Project Gt-r And The Road To New Lungs
For well over a decade I have been quite content with Project GT-R’s performance. Even better, I’ve never had one single issue with the car ever since it underwent its first series of modifications at...
View ArticleProject 86: Breathing New Life
If you caught my first project car post, you’ll know that I’m currently up to my elbows in the ‘modified restoration’ of a 1983 Toyota Trueno GT Apex. Winter has just kicked off here in New Zealand, so...
View ArticleGewindefahrwerke: Project Gti Gets Kw’d
As much as we all enjoy modifying our cars, it’s safe to say that there are usually trade-offs that come with said modifications – especially when it comes to daily drivers. You can make your car lower...
View ArticleProject 86: Going Backwards, Moving Forward
When you’re making good progress, building a project car can be very rewarding. But for every quick job that gives instant gratification, there many more painfully slow ones that often leave you...
View ArticleShiny Red Boots: The Te37rts Get Fitted
Good things take some time to materialize, and the wait to get my shiny red TE37RTs onto Project GT-R was a long one. But boy was it worth it! It all came down to rubber; after seeing Taniguchi...
View ArticleProject Evo: The Break-up And The Make-up
It’s been a while since I published my initial Project Evo post and for good reason. Whilst I’ve been reading the other team members’ progress with their own cars with interest, I’ve felt a touch of...
View ArticleProject ZN6: Superpro Install
I’m known as the hot rod guy around these parts, so I’m guessing a lot of our readers will be surprised to learn that my daily driver is a modded ZN6. I built the car for my employer, Airaid Filter...
View ArticleMy Double Life: Hunting Speed on the Side
I feel like Tyler Durden in Fight Club. I can’t sleep because my mind is racing. I nod off and wake up in strange places. Hop on a plane to SLC, ONT, LAX; drive a car to Bakersfield, Wendover, Mojave....
View ArticleOle Orange Bang: All Star Bash Or Bust
Two years ago I was at All Star Bash and I was using Ole Orange Bang as a camera car chasing around drifters and pushing the stock motor to its limits. The motor eventually let go and I had to limp all...
View ArticleDouble Down RTR: The SEMA Thrash
If this story seems rushed, that’s because it is. Like a lot of other American car builders I’ve spent the past several weeks thrashing to get a car ready for the SEMA Show, and by the time this post...
View ArticleProject FujiSpeed Gets KW Variant 3s
I’ve installed and driven on all sorts of suspension setups over the years, ranging from simple drop springs to frame-dragging old school air bags, and more recently the modern breed of performance air...
View ArticleLikes Cars. Plays Well With Others. Easily Distracted
All of the above could be used to describe me. It’s why I think I owe you a combined apology and explanation. Not that you’ve asked for it, but just like your favourite TV program unexpectedly...
View ArticleProject GTI: Solving The Issue Of FWD
Hello, there. It’s been a while. After many months of neglect and bit part updates, I’m finally getting the opportunity to sit down and talk you through some of the most significant updates that we’ve...
View ArticleProject Yankee: Diff, Suspension & Brakes
When we last left off in the saga of my ’75 Dodge Dart Sport project build, we’d just crossed a major milestone: it ran. A car that originally left the assembly line with a 225 cubic inch slant-six...
View ArticleProject GTI: Living With Air
I don’t intend this to be an in-depth update or even all that long of a post. Instead, it’s more of a review of the last five months since we installed the Air Lift Performance 3H setup. It’s been a...
View ArticleProject Yankee: The Ins & Outs
Twelve days. That’s the amount of time remaining between the moment I’m writing this and the official opening of the 2016 SEMA Show in Las Vegas – and the debut of Project Yankee, my 1975 Dodge Dart...
View ArticleProject FJ Cruiser Gets Suspension
My plan has been to keep the FJ as streetable as possible, while still improving off-road performance. In other words, I still need to get to the places I am shooting in relative comfort, but when I’m...
View ArticleProject Yankee: The Final Countdown
Are you guys feeling the SEMA fever? I sure as hell am. As I write this, Project Yankee is currently parked in the garage awaiting some last minute touches before it’s loaded up for the trip to Las...
View ArticleProject bB: Thinking Outside The Box
Although the writing may have been on the wall for some time, when Scion announced earlier in the year that it would be no more, it still came as a bit of a surprise. As someone who lives outside of...
View ArticleRevealing Project Yankee: The Otaku Muscle Car
Just watching the Dart being loaded up into a big rig transporter over the weekend was a pretty special moment for me – this is the car that’s pretty much taken over my entire life during the last half...
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