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Posted
Mar 11 2010, 02:21 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 12 comment(s)
Alright, here's a build that may lack speed, but more than makes up for it with charm.
David as big fan of the Speedhunters and is living a bit of the dream life, restoring vintage cars in at his home in Nagoya, Japan. David's stable includes several different JDM classics, and the latest addition is this 1967 Mitsubishi Minica 360 micro wagon....
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Posted
Mar 08 2010, 04:43 PM
by
Jonathan Moore
with 28 comment(s)
It's not often that a team opens up their doors to the general public, and certainly not with the open arms that greeted people at the Sumo Power open day down in a surprisingly sunny Rye on the south coast of England. The entire factory was completely accessible and the whole range of JR Motorsport and Sumo Power's activities on display, with helpful staff able to talk through everything from CNC machining to the chassis dyno and, of course, the new Nissan GT-R GT1 World Championship weapons...
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Posted
Mar 08 2010, 03:39 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 42 comment(s)
Reader's Month might be over, but we are always looking for cool reader-owned vehicles or guest blogs to post up.
Here we have a JDM-spec Mitsubishi FTO GPX that belongs to reader Jacob of Australia. The FTO might not be the most popular platform around, but you have to love the 2.0L V6 that revs all the way up to 8250 RPM.
Cool car, Jacob!
-Mike Garrett...
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Posted
Feb 24 2010, 10:43 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 36 comment(s)
Reader Anthony Magat from the Philippines sent us a couple photos of his two classic JDM machines for Readers Month. Retro Japanese cars, and Toyotas in general are huge in the Phillipines. In fact, it seems like the place might be home to the largest population of of old school Toyota heads in the world....
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Posted
Feb 17 2010, 01:08 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 37 comment(s)
Hello Speedhunters, my name is Robert G and I roam the streets of the Portland Oregon area. I bought this 86 Mitsubishi Starion as a wounded animal, miss treated and abused. I saw it as a blank canvas to paint my dream car and could not resist. This would be my 3rd 1986 Starion, 3rd time's the charm I guess. I gave away my first two to fellow Starion addicts, but I still see (and maintain/modify) them regularly. I am addicted to cars, and Mitsubishi Starions are my drug of choice. They are understated, and sophisticated. They are bold, and confident, without being too ostentatious. Just my style....
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Posted
Feb 13 2010, 09:10 AM
by
Jonathan Moore
with 9 comment(s)
Head to the Desktops section to grab widescreen or standard format desktops of the amazing Sumo Power/JR Motorsport warehouse, packed with Mitsubishi Evo Xs. Jonathan Moore
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Posted
Feb 12 2010, 09:52 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 57 comment(s)
Sure the air dam is cracked to hell. Ok there’s no grill. Yes that’s gaffers’ tape over the fog lights. Does any of that matter?...
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Posted
Feb 04 2010, 08:10 AM
by
Jonathan Moore
with 52 comment(s)
Sometimes you have good days. And then there are great days. Having taken in the impressive JR Motosport/Sumo Power factory in Rye, Rod and I had one more treat in store courtesy of Sumo Power boss Andy Barnes. We drove out to JRM's separate storage facility in my car; starting up my Alfa GTV, Andy asked if it was a diesel... rather embarrassed I had to say: "uh, no it's a 3L V6..." Okay. I think I need to get a service. Or a new car. When we arrived, I started unpacking my gear...
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Posted
Feb 03 2010, 10:30 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 11 comment(s)
Before I start i must make one thing clear, I dont own this hardcore track focused Evo VI RSX you see before you but I know a man who does, Tony Elrick. Unfortunatly at this moment in time Tony is in hospital recovering from a serious road accident (thankfully not in his Evo) so he can't give you the story in his own words but I hope I can do Tony and the car justice, hopefully seeing this will help his recovery that little bit extra! So lets start from the beginning, purchased back in 2005,...
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Posted
Feb 03 2010, 07:42 AM
by
Jonathan Moore
with 31 comment(s)
It's funny how things come around. Last November I spent a rainy couple of days down in Rye on the South coast of England. Rye is a lovely town: quintessentially English with cobbled streets and fortified walls (and an unexpected American car show scheduled that weekend), but with movies on the laptop all watched, Medieval tower climbed and coffee shops exhausted I thought I'd take a drive out in the gale to the coastline, across the marshes, as the show looked rained off. Driving out through...
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Posted
Jan 22 2010, 02:17 PM
by
Carl Jarrett
with 19 comment(s)
My friend Derrick down in Pheonix sent this to me the other day, Tony Szirka - Evo owner, driver, and founder of UMS Tuning in Mesa AZ is no stranger to DSM tuning. And his experience and passion has culminated in this potent time attack weapon. Keep an eye out for a detailed feature from Derrick as he plans on taking a closer look in between track days as well as a feature on UMS Tuning down in Pheonix. Special thanks to Charles Siritho for this awesome shot! - Carl Jarrett
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Posted
Jan 11 2010, 03:03 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 26 comment(s)
Some of you guys requested some Mitsubishi Starion content this month, so here you go. I'm not exactly sure if you could call the Starion a misfit or a maverick, but it's certainly a rare bird compared to some of the other Japanese sports cars of the time.
Seeing these cars will always remind me of a project car that a Mopar magazine a long time ago, stuffing a 340 small block V8 into a Chrysler Conquest, a USDM version of the car.
This immaculate Starion GSR-VR sitting on Work Equips was found on Minkara.
-Mike Garrett...
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Posted
Jan 05 2010, 03:04 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 8 comment(s)
Here's a car that fits in with our monthly theme, or a "minor" car as it would be known in Japan - a Mitsubishi Lancer Cedia Wagon.
Being a "minor", it has more one-off parts than you can shake a stick at, including the aero parts, coilovers and suspension arms. The wheels are Work Schwert SC4's 18x8 in the front and 18x9 in the rear.
Goes to show what can be had with a little hard work and some innovation....
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Posted
Nov 30 2009, 09:24 AM
by
Carl Jarrett
with 9 comment(s)
A few of you might remember a post I did a few weeks ago about this car. Well the work hasn't stopped, he's done a lot of work on the aero and has some new snaps of it out on track. Check out page 39 and up on his build thread . Enjoy! - Carl Jarrett
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Posted
Oct 24 2009, 08:52 AM
by
Carl Jarrett
with 27 comment(s)
I had to share this car with you all, very impressive work went into this Evo VI and it was almost all done by one chap named Clive over in the good ol UK. First off, everything except for the cage, the paint, and the engine mapping was done by Clive himself, who is an Aircraft Engineer by trade, so everything you see below, was done by him in his spare time at home. I was checking out what was going on over at http://www.timeattackforums.com and I came across someone who saw this build-up thread...
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Posted
Oct 20 2009, 03:25 PM
by
Carl Jarrett
with 24 comment(s)
Saw this rad looking Evo 8 on www.timeattackforums.com , its a 2003 with a 2.3L stroker engine and GT35 turbo. The livery is an interesting take of urban camo mixed with gloss yellow and black on the rest of the car. - Carl Jarrett
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Posted
Aug 05 2009, 01:45 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 8 comment(s)
I've hardly finished unpacking from my last Speedhunting trip, and already it's time to hop on a plane and head to Seattle for this weekend's Formula Drift event. Before I move on to cars sliding around on pavement though, I have a few more photos to share of cars sliding around off the pavement at the X Games last weekend....
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Posted
Jul 31 2009, 10:53 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 7 comment(s)
I am sure many of you might wonder what it takes to turn a regular, bone stock- as it came from the maker EVO X into a dominating fire breathing Time Attack monster such as our recently unveiled AMS Performance / NOS Energy Drink Time Attack EVO X. Well today Speedhunters has a special treat for you as I am going to take you behind the scenes and show in detail how our time attack evo came to be. So this is in fact our time attack evo as it came to us from Mitsubishi and as shown by the look on Eric’s...
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Posted
Jul 24 2009, 04:14 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 5 comment(s)
Head over to the Desktops section now to grab this high res image of the Original Runduce Evo X lurking in the paddock at Fuji Speedway.
As always, you can choose from widescreen or standard versions.
Enjoy!
-Mike Garrett...
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Posted
Jul 23 2009, 04:35 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 22 comment(s)
I saw that a few of you guys wanted to see some more Evo Wagon material, so I headed to the treasure chest of car photos that is Minkara and found this shot of a tuned Evo IX Wagon running on the circuit in Japan.
I don't think a station wagon has ever looked more evil...
-Mike Garrett...
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