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6 November 2023
When old school proves just too damn cool
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When old school proves just too damn cool
View fullsize Name: Kelvin Taylor // Age: 73 // Location: Hamilton // Occupation: Coachbuilder/fabricator NZ Performance Car: Hey, Kelvin. You’ve amassed a
Mitchell Lowe sends a GC8 Subaru WRX into a new dimension, far further than the factory intended back in the ’90s. If you saw this future classic cruising the streets, how much power do you think it would be packing?
Logan West creates his take on the ultimate driving machine — a 1JZ-packing street-legal slider
This Mazda RX-8 is the culmination of decades of racing, with years of learned
experiences and tastes wrapped up in a package aimed at fulfilling a long-held dream
NZPC gets up close and personal with a largely self-built 370kw garage racer that is making all the right noises in the Wellington motorsport scene
What do you build when you’re the owner of Vinny Fab, one of New Zealand’s leading fabrication workshops? One hell of an FD3S dripping in fabrication perfection is what!
Sure, it ain’t your usual old-school build, but this 1980 Toyota Corona packs a bit of retro muscle beneath its arrow-straight stock lines. For what the outside doesn’t scream, its powerplant sure makes up for, all the while retaining its early ’80s character.
There’s full bolt-ons, then there’s another realm beyond that — Shivneel pushed past the generic and entered into full race car territory with his road-going Evo X. Are we mad about it? Hell no!
NZPC gets thrown the keys to ‘NOHEAT’, the Fenix demo car packing 520kW of 2JZ heart!
Jayden’s S15 was featured on the cover of NZPC only a few issues back. However, Jayden got bored
with the 500kW set-up and the S15 is now packing over 750kW at the rear wheels — with a sequential
A fitting name for one of the best games of charades we’ve seen in a long time, this Charade Detomaso has the ultimate trick up its sleeve — a 220kW DOHC VTEC turbo!
Suhail Sahib, formerly known as NFORCA, is back in style with 450kW of 1JZ muscle and his signature clean look on a Mark II Tourer V
Unleashing the spirit of car culture: Relive the epic meet that rocked the roads of Auckland.
We take you on a thrilling journey back to the roots of automotive passion
Ah yes, we’re entering the retro-mod era, where the Japanese performance cars we’ve all known and loved are fast becoming classics and good folks such as Gwen are bringing them back to life, one epic restoration at a time!
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