Performance Racing Industry: What’s New and Cool 2023 Edition

More turbo for more power, right? How about 3,500HP? Well, this Precision Turbo 122mm unit is just the thing for you. But that’s not all Precision has been up to. With more mirrored applications, updated and upgraded and new CO2-based wastegate applications, and more direct- and custom-fit turbo options, they’ve been busy people over there in Indiana.

Let’s take a break for a moment and look at two very cool cars. While PRI always features some pretty amazing racing hardware, sometimes something special that is a little out of the ordinary catches your eye. Like this Merkur “RS” 4Ti. The Merkur was a super cool car back in the day, and this Cosworth RS-inspired Merkur takes things to places never seen before. Powered by an EcoBoost engine making around 450HP, the RS4ti paid amazing attention to detail, with appropriately retro-themed items everywhere.

At first glance you might have walked by this truck, thinking it wasn’t much. But, hopefully, the little glint of carbon caught your eye. And then, hopefully, you looked closer and realized that every single panel on this truck is made of carbon.

Everything.

All of it.

Fiber Forged created 52 molds to make the panels on this car. Not only that, but this is a 100% completely street-legal race car, with a full interior to boot. Controlled by a MoTeC ECU, this truck uses a Sadev sequential transmission and paddle shift to get around. And it has power windows and air conditioning, too.

Want your own? You can have one. Got an existing C10? Slap the Fiber Forged front end on it. You’ll only be set back a cool $30,000. By the way, I’m taking up a collection to have Fiber Forged make me some doors for the SC3000. I only need like $10k. Pls2help?

OK, back to the parts!

While you might struggle to get your hands on the Yaris/Corolla GRs, if you do, you can build an engine for one. Supertech has come out with valves and springs for Toyota’s latest high-strung 1.6L 3-cylinder screamer.