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2007 Honda Civic Si Sedan - Playing It Safe
Project Barely Legal Civic Si, Part One: Honda Factory Performance Aero Kit and Wheel Package more
Oil Change - Change Your Dirty Lube
Learn how to change your oil with this step by step guide. more
How 2: Kill Time While Your Turbo Cools - Quick Tech
Some things to do while waiting for your turbo to cool more
Installing Vizzion Power Systems Chevrolet Cavalier Turbo Kit
Just when you thought you were done tweaking your Cavalier, something new is released. Sure, you added a header and an exhaust to find yourself running some better times at the more
Budget Brake Upgrade
You can never stress enough the importance of upgrading your brakes when doing performance modifications. The sad fact is, most brake upgrades require a substantial dollar investment and usually get brushed off for other modifications. The thing most people do more
BMW Plasma Direct Ignition Install
In today’s tuner aftermarket of ad gimmicks and wordplay, it’s difficult to know what will and will not give you horsepower increases. In most cases, tuners and racers will tell you that you can’t obtain horsepower from spark, a spark is a s more
Camera Mount Installation
RennTechnik Motorsport SpeedMount MSRP: $139 Pertinent Info: If you happen to be anything like me, you love the use of your backseat—not to mention that putting a bulky rollcage in a car you use daily can be awkward, to say the least. Until recently, th more
New Beetle Nitrous Install
Sometimes the raw fury that the 2.0L 8v New Beetle is, just isn’t enough. Even with substantial mods, the 2.0L could use a good kick to get going, but short of a turbo or a supercharger setup, there aren’t many ways available to obtain large hors more
Bolt-On Cool
Heat is the enemy of power. You know that, right? Heat robs density from an engine’s incoming air, diluting the impact of combustion, which ultimately costs horsepower. Heat is bad, mmmkay? To make power, you want air, lots and lots of cool dense air, mix more
Install Performance Gauges
A turbocharged car is definitely one of the dopest things you can possess—second only to having Anna Kournikova as your personal love slave. The problem is that many people think everything more
Playing With Fire
Although it may seem as if the ultimate swap for a Nissan 240SX would be the almighty SR20DET motor, few people think of the consequences—since the SR20DET motor isn’t available in more
Install a Quick-Release Steering Wheel
There’s nothing we hate more than thieves who love to steal cars like ours. Unfortunately, it happens a lot in our scene, but hey, what can you do? You can either sit around and wait for your car to get stolen, or you can be smart and get one of these sna more
Upgrade Toyota Brakes
As of late, the Celica has been feeling very sad because of the lack of love it’s been getting from the aftermarket world. Even the Toyota Racing Development guys know that more
Install Brake Stuff
As of late, the Celica has been feeling very sad because of the lack of love it’s been getting from the aftermarket world. Even the Toyota Racing Development guys know that more
Hawley Smokes!
When I woke up at the crack of dawn to head to Frank Hawley’s NHRA Drag Racing School in La Verne, California, I had no idea what would be in store for me during the next two days. Fright, anxiety, and excitement were all rolled into one big emotional bal more
Step-By-Step: RWD Drifting
1. Please remember: Only attempt this in an area expressly deemed legal and safe for drifting, never on public roads. Come into the turn at a high speed. Turn the steering wheel in the direction of the turn very fast to transfer the weight to the front wheel more
Traction, Anyone?
Few engine swaps can moisten our panties quite like replacing the KA24 in a 240 SX with a turbocharged SR20DET from the Japanese S15 Silvia. Executing such a swap, however, represents more
Spring Into Action
I f you ever get the chance to meet John Hotchkis, do it. The man knows his stuff when it comes to suspension tuning and high-performance engines. But for domestics only? more
Lightning Fast
It’s ironic when you think about it—you’re spending a grip of money on brake upgrades in the hopes that you’ll decrease the amount of time you spend using them. Unfortunately, many people don’t even put that much thought into the bra more
Animal Handling
If you have absolutely no quibbles with the way Volkswagen tunes the engines in its GTIs, then you probably could care less about how horrible the suspension is. If, however, you’re always looking for a little better performance—whether it be bet more
Quick How-Tos
Projektzwo Jetta 4 Front Grille MSRP: $259 Pertinent Info: Although we had 1552 Design install the grille, anyone could do it. The hardest part of the install is trimming the wire mesh to match the projektzwo grille and even that was child’s play. Th more
Find the Top 10 Used MRydes to Buy and Build
Look at the pricings of the current VW, Audi, and BMW cars. They’re pretty damn high and seem to be tailored to those guys that made their money on the Internet and got out before it started to nosedive. An ’01 VW GTI VR6 has a $22,900 base price, an more
Monkey see, Monkey Do
Are you driving a big bowl of Jell-O? You know what I’m talking about. Does your car’s chassis flex a little too much when you’re curling onto a freeway onramp at more
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