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New Zealand Performance Car - 1-Feb-2010

 

Magazine

New Zealand Performance Car

Summary

Issue: #158: Castol Edge winner profiled; Mazda 1300 1970 Pro Sport JC Cosmo 13B drag car

Country

New Zealand

Full Review

 
Feb 2010 Issue: #158:
 
Cover Feature
 
  • 1000hp +850Kg -NZ Widest Import Drag Ride (Mazda 1300 2door) Reg TYMBON
  • Street Legal Subaru WRC Replica
  • Superlap Battles USA
  • More..
Free Poster (this months) Rebcca & Mazda 1300 Pro Import Drag Car
 
Free-be -Only for you Aucklanders - Free Floasty Float (Coke spider) -Life does exsist outside Auckland!
 
 
Babe (eye candy)
 
  • Rebecca - Face of 4 & Rotary 2010  & Student (attractive Asian woman who won several model competitions)
Castrol Edge Winner
 
  • Marc Williams 0 His Toyota Corolla Ke30 1977 4 door saloon - 2.0 Nissan SR20DET 16v  ...via Garret To4S turbo vis Nissan S13 5sped gearbox (old School)
Columns
 
  • Hands Free new rules regard to cell phones Gray thinks it wont change anything and is not keen on new rules as other things like drinking coffee ; playing with your hair is not covered  by Gray Lynskey - Lynskey files
  • Preps for party with the flatmates , the party itself then 1 dickhead ruins for everyone else same can  be seen in modified scene in in NZ in General -qv -Pedley World by Peter Kelly
Editorial (Launch Control) by Brad Lord
 
  • "Goodbye 2009 _Hello 2010 preparation 2 members of staff are leaving Gray Lynskey is going free lance while Steve Murch leaving to puesue his own projects (apparantly the service was free - magazine going to need to find someone whith big shoes to replace him - - the best writer in this mag!)
Engine History (Knowledge History Lesson) -New by Rob Dawson
 
  • That Excellent feature - started last month - not in this ones Why??
Event Reports -NZ
 
  • No 8 Import All Stars in association with NAC iNsurance 2009 lots of impressive photos
  • 2009-2010 Drift South Series Round 1 sponsor About Sound  "Repeat Offenders" some familar faces words by Kent Shrimpton
  • Nightspeed Drag Wars 1 -Nov 2009 Fram Autolite Dragway pictorial
Event Reports -Overseas
 
  • Super Lap Battle USA - Finakl Round at Buttonwillow circuit "Battle Zone"  with profile of 6 of cars featured in the top 10 -
Profile of 6 of the cars
 
  • AMS/NOS Energy Drink Mitsubishi Lancer Evol X
  • Crawford Performance Subaru Impreza WRX Sti ()latest shape hatch)
  • Cricker/FX Motorsports Acura NSX S2
  • Driving Ambition Acura NSX S1
  • Sierra Sierra Enterprises Mitsubishi EVO VIII
  • World Racing Scion TC Coupe
Features Cars
 
  • Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R belonging to Adam Moore it looks stock with a paint jonb and rear spoiler but has fire cracker of power house underneath  all of 534kw  built by NS Spec Motorsport  Reg RULGL -uses Nissan RB26DET DOHC 24v ...JE Forged pistons ...via a Factort GT-R 6spm "Sleep Tight" qv
  • Subaru Impreza 2 door WRX 555 in WRC Subaru colours like Replica tribute to late Possum Bourne  car belongs to 40 year old Chief Financial Officer Darryl Jhinku Reg PO5SUN "Maximun Respect" qv by Brad Lord
Feature Cars -Old School
 
  • Mazda 1300 2 door saloon Pro Import Drag Car of Nick Reid - fitted Rotary power (after all R100 was a Rotary version of pistion 1300 although R100 only came in fast coupe form?) this pro car has 13b JC Cosmo Bridgeported Methanol-snorting  with 832hp ar tear wheels (smoking...) "Tyno-mite" qv by Peter Kelly (cover car)  
Feature -Special - 
 
  • Midnight meet up Japan -Tuning Japanese
  • Targa Dunlop NZ Anniversary experiences of Simon Turner over the week  tells us all about it "Flat Out" qv by Simon Turner
Feature  (Advertorial) -Hot Car Audio Packages for around $1000 dollars
 
Packages covered
 
  • Alpine
  • JVC
  • Phillips
  • Pioneer
  • Sony
Insideline-Drag Racing
 
Cars
 
  • Abbott brothers Mazda RX7  at season opener Test & Tune then Northern Nationals recording 7.88 at 267kph
  • Mazda RX7 of Steve Rossen returns to the track
  • Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III 1995 bought stock by Raja Bhatti - and with now mods by Edgell Automotive  scores 10.64 at 209kph at No * Import All Stars
  • RIPS Racing front engined Nissan RB dragster of Robbie Ward into 7 second record at Frame Autolite Dragway in event - No 8 Import All Stars
  • Toyota Supra -Llewelltn Giles enters 10 sec club (I agree ED don't often see 88-early 90s Supra in Drag Racing)
  • Toyota Supra -511kw another in drag racing late 80s  this one belonging to John Shannon  at Frame Autolite Speedway 9.95 at 224kph
  • More
Inside Industry
 
  • Als Mufflers Customwork in Auckland appointed offical distributor of Fragola performance hoses and fittings
  • Driven Performance  100% owned Kiwi firm being in business since 2002 selling performance parts  - new website www.drivenperformance.co.nz
Insideline News
 
  • Ford Unveils M Sport Fista 3 dore S2000 Rally car
  • Mad Mike Whiddett win in Thailand  at Formula D Asia Pacfic Drift Championship
  • Sony looking to find real world racing driver - Launch Academy 2010
  • Subaru being away from WRC for a Year but is to re-enter competition not in WRC but rival International Rally Challenge
Interview
 
  • Azhar Bhamji  Event Organiser and entreprenur of the countries biggest import car events particularly V 4 & Rotary Nationals "Don it Big" qv by Brad Lord
Letters (24 Feedback)
 
  • None -See Technical Advice
Looking Back (Back in the Day -Feature of cars in the past)
 
  • Nissan Pulsar GTI-R 3 door Hatch Reg @TMPTU of Ataaf Moses car -featured cover car for April 2003 NZ Performance Car Issue 76
Motorcycles (ride)
 
  • None this issue
New Products  (Knowledge)  adverts
 
  • No 8 Automotive Spray Lubricant
  • Hella Super Bright Super white LED headlamps
  • More
New Products (LS Gear Lifestyle) adverts
 
  • Canon PowerShot D10 - Canons first waterproof compact digital Camera  12.1 megapixel sensor
  • Red Print skull quality stereo Head Phones
  • more
Project Car -Racer X (B16A)
 
Honda CRX Gen 2 Coupe - a Street Legal Track Hack on the cheap (Yeh Cheap in terms of those on a fat Auckland salary!)
 
  • Putting Engine back fitting fresh machines Toda chromoly flywheel   sorting out air intake system
Readers Car (Daily Driven)
 
  • Honda Civic 4 door sedan 1995 (EG) -B18CR Intergra TYpe R engine swap of William Cates
  • Nissan C33 Laurel 4 door sedan -RB20DET 237kw T3/T4 Turbo of Hayden Gibbons
  • Nissan Stagea (m35) Sports Wagon (late model  year?) of Grant Fisher
Reviews -Box Office (DVDs)
 
  • None this issue?
Reviews -Games by Peter Kelly
 
  • MX VS ATV  produced by THO on platform x30x, 360 and PS3 (motorcross)
  • Tekken 6  by Namco Platforms Xboxx, 360 and PS3
Reviews - Music (sound)
 
  • 50 Cent -Before / Self Distruct
  • Faith No More  the very best
  • Old Skool -Summer Jams 2 - Various Artists
  • Rocked Off -Varios Artists
  • Timbaland -Shock Value II
Street Legal (a New Regular Column) by Counties-Manukau Road Policing Sargent Mark Flemming Lays down the law on:
 
  • Wheels & Tyres  - (a Bloody good column)
Technical Advice (Technical Support by Steve Murch)
 
  • BMW 2002 1973 manual  -Turbo advice esisting or would it be better to use E46 318i 4 cyl engine
  • Mitsubishi Cyborg with 4G63 VR-4 and mods looking Garret GT2876R Turbo etc .... looking to do a 12 sec pass would the turbo be suitable
  • Nissan Bluebird U13  wit 4wd SE20DET  3 inch exhaust Silvia S15 T28 Turbo charger  looking extract 250kw to 300kw - advice but still keep as a road car
Under Construction Revealed
  • Holden LJ Torana 1972 (is it a 2 door?) once ran 308V8  Hilux 5spm 9 inch diff - 0soon re-powered Nissan RB25DET and 5sp gearbox
  • More  

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