By Th3 Number5: 19.5
The number of gallons of 87-octane gasoline produced from one 42-gallon barrel of crude oil.
T.O.R.C.Specs
The Toyota Owner's and Restorer's Club (TORC) recently hosted their 13th Annual All Toyotafest at Long Beach's Veterans Stadium-along with two handfuls of the industry's finest Toyota vendors, shops, and crews-and yours truly was there to catch all the madness. Historically a show for restorers of old-school Toyotas, the meet welcomes owners of any model/year Toyota, Lexus, and Scion-and a quick run through the show proves the modified classes are hot on the heels of their showroom-stock brothers. Prime examples include: Brain Urbano's '93 Supra, Lisa Uchida's AE86 Corolla, 5Zigen's JGTC Supra, and Chris Yap's '94 MR2. And as for the old-school guys, well...they were on top of their game, thanks to Ray Santos and his F20C-powered '71 Celica, and Jon Domingo's ber-clean turbo 4AGE-powered '82 Starlet. www.toyotaclub.org
Diamond Studded Hondas
If you've ever had to fight a dealership over warranty work for your modified ride, you know how finicky they can be. And judging by the amount of e-mails we get asking about parts that void warranties, legality issues, and so on...we feel it's safe to say a lot of you know what we're talking about. But if you live in the SoCal area and drive a Honda, your worries are over. Diamond Honda recently invited us-along with a handful of the industry's finest-to the grand opening of their City of Industry, Calif., dealership, to show us how a proper enthusiast's dealership is run. From a parts counter chock full of the latest aftermarket go-fast goodies and magazine feature cars scattered about the showroom, to an in-house Nitrous Express filling station, these guys have what it takes to guide you through performance builds at any level. www.dbhonda.com