By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

HKS and Taniguchi have for years been a winning combination, setting records wherever they go. Time attack has always helped push the tuning envelope further, as extreme parts and modifications eventually trickle down and are able to be used on street applications. This is what will eventually happen with the R35 GT-R. HKS definitely have something up their sleeves as we all saw at the recent R’s Meeting event. Continue reading at Speedhunters

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By Brian Lohnes

BangShift.com

We once wrecked a BMX bike off a jump hard during our childhood. That pretty much cured us off the jumping bug. Obviously this dude didn’t shake the need to experience flight on a two wheeled vehicle. The good news is that he nailed the flying part. The bad news is that he really sucks at landing.

Also note that if you are going to attempt a high-flying stunt, wear a belt.

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Yep, it’s DeLorean wine. As one of the commenters on the pic at DMC’s Facebook page said, “that’s the classiest DWI I ever seen.”

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

This stunning concept was designed by Sasha Selipanov in Berlin, Germany. Think Ferrari and Pininfarina should pay attention to this one? Via Beautiful Life

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By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Our buddies at RevRods, who were featured in Photo of the Day recently, have created a mockup of their new product: a chess set made out of engine and transmission components. Nice idea, and it’s one that anyone with access to a junkyard and a bit of black and white spraybomb could fabricate for themselves. For the lazy, RevRods is taking orders for custom-fabbed sets here.

By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

This proves that with a healthy selection of bolt-on modifications the 2010 Camaro SS is capable of reaching 175 MPH under typical highway driving conditions. Swooping through traffic on an early Qatar morning, the 2010 Camaro SS of Qatar Speed displays it’s power in form of rapid acceleration. Read more about the bolt-on package at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

By Matt Wellumson

Neuwerks

I am at a loss for words. My mom, who is actually quite mechanically minded for the most part, called to tell me her 94 Jetta was making a slight clunk sound when turning at low speed, and that it also had a strange front end bounce. I took a quick test drive, and noted what felt like a bad strut, and seized strut tower bearings. Little did I know that we had a slightly bigger problem!!

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Today’s photo is a random car show pic I found on Facebook after a friend commented on it. The car is insane, but I think what really makes the photo hilarious is the guy standing and looking.

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Vincent over at iForged just let me know about this cool 2004 SL55 he’s building for SEMA. It features a Misha Designs widebody and our buddy Brian Fox is hooking him up with BASF paint. Both the color and the iForged wheels will be a surprise, so stay tuned and watch his ride page for update!

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

I took my Escort GT up over the border to Vancouver on an end-of-summer mini road trip to be with my grandma on her 90th birthday. Before I went, I threw on a header gasket to fix a leak that had been causing my Escort to be enveloped in a cloud of exhaust whenever it came to a stop, and swapped out my never-quite-right E3 spark plugs for some NGK V-Powers. Between fixing the leak and installing the new plugs, the car felt like it gained about 15hp, restoring the low-end torque I’d been missing for months and completely getting rid of the bog-off-the-line issues I’d been living with. I went hammer-down the whole way up and back, and it was awesome to be out on the open road with my original road-trip car all squared away and feeling like a million bucks.

How about you? What did you do this weekend?