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Is that a Dyno on your lap?
We're used to spending a lot of money on power-adders, but do they really add power? One way to find out is to strap your ride onto a dyno... more |
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Are You Getting The Best Head?
Cylinder heads are a bit of a mystery to some enthusiasts. When you ask an average enthusiast what's special about his ported and polished... more |
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Brace Yourself
Keiichi "Dorikin" Tsuchiya screams incredulously, "Maji ka yo?" which translates to "Are you serious?" as he and Suzuki Manabu gleefully... more |
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Engine Control Unit - Blitz R-VIT
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Tuning Tools
While tuning a high-performance engine is a science in itself, maintaining and troubleshooting one is yet another kind. If I charged a... more |
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PROJEKT Z
In last month's installment on Projekt Z we installed GReddy's twin-turbo kit on the 350Z. Looking for a big power upgrade, we were excited... more |
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D16 Power
While most Honda nuts always go for broke with a DOHC engine there are the few that either don't have the money to swap out to a twin cam... more |
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Hondata S200
Hondata recently released their newly designed S200 (S-Series) system with amazing results. For a mere $295 (base system), the S200 unit... more |
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Projekt Z
It's a matter of fact: Whether you build it for street, strip or show, an aftermarket body kit can make or break a car. The wrong kit will... more |
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STi Conversion
To most people stateside, converting to STi spec is merely adding the light covers and OEM badges. To be considered a fully-converted STi... more |
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The anSER
If there is one car that has been denied a lot of aftermarket it would definitely be the 2002 Nissan Sentra Spec V. Since its debut, there... more |
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Fix-It-Ticket This Mr. Officer!
It was back at the 2002 SEMA show that I met up with Edelbrock representative, and good friend, Rex Urasaki. That's when he walked me to... more |
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Project Slideways
We've all heard it and we've been saying it. "Drifting is going to be the latest craze!" I often get advertisers asking me, "why?" and I... more |
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The K Series Solution
I remember the days when the non-VTEC engine was king and Honda nerds were too scared to touch an engine with VTEC stamped on it. The B18A... more |
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Choosing The Right Camshaft - Getting The Shaft
If you're reading this article, it's probably safe to assume your appreciation of performance is somewhat advanced. And by being one of the... more |
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Nissan 240sx - G2 The Factor
In the quest to put our 240SX on rails, we finally put our aftermarket upgrades to the test. more |
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Suspension Tuning: Toyota Celica
We bet that when you were younger, all you really cared about was having your vehicle lower than the next guy's ride and lowering was the... more |
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Preventative Maintenance
Month in, month out, you plunge all your hard-earned duckets into aftermarket accessories that, in theory, should make your car a bit... more |
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Engine Tuning: Droppin' ZEX-tasy
If computing camshaft specifications wasn't hard enough, Honda had to toss VTEC cam profiles into the mix. This has made cam designers... more |
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A Tuning Revolution
One of the major crossroads of tuning is determining how one will control the engine. The selection made at this point in the tuning... more |
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Engine Tuning: The Power of Crower
With more than 45 years of cam grinding experience, Crower is a name to be known in the tuner aftermarket. Recently, Crower released its... more |
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Apex Rev/Speed Meter
Have you ever wondered how your car matches up to cars in the magazines? A'PEX makes it possible to find out with its new third generation... more |
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Frankenstein Hybrid Honda Power
In the world of boxing, the bout between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield brought two well-trained fighters with opposing styles into the... more |
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Import Tuner Top 10
Throughout the year we put numerous performance enhancing products through the Dynojet testing in our Power Pages section. These pages have... more |
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Quick Tech: HP Motorsports Racing Big Brake Kit
You have all the go-fast goodies installed on your car, and you can run the quarter-mile in single-digit times and your top speed rivals... more |
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