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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 23 2009, 12:30 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 13 comment(s)
I'll finish up blogging about my recent trip to California with a quick story about the journey from the hotel to the airport this past Monday. The plan was to drop off the NFS Terlingua off at Shelby's LA HQ and take a cab to LAX, but this isn't exactly how things turned out. So here we are parking up the Mustang for another sad good bye. The giant SUV belongs to everyone's favourite Scion stalwart, Chris Rado. Some of you may remember we featured this supercharged 600 hp truck exactly...
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Posted
Oct 22 2009, 04:10 PM
by
Carl Jarrett
with 16 comment(s)
I've been working hard on the car in the garage as well as on the computer building up a visual target *that's what we call it in the games biz* for my FC build. I wanted something to be able to show people what this beast is going to look like. Enjoy the teaser! Should have the car really for IPO right around SEMA. - Carl Jarrett
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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
Oct 12 2009, 11:46 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 22 comment(s)
What a year it's been, the 2009 Time Attack season has come to an end, part of the Modified Live show run in tandem with the Need for Speed European Drift championship. It was a capacity crowd and fine weather - until it really mattered - bringing the unpredictable nature of all motorsports into Time Attack. The weather was dry if windy for the entire day, until approximatley 3 minutes into the SuperBattle when a light drizzle began to fall. Anyone who was watching last weekend's FIA GT3...
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Posted
Sep 11 2009, 02:00 AM
by
Carl Jarrett
with 25 comment(s)
You might remember my blog post in July finding the car to start my newest project, a road race/time attack/hill climb/who knows 1988 Mazda RX7, as promised here's the official part 1 of my EPIC (please note my pretentious and humorous tone here) RX7 race car build! Over my break from work and after my eyes healed up from laser eye surgery I finally had some free time to get started on my new adventure. Step 1 is the messiest and dirtiest but pretty damn fun at times, the tear down... The tear...
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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 31 2009, 05:00 AM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 19 comment(s)
This mesmerizing blue EVO X belongs to Ryan Gates. After seeing a lot of EVO Xs this month I came to the conclusion this car doesn't need any aftermarket bumpers. This vehicle already looks as it shoud: aggressive and purposeful. All other modifications are inside the car and under the hood. Let's take a closer look at what makes it tick... The large Seibon sticker hints at the carbon fiber treatment this car has undergone. The hood, trunk, doors and even the roof are made from this precious...
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Posted
Jul 27 2009, 01:41 AM
by
Casey Dhnaram
with 16 comment(s)
As you all may know I'm mainly a drift photographer so this was one of my first real track sprint days I've attended. As soon as we drove into the gates at the entrance, straight away I could hear how intense how the day was going to be! The sound of 4G63's and RB26's roaring around Queensland Raceway was heart thumping. I headed straight around to the dipper to get a closer look. There were going to be two sessions throughout the day; one in the morning and another in the afternoon...
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Posted
Jul 24 2009, 03:23 PM
by
Carl Jarrett
with 38 comment(s)
I've asked myself this question a few times in the past couple days, 'what have I got myself into?!?' Or, 'I sold my Cobra for this?' You might remember my post from a few weeks ago when I sold my FFR. A little scary to dive into such a big project, but man am I looking forward to it! I picked up an '88 RX-7 the other day for $200, basically bought it for the shell only, as most of the parts aren't pristine, as I'm sure you can tell. The owner had it sitting 20 feet...
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Posted
Jul 22 2009, 04:02 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 26 comment(s)
This month has gone by fast hasn't it? I'm finding it hard to believe that we've got just over a week left before AWD month is going to be over. I've had the fortune of attending numerous track events here in the USA and in Japan, so I thought I'd post a gallery of some of the most memorable Evo and Impreza time attack cars I've seen over the past couple years.
Some of these cars are very well known, and some of them might not be - but all have left a lasting impression on me in some way or another....
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Posted
Jul 16 2009, 07:40 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 8 comment(s)
I can't wait for the time attack season to get going here in Japan, starting with the Tsukuba Super Lap Battle in early December. For me there is no better event on the calendar, and this year, like back in 2007, the guys from High Octane Racing in Australia will be there with their new Advan-sponsored R34 GT-R. This video shows its first ever track outing at Oran Park. The custom-dry sumped RB30 drivers all four wheels via the 6-speed Holinger transmission. Apparently, the AWD system wasn't working well on the day so it was a bit of a handful, precisely what makes this video so cool to watch.
-Dino Dalle Carbonare
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Posted
Jul 13 2009, 02:45 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 15 comment(s)
The time attack scene here in the United States is dominated primarily by two cars, the Subaru Impreza and Mitsubishi Evolution. Walking through the paddock at one of these events, there will be so many Evos and Imprezas around that it's hard to keep track of all them. In the iconic film Two Lane Blacktop, James Taylor's character says "They all get to lookin' the same. They perform about the same too...". James was of course referring to the Detroit muscle cars of the early '70s, but the same can be said about the AWD rockets from Japan. One of the cars that's stuck out to me at time attack events is the Harman Motive Impreza - a car that's been dominant in the Modified class of the Redline Time Attack series and other US track events. Last week I headed down to Harman Motive's shop in Torrance, CA to have a closer look at this car....
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Posted
Jul 03 2009, 09:35 AM
by
John Brooks
with 12 comment(s)
Wow! Is it really the penultimate round of the 2009 UK Time Attack series? Has June passed already? Well the answer is yes to both counts and event four (of five) was held at Brands Hatch last weekend. It was part of the Modified Live Summer Special along with the Need for Speed European Drift Champsionship, a combination that has proved a success with the fans since the opening event at Oulton Park back in early April. Over 6.000 passed through the gate on Sunday in support of this assertion. The...
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Posted
Jul 03 2009, 08:10 AM
by
John Brooks
with 12 comment(s)
The UK Time Attack scene would stand comparison with any other such series on the planet. The events, competition, drivers and especially, the cars, would fit in right at the top of the field anywhere. Leading the charge towards top quality is one car, that stands head and shoulders above the others, the Roger Clark Motorsport Subaru Impreza or simply known as "The Gobstopper". This assertion is not meant to denigrate other fine cars in the UK Time Attack family from the likes of Zen Performance...
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Posted
Jul 01 2009, 12:00 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 31 comment(s)
What's better? Saving the best for last, or starting things off with a bang? Right now I'm going to choose the latter. To kick off Speedhunters AWD month, I'm going to feature what just might be the greatest tuner car of all time. To even call the HKS CT230R a tuner car is a bit of a stretch, but since the car is built and campaigned by one of the world's biggest tuning companies I'd say the name fits. I got to spend some time inspecting every surface of this monster when I visited the HKS factory in Japan last winter, and have been patiently waiting until now to post this feature....
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Posted
Jul 01 2009, 10:17 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 10 comment(s)
The icon flashing was the first warning...........mail received.............from the Sainted Editor while on his Japanese trip.............Get down to Brands Hatch on Sunday...........Time Attack and do a feature on the ZEN Performance Subaru.............so knowing nothing about the sport or its competitors I steered my old jalopy round the M25 and in through the gates of the famous Kent race circuit. After wondering about trying to size up the event (more later) I slid on down to the pitlane and...
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Posted
Jun 26 2009, 05:45 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 9 comment(s)
Earlier this month I posted a couple of the dress-up tuned vehicles that were done by Noblesse in Japan, but Noblesse also tunes Hondas for the track. Their latest project is a bit unconventional but I'm quite excited about it - a Honda Insight circuit car. With just coilovers, wheels and tires, and brake pads from a Fit RS, the Insight recorded a 51.428 lap time at Mihama Circuit. For comparison's sake the tuned Noblesse Fit RS recently ran a 51.806 lap on the same track. Once the weather cools down, they plan to go at it again with some bolt-on exhaust and intake upgrades. To me, the idea of building an Insight for the track captures the original spirit of hot rodding - transforming a run of the mill hybrid car into something functional and unique....
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Posted
Jun 08 2009, 10:51 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 23 comment(s)
We've featured photos from the Gatebil events in Scandinavia several times here on Speedhunters over the past year or so. In case you aren't familiar with the Gatebil events, they are giant gatherings that include a car show, demo runs, time attack, and drifting. We came across some photos from the most recent Gatebil event held at Rudskogen Motorsenter in Norway last weekend and thought you might want to have a look....
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Posted
Jun 03 2009, 01:29 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 19 comment(s)
With all that was going on last weekend at Willow Springs, I still have plenty more photos to post from the Redline Time Attack and Just Drift combo event. If you got tired of the grip cars on Big Willow, you could just head over to Balcony for some drifting - a pretty cool setup really. There were also different events at Horsethief Mile and the Streets of Willow, but I didn't get a chance to check those out. When you think about it, with all of its courses WSIR is as close as you'll get to "Ebisu Circuit USA". All you have to do is replace the mountains of Japan with the barren Mojave Desert......
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