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Enthusiast essentials: CP 3hp piston compressor
Air on demand View fullsize No enthusiast’s home workshop is complete without compressed air, and, to have that, you need a compressor that

Weekend warrior: real-deal Skyline R31 GTS-R
View fullsize Name: Shannon Thickpenny // Age: 40Location: Auckland // Occupation: Owner/CNC machinist at RS Works NZ Performance Car: Hey, Shannon. You’re no stranger to these pages,

Mayhem at midnight: Kanjo Civic highway nightmare pairing
Making the local roadways your personal playground is risky business, but it’s all in a night’s work for these Kanjo-inspired Civics View fullsize

Coming out swinging: Mizuno Works 240Z drag car
Think Muzuno Works is all about shakotan? Well, think again … The drag racing scene in Japan was white hot from the mid

Beetlejuice: 13BT-powered tube-frame drag bug
Five years of hard work took this once-rusted Beetle to show-stopping dragster hell-bent on the New Zealand import H-pattern record View fullsize While

Flex fuel: how flexi is it?
We delve into ethanol flex-fuel systems with Jacky Tse from Jtune to find out what’s required to run one and what to look

Doubling his dose: show-stopping Ford Laser combo
Carl Robertson’s ‘JRCOZY’ is no stranger to these pages. However, following a crash in 2017, it’s been reborn, and now it’s got a

Highway runner: bagged and boosted S2000
Honda really missed the chance to produce the best special edition of all time, so Matthew Holt has gone and built it for

Tyre buying: click, collect, shred
Buying tyres online made easy View fullsize Money don’t come easy, and when you’ve worked hard for them dollars, blowing them on the

Wazoo Gazoo: Toyota go one-two for first ever Le Mans victory
Only the most determined souls and sturdiest cars can claim that they won — or even survived, for that matter — the running

Jun Imai Era ends at Hot Wheels
View fullsize Even the most casual Hot Wheels collectors would have undoubtedly purchased one of the many recreations of Japanese car culture in

Hyper stylish: 1UZ-stuffed MX-5
Mixing subtle aero aesthetics with the bite of a four-litre heart, Philip Huynh’s ‘Hyper Roadster’ is every bit as rapid as its name

Lemon Party: 24 hours of mayhem
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize As of 2017, New Zealand was ranked fourth on the global scale of vehicles

Enthusiast essentials: ESAB Rebel MIG and Sentinel helmet package
Weave layer View fullsize Having the practical skills to lay down that weld porn ain’t mean much when your gear isn’t up to

Enthusiast essentials: Razor 200 AC/DC TIG welder
The dime stacker View fullsize Ideal for the garage handyman to the professional welder, the Razor 200 AC/DC TIG welder is a single-phase