Well, I just launched another blog called RideYourPimp.com. Basically, we will be featuring many fun things about how to hack your import car.
Here’s a couple of posts that will get you craving for more on how to tune your import car:
Hyundai hasn’t been known in the States for their awesome performance cars, mostly due to the fact that only “cheap” Hyundai cars have been exported.
As of lately, they have started shipping higher performance cars like the Hyundai Genesis, boasting up to 375 horsepower on factory engine.
Above is a fixed up version of the Hyundai Genesis with air intake, Brembo brakes, and 19-inch rims.
I do like it a lot except I would much prefer a turbo and a front cool-air intercooler instead
VolksWagon 74 mpg Golf BlueMotion Concept!
For those of you Volkswagon-lovers or Golf-lovers (the car I mean), you are in luck as VW is working on a 105 horsepower, 184 lbs.-ft. of torque at a low 2,000 rpm diesel engine that could change the way you pump gas forever.
At 74MPG, you would get about 700-800 miles of non-stop driving equal to a drive between San Francisco and Las Vegas almost.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed so that this Golf gets to production.
Debuting in concept form today is the most fuel efficient and cleanest versi
With the latest oil crisis and prices of everything increasing (and not stopping either), car manufacturers are forced to be more creative.
The good news is that Porsche Cayenne might be coming with a hybrid engine by 2010, all with a diesel engine while horsepower and torque remain the same.
I think I’d be looking really forward to a vegetable oil Porsche Cayenne. (Or at least they will have DIY kits for people who want to convert it)
Various news outlets have speculated that Porsche’s first-ever diesel engine would be in
Here’s a cool new iPhone app called Dynolicious that will turn your iPhone into a real Dyno using iPhone’s already-capable accelerometer.
This is definitely going to beat buying a stand-along Dyno or making an accelerometer yourself.
Dynolicious is the first automotive performance meter available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Dynolicious uses the hardware built-in to your iPhone to measur
Here’s a cool Yamaha R1 that’s been converted to an Electric Bike and still does 100MPH with 54 horsepower.
That might not seem a lot but it is for an electric bike.
Electric Motorsport of Oakland Ca debut of the AC inductance Yamaha R1. This revolutionary electric motorcycle is powered by a 550amp 84v AC inductance electric drive system providing 54HP and 81 ftlbs of toque allowing the vehicle to attain speeds of over 100mph. Builders Justin Gray, Todd Kollin, and sponsor Richard Hatfield of Alliance Renewable Energy created the
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Damn, this thing IS a beast! Crammed with a sizzling turbine jet, this jet boat will pollute the air like crazy yet it’s so cool!
This Turbine Jet-Boat is one fast ride. Looks like 1370 horse power is just enough for a wild water ski ride that you won’t forget.
“The T58-GE-8F turbine that is going in Squirt 2. It weighs 350 lbs and
At $7500, I’d probably get a real bike like a Suzuki GSX-R600 but this hybrid electric bike is cool since you can charge it within about 2-3 hours and goes upto 46mph. I wouldn’t want to go that fast in a bike like this though…
This blindingly red transporter “combines the lightweight portability of a bicycle with speed and self-propulsion more akin to a motorcycle,” as it includes a 36-volt pack of NiMH batteries
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Cool skyline at 1000 horsepower…via techeblog
The BCNR33 GT-R version also had the same RB26DETT engine that the BNR32 was equipped with, although torque had been improved, due to changes in the turbo compressor aerodynamics, turbo dump pipe, and intercooler. The turbo core changed from a sleeve bearing to a ball bearing, but the turbine itself remained ceramic, except on N1 turbos (steel turbine, sleeve bearing)
