Photo by Bill Howard My wife has a 2016 Mazda CX-5 which we absolutely love. Her only complaint is that it needs more power. Apparently, many Mazda customers said the…
The eye-candy this year was the 911 GT2 RS Clubsport which is the track version of the GT2 RS Porsche brought last year. The huge reveal for Porsche this year…
The McLaren 720S currently sits at the top of the supercar heap when it comes to straight-line top-end as bought off the showroom floor. A 4L, twin-turbo, V8 pushing out…
Earlier this year I got to take a literal sneak peek at a Wolf GB08 chassis with a turbocharged K20 powerplant in mid race preparation. It belongs to my co-worker…
Cover image from Porsche Media Gallery Graphs courtesy of Honeywell Turbo Technologies and from the Honeywell Transportation Systems document, “The Next Generation of Gasoline Turbo Technology”. You may have heard…
We Check Out AMS Performance's Turbo Test Rig By Khiem Dinh A couple years ago, AMS Performance became a Garrett turbo distributor. In order to best serve their customers, they…
Ridden: Energica Eva Electric Motorcycle by Khiem Dinh Electric cars are already common place on the streets of many cities. In Los Angeles, you have to check your…
LA Auto Show 2017: Nerd’s Eye View – Unique Cars, Engines, and Things by Khiem Dinh The LA Auto Show always has some unique new vehicles that budding automotive…
Nerd’s Eye View: LA Auto Show – Go-Fast Vehicles by Khiem Dinh The motorsport scene has undergone large technical changes over the last half decade with the implementation of…
480WHP Honeywell Garrett Powered F20C: Devin Giles' Time Attack S2000 by Khiem Dinh Photos Provided by Devin Giles It all starts the same way. “I want to go auto-crossing!”…
Nerd-O-Scope: Honeywell Garrett’s G-Series Turbochargers by Khiem Dinh The new Honeywell Garrett G-Series turbo line is the most exciting product launch since the infamous Disco Potato. Everyone knows the GT-Series…
Sneak Peek: Porsche Experience Center, Los Angeles by Khiem Dinh The Porsche Experience Center in Los Angeles is just a mile down from my work office, so a few…
Nerd Alert! Mazda’s Skyactiv-X Engine by Khiem Dinh As we are sure many of you have heard, the little car company that could, Mazda, has announced their Skyactiv-X engine…
Sneak Peek: Killer B Motorsport’s KILRB1 by Khiem Dinh Those who race a Subaru know the name Killer B Motorsport. They likely have a number of Killer B parts on…
#LeMansDay at the Petersen Automotive Museum by Khiem Dinh The Petersen Automotive Museum has started a tradition of holding a 24 Heures du Mans (that’s 24 Hours of Le Mans…
Tested: Rally Ready Driving School! by Khiem Dinh I started watching WRC around fifteen years ago and more recently rally cross, but I had never learned the skills required…
Photo from racedepartment.com. A Tribute to Nicky Hayden: The Kentucky Kid, The Champion of Champions by Khiem Dinh It has been some number of days now since Nicky Hayden passed…
Nerd’s Eye View: 2016 Kawasaki ZX-10R by Khiem Dinh In the last decade and a half, the sport bike you buy from your local dealer has become the closest…
Turbo Tech: Calculating Turbocharger Compressor and Turbine Performance Advantage with the New Honeywell Garrett GTX Gen2 by Khiem Dinh Honeywell Garrett launched the GTX series about a decade ago…
Markos’ Snail Performance WRX: Attacking Time with a Message by Khiem Dinh Those of you following Time Attack in the US and also know Subarus know of Snail Performance. We…
Sneak Peek: Global Time Attack Cars Round 1 by Khiem Dinh The crew from Snail Performance brought out their pair of Subarus. His and hers pairing (Markos and Sally) had…
Turbo Tech: Internal vs. External Wastegates by Khiem Dinh Photos Courtesy of Bren Tuning and Killer B Motorsport Before we get into the numbers and reasons why a dumped external…
LA Auto Show 2016: Nerd’s Eye View – Cars, Engines, and Electrons by Khiem Dinh All of you have seen it- the change in the automotive powertrain landscape. The driving force…
LA Auto Show 2016: Nerd’s Eye View – Ford by Khiem Dinh Ford has been pushing a lot of performance within their product lineup. Much of that pushing has taken…
LA Auto Show 2016: Sneak Peek – Porsche 911 RSR by Khiem Dinh So what’s the huge sacrilegious change? This so-called 911 RSR is MID-ENGINE. Yup, no more engine hanging…
SEMA 2016: Nerd’s Eye View Tuner Cars and Parts by Khiem Dinh What’s one of the primary reasons we all enjoy SEMA? The display of all the tuner cars and…
