Let me say right from the start of this post that I love Mother Earth. No really, I do. She provides me with all sorts of things I need like air to breathe, water to cool me down on a hot summer day, and probably most importantly, tasty creatures like swine, bovine and several species [...]
Posts Tagged ‘turbo’
Mother Earth Vs. Internal Combustion
Posted in Turbocharged Tirades, tagged 10, america, apple, audioslave, birds, bov, cow, earth, electric, endangered, evo 10, evo x, evolution, fossil fuel, fuel, fuel cell, gasoline, gt-r, gtr, hydrogen, insect, internal combustion, itunes, korea, Lancer, lcd tv, Mitsubishi, mother earth, nissan, nuclear, nuke, pig, planet, r34, robot, russia, scalextric, scrotum, skyline, terrorist, turbo, turbocharger, united states, us, usa, virus, x on April 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Evo X Technical Report From Tomei
Posted in Rumours, Junk & Other Stuff, tagged 10, 4B11, 4G63, 7, camshaft, chain, engine, evo 10, evo VII, evo x, evolution 10, evolution x, exhaust, intake, Japan, japanese, JDM, Lancer, lifters, Mitsubishi, motor, piston, silent chain, timing belt, tomei, torque, turbo, turbocharger, valves, VII, x on April 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Those crafty little technical wonderboys over at Tomei’s engineering division have been hard at work since they first got hands on Mitsubishi’s new 4B11 powerplant that is the beating heart of the brand-spanking Evo X. In order to gain as much information about the engine as they possible could in order to make manufacturing their [...]
Top Fuel S2000
Posted in JDM Porn, tagged carbon, carbon fiber, carbon fibre, cf, f20c, fiber, fibre, fuel, gt3240, HKS, honda, Japan, japanese, JDM, nob, nobu, nobuteru taniguchi, record, s2000, s2000-rr, taniguchi, top, top fuel, track, tsukuba, turbo, zero-1000, zero1000 on April 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Every so often you see a tuning house go semi-psychopathic on a car and rip it apart only to create an end result which barely resembles what they started with. Top Fuel’s carbon S2000 is one such result of over-engineering and insane levels of tuning, and a car which I have a whole lot of [...]
JUN Begins Releasing Parts For Evo X
Posted in JDM Goodies, tagged JDM, Japan, Mitsubishi, evolution, japanese, JUN, turbo, evo x, evo 10, actuator on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JUN has begun selling parts for the Evo X they’ve been working on with such fervour over the past few months, starting with a new turbo actuator for the stock snail mounted on the Evo X’s engine.
According to JUN’s website it increases the working pressure of the stock actuator from 1.0 to 1.3 kgf/cm2 and [...]
Global Auto Killer R34 GT-R
Posted in JDM Porn, tagged engine swap, global auto, gt-r, gtr, HKS, Japan, japanese, JDM, nissan, r34, rb26dett, rb30, skyline, turbo on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Been looking around hard for an 800PS GT-R in order to slay the Ferrari owner down the road in a drag race? Well, if you’ve got a spare 6,500,000 yen (RM210,000, $65,500 USD) to spare, then maybe this one being sold by Japan’s Global Auto is for you.
When you think about it, 65 grand isn’t [...]
How To Get Performance Mods On The Cheap: Part One
Posted in Articles, tagged alibaba, bulk, cheap, china, dhgate, manufacturing, save money, shipping, turbo, turbos, wholesale on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re into the modifying late-model performance autos like I am, you’ll know that it can be a freakishly expensive hobby. And unless you’re the kind of person whose idea of modifying is installing an air-freshener on your rear-view mirror, there will be a time you’ll have to fork out some serious dollars on an [...]
