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Dyno tuning: find out how you can spend your money wisely
“Dyno tuning is the most important stage to complete your engine build. Every dollar you have spent up until this point on engine modifications

Beyond the Fence Line: junkers tackle 800km
To win a gruelling 800km motorsport event you need a dedicated and professional team, a well-prepared car, and, of course, drivers who are in peak

New Honda Civic Type R engine built in America — see the video here
Honda has announced that the engine for the European-spec Civic Type R will now be produced in America, at the Anna engine plant in

Paddon snares fourth-place finish in Rally Poland
Header image and Gallery: Vettas Media New Zealand rally driver Hayden Paddon finished fourth in Rally Poland overnight on July 5. Alongside co-driver John Kennard, taking

Raw hide: we check out Aaron Keach’s 1977 Mazda 808 (STC)
“Aaron Keach played the stance game, and now he is searching for the perfect balance between form and function with the killer 20B under

Subaru’s signature blue reinvented for STI WRX and BRZ
Subaru have decided to mix things up for their next batch of WRX and BRZ models with a new HyperBlue colour scheme, which will be

Getting into the minds of the Kiwis who built the Hoonicorn
“Ken Block’s monster four-wheel-drive Nascar-powered ‘Hoonicorn’ Mustang was designed to blow up the internet, and little do most people know, a team of Kiwis

Millen’s still got it: check out the video here
Header image: Richard Opie Built in 1994 to decimate all competition at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Rod Millen’s carbon-bodied Celica did so with ease, posting a

Rattle Guns and Lipstick: reigniting Tauranga car meets
Lately, Tauranga’s evening car meets have been a bit of a failure — but that wasn’t the case on June 26 when I attended the largest car

Project Z: 1975 Datsun 280Z (HLS30)
“It may have been a rough road, but the build of Peter and Taryn Kelly’s left-hook 280Z is now complete, although this car’s story

Beyond the Fence Line: A day in the life of a motorsport volunteer
Most of us would probably like to think of ourselves as masters of our own destiny, but there are times where you aren’t — when a seemingly

Lexus IS 200t: Lexus brings back the turbochargers
There’s a common trend happening the world over; vehicle manufacturers are swapping out their large-capacity V-configuration engines and replacing them with smaller-capacity turbocharged examples. Lexus

Grass-roots competition at its finest: Dori Combat challenge
“An event to showcase driver talent — rather than horsepower — Dori Combat promised a lot and delivered entertainment for all involved” View fullsize

Grumpy’s soapbox: “Oh, so you’re one of those drift people”
Most of us that are in any way connected to the drift scene have woken this morning to social media feeds full of discussion around

We’ve got the gallery of 10 years of a bedroom affair
Continuing on from last week’s gallery, we’ve put together a brand-new collection of girls for you to check out over your weekend. Here’s ten years’