Innehållsförteckning för No 260 August 2018 från NZ Performance Car

If there is one thing that we receive correspondence about more than any other, it has to be power figures. Most of these are requests for kilowatt-club stickers, with 400kW being ridiculously popular, but, then again, it should come as no surprise in this day and age of cheap performance parts and gigantic super-efficient turbos that this is the case. Hell, we even had to start making 600 and 700kW club stickers not that long ago. We are now in a situation where the number has become the almighty calling card of a build and an unhealthy infatuation has festered. This is why we also receive correspondence calling BS on claims once in a while. We currently don’t require a dyno sheet to be shown before printing a figure in…

CRC SPEEDSHOW ASB SHOWGROUNDS, EPSOM, AUCKLAND Year after year, the CRC Speedshow never fails to chuck a smile on your face — it’s a genuine motorsport enthusiast’s wet dream, with the chance to get up close and personal with a bunch of favourite motorsport drivers and race cars. Set at the usual Auckland ASB Showgrounds, this year’s incarnation is to be held 21–22 July and will showcase much the same of what everyone fizzed over last year, and a whole lot more to keep you lapping up the radness. For ticketing and feature information, check out speedshow.co.nz. ENEOS NORTH ISLAND ENDURANCE SERIES ROUND 3 MANFEILD CIRCUIT CHRIS AMON, FEILDING For those who want nothing more than to have their senses tweaked by vicious endurance race cars, the Eneos North Island…

SUPPORT STRUTS: Tein Electronic Damping Force Controller (EDFC), Tein Type Flex coilovers (Evo IV–VI); (F) Tein 10kg spring, (R) 5kg spring BRAKES: (F) XYZ six-pot calipers, 294mm Evo IV two-piece rotors, Hawk pads; (R) powder-coated Evo two-pot Brembo calipers, 300mm Evo V–VI slotted rotors; custom handbrake cables EXTRA: Eight-point roll cage, weld-in rear strut brace, Cusco carbon strut brace, Revision RS 21mm sway bar, power-steering delete, manual-converted Evo VI RS steering rack, Evo VI front knuckles, Galant four-stud hubs, Racefab front subframe, Racefab Evo VI LCAs, Racefab north–south cross member, Racefab Evo III rear control arms, Hardrace adjustable camber link, deleted toe links, custom chromoly suspension arms, Rays subframe brace EXTERIOR PAINT: Resprayed in Mitsubishi Palma Red ENHANCEMENTS: ’98-spec headlights, ’98-spec front bumper, ’98-spec front lip, ’98-spec MIVEC rear spoiler,…

SHOES WHEELS: 17x7-inch Advanti Apollo TYRES: 185/35R17 Nankang NS-11 HEART ENGINE: Lawton-built 13B bridgeport, 1300cc, two-rotor BLOCK: S4 rotors, carbon apex seals, monster bridgeported S4 plates, S4 housings INTAKE: Weber 48mm IDA, high-rise IDA manifold, five-inch K&N filter EXHAUST: 2.25-inch headers, three straight-through mufflers, Pro Muffler dumpy FUEL: Holley Red fuel pump, Holley low-pressure regulator, 10mm braided lines IGNITION: Twin GT40 coil packs, custom MSD leads, NGK plugs COOLING: Custom Fenix radiator, 12-inch electric fan, repositioned overflow, S4 RX-7 oil cooler with braided lines EXTRA: De-loomed engine bay THE SHAVED AND SMOOTHED ENGINE BAY IS HOME TO A LAWTON-BUILT 13B WITH MONSTER BRIDGEPORTED PLATES, S4 ROTORS, AND CARBON APEX SEALS — AND, IN TYPICAL ROTARY FASHION, DECIBEL LEVELS ARE KEPT JUST UNDER EAR SPLITTING THANKS TO THREE STRAIGHT-THROUGH MUFFLERS AND…

“Everyone knows my husband Alan and I love Mitsis, especially Evos,” says Downtime Entertainment’s Pare Togia. “Hampton Downs was available, and, with support from Ingham Mitsubishi Hamilton, Red Bull, and fellow Mitsi nut Warren Currie, we put plans in place to run an event for cars that we are truly passionate about.” Thus, on 3 June 2018, Mitsubishi Owners Day, (MOD NZ), was born. The idea behind the event was simple — get as many Mitsubishis as you can in one place at one time, and have a celebration of all that is great about them. Few vehicles have been embraced by the New Zealand modified car scene quite like the Mitsubishi Evolution. The two-litre turbocharged four-wheel drive rockets are right at home on our twisty roads, and respond well…

Welcome to the Weekend Workshop, a place where you can save some cash by getting your hands dirty. These tech guides aim to arm you with the necessary info and knowledge to get out there and give it a go yourself, with no professionals needed and at a price tag that won’t break the bank. This month, we delve into forming intercooler end tanks with the help of Quest Fabrication. While there are many ways to do this, including easier techniques, they don’t always deliver the best results, so we wanted to focus on forming a pair of alloy end tanks using wooden bucks to achieve very flowing tank shapes. An efficient intercooler with minimal pressure drop will result in a denser intake air charge at the throttle body, and…

NAME: ALEX PETERS AGE: 25 LOCATION: AUCKLAND OCCUPATION: STEEL/PIPE FABRICATOR NZ Performance Car: Hi, Alex. Tell us about how you came to own this S14. Alex: Hey, NZPC. I’ve owned a bunch of Silvias in the past, and they have been proven as a good, easy car to set up, and even easier to get parts for, so it just made sense to me to stick with them. The S14 has always been the easiest to source bits for out of the Silvia range, and it was the logical model to jump to when I was having trouble getting what I wanted [from] … an S15 I had beforehand. And what was it that made you want to modify it in the first place? After building a street and track…

Where someone hails from can tell you a lot about a person, and whether or not they’re still living there speaks even more. I’ve never hidden the place I grew up in and continue to live to this day, despite it being infamous for being full of bogans (cc: Outrageous Fortune), bludgers, and street crims. Yes, the hustling, bustling shit-tropolis that is West Auckland is where I call home. Those outside of Auckland may not be familiar with the lingering reputation that follows any current and former resident of the West around, who usually opt to omit the fact in conversation or describe themselves as from within the ‘central’ area. It’s really not that bad of a place, though, and is only on the come up, based on the direction…

There is no fictional character in history that has inspired more fear and panic in the public’s hearts than Godzilla. First broadcast to the world in the 1950s, Japanese folklore told of an enormous, destructive, and all-powerful beast from a foreign land mercilessly wiping out all that stood before it. Having struck fear into audiences for the better part of six decades, it was only natural that when the Group A Nissan R32 GT-R began decimating any and all competition in the Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC), claiming three back-to-back titles and two Bathurst wins running under the Gibson Motorsport banner, that the local journalists had but one name for this monster: Godzilla. It’s a name that has stuck with the model since its arrival in the West, and one…

Around this time every year, the normally sleepy Ness Valley, south east of Auckland, becomes a hive of activity as a small-but-dedicated team of maverick mechanics work day and night prepping a pair of land-speed machines before their boat leaves for the opposite side of the Pacific. This yearly pilgrimage to what must be the most inhospitable racing environment on the planet has been highly successful for Cook Motor Racing (CMR), which has claimed multiple records each visit since first making the trip back in 2011. This year will mark the third that CMR has made a two-car assault with the NX Coupe dubbed ‘Cookie’ and the streamliner known as ‘Wairua’. Both are multiple record holders and have been powered by everything from Honda K20s, VW diesels, to the bespoke…

Rallying is a brutal mistress, punisher of the smallest mistakes, and a world in which 10ths of a second are all that is needed to propel a driver or car from ordinary to extraordinary. Toyota knows the highs and lows of rallying all too well, and it is one of a few manufacturers that found success in Group B, Group A, and World Rally Championship (WRC), amassing 46 rally wins, five Driver titles, and three Manufacturer titles. It is an impressive resume that Toyota wrote across 27 years of competition, with a raft of iconic cars in all corners of the globe. Many fans will remember the sights and sounds of these cars in competition through the ’90s. Standing on a narrow embankment in the Motu Special Stage, ankle deep…

There’s no doubt that air-powered tools outperform their electrical counterparts in almost every way when it comes to tinkering in the shed. They crank the power while being lighter, avoiding the need for heavy batteries (that seem to require recharging at the exact moment you start using them); run cooler for less downtime and stress on the tool; and generally sting the wallet less, both in initial outlay and that most are warhorses that will outlive you if you treat them right. At the heart of any home-compressed air system is the compressor, which is made up of an electric motor that pressurizes air inside a tank that can be released to power a tool, such as a grinder, sander, paint gun, or impact wrench. When pressure drops, the pump…

Money don’t come easy, and when you’ve worked hard for them dollars, blowing them on the wrong tyre for your car is simply not the goods. Unless you’ve spent a good chunk of time trial-and-erroring your way through the insanely massive range of brands and models available, or manned the fitting machine at your local tyre shop, knowing what to choose that will suit your needs is a damn hard task. Luckily for us all, the team at DTM Wheel and Tyre has been grinding to make that task a hassle-free one with its new website, gruzo.co.nz. Packing decades of tyre-and-wheel-slinging experience under its belt, DTM is using that knowledge to make tyre buying easy by bringing its dealer network straight to you. DTM Wheel and Tyre general manager Craig…

NAME: VAREEK BHAI AGE: 24 LOCATION: WELLINGTON OCCUPATION: BANKER NZ Performance Car: Hey, Vareek. Tell us how you got into cars and what led you to owning this Evo. Vareek: Hi, NZPC. Like a lot of people, it was movies and games growing up — The Fast and the Furious, Need for Speed: Underground 1 and 2; you know how it is. Before I owned the X, I had a VII — it was a solid platform for power and a tough street presence, but I wanted a newer model for the fresher tech and a modern look. The aggressive aesthetic look of the Evo X, and with the integration of the newer 4B11T engine, as well as the well-designed cockpit, made it a super desirable car for me. We…

‘HUMBUL’ ON THE RUMBLE ‘Mad Mike’ Whiddett has kicked off his 2018 Formula Drift (FD) Japan campaign in the best way possible, picking up a first-place podium at Suzuka. The TCP Magic–prepped FD RX-7 had undergone some small off-season changes, including a new rear-mount radiator set-up with a larger PWR core, and new rear arms and alignment specs, which had the FD looking on form all weekend up against a sea of big four-door machines. Car builder Taisuke Kawato told NZPC that the R888 RD, which is a new drift-specific tyre by Toyo, made a big difference to putting the 750-plus kilowatts to the ground. He also said that very few changes need to be made ahead of Round 2, as he is very happy with how the quad-rotor is…

Of, late it seems that no one in the scene can catch a break when it comes to running events, as, all too often, we are being greeted with a shit storm rolling in for the weekend. But this is New Zealand, and if you’re scared off by a little rain then perhaps a shift in climate should be considered. The boys and girls behind Street Meat Glory Daze weren’t going to take it lying down, with a last-minute format change ensuring that what has become one of the country’s best skid parties would rage with the full force of the Christchurch car scene. While the on-track shenanigans went on more or less unhindered, it was Sunday’s Show N Pine that was quickly shifted to Saturday to ensure that Mike…

It isn’t just the automotive manufacturing giants that squeeze wild concepts out of their design teams; no, some of the best examples actually come from smaller performance-oriented companies, especially when those big dogs give them almost free rein over what they can do. And, back in 2005, when Honda asked long-time partner Mugen to tickle up one of their more mundane model ranges to form a flagship model for the new Honda Legend, no one was quite expecting what rolled onto the Tokyo Auto Salon showroom floor. Having been established in 1973 by Hirotoshi Honda — son of Honda Motor Company founder Soichiro Honda — Mugen set out to produce high-quality, performance-oriented OEM Honda parts and tune some of the most famous Honda vehicles and motors in history. It was…

R26B Easily the most famous of all on this list, the R26B quad-rotor remains the only Japanese power plant to win Le Mans, which it did in ’91. The four-rotor engine featured Mazda Factory Race (MFR) peripheral porting, and three spark plugs per housing instead of the production rotary engine’s two, with the third sitting in what is called the ‘late trailing’ position. It was also the first engine to employ two-piece ceramic apex seals, a spray-on ceramic coating for wear surfaces, and a continuously variable intake, which gave the Mazda its much-needed fuel efficiency, while also allowing it to produce as much as a reported 671kW, although, in race trim, it put out 522kW. We are yet to see a quad come close to these figures. NISSAN DIG-T R…

SCOTT SWAPS GEARS WITH A BTE POWERGLIDE WITH 5500 STALL CONVERTER. IT’S THE FOURTH POWERGLIDE TO BE IN THE CAR — HE MANAGED TO DESTROY THE OTHER THREE. THIS ONE’S BUILT TO HANDLE IN EXCESS OF 1490KW BUILT TO SFI REGS, THE ROLL CAGE IS BUILT TO 7.49-SECOND-OR-QUICKER SPECS, SO, WHILE OVERKILL CURRENTLY, IT’S THE SAME PHILOSOPHY THAT HAS BEEN EMPLOYED ELSEWHERE IN THE CAR — BUILD IT ONCE, AND BUILD IT RIGHT From an early age, Scott Tolhurst’s second home has been any quarter-mile (402m) strip of rubber-blanketed tarmac flanked by timing boards and a Christmas tree. Growing up chasing his dad the length of the country from drag strip to drag strip, it wasn’t long before Scott found himself strapped into the cockpit of a junior dragster and…

BACKUP PLAN No matter how much time and effort you pour into a car, there’s always the possibility that something might go wrong, and, without tools on hand, you’ll be left high and dry. Chuck the Teng Tools TM095 Kit in your boot — it includes all the basics you need: quarter- and half-inch-drive 4–32mm sockets, plus ratchets and accessories, combination spanners (8, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 17mm), screwdrivers, and a heap more — 95 pieces in total. And, to stop it sliding around back there, everything is contained in a plastic carry case with rubber feet. Peace of mind for not a lot of coin — $269 at participating Teng Tools stockists nationwide. SLIPPERY BUSINESS Friction is the killer of any combustion engine, and, even with the right…

NAME: TIM CHAI AGE: 30 LOCATION: WINDY CAPITAL OCCUPATION: SLEEP SPECIALIST ENGINE: Audi FSI, 3000cc, supercharged V6; ECS Kohlefaser Luft-Technik carbon-fibre intake system, Unitronic dual-pulley supercharger and crank upgrade kit, Unitronic NZ Stage 3+ ECU upgrade DRIVELINE: Audi seven-speed dual-clutch S tronic Quattro transmission, Audi B8.5 S4 shifter upgrade, Alcon monobloc six-pot front calipers, Alcon 380x32mm two-piece floating race front rotors, Carbotech race pads, Alcon braided lines, 034Motorsport transmission-mount insert, rear diff-mount inserts, rear diff-carrier mount insert INTERIOR: Carbon-fibre paddle extenders EXTERIOR: Supercharged badge WHEELS/TYRES: 20x9-inch (+33) Audi Q5 Peeler, 245/35R20 Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE003 SUSPENSION: Bilstein PSS10 coilovers, KW Electronic Damper Control (EDC) delete kit, Eurocode 32mm front and 25.5mm rear sway bars, Eurocode adjustable control arms POWER: 371kW TORQUE: 598Nm FUEL TYPE: 98 octane TUNER: Hennie Sadie at…