By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Kerryann has done an amazing job on her R32 GT-R–not only is this ride unbelievably rare, but it’s a fully legitimate little track brawler as well. She’ll be running it in Redline Time Attack for the 2011 season, but before that there’s one little stop to make–at the SEMA show! The R32 will be displayed there as one of the Seibon feature cars, and Kerryann will be there too, representing at the Enkei booth. Congratulations Kerryann, we’ll see you in Vegas!

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

I’m not sure what’s in the water in that other hemisphere. But it seems that the New Zealanders and Australians are responsible for some of the fastest Skylines in the world. This R32 belongs to Glen Suckling from New Zealand. It is capable of an 8.02 second runs thanks to its 2.7 litre 1300bhp engine. Judging by this picture, it really jumps off the line but I wouldn’t expect any less with 1300BHP on tap. You can’t just turn up at a drag strip and think you can pull off an 8 second run. It is always a combination of things that allows you to break records. It all starts with a chassis that has been stripped of all its unnecessary metal, while panels like the hood and trunk are replaced with lighter-material items. See more pics and continue reading at Speedhunters.

-by Jeroen Willemsen

By Ben Schaffer

The Real JDM

The owner of this car is fairly crazy for high end modifications. Here you can see he installed the Ab Flug rear bumper along with the Mines carbon fiber wing cover. Although I’ve done my best to try to hide the scissor door conversion (which I don’t happen to like), you can see a peek of it in the above photo. Above you can see another nice wheel choice, this time TE37s in a gloss black which fit the car’s theme and makes the blue brakes pop nicely. I really also love the Amuse exhaust poking out in the above picture with the blued/gold ring tips. Classic. More pics after the jump. And you can read Part 1 here.

Continue reading "Japanese 370Z Build Part 2" »

By Ben Schaffer

The Real JDM

This is one of my favorite aftermarket 370Z’s from Japan. This car is pure quality everywhere you look. If you notice closely you’ll see not only the blue accent ring around the BBS wheels but the fact that the faces of the wheels were modified in carbon fiber. Behind that you’ll see a really impressive brake conversion and refinishing that matches the blue accent theme. The side skirt features a one-off duct which I think looks really great on the car! The carbon fiber Varis hood is an already classic product and goes nicely with the custom carbon fiber headlights with ccfl rings. By the way we’ve also been producing custom modified headlights like this lately, so if anyone is looking for custom work like this just let me know and we can get it done.

Continue reading "Japanese 370Z Build Part 1" »

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

In a sea of drift S-chassis Nissans it’s not only uncommon to find a drag-prepped 240SX but one that runs 9-seconds and drives on the street is all but non-existent. Truth be told, this car may not actually see the streets anymore since its feature in Modified Mag in 2007. But to this day it still stands out as one of the wildest drag-setup street cars I have ever encountered.

Lighting up the massive 28×11.5 15-inch Hoosier slicks is done with relative ease with the TSI automatic race transmission and PTC high stall racing torque converter. That’s right this car runs a custom race built automatic transmission which helps it lay down consistent low 9-sec passes at over 157mph. Continue reading at Speedhunters

By Peter Tarach

By Karan Singh

StreetFire.net

On September 30th, the AMS Performance Alpha 10 Package equipped Nissan GT-R piloted by John Shepherd set a new R35 GT-R quarter-mile record with a 9.33@153.24 mph pass. Watch history being made.

AMS Alpha 10 GT-R goes 9.3@153 MPH – Full video

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

I was recently down south in Osaka for a few assignments and stopped by at one of Kansai’s most respected tuners, Auto Select. They are renowned for building some pretty wild track cars and we will be taking a look at some of their creations in the near future but it is actually this car that impressed me the most. This BNR34 circuit racer is driven daily on the streets of Osaka by the owner of Global Auto, the biggest GT-R reseller in Japan. We have seen plenty of their cars grace the front pages of this site, but this one really does take the cake. Continue reading at Speedhunters

By Dino Dalle Carbonare

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

What do you get when you work for 10 months, 5-8 hours a night beside your normal day job? If you had spent that time working on your car it could have looked like this Nissan 240SX. For 10 months straight Tyson Schmidt and his dad Dale have been working and perfecting this car.

The base car is a 240SX from 1992, but not much is left of that car. It all started with the front end conversion that has been fully tubbed. In the process it also gained the Instant Gentleman frontbumper. The frontbumper matches perfectly to the DMax widebody. Continue reading at Speedhunters

By Jeroen Willemsen

By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

Drifting is loud, smelly, creates a load of smoke, and to top things off it etches your semi-permanent autograph into the streets! Probably best to do it on a closed course next time… Read more about the 350z hoonage at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

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

By Dino Dalle Carbonare