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Staying The Course With A Street/Drag ’87 Monte Carlo SS

Cody Beedie — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 06:30:08 +0000

Scott‘s introduction to cars came at a young age. Having been born with a bleeding disorder, Scott wasn’t able to do a lot of the things that most kids do growing up, so his father Tim often took him out to classic car shows or to watch some drag racing at Grand Bend Motorplex in Ontario, where […]

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A Blast From Japanese Drag Racing’s Past

Toby Thyer — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 02:00:41 +0000

Those striving to keep drag racing alive in Japan are completely dedicated to the cause, and they’re bringing some serious quarter mile hardware out to play at every Japan Drag Championship round opportunity. At Central Circuit last month, a very special machine was amongst them, although I’ll admit that I didn’t know what I was looking […]

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3-Rotor Turbo & NOS, 4-Rotor NA: Drag RX-7s Done 2 Ways

Toby Thyer — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 04:30:11 +0000

At a quick glance from a front-end view, the first car looked a lot like any other tuner-style FC3S we’d feature on Speedhunters. But as I got closer to the SWATT/Zeroyon Factory RX-7, the details you only find in a purpose-built drag car began to present themselves. Weld Racing wheels and Hoosier tyres – 29×11-inch slicks […]

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The Fastest Corvette In Japan

Toby Thyer — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 03:30:11 +0000

At Central Circuit’s recent Drag Festival series round, I spent some time looking over a very cool example run by Rod Motors. The ‘Dragvette’ currently holds a Japan Drag Race Driver Association (JDDA) Pro Stock title. I was told that the chassis and body are all original, although I’m pretty sure the front end uses a tube frame and […]

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Two Ways To Go Drag Racing In Japan

Toby Thyer — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 04:30:56 +0000

I remember the first time my car came back from a dyno tune after being modified with a bigger turbo, intercooler and 3-inch exhaust. I couldn’t believe how powerful the car had become, and how I had in turn somehow magically absorbed a few extra horsepower too. I needed to tell the world. I called […]

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The A To Z Of Japanese Drag Racing

Toby Thyer — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 02:30:31 +0000

Because watching two cars race each other in a straight line for a few seconds on a little laptop screen with speakers the size of peanuts is not very exciting. Not in the same way as watching a car tackle Japanese mountain roads or the streets of Monte Carlo. Nor is it as nail-bitingly-thrilling as watching […]

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Records Come & Go But Legends Never Die

Toby Thyer — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 05:30:35 +0000

It’s 2003, Kiwi drag racer Glenn Suckling is at the wheel of the Croydon Wholesalers Racing Nissan Skyline GT-R as it powers down the Willowbank Raceway drag strip in 8.55-seconds, owner Nick Jenkins looking on from the start line. In a flash, a new street tyre GT-R world record is set and a legend is born. Although this […]

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Stock To 7s: The Evolution Of A Nissan Champ

Stefan Kotze — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 06:30:39 +0000

Leon has been a drag racer here in South Africa for many years, but what’s really impressive is how long he’s been hitting the strip in the same car – a decade and a half. Over that time, his Nissan Champ has seen a huge amount of development, so much so that it’s now turning in 7-second […]

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Straight Shooter: A 1,257whp S14.5 From Iceland

Alen Haseta — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 17:30:51 +0000

Guðmundur Þór Jóhannsson‘s quarter-mile journey started in Reykjavík, Iceland with a Honda Civic when he was young. Front-wheel drive pocket rockets were extremely popular in Iceland at the time, but the only things he could initially afford to do to his Honda weren’t going to make it much faster. When the funds ultimately came though, […]

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Euro Muscle: A 1,550hp Ford Taunus

Vladimir Ljadov — Mon, 24 May 2021 05:30:12 +0000

Before I jump into the details of this 434ci Windsor V8-powered 1972 Taunus GXL, you should know that it was previously powered by a Cosworth 2.9L V6. That was a very cool setup for the car (which you can see above in action back in 2014), but knowing a little more about Andres, you’ll understand why […]

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