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Slippin' it Sideways...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
A Serious '69 Camaro
Out of the cars that came out to the Irwindale Thursday night drags, this Chevy Camaro is another that stuck out from the crowd.
Even though the car looks like its still an original body '69 Camaro, there's been a lot of chassis work involved.
As, for the engine itself, its hard to tell what V8 exactly is lurking underneath when there's a giant scoop protruding at the top.
The office. I'm surprised to see that there's still some carpet in the interior AND wood panelling! Though, let's not forget to mention those two giant nitrous bottles.
When you see a tubbed rear end, wheelie bar, and a parachute you know this car means serious business
It's hard to deny that the Camaro looks amazing.
Now, just imagine being in the driver seat with this launching off the line. Say goodbye to your innards!
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Magazine Blog By: FAST CAR: DRAGON PERFORMANCE'S RX-7
The folk over at Fast Car Magazine just sent us some images of this eyebrow-raising RX-7 built by Dragon Performance. Ross Juniper, the owner of Dragon Performance, originally purchased this RX-7 with the intention to tear it down for spares. But a twitchy right foot instead saw it turned into a drift weapon.
Dragon Performance is a UK-based rotary tuner and are most famous for their matte black RX-7 which ran 9.1sec @ 158mph. For this FD they've used a 13B twin rotor with a Turbonetics T62 turbo.
Not long after the rebuild had been completed, the FD suffered a nasty crash at the twisty Castle Combe Circuit. The RX-7 was left with a deep gash along the rear arch, leaving Ross with a very second hand looking drift car...
... and while attending the Run to the Sun event in Newquay, fate introduced Ross to the infamous 'rat look' styling craze and the rest as they say is history. Beneath the stickers and rust is an RE-Amemiya carbon bonnet, Abflug front bar, Veilside skirts and plenty of drift damage.
With no dashboard this certainly isn't the tidiest of interiors, but at least it's functional with Bride seats, Sabelt harness, hydraulic handbrake and extinguisher.
To find out more about this 'RatX-7', be sure to check out Fast Car Magazine #297.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
THE NEW RUSTY, THE UNDEAD
There are a lot of dumb things you can do with a car. The list can be pretty endless. But what, photographer, BMW enthusiast, and stance addict, Mike Burrough's has done to his beloved Rusty is far beyond the normal human comprehension of stupidity.
But this is some oh-so-amazing stupidity.
Not too long ago, Rusty was about to be sent to the junkyard after an almost fatal accident. But luckily, Mike decided to hold back from junking only to restore it to an even greater glory than its former self.
The most striking change to the new Rusty is the chopped roof. At first glance, it looks very odd. But after soaking in the whole car for a while, it actually works very well. It's insane to see take a hack saw on a fairly newer bodied car! The chop is 5" lower from stock.
The body was rubbed in used diesel oil to blacken the metal and rust. The result? Striking.
The interior also received a ratted out makeover. The dash, as you can see, has been redone to compliment the look of the whole car. The interior no longer has an interior, and from this photo ,you can see that even the seats have changed.
All creature comforts have been thrown completely out the window.
The newly undead Rusty sports an even more slammed stance with shortened struts, raised strut mounts, and notched frame to drop it another 4 inches.
When it came to new wheels, Mike opted 17x9 -10 and 17x11 -10 24k Gold Plated magnesium Ronal Racing splits.
Yes, you heard me, 24k gold.
The Toyota TS020 aka GT-ONE.
The Toyota TS020 aka GT-ONE.
(tribute to a damn powerful car in GT4..)
Without fear of contradiction, I can lay a claim that this is the wildest road car ever built. Forget Zonda and Bugatti, nothing is likely to ever eclipse the sense of sheer madness and excess involved in chassis number LM803. Imagine popping down to shops for a pint of milk and a packet of ciggies in this............
Appearing in this shot there are four of the seven GT-ONE cars that were built. The occasion was the Scrutineering part for the 1998 Le Mans 24 Hours.
Even as the years pass the GT-ONE does not lose the power to astound.
Gregory Thielker's Photorealistic Paintings
This Is Not A Photograph.
(believe it or not..)
This isn't a photograph, a photoshopped image, or a digital illustration. This view through a rain-soaked car windshield is actually an oil painting by Gregory Thielker. It's amazing. And there are more.
Thielker uses the common experience of peering through a rain-soaked car window to explore how our perception of our environment is shaped by how we view it. It's a reminder that the distortions we see, like the painting itself, are merely a representation of it through another medium.
Looking at these is akin to walking through a city or neighborhood you've only driven through. It's immediately familiar but new details emerge slowly as you review it. Or, to put it in Thielker's art-speak:
Amazing..
Thursday, October 14, 2010
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