Posted
Feb 09 2010, 12:03 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 4 comment(s)
Hey fellow speedhunters, here is a few shots from a group of friends from the Gatineau région up in Canada. Shots are from a meet last summer including four Nissan Pulsar GTi-R's and two very rare Mazda 323 GTR's. Waiting for summer to come to let the beasts out is very long, but thanks to Speedhunters the wait is so much easier....
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Posted
Feb 09 2010, 10:06 AM
by
Mike Garrett
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Time to take a a break from posting your guest blogs and finish up my coverage of the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona. Here, we'll take a look at some of the interesting cars in the indoor show, a few from outside, and some of the historic hot rods from the "Cars That Made a Difference" exhibit....
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Posted
Feb 08 2010, 10:08 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 27 comment(s)
Slava hails from the great state of Colorado and comes to us with a simple request - to help him fire up Colorado's drifting community.
In his words -
"So the drift scene here in Colorado is starting to die off. Me and a few others are trying to keep people excited about this s___ again so we can all have more than two events a year. A lot of people are quiting for whatever reason and less drivers just means that we cant hold as many events because of lack of moneys. Posting some of CO's hard hitters might help get people excited about drifting in Colorado again just from seeing us on Speedhunters" ...
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Posted
Feb 08 2010, 05:10 PM
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Speedhunters
with 17 comment(s)
Anniversaries, even significant ones, can often times come and go unnoticed by husbands and boyfriends the world over - apparently there is something lodged in our brains that makes us forget these dates! In 2009 however, there was one date on the calendar that gave these unlucky lads cause to celebrate. See, a few months ago, two guys set out to organise a national cruise to honour the vehicles they love and cherish – the R34 GT-R. Terry Tung-yep and Eugene Chan had thought long and hard about...
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Posted
Feb 08 2010, 03:46 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 55 comment(s)
Greetings, fellow Speedhunters! We are Low Club Ukraine, a fairly new-born community dedicated to appreciation of low ride height and styling above all characteristics of an automobile. Now you might have never heard of a country named Ukraine, but we the eastern Europeans have been lurking Speedhunters.com for a long time. We get inspiration from restored aircooled VWs, as well as chopped and slammed US customs; we also love those rust-boasting rat rods, and even rat look euro rides. However, such machinery is far less widespread on the former Soviet Union's territory, so we have been trying to adapt these styles to our homeland-bred cars....
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Posted
Feb 08 2010, 01:18 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 12 comment(s)
I think I speak for the majority when I say that I can't get enough of Grant Scott's AE71 Corolla.
Here's a nice little clip of the car set to the sounds of Hendrix...
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Feb 08 2010, 10:52 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 28 comment(s)
Hi Speedhunters, and thank you for giving me a chance to talk about my beloved Celica on your website. I am French, my name is Nicolas and I am 26 years old. I fell in love with the Celica ST205 as a young boy playing Sega Rally in arcade game centers, and later on my Sega Saturn! My first car was an AT200 Celica, cheap and affordable as a first daily driver, but I always yearned an ST205!...
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Posted
Feb 08 2010, 04:00 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 31 comment(s)
We cover a lot of grassroots drift events here on Speedhuntres.com but what about those that prefer to grip around a track? Well don't worry because a couple of weeks ago I attended a BE-Circuit event at Tsukuba Circuit where I got to see, after quite a long time, some proper time attack action. There is nothing amateur about the cars and drivers that participate at this event. Sure most of them are simple owners out to have some fun, but their competitive nature has pushed them to create some...
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Posted
Feb 07 2010, 06:30 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 16 comment(s)
After checking out the GT-R from Flatwell everyone was talking about at the HKS Premium Day, I think it would be a pity of we didn't take a look at this equally impressive BNR34 built by Koizumi-san at Auto Gallery Yokohama. Looks wise this particular car is far simpler, fitted with only a few choice Nismo parts like the side and rear skirts as well as the rear overfender strips . But it's under the hood that things get very interesting. To any GTR- otaku out there, this set-up would be instantly...
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Posted
Feb 07 2010, 04:17 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 12 comment(s)
Hear that GT1 spec R35 roar!
:R
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Posted
Feb 06 2010, 06:12 PM
by
John Brooks
with 15 comment(s)
Winter is finished and hibernation is over, whatever Punxatwany Phil has to say on the subject. At least in my world that is. This week down in Spain the Grand Prix Circus set out their stall for 2010. In Florida the Rolex 24 has been and gone, next up is the beginning of the NASCAR season. Best of all is the news in from the city some 120 miles West of Paris, Le Mans. This week they have announced those lucky devils who have been invited to the 2010 edition of the French classic. Andy B posted a...
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Posted
Feb 05 2010, 11:45 PM
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Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 35 comment(s)
Among all the highly tuned Skyline GT-Rs at the HKS Premium Day there were a few that really stood out, one of them being this black BNR34 from Osaka-based tuning garage Flatwell . With lots of experience building time attack machines it's not surprising this latest creation of theirs looks so damn hot! The owner of the car, yes this is a privately owned street-driven car, has kept all of the exterior modification functional starting with that massive bi-wing carbon spoiler. Up front the C-West...
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Posted
Feb 05 2010, 10:08 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 33 comment(s)
Last weekend my parents were in Southern California visiting for a bit before heading off on a cruise ship to Mexico. My dad had been bugging me for a while that he wants to check out a Cars and Coffee event, so Saturday morning it was up before the sun and down to Irvine to show him SoCal car culture at it's best....
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Posted
Feb 05 2010, 06:44 PM
by
Speedhunters
with 31 comment(s)
Over the course of January S-chassis cars have continued to pour in from around the world but we've waited until now to continue to showcase them. Enjoy!...
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Posted
Feb 05 2010, 03:46 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 26 comment(s)
Hi folks,
Maybe you want to hear the story about a little Camaro driver…
After I got my license in 2001 and after a long time of searching I found my first automobile love, a Chevrolet Camaro RS with a 5L 170HP V8 built in 1990.
So in 2002 everything began. I started reading a lot of message boards, magazines and tuning books to suck in all the information I could get. After starting as a complete greenhorn I began to understand how a car works and what I have to do to make my car faster.
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Posted
Feb 05 2010, 01:28 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 15 comment(s)
I cover the Irish Time Attack series for the Irish car magazine Modified Motors, so I thought I would introduce SpeedHunters readers to the drivers and cars of this very competitive championship. After a couple of sporadic efforts in previous years, Time Attack really got going in Ireland in 2008, when the Mondello Park race circuit took over the running of series, providing a formal class structure, technical regulations and a full six-round calendar. The series developed quickly through 2008, had a great year in 2009 and is now gearing up for its third season....
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Posted
Feb 05 2010, 11:27 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 9 comment(s)
With the news of the passing Atsushi Kuroi this week, there has been a great outpouring of support and tribute from around the world.
The photo above comes from Team Toyo Malaysia's tribute site to Kuroi-san. Have a look at the site for more photos, as well as a video.
-Mike Garrett...
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Posted
Feb 05 2010, 10:08 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 8 comment(s)
OK, let's continue right where I left off last time with a look at the "History of the Race Car" exhibit from the 61st Grand National Roadster Show.
In the history of drag racing, there are few things cooler than mid '60s production cars like the two above....
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Posted
Feb 04 2010, 11:59 PM
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Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 26 comment(s)
I feel like I need to show you guys as much as I possibly can from the HKS Premium Day, as this event was simply packed with some of the best tuner cars in Japan. We have already seen the HKS demonstrators and the Time Attack machines, not to mention some of the privately owned Hyper Challenge cars, so to finish the coverage it's time to take a look at pretty much everything else that was on display on the paddock. There was a good mix of old and new, like this original HKS Kansai Service BNR32...
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Posted
Feb 04 2010, 10:16 PM
by
Speedhunters
with 52 comment(s)
Hello Speedhunters! My name is Scott Grunsky and this is a brief history of my Suzuki 1991 Suzuki Alto Works RS-X that I imported from Japan a few years ago. When I first set out on this endeavor I had desperately wanted a similar age Suzuki Cappucino to build in to a track car. However, due to the initial purchase price, as well as the cost of upgrade parts, it was well out of my budget. So I decided on a cheaper stock Alto Works which would leave me with more money to put into the build. While...
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