit for now. Nothing against most 4 banger owners, but is it any coincidence that forums of 4 cylinders cars are where all of the little bitches, SPEs, FFFs, and VFBs all hang out? Perhaps that is why none of my personal cars have any less than 6 cylinders: because I'm not a little bitch, SPE, FFF, or VFB. Na, that's not quite fair, but those assholes are ruining it for the rest of you cool 4 cylinder owners. Actually [Read the rest of this article...]

Lancer Ralliart Edition

While finishing my Lexus the other day over at XS, Rob from D-Sport mag was over there finishing up his dyno testing on a brand new Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart. If you remember this is the Lancer model that Stephen sent me some shots of while a photographer was doing some catalog/ad shots for Mitsubishi back in April 2008. I guess it is finally released.

The Lancer Ralliart is going heads up against Subaru's WRX. It shares the exact same engine as the EVO X and even the dual clutch transmission from the EVO X MR. However, it lacks the good s...

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The Red Dragon - Part 2

Progress is slow on the Red Dragon since everybody is busy all the time. Lew is currently working on the suspension. In our search to create a perfect Impreza, I contacted the guys at Whiteline in Australia to see if they would be interested in working with us. Fortunately they were and Whiteline sent us the works. Every bushing, bar, ball joint, bracket, and piece they had for the 2008 STi showed up a week after our email and phone conversation. Thanks to Mike Kojima for setting this up for me; what a cool guy. Mike also set me up with some custom Whiteline sway bars for the [Read the rest of this article...]

SCC Ultimate Street Car Challenge 2008

Last week on Wednesday morning I made it out to K&N for the Ultimate Street Car Challenge as an "engineering guru". The guru panel consists of 3 guys who are supposed to know thier stuff: me, Robert/Robi from Robispec, and Brian from Garrett. Brian was the turbo guru, Robi was the chassis/suspension guru, and I was the engine/fuel system/tuning guru. While I've seen Robi around at all the time attacks, this was the first time I got to talk to him. Both Robi and Brian were cool to work with. We judged 10 cars on their level of "set up" and engineering. This was my first time on the guru panel, but I've competed once officially and have helped campaign cars in previous years. XS won wit...

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Wide Body Miatas

While the Miata is cool fun little car, it doesn't measure too high on the manliness scale when you compare it to other Japanese cars that are commonly modified. The stock bumper has that look like its smiling and it is pretty small overall. Then in the US, you have many women who own Miatas and of course gay dudes. You're shielded from my criticizm if you're a normal dude and own a Miata, but chances are you're not a normal dude if you're reading this blog. To avoid gayness, look no more: AWR Racing has wide body kits that look pretty clean.  None of the cars on the AWR website are very complete, but ...

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