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Blacktrax Performance S2000 Motorsport Makeover: Part 1 – Basic Chassis Preparation by Edward Hu To start off 2014, the TunerPlayground and BlackTrax Performance team have huge plans for overhauling their…

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Sneak Peek: Snail Performance Time Attack WRX SHOWKAR

Khiem Dinh

Sneak Peek: Snail Performance Time Attack WRX SHOWKAR by Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and opinions…

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Nerd’s Eye View- Inside Evasive Motorsports Scion FR-S!

Mike Kojima

Nerd's Eye View- Inside Evasive Motorsports Scion FR-S! by Mike Kojima You have probably seen photo spreads of this car in Speedhunters and the magazines. You might have ogled it…

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The DeltaWing: The Look of Things To Come?

Mike Kojima

The DeltaWing: The Look of Things To Come? By Mike Kojima The DeltaWing is a love it or hate it sort of car. You can either love its space age…

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Nerd’s Eye View, a Look Inside Darren McNamara’s Falken Tire Nissan S14

Mike Kojima

Nerd's Eye View-a Look Inside Darren McNamara's Falken Tire Nissan S14 By Mike Kojima Falken Tire's drift team consists of Justin Pawlak, Dai Yoshihara and Darren “DMac” McNamara. Hailing…

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Nerd’s Eye View- The Hawk Performance CRP Racing Nissan GT-R

Mike Kojima

Nerds Eye View- The Hawk Performance CRP Racing Nissan GT-R By Mike Kojima We were lucky enough to get a close look at the only R35 Nissan GT-R being campaigned…

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Nerd’s Eye View: Inside Fredric Aasbo/Papadakis Racing’s Amazing V8 eating 2AR Toyota Engine

Mike Kojima

Nerd's Eye View: Inside Fredric Aasbo/Papadakis Racing's Amazing V8 eating 2AR Toyota Engine By Mike Kojima A couple of years ago, a lot of knowledgeable people, myself included declared that…

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Nerd’s Eye View: The Dyson Mazda ALMS P1 Prototype

Mike Kojima

Nerd's Eye View: The Dyson Mazda ALMS P1 Prototype by Mike Kojima I am old enough to have been around during what I consider to be the golden era of…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9

Eric Hsu

Team America WTAC – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9 by Eric Hsu I realize it's been a long ass time since the last update, but they'll start rolling…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9

Eric Hsu

Team America WTAC – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9 by Eric Hsu I realize it's been a long ass time since the last update, but they'll start rolling…

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Time Attack 700 Horsepower Stillway Mitsubishi Evo

Aaron LaBeau

Time Attack 700 Horsepower Stillway Mitsubishi Evo http://www.facebook.com/gtchannel for more car content. See this feature on Stillway's 700 horsepower time attack Mitsubishi Evolution, described in detail by the owner, Hidetoshi…

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Sneak Peek: Daigo Saito’s Achilles Tire SC430

Mike Kojima

Sneak Peek: Daigo Saito's Achilles Tire SC430 By Mike Kojima After two years of rumors and plenty of gossip, it finally happened, Daigo Saito, reportedly the best drift driver…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8

Eric Hsu

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8 By Eric Hsu Mike did a great job covering the build while I was unable to write…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8

Eric Hsu

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8 By Eric Hsu Mike did a great job covering the build while I was unable to write…

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Under Suzuki’s Scorch Racing S15-The DIY Time Attack Otaku

Mike Kojima

Under Suzuki’s Scorch Racing S15-The DIY Time Attack Otaku By Ellie Nikolova Do you remember Under Suzuki from the winter time attack season here in Japan? Under is Tomohiko Suzuki’s…

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Hella Fail

Mike Kojima

Hella Fail By Mike Kojima One of my good friends works for a large respected tuner shop which shall remain nameless. I was there working on a project the…

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Matt Powers 2012 Formula D ride Part 4

Mike Kojima

Matt Powers’ 2012 Formula D ride Part 4 By Mike Kojima When we last left off Costa Gialamas and his crew were pounding away to get Matt’s car done by…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7

Eric Hsu

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7 By Mike Kojima and Eric Hsu The clock is tearing itself through the calendar and there is…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7

Eric Hsu

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7 By Mike Kojima and Eric Hsu The clock is tearing itself through the calendar and there is…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 6

Mike Kojima

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 6 By Mike Kojima and Eric Hsu So much has happened on the car that it was a…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 6

Mike Kojima

As our wing is going to be making a few hundred pounds of downforce, it is important that we have sturdy wing mounts. Just bolting it to the trunk lid…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 5

Mike Kojima

Believe it or not the saddle is secured with quick release T-Bolt type clamps. Although this might sound woefully inadequate, please note that Top Fuel cars use this type of…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 5

Mike Kojima

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 5 Supposed to be by Eric Hsu but really again by Mike Kojima Well it's getting closer…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 4

Mike Kojima

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 4 Supposed to be by Eric Hsu, Really by Mike Kojima In the last segment, Gary Castillo…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 4

Mike Kojima

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 4 Supposed to be by Eric Hsu, Really by Mike Kojima In the last segment, Gary Castillo…

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Matt Powers 2012 Formula D ride Part 3

Mike Kojima

Matt Powers 2012 Formula D ride Part 3 By Mike Kojima When we last left off, Matt's crew chief Costa Gialamas had just begun the heavy fabrication and had just…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 3

Mike Kojima

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 3 Supposed to be by Eric Hsu, Really by Mike Kojima In our last segment we had a…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 3

Mike Kojima

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 3 Supposed to be by Eric Hsu, Really by Mike Kojima In our last segment we had a…

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Tested: 999 Motorsports Supersport Racer!

Mike Kojima

Tested: 999 Motorsports Supersport Racer! By Mike Kojima, Photos by Dave Karey What is as fast as a Smallbore GT race car and cheaper to operate than a Spec Miata?…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Intro Part 2

Eric Hsu

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Intro Part 2 By Eric Hsu, Important Stuff By Mike Kojima Mike was driving my G35 home from…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Intro Part 2

Eric Hsu

Badass unequal length A-arms all the way! Gary and Tyler working out some problems with the front suspension caused by the position of the front diff with the Hollinger…

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Walker Wilkerson’s 2012 Formula D ride

Mike Kojima

Walker Wilkerson's 2012 Formula D Ride By Mike Kojima In 2011 Walker Wilkerson blasted out of the Pacific Northwest and took the Pro Drifting world by storm. The 21 year…