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OPEN YOUR
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I
t’s not often that an experience pushes me into within a five-second time frame. Either these people helps to imagine you’re sitting at the front of the grid
an angry rant; in most of those circumstances, are sitting at the lights trying to solve this equation, or at Fuji or about to run the line at your local dragway,
it’s simply a case of gritting my teeth and letting they’re doing anything but paying attention. Dicking do it. You’re the initial bottleneck that needs to clear,
it go. But when that same experience occurs day about on Facebook and Instagram is probably but those of you lined up behind don’t get off lightly,
in, day out, and seems to be localized solely to the to blame for the most part, as seen by the rising either, as it’s also pretty common for the person
place you live, it’s hard to ignore forever. number of drivers being snapped using their phones behind to piss about, taking a few seconds to click
I’m talking about people pissing around at while driving, although there are clearly some who that the car in front has gone.
traffic lights. are daydreaming while the light shows green and That 30 seconds of attention can make all the
Why Aucklanders have such an issue with a long queue of people sit frustrated in wait behind difference to your and others’ commute. Seeing as
paying attention when stopped at traffic lights is them. we’re creatures of habit, and these drivers tend to
beyond me. It’s a very straightforward task that so There’s already a huge issue with congestion take the same route home every day, they should
many continue to fail at actioning. When the lights in all our major cities, and because no one seems know when it’s about to go green by the phasing.
are red, you stop — although this first step seems willing to actually leave the heaving clusterf@#k that So let’s make it easier on each other — open
to be hard enough for some — and wait behind the is Auckland, it only gets worse. With these traffic- your f@#king eyes!
allocated line, watching for the light to change to light hold-ups that reduce a green-light phase to
green, then promptly get on your way. Surely that’s one or two cars making it through, we’re seeing
easy to grasp?
In practice, you may as well be asking people
to calculate the sum of pi multiplied by 2.4 million,
more and more red lights run, frustrated drivers, and
potential crashes as a result.
All you’ve gotta do is sit there, watching the
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NZ SUPERLAP
2019–’20
The country’s only Time Attack–based series, and 1min 28.487s at each, respectively, behind
NZ Superlap, is back for its 2019–’20 season with the wheel of the Team RevolutioNZ Mitsubishi Evo

TWO OF DTMS
a fresh set of dates just announced. Kicking off (4WD) running on Yokohama Advan A050 rubber.
at Hampton Downs in November, the series will In Pro Street, Ian Clegg likewise retains his
break over the holiday period before reuniting
at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park at Taupo in
2017 records in the ST Hi-tec Nissan GT-R (Toyo
R888r) with a 1min 7.828s at Hampton Downs and PRIMARY
January, followed by Pukekohe in February, and
back to Taupo in March for the final.
1min 34.472s at Taupo, while Barry Manon’s 2015
MRP Toyota Levin (2WD) record of 1min 10.821s SUPPLIERS JOIN
field.
The previous format carries over, with Pro
Open, Pro Street, and Street classes splitting the
at Pukekohe still stands. Hans Ruiterman holds
his 2015 Pukekohe and 2017 Taupo records, while
Matt Gray is the target at Hampton Downs from
FORCES
When is one bigger and better than two?
Garth Walden’s 2017 season records at all 2017. When two of the biggest wheel designers and
three tracks still stand in the Pro Open Class, with All series information, entry details, and manufacturers merge to become one. Wheel Pros
Garth having clocked 1min 4.487s, 1min 6.217s, current records can be found at nzsuperlap.co.nz. and MHT Wheels have combined to become the
largest automotive aftermarket wheel platform in
NZ SUPERLAP SERIES 2019–’20 the world, meaning double the experience, double
the design power, double the impact — forging the
1. Hampton Downs Motorsport Park: 23–24 November 2019 way forward (pun intended).
2. Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park: 4–5 January 2020 Under the Wheel Pros banner, the newly
formed conglomerate — along with our own
3. Pukekohe Park Raceway: 16 February 2020
DTM Wheel & Tyre Ltd — will continue to boast
4. Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park: 28–29 March 2020 all your favourite brands: Dub, Foose, Fuel, Niche,
Rotiform, US Mags, KMC, XD, Asanti, American
Racing, Moto Metal, Helo, Motegi Racing, and a
whole lot more.
Celebrating 30 years in the business this year,
DTM Wheel & Tyre Ltd continues to be the New
Zealand distributor for Wheel Pros, and supplies
PHOTO: BRODIE GEERLINGS that company’s massive range alongside DTM’s
own popular brand and other heavy hitters such
as Lenso wheels. DTM also supplies an amazing
range of tyres, including Nexen, Atturo, Altenzo,
Hercules, and Monsta.
Expect a bunch of fresh offerings to be
available at DTM in the near future, off the back of
this massive merger!

THE BLING
COMPANY BRINGS
YOU RWB NZ 003
Two have already been built on our shores, which you may
recall from the cover of NZ Performance Car issue No. 233,
although the secretive fraternity that is Rauh-Welt Begriff
(RWB) has remained all but a mystery to most of those
outside its membership.
Few get the chance to see RWB’s creator, Akira
Nakai — known for reinventing the Porsche 911 with huge
overfenders, big wings, and wild ride heights — personally
build a car that is worthy of wearing the nameplate. However,
that’s about to change, as Nan Su of The Bling Company,
who was one of the owners of the first two incarnations built
here, is personally inviting the entire country to come and
watch as Nakai-san takes a grinder to Porsche steel and
creates the official RWB NZ 003 car!
The event is set to go down from 30 November to 1
December at The Bling Company in Hamilton (7 Northway
Street) and will give the New Zealand public its first glimpse
of what has otherwise been a super-exclusive viewing
opportunity. Entry is just $5 per person, and all proceeds
are to be donated to Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter,
Starship Foundation, and Cancer Society.
Lock the date into your calendars, people; this may be
your only chance to see a genuine RWB crafted in the flesh,
by the master himself.
Follow ‘The Bling Company’ on Facebook for further
updates.
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 MIKE YOUNG DOMINATES
RALLY HOKKAIDO
He told us it was his favourite event back in Issue No. the new Cusco-built Toyota TRD C-HR on its rallying on my job and, most importantly, have fun.”
268 of NZPC, and now Kiwi rally driver Mike Young debut, and was the quickest across all 16 stages. It marks the seventh round on the APRC
has claimed the top spot at the penultimate round “It’s really, really awesome to have the win on calendar and the third for the APRC Asia Cup, which
of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), debut with the C-HR — it couldn’t have gone any Mike also currently leads. With the series final, Rally
Rally Hokkaido. better,” the 26-year-old said. “Having done three China, set to take place over 26–27 October, both
Mike ended the two-day event with a massive days of testing with the car, I knew what it was like — the Asia Cup winner and the APRC winner will
7min 18s lead over his nearest competitor, piloting that it was strong. All I had to do was to concentrate be decided.

After a seven-year absence, despite the efforts time rallies have been held across six continents.
of the long-suffering rallying community, Rally “It’s no secret we wanted to further
New Zealand will finally return to the FIA World Rally globalize the series by incorporating more events
Championship (WRC) in 2020! It’s the culmination outside Europe, and we’ve achieved that next
of years of work to see the top tier of rallying return year with this exciting new-look calendar,” said
to our shores, and, while we’ve been snubbed more Oliver Ciesla, managing director of WRC Promoter.
than a few years in a row, we can finally celebrate. “New Zealand requires no introduction. It has a
Details are still scarce, but we do know two long and successful WRC history, and the return
things: when and where. Auckland is set to be the of its curving billiard-table-smooth special stages
host for the rally over 3–6 September 2020. It will near Auckland will be one of the year’s highlights …

4&ROTARY be the 10th round of the WRC season, following

Rally Finland and ahead of Rally Turkey.
This is the most varied WRC calendar ever in terms
of geographic locations, visiting six of the world’s

SOUTH ISLAND With New Zealand’s return, alongside rallies in seven continents.”

CHAMPS ADDS
Japan, ending a 10-year hiatus, and Kenya, the first The 2020 FIA WRC will kick off in Monte Carlo
time that a rally will have taken place in Africa since over 23–26 January 2020 and see Japan play host

THIRD DAY
2002, next year’s season will also mark the first to the final in November.

While the annual main-island party that is the 2020 FIA WRC
4&Rotary South Island Champs was announced 1. Monte Carlo: 23–26 January
as a reduced two-day banger for 2019 (over 2. Sweden: 13–16 February
16–17 November), seeing the traditional Saturday 3. Mexico: 12–15 March
track day–and–Sunday show day format switched 4. Chile: 16–19 April
to the show on Saturday and track day on Sunday, 5. Argentina: 30 April–3 May
we’ve received word that a third day has just 6. Portugal: 21–24 May
been added. 7. Italy: 4–7 June
Open to all pre-’90s Japanese cars, along 8. Kenya: 16–19 July
with all rotary-powered cars, Friday, 15 November 9. Finland: 6–9 August
will be known as ‘Japfest’ and go down at 10. New Zealand: 3–6 September
Timaru International Motor Raceway. 11. Turkey: 24–27 September
All competitor and spectator entries will be 12. Germany: 15–18 October
administered at the gate, so you won’t need to 13. Great Britain: 29 October–1 November
pre-register, and there’s no risk of missing out on a 14. Japan: 19–22 November
spot, as long as you get there early enough! Gates
will open at 10.30am, with the track live between
11.30am and 5pm.
Further information can be found on the
Facebook event page; simply search ‘2019 South
Island Japfest’.
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A90 SUPRA —
YES, BMW!
It’s barely started to hit dealership showroom
floors and the 2020 Toyota Supra has already
faced a pretty solid roadblock that will see
up to seven vehicles completely replaced.
According to documents published with
the US National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, the 2020 Toyota Supra is
subject to a safety recall for seat-belt guide
loops that may feature improper welds.

HYUNDAI BECOMES FIRST It’s not much of a laughing matter for

FACTORY-BACKED WTAC ENTRY

the most part, but the Internet finds it damn
well hilarious considering that it wasn’t the
Japanese automaker that made the recall
For the first time since the event’s inception, weight saving. Even though the class restricts the but BMW. As has been covered extensively
the World Time Attack Challenge (WTAC) will aero quite heavily, Dr Sammy Diasinos, the man in the lead-up to the Supra’s release, it’s the
see a factory-backed entry thanks to Hyundai. responsible for the outright WTAC 2018–winning German automaker that manufactures the car
Set to compete in the Clubsprint Class during RP968 Porsche aero package and a former in Austria — meaning it’s responsible for the
the weekend of 18–19 October, Hyundai will Formula 1 aerodynamicist, has developed an potential defect.
field an i30 Fastback N that has been modified aero package for the vehicle. Diasinos says that In the event of a crash, the faulty welds
by Hyundai Australia’s product-development the front splitter and wing package that he has may not let the seat belt do its job and restrain
team, with assistance from the brand’s high- developed should provide a significant increase in the driver properly. There are just seven cars
performance team in Korea. downforce and cornering ability. suspected of being affected by the issue.
The car cops a couple of parts from the i30 N We won’t see a seasoned driver piloting the Toyota will handle the inspections and reach
Project C, while the power train has been upgraded car; the driver’s set to be a member of Hyundai’s out to owners directly by phone. None of
with a bigger snail and intercooler and retuned to product-development team — a ploy to aid the the affected vehicles is believed to be in
suit. Gone is most of the interior in the name of testing of the new parts. New Zealand.

Since the day it came onto the drifting scene back

in 2009, Drift Team Animal Style has been known
for its aggressive, sharp driving and unparalleled
car styling. Representing homegrown US talent,
these days, Animal Style is a global name in the
drifting community, letting its drifting do the
talking in countries such as Japan and Australia.
The team has caught the attention of the drifting
greats and picked up tricks from the best, the
ANIMAL

likes of Naoki Nakamura and Team Burst.

Now, thanks to the team behind the
massively successful Pinkstyle GP, which saw
Naka himself grace our shores back in 2017 —
D-Club and C’s Garage — the guys from Animal
STYLE

Style will make their way to our neck of the woods

in 2020!
Dubbed the ‘Animal Style GP’, the two-day
bash will see Animal Style founders Julian Jacobs
and Jason Bostrom venture down under to carve
their signature on the Hampton Downs Club
Circuit, on Saturday, 18 January and Monday,
20 January 2020.
Saturday will host the public showcase and
driver comp, where our American guests are set
to throw down individual demonstration sessions
for your viewing pleasure and share the track
alongside New Zealand’s own driving talent.
Monday will be a whole lot more intimate, with the
PHOTO: ELLIOT GOLDEN

duo letting their hair down and getting amongst

a select handful of invited local drifters with no

IS COMING spectators.
Tickets and entry details are yet to be

DOWN UNDER released, so go follow the D-Club and C’s Garage

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social-media channels (@dclubgp, @csgarage) to

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D1NZ TO BE
LIVE-STREAMED
ON SKY SPORT
The powers behind the national drifting championship,
D1NZ, have confirmed a major broadcasting deal with
Sky Sport that will see the series live-streamed on TV
for the first time. Announced earlier this month, the deal
will see the full SpeedWorks Events calendar exclusively
broadcast to New Zealand audiences. The deal extends
to all five rounds of D1NZ, including stand-alone dates
that are not under the SpeedWorks banner.
The broadcasts will feature highlights from
qualifying followed by the Top-32 competition. If you
miss the live broadcast, you can catch up on all the
goodness via Sky Sport and the Sky Sport Now app.

NEW WORLD RECORD

Puerto Rico’s Venenum Racing reset the import drag racing ET world record at Maryland International
Raceway early in October in the 2JZ-powered Scion BR-Z Pro-Import with a 5.55s at 254mph. The
pass also claims the 1/8-mile record with a 3.69 at 210mph. It bumps Kiwi racer Rod Harvey out of the
top three, although Rod retains his speed record with 256.02mph.

EVANS
BROTHERS
GO LEGO
Kiwi drivers and brothers, Mitch and Simon Evans, will
be immortalized in miniature form as their Jaguar team
is to be replicated in Lego.
Mitch pedals for Jaguar in the international FIA
Formula E series, while Simon races in the eTrophy
support series. Both team vehicles will be captured in
the ‘75898 Formula E Panasonic Jaguar Racing GEN2
car & Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY’ Lego set, which will be
available to the public from 1 January 2020.
“Mitch and I both played with Lego when we
were younger but we never would have dreamed that
one day we would be part of a racing team that was
captured in a set,” says Simon Evans. “It is our hope
that these sets help inspire the next generation of Kiwi
motor-racing drivers in some way.”
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OCTOBER
25–27 OCTOBER
2019 NZ DATSUN NATIONALS
Hanmer Springs
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26 OCTOBER
AUCKLAND MR2: THE
COROMANDEL LOOP
BP service station, Drury
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26 OCTOBER
CRUISING FOR HOPE
Hampton Downs Motorsport Park,
WAIMATE 50, WAIMATE Te Kauwhata
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Clocking up a whopping 60 years, the Waimate 50 has become one of the most iconic motorsport events in the 26–27 OCTOBER
country. Each year, thousands descend on the small South Canterbury town of Waimate, a tradition spanning FLAT NATS ’19
back to 1959 when a young Bruce McLaren went on to win the 50-lap around-the-houses street race. This Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe /
year’s incarnation will go down between 25 and 27 October (Labour weekend) and promises a series of top- Meremere Dragway, Meremere
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tier motorsport names, including the likes of Hayden Paddon, ‘Fanga Dan’ Woolhouse, and Kenny Smith, 28 OCTOBER
among the many drivers who flock from all over to get in on the tight and unforgiving 1.3km Waimate Street EUROHAUS 2019
Circuit. It’s a race in which the spectators are able to get close enough to the madness to taste the rubber, and Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park,
the 60-year celebration of the event is one not to miss. Tickets are available at waimate50.co.nz. Taupo

NOVEMBER
1–3 NOVEMBER
BIG BOYS TOYS
ASB Showgrounds, Epsom, Auckland
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2 NOVEMBER
LAID OUT AT THE LAKE 2019
Great Lake Centre, Taupo
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2 NOVEMBER
NOTHN FANCY DRIFT FOR
HOMES OF HOPE
Evergreen Drift Park, Meremere
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2 NOVEMBER
SOUTH ISLAND ENDURANCE
SERIES, ROUND FOUR
Mike Pero Motorsport Park,
Ruapuna, Christchurch
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3 NOVEMBER
BIG BOYS TOYS, ASB SHOWGROUNDS, AUCKLAND 2019 TRANSPEC / GT OIL
It’s one of the country’s iconic automotive shows, and this year Big Boys Toys will celebrate 21 years in the TRACK DAY SERIES, ROUND
game. As you’d expect, organizers are putting on a banger of an event to mark the occasion, with the latest FOUR
Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding
and greatest products and services from the automotive, lifestyle, and consumer electronics industries ---------
encompassing six halls filled to the brim. 16–17 NOVEMBER
The Driven Hall is the premier automotive area, and, according to the team behind it all, this year’s supercar DRIFT MATSURI SPRING BREAK
is arguably the greatest ever. 2019
Meanwhile, the Action Arena will offer up all the extreme sports your mind can handle. It will feature the
Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park,
Taupo
world’s best freestyle motocross rider, Levi Sherwood, as well as BMX icon Jed Mildon hitting the 8m high ---------
mega ramp. Early bird ticket specials are available now. To purchase or find additional information, visit 23 NOVEMBER
bigboystoys.co.nz. 2KCUP, ROUND ONE
Hampton Downs Motorsport Park,
Te Kauwhata
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23 NOVEMBER
HONDA DRAG BATTLE & MEGA
MEET FEATURING HONDA PRO
JASON
2019 V 4&ROTARY SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPS Meremere Dragway, Meremere
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SOUTHERN TRUST EVENTS CENTRE / TIMARU INTERNATIONAL MOTOR 23–24 NOVEMBER
RACEWAY, TIMARU NZ SUPERLAP, ROUND ONE
Hampton Downs Motorsport Park,
After settling into the event’s new homes at Timaru’s International Motor Raceway and Southern Trust Events Te Kauwhata
Centre over the past few years, the team at 4&Rotary is back again for a serious shake-up of the southern ---------
scene with a full-on two-day affair. Gone is the Friday, the focus being on a sharper two-day format. The 29 NOVEMBER–1 DECEMBER
show- and track-day order has been switched up too, with the Saturday to be spent at the Southern Trust MOTUL HONDA CUP,
Events Centre to kick off the 4&Rotary show season, before the chaos will move to Timaru International Motor ROUND TWO
Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe
Raceway on Sunday for a solid stint of track bashing that will include the regular hard park, drifting, cruise ---------
sessions, power skids, and a grasskhana for all entrants. Mark this one down on your calendars. Entry is now 30 NOVEMBER–1 DECEMBER
open; head to the4androtary.co.nz for all the info. NAKAI-SAN BUILDS RWBNZ 003
The Bling Company, Hamilton

DECEMBER
7 DECEMBER
2019 OLDSCHOOL DRAGS
Meremere Dragway, Meremere
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7 DECEMBER
2KCUP, ROUND TWO
Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding
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8 DECEMBER
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CULTURE — BACKSTREET CAR

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 THERE’S A COUPLE OF PATHS TO PIECING TOGETHER THE PERFECT
TRACK-FOCUSED MACHINE ON A BUDGET: CHUCKING EL CHEAPO BITS
AND PIECES AT A CAR UNTIL THE REQUIRED RESULT IS ACHIEVED, OR
UTILIZING A BASKET OF SKILLS, A HANDFUL OF LOYAL MATES, AND A FEW
YEARS OF HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH YOUR CHOSEN PLATFORM. IT’S
NOT TRICKY TO GUESS WHICH ROUTE HAMISH AND HIS A31 CEFIRO TOOK
WORDS AND PHOTOS: RICHARD OPIE
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1990 NISSAN CEFIRO
 W
hen someone reckons that they’re going to slap
together a hack build in the shed, it brings with it a
certain set of expectations. First, this is a car that’s
going to have the wheels absolutely thrashed off it,
right? The priorities generally lie somewhere in the
zone of function above all else.
The art of dealing to countless pairs of tyres in the name of drifting
seems to provide many with the perfect excuse to build a thrasher.
Realistically, to slay a few innocent treads, the requirements are fairly
simple: ample grunt under the right foot, a satisfactory chassis set-up,
and a few bits and pieces in the name of safety. Looks? She’ll be right
— the bumpers are gonna be hanging off or in a billion pieces by the
end of the day anyway.
Like it or not, the concept of the ‘track hack’ or ‘drift missile’ has
birthed some debatably dubious style choices. With this mindset,
form frequently doesn’t breed function — hey, beauty is in the eye of
the beholder and all that, but this memo clearly never got through to
Hamish MacDonald.
Hamish is a bit of a serial Cefiro offender. Early heartbreak, with
his first RB20DET-powered street-driven A31 burning to the ground,

HEART When the bonnet is opened, the

ENGINE: Nissan RB25DE+T, 2500cc, straight six
BLOCK: Stock
last words on anyone’s lips are
HEAD: Stock
INTAKE: Four-inch K&N pod filter, Elwood intake manifold, 80mm throttle body, Elwood
‘track hack’. Hamish has drawn
600x300x76mm intercooler, Speedfactor silicone joiners
EXHAUST: Three-inch straight-through; dual three-inch shotgun tips
on show car inspiration to keep
TURBO: Garrett 3076R
WASTEGATE: Turbosmart 45mm Hyper-Gate
things clean and tidy beneath
FUEL: 373kW fuel pump, 1000cc Bosch injectors, Tomei fuel-pressure regulator (FPR)
IGNITION: Factory
the bonnet. It’s helped by the
ELECTRONICS: Link G4 Xtreme, custom wiring loom by Sparked Auto Electrix, NZ Wiring cam trigger
COOLING: Fenix twin-pass radiator, Elwood Parts silicone hoses, dual Spal 12-inch fans
relatively simple RB25DE+T set-up,
EXTRA: Deloomed engine bay, tucked brake lines, tubbed guards, Isuzu Mu power-steering reservoir,
Larson Customs oil catch-can, Dei heat shielding, Speedfactor AN fittings, Garage Zeal engine mounts,
kept OEM-plus style with a hidden
steel vacuum lines loom by partner-in-crime Matt
Henderson of Sparked Auto Electrix
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Hamish’s Cream Dream Machine is an ode to a keep-it-simple ethos. No
crazy aesthetic modifications or bristling canards and winglets; an OEM
appearance complete with functioning headlights and tail lights ensures
that the Cefiro maintains a grass-roots appearance that wouldn’t have
looked out of place some 10 years earlier. It’s testament to a taste for clean
builds honed by attendance at shows during the import golden era
led to his acclaimed black Cefiro. Sporting the ‘LMTBSH’ plates, the
black A31 was Hamish’s opus, with a 2JZ-GTE wedged between the
struts knocking out 420kW. It’s the complete package, rocking a full
Bride-themed interior retrim, arrow-straight panels, and glistening
Work VS-KFs. Good enough to land the NZPC 214 cover, way back
in 2014, fresh from the shed, ready to tackle the world.
As Hamish puts it, “I did the obligatory show things with it,
4&Rotary Nats, Big Boys Toys.” Not having an especially prominent
social-media presence meant that the car hit the scene as a bit of a
surprise, to a great reception. Examining one of Hamish’s cars, it’s
ironic to hear him remark, “I’ve always loved show cars, but I’m just
not a fan of cleaning them.”
Nonetheless, once Hamish had grown bored of the “show
thing”, the tarmac beckoned.
“I’d always intended to drift it,” he explains. “Nothing’s too
pretty to put on a track.”
A little bit of street hoonage ensued — with him occasionally
cooking it, but, thankfully, this resulting in no real damage — before
he turned up to his first drift day.
“It was exactly as I drove it on the street, and it did the damage.
I linked the whole track on my third or fourth lap, and never looked
back,” he recalls.
Embracing the sideways life wasn’t in question from this day
forward, but, as well as gaining an appreciation for dispensing with
a copious number of tyres, Hamish also discovered the camaraderie
that flows through the drift crews.
 If one word could
sum up Hamish’s
style, it’d have to
be ‘simple’. This
extends to the
interior, with the
all-important
retention of the
factory dash
shell doing
away with any
instruments Buckling into the passenger seat with fellow Cefiro pilot and
Team Cream stalwart Neal Jackson, Hamish was introduced to
a given for Hamish. A shed full of Cefiro parts collected over the
years meant that costs could be kept down, the core idea being
except for a boost the human element of drifting. that a track hack would be a cheaper exercise. Fellow Team Cream
gauge. The Link G4 “He took me out to show me the lines, and, if you know him,
you’ll know he goes full send. It ended up with us flying off the
member Sean Jones put Hamish in touch with Quentin Waratini,
whose ex-D1NZ steed was up for grabs. A deal was inked, and
ECU is left to look track and taking out like 20 tyres,” Hamish says of the experience. the slightly worse-for-wear A31 trailered back to the Waikato.
The subsequent unstoppable laughter was followed up with Importantly, the Cefiro already had the requisite homologated
after the engine, advice from Neal to, “Don’t do it like me”. The experience marked cage from front to back and an RB25DE hanging from the mounts.
with a simple the beginning of something of a bromance, and, ultimately, the
recruitment of Team Cream’s freshest member.
The game plan was straightforward. “I love a car that looks
good and is reliable, so retaining factory parts and looks is key. It’s
tell-tale lamp Eventually, something had to give. In Hamish’s case it was a plus not having to work on it all the time too,” Hamish explains
alerting Hamish a clutch, and, in a moment of clarity, he decided that burning 20-
plus pairs of tyres in a weekend was getting a bit tough on the
of the build ethos.
True to his word, the moment that the shell touched the
to any problems wallet. The kicker was the realization that the immaculate Cefiro workshop floor, Hamish stripped the car of its gutted doors and
beneath the hood posed a high chance of meeting its maker on the track. Enter the
concept of a track hack, beater, or drift slag — call it what you will.
Lexan windows, replacing them with four full-weight factory doors
complete with electric windows.
With all the Cefiro expertise under his belt, another A31 was While the shell had escaped the certain doom of a
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 SHOES
WHEELS: (F) 17x9-inch
(+39) SSR Vienna
Courage, 30mm spacer,
(R) 18x10-inch (0) SSR
Vienna Courage
TYRES: (F) 215/40R17
Zestino semi slick, (R)
235/40R18 Evergreen

Simple it may look, but the journey was almost cut short on the dyno. During the car’s
initial tune session, the flywheel “shat itself all over the dyno cell,” according to
Hamish. The car still wears its battle scars with pride: a welded-up slice in the driver’s
side floor, and the torn skeleton of the bonnet bear testament to the near disaster
 Induction to Team tube-front-end modification, the inner guards had been completely
chopped out. Fine for your average hack maybe, but, preferring
Cream came almost a cleaner look, Hamish stitched in new tubs, before sandblasting
the remainder of the car to unearth any surprises. The rear arches
accidentally. Hamish were a bit worse than anticipated, so a pair of Garage 13 widebody
reckons that he sort quarters were shipped over from Australia to tidy up past sins. With
these grafted onto the car, along with full Origin Labo Stylish Line
of suggested that aero, the Cefiro put on yet more trailer kilometres, bombing down to
the new car would Spray Factory in Palmy for a coat of Team Cream exclusive cream
pearl by good mate Greig.
look sick painted in With the exterior look locked in, Hamish and hometown buddy
the pearl cream hue. Matt combined their talents to piece together the screaming RB
beneath the bonnet. Hamish explains that he’s a man who likes
The boys agreed, and, to do his homework, citing parts choices suited to specific power
goals, attention paid to heat management, and the use of quality
with it, the affiliation bits and pieces throughout — hack or not. Surprisingly, the core
became official. All engine is an unopened RB25DE.
“I literally touched nothing on the long block,” Hamish says.
that’s left is to run “These things go well, and I was never going to be pushing it to the
some tyre-blazing limit with the original gearbox.”
A high-mount Garrett 3076R hangs off the hot side, with the
trains with the lads external ’gate venting through the guard for flamin’ fun times. Self-
fabricated piping runs via an Elwood front mount into an Elwood
front-facing plenum, achieving the desired clean appearance.
Matt wired up the Link G4, with the end result being a stout
275kW at 7800rpm. But that itself was not without trials: the initial
dyno tune ended in near disaster, with the flywheel ejecting itself via

PERFORMANCE
POWER: 275kW at 7800rpm
FUEL: 98 octane
TUNER: Brent at Dynopower
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 INTERIOR
SEATS: Bucket seats, Takata four-point harness
STEERING WHEEL: Grip Royal suede
INSTRUMENTATION: Auto Meter boost gauge
EXTRA: Six-point roll cage, Driftworks handbrake, Trust gear knob

How good are the SSR Vienna Courages though?! While not a conventional choice,
the chrome-dished quartet of rims is the blingy yin to the stark cream tone’s
yang, endowing the Cefiro with just the right motherland-influenced aesthetic

EXTERIOR
PAINT: Cream by Spray Factory, Palmerston North
ENHANCEMENTS: Origin Labo Stylish Line kit, Origin Labo bonnet vents,
Dmax-style rear spoiler, Garage 13 widebody rear over-fenders, mirror-tinted
windows, graphics by Sign Tint, reproduction brick headlights, facelift chrome
grille, facelift tail lights
 SUPPORT DRIVELINE
STRUTS: XYZ drift coilovers (14kg front, 11kg rear springs) GEARBOX: Nissan R33 RB25 five-speed
BRAKES: (F) Four-pot Skyline calipers, Znoelli 280mm slotted rotors; (R) Skyline single-pot CLUTCH: Competition Clutch five-puck plate,
calipers, uprated pads, hydraulic handbrake heavy-duty pressure plate
EXTRA: Skyline five-stud conversion; Tomlin Power modified knuckles; Kune RE lengthened and FLYWHEEL: Competition Clutch billet flywheel
gusseted LCAs; adjustable front castor arms; adjustable rear camber, castor and traction arms DIFF: Welded Skyline R200 5x1 (4.3)

the bellhousing, firewall, floor, and any other path of least resistance
it could find. Hamish admits that some flashbacks of his earlier
Cefiro’s fiery demise passed through his field of vision. While the
damage was comprehensive — the original ‘small’ five-speed box
was scrap — he knuckled down, enlisted the help of some good
mates, and had the Cefiro running again in reasonably short order.
The battle scars remain on the bonnet and in the driver’s footwell.
Chassis-wise, the Cefiro is reasonably simple. XYZ drift
coilovers drape the arches over sparkling 17x9-inch front and 18x10-
inch SSR Vienna Courage three-piece wheels. A complement of
adjustable arms, lengthened front lower control arms (LCAs), and
appropriate steering components means that the Cefiro is a little
more driftable than a merely slammed car. Conversely, Hamish
is the first to admit that a low ride height takes precedence over
ultimate performance.
For now, though, it’s all about driving — that, and deflecting
the barrage of friendly banter from the rest of the Team Cream boys
over Hamish’s interpretation of exactly what constitutes a ‘beater’:
an engine bay that you’d serve a Michelin-star meal from, with an
interior equipped well enough not to look out of place in a top-level
circuit car.
It turns out that building a track hack doesn’t necessarily mean
making it look like a scrapyard refugee. For Hamish, Cefiro number
three is the culmination of several years mucking about with the
pride of Nissan’s taxi fleet; testament to knowing how and where
to spend the money, and that good old Kiwi DIY attitude — with a
little help from a couple of cold beers and a handful of great mates.

DRIVER
PROFILE
DRIVER/OWNER:
Hamish MacDonald
AGE: Too old
LOCATION: Waikato
OCCUPATION: Contractor
BUILD TIME: One year
LENGTH OF OWNERSHIP:
Two years

THANKS: Matt at Sparked Auto

Electrix; Craig at Sign
Tint, Matamata; Greig and
Emma at Spray Factory,
Palmerston North; Troy at
Repco Matamata; Evan
at Speedfactor; Nan at
The Bling Company; Harvey
at Allenco Marine; my partner,
Taylor; Sean, Rodney, Mum, and
everyone else who has helped
along the way
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themotorhood.com 26 2000 TOYOTA MARK II IR-V (JZX110)
SLAMMED WITHIN AN INCH OF ITS LIFE, SPITTING FLAMES OUT THE BONNET, AND BLOWING
THE REAR TYRES OFF WITH 376KW ON TAP — TRY NOT TO LOVE THE JZX110 AFTER THIS
WORDS: JADEN MARTIN PHOTOS: STRONG STYLE PHOTO
 P
eel back the endless layers that moment, when time becomes limited and the cash
make up the trials and tribulations demand never stops, hard decisions are made and plans
of a ground-up build the likes of which are pushed well beyond what they were ever meant to be. It’s a
you’ll find on these pages, and you’ll see they always tough test, especially when you’re venturing through uncharted
follow a pretty straightforward equation, an equation territory; though, more often than not, it makes for one hell of a
that dictates exactly how far things will get out of hand. That end finished product.
result relies on three simple factors: how much time you have to Jonas Mallinson is no stranger to the process. Having built and
dedicate, what budget you’re willing to commit, and how willing you abused a staunch Toyota JZX100 that rolled on a set of big johnnie
are to reach the vision in your head. Max out all three and you’re Work Equip 05s, when it came to chasing the next step in the car’s
building the car to end all others. However, as many have learned, progression, the calculation indicated that it made more sense to
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no build is ever that simple, and when levels begin to fluctuate, it’s sell the car and start afresh rather than undo the radness that had
the ultimate test of how much you want it. In that make or break already been pumped into it.
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 HEART
It was right around this time that the model’s 20th birthday
ticked over, and import laws meant that a flood of X100s poured
Exterior
ENGINE: Toyota 1JZ-GTE VVT-i, 2492cc,
straight-six
into the country. They quickly become a go-to base for modifiers, styling is a
BLOCK: Factory
HEAD: Factory
and, with Jonas seeing one around every corner, he lost interest in
the chassis real quick.
simple, albeit
INTAKE: Elwood Parts billet plenum,
90mm throttle body, custom Bespoke Fab
Fiending for the tough-as-nails 1JZ-GTE that he had become effective,
intercooler with Plazmaman 100mm core,
Bespoke Fab three-inch intercooler piping
accustomed to, it would be the JZX100’s younger brother that
caught his attention.
package
EXHAUST: Bespoke Fab four-inch
stainless-steel turbo-back system, custom
“With [the JZX100s] coming into the country and everyone that sees
resonator
TURBO: Holset HX40, billet core;
having one, it was harder to set that bar. Then I found this JZX110;
it’s not the most desirably shaped car, but it was unique, and I’ve factory aero
Hypertune twin-scroll manifold
WASTEGATE: Twin Turbosmart Gen V
done my best to make it look good,” he explains. combined with
A 2000-spec Toyota Mark II, it was imported into the country
Hyper-Gate45, Bespoke Fab bonnet-
vented screamer
as a factory IR-V, packing a 1JZ-GTE heart with an automatic trans a 326Power
FUEL: Walbro in-tank pump, E85-rated
braided lines and fittings, Turbosmart
slapped behind it, before a previous owner enacted a complete
manual power-train swap with just 67,000km on the clock. With
rear spoiler
fuel-pressure regulator (FPR)
IGNITION: VAG coil packs, Cooper plugs
enough juice and the car now in Jonas’s ownership, the first port of and Origin Labo
ECU: Haltech Elite 2000
COOLING: Fenix twin-core radiator
call was to sort out the stance. A big-bodied four-door with chunky
lines, it required a serious amount of low and a sufficiently sized set
front canards,
of rollers to pull it off. Luckily, Jonas had retained the Work Equip finished in that
05s that the X100 had worn, but, after having them rebuilt to 18x10-
inch (-6) and 11.5-inch (-16) specs, the wheels stuck out by what
glorious Mazda
seemed like a metre from the guards. 46V hue
 DRIVELINE
GEARBOX: Toyota R154 five-speed
CLUTCH: Quartermaster twin-plate
FLYWHEEL: Billet
DIFF: Factory

SUPPORT
STRUTS: Zeal coilovers
BRAKES: (F) JZX Tourer V calipers, slotted and vented rotors; (R) factory
EXTRA: Hardrace arms, Kazama steering kit, semi-tubbed rear

Achieving that ride height ain’t no easy feat. The entire Hardrace arm catalogue has been
thrown at the 110, as well as Zeal coilovers and a whole lot of custom guard work

The solution was to drop the car off to Infamous 1081 aero paired with a 326power wing and Origin Labo canards, the
Customs, which was tasked with making it ‘Jonas-proof’; that effect helps slim down the big body, especially at the rear end.
meant semi-tubbing the rear arches and throwing the entire The car would see multiple trips to Mexican back roads in
Hardrace catalogue of adjustable arms at it to dial in a ton of this form while Jonas broke in the new chassis and hoarded away
camber. Even with that, the guards still needed to be cut, pulled, parts on the side, itching for any excuse to pull the trigger on the
and extensively massaged with a rubber hammer to ensure that next stage of the build. That day came with a blown clutch after
the chassis rails sat millimetres from the tar-seal. a particularly enthusiastic departure, and he wasted no time in
To seal off the guard work, Jonas said, “F**k it; let’s paint the getting it to Haydn from Driftdirect to get underway. The first task
whole car”, and called on good friend Fritz Leaning to man the gun. was to drop the running gear so that the engine bay could be tidied
Jonas initially wanted a candy red; it was Fritz who suggested the up and resprayed, while a new hot and cold side was mocked up
Mazda 46V, also known as ‘Soul Red’. Laid over the factory IR-V on the engine.
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 SHOES
WHEELS: (F) 18x10-inch (-6) Work Equip 05, (R) 18x11.5-inch (-16) Work Equip 05
TYRES: 235/45R18 Hifly

Putting that 376kW power figure to the ground

is a set of Work Equip 05s that measure in at
18x10 inches (-6) and 11.5 inches (-16), wrapped
in 235/45 Hifly rubber at all corners
 As Jonas quickly learned, aftermarket support for the X110 is
pretty damn limited, and there’s a whole lot of misinformation out
there murking up the waters. It was this, mixed with a well-timed
push to reveal the car at the 2019 Chrome Expression Session,
that saw a huge effort to squeeze every last drop of power out of
the package — including a five-man, four-day marathon at the
11th hour! A Holset HX40 was selected to sit pride of place on the
driver’s side, while an Elwood billet intake takes care of the incoming
boost on the cold side. In between them lies a custom front-mount
intercooler, crafted by Bernard at Bespoke Fabrication, which uses
a Plazmaman core. Bernard was also instrumental in a number of
other fabrication tasks, including temporarily correcting an error
with the turbo manifold.
You see, the X110 is specced with the later VVT-i 1JZ-GTE,
which has a different flange configuration than the more common
earlier versions. With Jonas set on using a coveted Hypertune unit,
it meant a world first for the Australian fabricator. It went as far as
sourcing a VVT-i unit to make it happen, although, due to the lack of
X110 on its shores, engine-bay clearance was complete guesswork.
In the end, the gamble didn’t pan out, with the twin wastegate ports
just fouling on the chassis rail and strut tower. Bernard corrected
this with fresh flanges that were sent over by priority air, but it was
enough of a delay in an already shortened time frame to mean that
the car wouldn’t spin a wheel at Chrome.
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 Everyone loves a fire
show, and Jonas’s JZX110
spits flames straight out
the bonnet thanks to the
twin Turbosmart Gen V
Hypergate45 wastegates

PERFORMANCE
POWER: 391kW
TORQUE: 621Nm
BOOST: 26psi
FUEL TYPE: E85
TUNER: James Wildon at JT Performance
Controlled by
a Haltech Elite
2000 and running
on E85, James at
JT Performance was
able to squeeze out
a mammoth 391kW
at the wheels on
over 30psi, before
pulling it back to a
very potent 376kW

The hurdle tested all three of the equation factors, soaking upset if it were to fail, as he’s using it as a bit of personal research
up precious time and funds, along with dealing a solid hit to on seeing what an unopened motor can handle. When the time
motivation, but Jonas used the extra downtime to take care comes, the stock bottom will be switched out for a built 2JZ unit,
of a few pieces of the puzzle that might otherwise have been retaining the current head with bolt-ons before being pushed to
overlooked in the haste. the limits of that set-up.
A fresh Hypertune unit, complete with updated X110-specific Clearly losing sight of the vision was never an issue for Jonas,
measurements, is currently being made, while the modified and, as long as there’s enough time in the day and treats from the
example takes care of things in the interim. As it sits, James at mahi flowing in, the car simply ain’t done yet. But hey, with a car
JT Performance was able to squeeze out a mammoth 391kW at the that looks this solid, with that road-banging ride height and 376kW
wheels on 26psi — which, Jonas was told, was the absolute brink of silliness on tap waiting to blow the tyres off the rear — which
of what it could handle — then opted to dial it back to 24psi and a strangely is an increasingly regular occurrence when Jonas gets
very potent 376kW, complete with flame-spitting twin wastegates behind the wheel — the sum of that equation was never going to
out the bonnet! From what we can gather, Jonas wouldn’t be too be anything but radness, right?

DRIVER PROFILE
DRIVER/OWNER: Jonas Mallinson
AGE: 29
LOCATION: Waiheke Island
OCCUPATION: Glazier
BUILD TIME: One year
LENGTH OF OWNERSHIP: One year

THANKS: Stephen Price at Honest Imports, from who I bought the car; 1081 Infamous Customs, which did all the stance work, guard work, fitting all the
arms, and setting up the ride height; Fritz Leaning, for the paint job; Hadyn Storey at Driftdirect, who has been the main chief of the build — a big thanks for
the general build, fitting all the aftermarket parts, ECU, clutch install, and all the engine-bay details; Teek and Shay from Classic Performance Imports, for
sponsoring some parts and providing a place to shoot the car; Elijah Mallinson for helping me do all the little finishing bits
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NZ Performance Car : Hi, Cristina. Your highly detailed car builders while at the shows. I’ve found it to be quite a source of
drawings have been popping up all over the internet. inspiration, seeing a person so passionate about their car or bike,
Can you tell the readers how you got into drawing? and their willingness to share it with others. That’s really cool to see.
Cristina: Hi, NZPC. I first got into drawing at about the age of nine
or 10. Our family used to get complimentary calendars from our car And what caused that armchair interest to develop into
mechanic — we still do, actually — and I used to be fascinated by drawing the cars you saw?
the cars they would feature in the calendars. It would have all the When I saw a car that was cool but knew that I could not have it,
latest sports cars, luxury cars — the kind of stuff that was amazing I guess recreating it in art form was, and is, the next best thing
to see as a kid — and I just drew what I thought was cool. Mostly on for me.
refill paper or in the back of my school books.
That makes a lot of sense. Lately, you’ve been drawing a
So, you have always had a bit of a talent for drawing? lot of very detailed and technical-type images. How did
I guess so, yes. I’ve been drawing for such a long time, I knew it that develop?
was ‘my thing’, but it was only in the last three or four years that I’ve I started out drawing cars and then moved on to motorcycles. I
really upped my game. got bored of doing that after a while, so I tried drawing cutaway
diagrams of engines, but just simply drawing them was kind of
Besides those calendars, what’s your background with boring too. That’s when I tried combining caricature style, which
cars? I tinkered with while at high school, with the cutaway portraits of
Not much in the sense that I don’t build cars or anything like that. I motorcycle engines. That was really enjoyable! A couple of years
would consider myself an armchair enthusiast of sorts, kind of like ago, I drew my first engine-bay portrait, which I call ‘enginescapes’,
someone who supports the All Blacks but has never played a game and I loved the details. I don’t know why, maybe I was dropped on
of footy. I do try to attend car shows when I can, and chit-chat with my head as a baby, but that’s where I get the most enjoyment.
 Do you find your drawing abilities better in those small Justin Bieber, I guess. I looked that bike over for ages; it’s always a
I’m not a intricate details, as opposed to the larger type drawings? buzz to see something in real life, something you’ve only ever seen
perfectionist. Drawing the intricate details of an engine has improved my ability
to draw full car and motorcycle portraits. My attention to detail in
in books or online, then finally getting to see it in the flesh/metal.

Though I do pay general has improved overall, but I know I can improve further; it’s Can you tell us about the typical process of producing

more attention just practice. a drawing?

I draw my initial sketch in a sketchbook which is A4 size. Once I’m
to not just the How do you go about choosing the images you draw?
When I was in high school, car magazines were my main source for
happy with that, I’ll outline it with black ink pen, scan it, and blow
it up to whatever size is required. Then I’ll transfer the scaled-up
small details reference material, and it would just be the one image. Nowadays, version of the sketch onto the brown card that I use, and, from
but things like especially with the enginescapes and cutaways, I’m having to
look at several images to piece all the details together, mostly
there, I render it to give it more detail and pop.

angles and from the internet. If it’s a commission, I ask the customer to send Do you try to stick to perfect scale, or is there a bit of

proportions me several high-res photos of their vehicle. Very rarely do I get to

see the vehicle in reality before I draw it. I remember way back in
artistic licence involved?
Plenty of artistic licence; I’m not a perfectionist. Though I do pay
2008-ish, I drew a Brough Superior, and it wasn’t until a couple of more attention to not just the small details but things like angles
years after that that I saw one at the Pukekohe motorcycle show and proportions. If I can’t be perfect, I want to at least showcase
for the first time. I was totally in awe, like a 12-year-old kid seeing the beauty of vehicle/engine and hopefully do it justice.
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What materials do you typically use through the process Drawing my initial sketch at small scale makes it easier to get a
of a drawing? sense of proportions and angles rather than drawing it large scale. The brown
I use 0.5mm mechanical pencils for the initial sketch. The small nib
allows for small details like bolts, clips, threads, etc., to be drawn.
Using multiple high-res images makes the drawing more accurate
and the process more enjoyable than working from one small card is
Black ink pens, graphite pencils, coloured pencils, and toned card image. I look at the image(s) as a series of lines and points. All the perfect for
— some people call it ‘cartridge’. lines and points are positioned relative to one another: intersecting,
overlapping, converging, running parallel, etc. If I can position one coloured
Can you tell us why you use the brown card as a base,
and what effect it has on the finished image?
in its place, then it allows me to position the rest; that’s how the
sketch comes to life. It’s kind of hard to explain in words. My art
pencils. It’s
The brown card is perfect for coloured pencils. It’s pretty heavy- has only improved because I improved this ability and I’m always pretty heavy-
duty and can take a lot of layers of coloured pencil, which is ideal
for blending. You don’t get to see it in the enginescapes, though,
looking to improve it further. However, it’s not special; just about
every artist does this on a subconscious level. duty and can
because I fill up the negative space, if there is any. You see plenty
of it in the engine cutaways, as I do not colour in the background. How would you describe your style? Do you think it’s
take a lot
Having a toned background means that the highlights stand out different to what others are producing currently? of layers
more. Plus, I just like the nostalgic look it has. It’s fitting for the
cutaway engines I’ve drawn, which have mostly been classic
My style is slightly obsessed I think [laughs]. The caricature-style
cutaways are very different indeed. In general, though, there are
of coloured
engines: the BSAs and Nortons, for example. more artists paying attention to the detailed engine style. You just pencil, which
Are there certain techniques that you’ve discovered
need to look at Instagram for two minutes and see that. I think
it’s fantastic that artists are paying more love and attention to is ideal for
work better than others, and how have your abilities
changed over time?
the engines; after all, if it wasn’t for them, we’d still be cruising
Fred Flintstone styles.
blending
 They are a massive part of what all those involved in
the car community do, so it’s good to see the love for
them shared! Lastly, where do you hope to see your
drawings progress in future?
I hope to see my art owned and being enjoyed by car and bike
owners and enthusiasts. They may display it in their homes
or garages; it doesn’t matter to me where it goes, as long as
people get to enjoy them, perhaps even giving them a new-found
appreciation for the vehicles in our lives.

We will no doubt see more of your art in a few familiar

places at this rate, Cristina. Thanks for giving us and
the readers an insight into how it all goes down.
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before Mission Bay — simply known as ‘Rotor Corner’. Like so
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causing all sorts of traffic jams as the general public wondered what
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their Sunday Big Mac. With the summer sun out in force, it wasn’t
long before the Greenlane car park was packed to capacity —
especially after both the west Auckland and south Auckland pre-
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rotaries, so the vibe was nothing but chill. While these types of
events are simply about the bringing together the community
more than giving out prizes and over-complicating things, the Kiwi
Rotor crew had scored a few fuel vouchers from Gull to hand out,
with Stephen Dean, Jason Fergison, Craig Irving, Anthony Pearse,
William Green, and Fritz Leaning taking home the goods, which
we’re sure were all spent on the tanks just to get home.
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 A DECADE ON FROM ITS COVER DEBUT, LEON SCOTT’S
EVO VII IS STILL PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES
WORDS: MARCUS GIBSON PHOTOS: ADAM CROY
2001 MITSUBISHI EVO VII
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 All that remains of Six months on, all that remains of the old car is the shell itself
and the Tomei stroker 2.3 4G63 with race-prepped head and Holset
the old car is the HX40RS Pro huffer. The engine, which was originally built back in
2013, has been the mainstay of the car. The reason being that it
shell itself and has proved to be extremely reliable for the team, only needing to
the Tomei stroker have one freshen-up in that time. Leon’s not leaning on the motor all
that much, and it really only spends about five minutes wide open
2.3 4G63 with race- on full boost during a session, so it’s pretty happy. Surprisingly,
prepped head and the actual combination is also relatively unchanged, including the
race-prepped head with 272 cams. It’s always delivered what was
Holset HX40RS Pro needed, and that’s low-down and mid-range torque to punch out of
huffer. corners. What has changed is everything around it.
One of the biggest of those changes has been the driveline.
Previously running an Albins dogbox that was forever breaking fifth
gear, the shift has been made to a Quaife five-speed sequential.
While most sequentials are six-speed, Leon has elected to
stay five-speed, as it allows him to sit within and use the 2.3’s
powerband more effectively than a six-speed, which would see him
unnecessarily swapping cogs all the time. When he does have to
EXTERIOR
PAINT: Sign Formula–designed and –applied vinyl wrap
swap cogs now, this will be done with his foot flat to the floor! ENHANCEMENTS: Voltex Cyber widebody, Voltex extra-wide over-fender
To do this, the old HKS F Con had to go. Haltech has come on- extensions, carbon undertray, Voltex Cyber large front canards, Varis rear diffuser,
Voltex 2.1 rear wing (LSM custom uprights), Ganador mirrors
board, supplying one of its 2500 Elite units, and a complete loom,
from motorsport wiring specialist Rywire in the States, to replace
the very tired factory loom. The motorsport-grade loom arrived
essentially as a plug-and-play affair. The electronics upgrade INTERIOR
SEATS: Racetech 4100HR, Racetech harness, Sabelt arm harness
dropping a whopping 15kg in the process. The tuning was a joint STEERING WHEEL: NRG quick-release hub
venture between Jacky at Jtune Automotive, and, through the INSTRUMENTATION: AiM Strada dash
wonders of the World Wide Web, Scott from Haltech. With Jacky EXTRA: Flocked dash, carbon-fibre Group N door cards, two-way radio gear,
Lifeline fire suppression, MotorSport New Zealand–spec roll cage
on the dyno in Auckland and Scott in Sydney, the pair were able to
extract 470kW and 830Nm from 5000rpm thanks to the new diet
of E85.
While it’s not a massive jump in power from the previous
set-up — 30kW, to be exact — extra grip is always a welcome
accompaniment to a power increase. This has been achieved
through some clever thinking on Leon’s part. He converted a set
of Intrax remote-canister dampers to sit inverted in the BC ER
lower clevis and make use of their spring perches and custom-rate
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springs. Not only is the Intrax damper a serious piece of kit, but
running them inverted has also allowed the remote canisters to be
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 Shifting to a Haltech Elite 2500 has seen
the move to an AiM Strada dash, ditching
the previous stack of gauges

Following Leon’s crash, his

personal safety has been beefed up.
Most important, the inclusion of a
head restraint Racetech seat

A full Voltex Cyber widebody has been punched out a further 45mm each side with the addition of Voltex
extra-wide over-fender extensions. Up front, Voltex Cyber large front canards, and a carbon undertray

SHOES
WHEELS: 18x10.5-inch Wedsport TC105N
TYRES: 295/30R18 Z221S semi-slick, 275/35R18
Hankook Super Soft 214 Gymkhana slick (for Leadfoot, etc.)

PERFORMANCE
POWER: 470kW
TORQUE: 830Nm
FUEL: E85
TUNER: Jacky Tse at Jtune
 Now on E85, the fuel system has been upgraded to handle the flow. A pair of
044s feed a single 10-feed line to the four 2200cc Bosch motorsport injectors

mounted in the engine bay, and thus fine-tuning can be made on Leon has his mind seat on one goal: lowering that PB.
Endless six-pot the fly by the team, even in pit lane. A combination of Hardrace Side by side with the Evo that we featured back in 2009,
calipers and and Racefab arms completes adjustability.
For all intents and purposes, it’s going to be a new car to
there really is no comparison. It’s both a reflection of how far
Leon and his Evo VII have come and how far the sport as a
Endless Sprint pads drive when Leon lines up for his eighth season of Superlap. As it whole has come. The hardware that you’ll find in it now is as
clamp on 370mm stands, his current PB at his home track of Hampton Downs is a
1min 7.8s, which we doubt is going to hang around long.
good as anyone else’s in the game on the world stage. The only
difference is that Leon runs the Voltex aero that won the World
two-piece rotors “First, I’ve got to relearn the car. So much has changed, it Time Attack Challenge (WTAC) back in the Cyber Evo era, which
will be completely different from behind the wheel. For me to get is very mild compared with what the front runners are using
comfortable, it will take some time, so for starters I’d like to get in 2019. But that’s some serious investment in itself, and let’s
back into the sevens, then push to the sixes, and then ultimately not forget this is a privateer build, pieced together in the shed
into the high fives. Yeah, it’s two seconds faster, but it’s not an after work, by a passionate bunch who love nothing more than
unreasonable target,” he says. chasing that clock in true Time Attack fashion. Something that’s
By the time you read this, the new-look car will have hard to shake, and something that is clearly well and truly in
completed a half-day test ahead of the season opener, where Leon’s blood for life.

DRIVER PROFILE
DRIVER/OWNER: Leon Scott
AGE: Young enough
LOCATION: Auckland/Waikato
OCCUPATION: Specialist vehicle importer at LSM Ltd
BUILD TIME: Six months (overhaul)
LENGTH OF OWNERSHIP: 13 years

THANKS: Nick and Simon at Hyperdrive; James Kirkham at Haltech ECU; Shiraz at Simon Lucas Mitsubishi; Kevin and
Jackie at Jtune Automotive; Dean at Sign Formula; Jason at NZKW; Shane at Chicane Racewear; my amazing team
Aaron Withers, Darren Clarke, Kevin Herdman; the Whiddett family, for the inspiration and time; my partner Carla, for
her super support and management; everyone else who’s played a part, thank you
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S
ince the birth of motorsport in this country, timed sprint
events have held a significant place in the competition
scene. On any given weekend, in any given corner
of the country, chances are there’s a MotorSport
New Zealand (MSNZ)–sanctioned ClubSport event
happening. For those outside the organized car club community,
bar the odd resident affected by road closures, most events of this
status take place without so much as a mention, largely leaving the
weekend warrior to race the clock for a fleeting moment of glory
and not much else.
The Ashley Forest Rallysprint has always been a little different.
For 40 years, the undulating 1.7km gravel loop nestled in the pine-
covered hills outside Rangiora has proved a hit with drivers and
spectators alike. From the event’s inception, it has attracted cars
and teams from all over the country, with every gravel specialist
wanting to add the outright title to their résumé. For a very select
few with the means of achieving it, the title of course record holder
remains the holy grail.
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fast downhill section.

The age of social media has taken Ashley Forest beyond the
status of iconic to reach a truly global audience. From the viral
video of Rod Millen’s 4WD FC RX-7 cracking the minute in 1987
to Hayden Paddon documenting his annual exploits to his huge
social following, word is quickly spreading internationally. As far as
ClubSport events go, this is certainly something special.
For the 2019 running, and with defending champion
Alister McRae and 2018 runner-up Neil Webb both notable
omissions from the entry list, the 40th-anniversary edition was
billed early on as a two-way dogfight between Sloan Cox and
Hayden Paddon, and they didn’t disappoint. After mechanical
failure prevented the World Rally Championship (WRC) winner
from progressing past the Top 16 elimination runs in 2018, the
Paddon Rallysport team returned with an aggressive aero update
complemented by a moderate 373kW engine package in Paddon’s
otherwise AP4-spec Hyundai i20.
 Not to be outdone, the Sloan Cox Motorsport crew also
returned with some changes for the Taslo Engineering Evo VII
‘Hillclimb Beast’, most notably in the form of a brand-new,
supersized aero package. As the only two cars to break into the
sub-minute barrier through the four qualifying runs, the stage was
set for an epic showdown during the elimination rounds, providing
the reliability curse that plagued both cars last year could be
shaken. Sadly, this wasn’t the case for Sloan, who, after resetting
the record early on, lost a cylinder in the Top 8, ending his weekend
with third in Unlimited 4WD. This would leave Paddon uncontested
for outright honours.
Paddon continually rewrote the record all weekend long, with
a best of 52.77s, stating that the team had a higher-powered engine
that had not arrived in time, so, by the look of it, 2020 will see the
battle for sub 50s.
The battle for class supremacy down the field would prove
equally enthralling. The 0–1300cc category has long been the
class of the mighty Toyota Starlet, and 2019 was no different, with
more than half of the field comprising KPs. One driver bucking the
Starlet trend, however, was Brightwater’s DJ Musk, making his
Ashley Forest debut in a Citroen GSA. Sadly for Musk and fans of
unusual race cars, his weekend would not progress beyond the
qualifying rounds after he nosed the ditch and spectacularly rolled
in front of the large crowd gathered at the bottom of the hill on
Sunday morning.
At the top of the 0–1300cc time sheets, it was a Starlet free

Returning to the fray was young Rangiora driver

Ari Pettigrew, who once again showed how a BMW E36
Compact should be driven, displaying the spectacular
driving style that has made him a fan favourite
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for all, with two-time class winner Chris Herdman locked in a battle
with young gun Tim Smith, the pair trading fastest times over the
course of Saturday qualifying. Sunday’s three-car final would be
separated by the blink of an eye, with Herdman sealing victory with
a 1min 11.40s over Smith’s 1min 11.57s. Peter Murch would round
out the Toyota trifecta, albeit more than two seconds behind the
leading pair.
Just four cars fronted for the 1301–1600cc category, and again
the entry list had a distinctly Toyota flavour about it. Marlborough’s
Jonty Brensell was never bettered all weekend long, with the
4A-GE-powered KP Starlet comfortably cruising to victory in the
final over the AE101 Corolla FX-GT of Jarrod Glass. Winton driver
Brendon Mitchell celebrated his first visit to the forest with a third-
place finish in his fan-favourite Datsun 1600.
On paper, Classic 2WD may also have appeared short on
entries, but, as is often the case in classic competition, quality made
up for lack of quantity. First-time Ashley Forest visitor Stewart Reid
made the journey from Brisbane to compete in a locally owned
ex–Meirion Evans Mk2 Escort, putting in some spectacular drives
all weekend long. No stranger to Kiwi gravel, Reid quickly came to
grips with the Ashley Forest course and was rewarded with a third-
place finish in the final. In a repeat of the top two from last year, the
RX-7 battle between Phil Walker and Bert Murray again fell in favour
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of the latter; the iconic Group B RX-7 would claim a two-second

margin of victory over Walker’s visually stock counterpart.
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 The Unlimited 2WD entry list was big on variety, with an
eclectic mix of front-wheel-drive, rear-wheel-drive, extensively
modified, largely stock, and no-expense-spared builds taking
on the hill. One of the more notable additions to the 12-car field
was a second entry for Sloan Cox, lining up in his New Zealand
Rally Championship (NZRC) Evo X — reconfigured to front-
wheel drive! Cox cited lack of traction off the line as the car’s
Achilles heel.
Daniel Feck’s road to the Unlimited 2WD final would be
difficult; a dual-driven entry with father and owner Robin, their
Mitsubishi V6–powered Toyota MR2 was plagued by driveline
problems all weekend long. However, one good run in qualifying
was enough for the Dannevirke driver to take his place in the final,
only for him to promptly break an axle at the start line. Despite not
finishing the run, Feck would be rewarded with third place. Second
went to Robert ‘Groove’ McCallum in his Ecotec-powered Mk2
Escort, and class honours went to Mosgiel’s Chris Hey, claiming
his 12th title in his Infiniti-powered AW11 MR2. Hey also managed
to lower the Unlimited 2WD record to 1min 0.9s.
With records in almost every class, and the type of fast-
paced action that most events can only dream of, this 40-year-
old New Zealand rally institution is going nowhere. Expect the
2020 running to be even more nail-biting, the kind of action that
we think is well worth a trip to Rangiora.
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elcome to part four of the K20 build that we’re
currently undertaking. Last issue, we pieced together
our short block and also assembled the modified RBB
head. This month, we take over the engine room at
Jtune Auto as we finally bring everything together in
high-compression harmony ready to bolt into the midget chassis.
Before doing any of that, we wanted to dummy assemble the engine
to check the very critical piston-to-valve and valve-to-valve clearance at
maximum lift due to our Type R camshafts, max comp pistons, and
shaved head. As you can’t see inside the combustion chamber when it’s
assembled, we raided the kids’ toy chest for some play dough, placing
balls in each valve relief on top of the CP pistons, the idea being that the
valve will squish the play dough, showing us exactly how little clearance
we have to work with. To do this properly, you really need to build the
engine. This includes torquing the head down, installing all the rocker
gear, and even dialling in the cams so that you can check the clearance
at both max advance and max retard. It’s tedious, but necessary.

Finding true tdc is done using a dial

indicator, which acts on the top of the
piston through the spark plug hole
 As you only need to check one piston, we only installed the
exhaust and intake rockers on the No. 2 piston. The rockers we have
chosen to kill VTEC with are the alloy rockers found on the exhaust
side of K20s and some K24s. Some choose to pin Type R rockers,
but these alloy rockers are much lighter, although they require some
clearancing modifications to work with the wider and bigger lift Type
R cams. Our dummy build also gave us an opportunity to test that our
modifications would allow clearance.
After fitting the timing gear, following Honda’s guidelines, we
found that the shave job on the head had caused the intake cam to be
out by about half a tooth, but, as we have adjustable cam gears, we
were able to adjust this out and get the factory alignment pins to line
back up. These are located on the back side of the head. After dialling
the cams, we spun the motor through a few full rotations at both max
lift and max retard — very slowly — listening intently. It was a little
nerve-racking pulling it back down to inspect the play dough, but we
needn’t have worried, as we had some wiggle room. Did someone say
bigger cams?
Final assembly is a repeat process of the test build, only this
time we used a brand-new Cometic MLS 0.4 head gasket rather than
the used factory one. It’s important that the head bolts are lubed and
that you follow the sequence that Honda specifies. Factory bolts are
torqued to 39Nm followed by yield, which is two 90-degree turns.
Carry out a full sequence of 90-degree turns, then repeat. The valve
train is also torqued to Honda’s specs and done in a specific rotation.
After torquing, valve lash needs to be set. Failure to do so could This little trinket makes
result in a burnt-out valve or worse. Your lash on both the intake torque to yield easy.
and exhaust will be different; in this case, 0.08mm on the intake and Although a mark on
0.10mm on the exhaust with a torque setting of 10Nm on both (rocker the bolt head is also an
dependent). It’s important to make sure there is no load on the rocker accepctible method
when doing this, so rotate the crank until the lobe is clear.

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setting up your timing
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The final job with the long block build is dialling in the cams.
This is an important step and saves plenty of dyno time that would
be spent trying to find the sweet spot for the cams. Things like a
shaved head will change your engine’s timing, so this is a good way
to dial the timing back into spec. To do this, you need to first find top
dead centre (TDC) on piston one. The most accurate way is to use
a dial gauge through the spark-plug hole. With the K-series spark
plug so deep, an extension is also required. With a degree wheel on
the crank and a piece of solid wire fashioned into a pointer, the dial
gauge can now be shifted to the valve-spring retainer. Ensure that
the valve is completely closed, and set the dial gauge to zero. Rotate
the cam until it reaches peak lift. Now, loosen the cam-gear bolts
and rotate again until you reach max lift once more. Set torque bolts
to spec; our Skunk2 gears have a torque setting of 6Nm. Repeat this
process on the opposite side of the engine. To follow this method,
you need to know your cam specs, as you’ll be working to these
degree numbers on the degree wheel.
With the long block now complete, all that was left was to seal
up the front cover and our custom dry-sump pan with ThreeBond
sealer. We used factory intake and exhaust gaskets.
Sadly, our intake wasn’t completed in time for print, so we
can’t show you a completed engine, and it’s not likely to hit the dyno
this speedway season, so don’t expect figures any time soon.
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 TAKING THE RAREST OF FACTORY TYPE R COLOUR CODES
AND CRAMMING IT FULL OF LEGENDARY HONDA BRANDS
AND A 136KW NATURALLY ASPIRATED B-SERIES HAS BEEN A
DREAM TURNED REALITY FOR THIS FEATURE CAR OWNER
1998 HONDA CIVIC TYPE R (EK9)

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rack open the high-security storage vault that is more a special set of rollers that you’d simply never find again, your
commonly referred to as your home garage and dig favourite bucket seats that have been in every car you’ve owned, HEART
ENGINE: Honda B18CR,
through that series of ‘strategically’ arranged piles, or that engine package you’ve been saving for the right chassis to 1834cc, four-cylinder
and you’ll no doubt find more than your fair share dump it into. BLOCK: CP Carillo forged
of parts that date back to a car that you owned five It was the last of these that saw prolific Honda owner pistons, Eagle forged rods, ACL
Race Series bearings
or more examples ago. For the seasoned car enthusiast, no part Jepoy de los Reyes acquire his latest example, this 1998 Honda HEAD: Ported and polished;
is ever wasted, because there’s always that niggly thought in the Civic Type R (EK9). It’s one of many in a very long line of Hondas that Skunk2 Pro 2 camshafts,
back of your head that says you might need it one day. While this have fallen under his ownership since he moved to New Zealand Skunk2 adjustable cam gears,
Skunk2 intake valves, Skunk2
usually relates to small items — an old steering wheel, a spare back in 2015. The Philippine native explains that, back home,
exhaust valves, Skunk2 valve
set of tyres, or the likes of engine-bay components that aren’t EF and EG Civics are easily accessible, much as they are here. springs, Skunk2 retainers
model specific — on some occasions, it can mean hoarding away However, unlike here, EK9s are few and far between, driving the INTAKE: Skunk2 manifold,
Skunk2 70mm throttle body,
Blox velocity stack pod filter
EXHAUST: PLM Tri-Y
stainless headers, Kakimoto
2.5-inch stainless B-pipe,
Tanabe G-Medalion stainless
chambered muffler
FUEL: B16B injectors, B16B
fuel pump
IGNITION: Eagle 10.5mm
leads, NGK-R plugs
ECU: OBD 1, Neptune chip
COOLING: Half-size two-row
alloy radiator
EXTRA: Oil catch-can

EXTERIOR
PAINT: Factory Phoenix Yellow
(Y-56)
ENHANCEMENTS: Seeker
V1 spoiler

INTERIOR
SEATS: Recaro SR3
STEERING WHEEL: OEM
INSTRUMENTATION: OEM One of an
estimated five
in the country,
you can bet
that you won’t
see another
Y-56, Phoenix
Yellow, EK9
making back-
to-back passes
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is ejected
rearward
via PLM Tri-Y
stainless-
steel headers
connected to
a Kakimoto
2.5-inch
stainless-steel prices through the roof and making them almost impossible to Hondas that our shores had to offer, he had already found himself
system and get your hands on unless you’re rolling in dough. So, when he first
landed on our shores and almost immediately found this very EK9
owning two examples of the EK9, both in the coveted championship
white hue, but couldn’t shake what he refers to as an indescribable
finished by a for sale on the local auction site, it was love at first sight, albeit that calling to this specific example. Why? For Jepoy, it was the
G-Medalion it would turn out they would not actually be united until much later.
You see, fresh into a new country and on a lowly student
extremely rare factory Phoenix Yellow (Y-56) paintwork that adorns
its panels. This is one of just 598 examples produced by Honda for
stainless income, Jepoy would need to work his way through a number of the worldwide market, none of which was ever sold locally. We don’t
chambered lower spec EK-series Civics, including stints in a 96-spec DC2
Type R as well as a CL7 Accord and FD2 Type R in order to sample
know about you, but to us that makes it a sure sight harder to find
than your typical EK9, and Jepoy has based the entire build around
muffler the K-series hearts. By the time he was done trying out all the the chassis so that he can lay claim to a legitimate example.
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 DRIVELINE
GEARBOX: Honda S4C five-speed
CLUTCH: Xtreme heavy-duty
FLYWHEEL: Exedy lightweight
DIFF: Helical limited-slip

SUPPORT
STRUTS: BC Gold coilovers
BRAKES: (F) Spoon twin-block four-pot calipers,
slotted rotors; (R) OEM EK9 calipers and rotors
EXTRA: Spoon front strut brace,
Blackworks Racing lower control arms (LCAs),
P1-Racing camber arms, EK9 sway bars

PERFORMANCE
POWER: 136.3kW
TORQUE: 123Nm
FUEL TYPE: BP 98
TUNER: Jonno Fowler
QUARTER-MILE: 13.7 seconds (Meremere)

SHOES
WHEELS: 16x7-inch (+45) Spoon Desmond Regamaster
TYRES: 205/45R16 Bridgestone Potenza

If Jepoy loves one thing more than the

colour code, it’s Spoon, which is why you’ll
spot those lush Spoon four-pot calipers
hiding behind a 16x7-inch (+45) set of Spoon
Desmond Regamasters
Through his long-running list of owned Hondas, Jepoy was
able to amass a serious collection of parts, and, more specifically,
an engine package that he had been saving for the right chassis: this
chassis. Purchased within an EK4, the heart was originally found
inside a DC2 Type R, making it the big daddy of the B-series, a B18CR.
It also came with a stack of receipts detailing a block fitted with a set
of high-compression CP forged pistons mated to forged Eagle rods,
and the head had been ported and polished before being crammed
with Skunk2 Pro 2 camshafts, adjustable cam gears, oversized valves
on both sides, valve springs, and retainers — all serious kit when
you’re looking to make solid naturally aspirated (NA) power. Pair that
with a Skunk2 intake manifold and 70mm throttle body, a full exhaust,
B16B injectors, a Neptune OBD 1 ECU, and a tune from Jonno Fowler,
and you’ll see 136.3kW on tap — a figure that will impress those who
know what putting down anything of the sort through a lightweight
front-wheel-drive hatch like this amounts to.
 We aren’t sure who gave Skunk2 the
shakedown, but the B18CR head has been
crammed with what seems like the full
catalogue; Pro 2 camshafts, adjustable
cam gears, oversized valves, springs, and
retainers — it’s all there
Aside from the engine package, which has been mated to the
factory S4C five-speed gear-swapper that makes use of a helical
limited-slip diff (LSD), Jepoy has opted to keep the exterior styling
subtle. This is, after all, a desirable model, thanks to its timeless
design and even more sought-after hue. To satisfy his itch for
upgrades, Jepoy has chosen to create somewhat of a tribute to
legendary tuning house Spoon, collecting up numerous parts that
are to be fitted to the car. As it sits, you’ll find Spoon twin-block four-
pot calipers adorning the front corners, fittingly hidden behind a set
of Spoon-commissioned Desmond Regamasters that measure in
at a Honda-friendly 16x7-inches (+45). There’s also a Spoon front
strut brace and a number of trinkets that have been ported straight
over from Japanese styling. Jepoy tells us that there’s even more
Spoon goodness sitting in the storage vault waiting to be fitted.
Don’t for a minute think that this EK9 is locked away and only
seen on the rarest of occasions such as in the Honda New Zealand
showroom where the photo shoot went down. No, in Jepoy’s eyes
that would be a damn shame, because rarities like these need to be
seen and appreciated, which is why you’ll find it regularly servicing
his love of drag racing. It’s run him a personal best of 13.7s at
Meremere Dragway in full street trim and has the potential to shave
more off with a few key upgrades that are already in the pipeline.
Away from the strip, Jepoy tells us that the EK is used nearly
more than the daily-driver, something that is hard to hold against him.
Jepoy has done well to achieve a final product that not only
makes him happy — which, he tells us, is critical with any of his
cars — but also mixes potent performance and a firm respect for
the design that left the factory floor all those years ago. It wears all
the right pieces and nothing it could do without, which, in our book,
makes it one solid car and just one of the 598 reasons why he knew
all those years ago that he’d own it some day.

DRIVER PROFILE
DRIVER/OWNER: Jepoy de los Reyes
AGE: 32
LOCATION: Auckland
OCCUPATION: Community support worker
BUILD TIME: 17 months
LENGTH OF OWNERSHIP: 17 months

THANKS: Tropang Honda; Other Side Racing team; NZHondas; Padek Auckland;
Tyre King; Automotix; Speed Science; Mustang Dyno; Meremere Dragway;
Jason Clay; Jonno Fowler; Benjamin Rogers; my wife, Dian de los Reyes; and my
kids, Sky and Summer
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FIVE — SUSPENSION TUNING one to change is the final-drive ratio in the diff. With most models, you’ll be
able to find different options at the local scrapyard; it’s just about doing some
No matter how much power you’re making, it’s no good if you can’t put it all to
research to find out what sub models have what gears. The higher the division
the ground. Before even replacing anything, small adjustments in suspension
number — e.g., 4.1:1 — the lower the top speed, but faster acceleration . You
alignment for things like toe, castor, or camber can make a huge impact. Shop
want to be almost hitting your max speed at the end of the longest straight.
around for a good alignment tech who knows his race craft. Replacing any worn-
out bushes will transform the handling before having to worry about shelling out
cash for things like upgraded spring rates and shocks valved to suit your driving TWO — LET IT BREATHE
discipline. Cheap coilovers are rarely the key to quicker laps. Upgrading piece by Engines are often let down by the volume of air that they can consume and the
piece is a great way to measure the improvements. volume of spent gasses that they can expel. If either of these are choke points,
then you’re robbing yourself of horsepower. Check out our intake dyno test on
FOUR — ROTATING MASS themotorhood.com to see the difference a proper cold-air intake can make. A
complete exhaust is not cheap, but the gains are noticeable. The first point of
While we will touch on weight reduction later, rotating mass in particular is worth
call for most track cars is to ditch the cats and minimize the mufflers and crush
its own mention, as it will greatly affect how the car handles, accelerates, brakes,
bends. To really make the most of this flow, a retune is advisable.
and ultimately performs. A kilogram removed from here is worth roughly three
times this number, if taken off what is known as ‘sprung weight’ (anything that
is held up by the suspension). You’d be surprised what wheels can weigh. If you ONE — WEIGHT
can save only 10kg a corner, that’s the same as ditching 120kg from the vehicle’s Power-to-weight ratio is where the biggest gains of all can be. If your car makes
sprung weight. This calculation applies to any of the rotating components. X-amount of power, the less weight each of those units of horsepower has to
push, the faster your car will be. Ditch every unnecessary gram from the car;
THREE — GEAR RATIOS it all adds up. From the spare wheel to the passenger seat, or get brave and
get the hole saw out. The next level will be to replace factory components
Your engine will have a rev range where it’s most happy, and thus making the
with lightweight versions, but this is where the outlay is. Look at any top-level
most power, so keeping the engine in this range is very important. The key to
motorsport, and you’ll see the lengths that these people go to to save weight.
this is having the right gear-ratio combination, and, thankfully, there are plenty of
Other side effects will include better braking performance and the car being
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online calculators to work this out (we use the Tremec Toolbox app). The easiest
more nimble and having faster acceleration.
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he wise Keiichi Tsuchiya once said, “What is power gear. A pneumatic controller is simply a mechanical tap offering
without control?”; when it comes to boosted a single level of control dialled in the tap, hence the common
applications, the wastegate is front and centre in name ‘boost tap’.
the fight on over-boosting. So, why is something The wastegate’s performance is directly related to its
so integral to the performance and reliability of the installation/orientation. There are three very common issues
boost system often the last concern during the design process? that we see regularly: poor location, incorrect controller
Your turbo has an insatiable appetite for spent exhaust plumbing, and incorrect sizing of the gate itself.
gases; left unchecked, it would consume everything, including To solve the issue of incorrect sizing, we recommend that
your engine’s internals. The wastegate’s job is to keep your you speak with your tuner before purchasing the gate. The size
turbo in check. It does this by bleeding off exhaust gas pressure is dictated by the engine configuration, turbo sizing, and power
over and above a set psi to avoid over-boosting. This psi is set goals. As a rough rule of thumb, running low boost will require
first and foremost by the spring located inside the gate, held in a bigger gate than running high boost on the same turbo. This
a sealed cavity between the flexible diaphragm and the top cap. has to do with the flow: the lower the boost you run, the more
The exhaust pressure inside the manifold must overcome the pressure will need bleeding off. If the gate is too small, the
force exerted on the wastegate valve by the spring before the resulting backlog of pressure will cause a spike in the exhaust
valve will open. A stiffer spring will raise the base boost, while pressure your turbo is experiencing, causing a boost spike. As
a softer spring will lower it. These spent gases often put on a we said, consult your tuner on this before purchasing any gate.
great show as they are vented to the atmosphere. Equally important to the size of the gate is its location/
The next level in boost control is to add a boost controller orientation on the manifold. Sadly, this is often a second thought
to the mix. This will allow you to run boost over and above the in manifold design and most often dictated by the available
spring rate, by leaking off the exhaust pressure pre diaphragm space in the engine bay. The most efficient location is to have
to fool your wastegate spring into thinking that it hasn’t yet all primary runners merge and then divide equally to the turbo
reached its psi rating. Even with a controller, you still need a and wastegate at as shallow an angle as possible. However, as
spring, as this will set your base pressure. You’ll find two many manifolds merge directly at the turbo flange, again due to
types of controller available: pneumatic and electronic. Both space restrictions, this is a common location to feed from. The
achieve the same result, although the biggest difference is only circumstances in which it is OK to feed the gate off a single
that an electronic controller is wired to the ECU and allows for runner is when more than one gate is employed; for example, in
adjustable pressures to be prescribed; for example, boost by a 13B rotary with dual gates.
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exhaust system for a wastegate would also need to terminate in a position
where the outer end of the exhaust pipe is not directly underneath or in front
of the passenger compartment; as well as meet the rest of requirements of
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Exhaust gas is lazy; it hates turning corners and really requires
as smooth and flowing a path as possible. In providing this, you
will ensure stable boost control and can actually run a smaller gate
size because of it. All manufactures stipulate as shallow an angle
as possible in relation to the primary tubes and never more than
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90 degrees. The closer the feed angle is to 90 degrees, the less
efficient it will become. Having the feed teardrop into the manifold
so that the gas flow is as smooth and uninterrupted as possible will
help immensely.
Almost any tuner will tell you that the plumbing of the boost 1
controller itself is the number-one issue they come across. Getting
it right before you arrive at the dyno will save some serious dollars in
dyno time spent rerouting lines. The most common solenoid is the
Mac three-port, so the first thing to master is what each port in the
solenoid is designed to do — and that’s where many come unstuck.
Port one is normally closed; this means that it stays closed until the
actuator is activated via a signal from the ECU. Port three is normally
open; this means it stays open until the actuator is activated. Port

3
two is known as ‘common’. This port either receives boost pressure
from port three or sends it to port one, depending on whether or
not the actuator is activated. Now that you know what each port KEY
does, our three diagrams should explain themselves a little better
and hopefully clear up any confusion come plumbing time. 1 Normally closed
Planning your boost system correctly will save you headaches
come dyno time, but, as always, consult your engine builder and
tuner at each step of the process. It’s better to ask questions first
2 Common
than to show up and be turned away because you have something
wrong — especially as some tuners are booked months in advance. 3 Normally open
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orrowed car, slammed, 215s — that doesn’t sound like the writing off his beloved long-serving 180SX. However, thanks to fellow
normal combo for taking the top spot in a competition event Team Gusto member lending his RB25 Cefiro, Kneale managed to qualify
in this day and age, right? But Sheldon Kneale managed to second, before bagging the top spot overall to keep his championship
do just that with a brilliant drive to pull off the win in round hopes alive.
two of the 2019–’20 Drift South series. Kneale hadn’t fared so For round two, a shift to the faster section of Ruapuna proved a
well in round one, being the one coming off worst in a multi-car incident, challenge, as the drivers took some time to get their heads around the
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new section. Early in the day, things were a bit messy, but, before
long, the lines improved, and you could see that we were in for a day
full of tight battles.
Daniel Scott in his 180SX took the top spot in the qualifying
rankings, but things were super tight behind him, with no more than
a two-point gap between any places in the top-eight qualifiers.
Consistency proved critical, as, with the drivers needing two good
scores, a few drivers ranked lower than they may have expected
due to not pulling out the second good lap they were hoping for. The
top pair from round one, Zac Palmer and Glen Pupich, rounded out
the top-four qualifiers.
Into the eliminations, and Brad Knight had also qualified well
in fifth, but blew third gear in his last qualifying lap. The track was
just too fast for four, and he was taken out by Rob Neeley, whose
S15 has been repowered with the less common VQ30 engine and a
large single huffer for a good combo of power and balance.
 Daniel Liemburg was looking menacing as he powered
past his opponents, first dispatching Tom Ickenroth and then
running the chase of the season so far during his defeat of
Morgan Rooney. Liemburg’s big chases were impressive but
may have led to his downfall, when he ran out of road out of the
last turn and had to straighten up before the finish line, which let
Daniel Johnson through to the top four. Johnson then lost a tight
run against Hayden Millings, who was impressive in taking his
first-ever podium placing.
The final battle came down to a pair of A31 Cefiros —
yeah, the old family cars still have a bit of life in them. An
uncharacteristic mistake by Glen Pupich was the decider in the
final against Kneale, but two strong results mean he’s taken a
commanding lead early in the championship. The chasing drivers
are all so tight that there is a huge battle for the minor placings.
Three rounds to go, though; anything can happen.
Ashton Anderson made it back-to-back wins over
Peter Sarchett in the Development Series. Anderson’s run wasn’t
easy though, with mechanical issues before and during the event
keeping his team busy. Campbell McKenzie, who had made
the long trip up from Invercargill for the event, rounded off the
top three.
Round three will be the twilight one again this year, just
before Christmas on 21 December at Mike Pero Motorsport
Park, Ruapuna. Hoping for a great afternoon/evening to sit up on
the hill and catch all the action.
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2008 MITSUBISHI EVOLUTION X
PHOTOS: JADEN MARTIN

NAME: JAINIT KNIGHT // AGE: “YOUNG ENOUGH” // LOCATION: AUCKLAND

OCCUPATION: IAG BUSINESS INSURANCE CONSULTANT

NZ Performance Car : Hi, Jainit. Tell us what made you want

to buy an Evolution and how long you’ve owned this one.
Jainit: Hey, NZPC. Owning an Evo X was a high-school dream for me,
so onwards from there it became a goal to purchase one of my own. It
was things like reading NZ Performance Car since I was 12, and 2 Fast
2 Furious, that really made me want an Evo. I was fortunate enough
to be in a position to do that four years ago, and have owned this one
since then.

Did you own Evos before this?

No, I have not owned any Evos before this one. My previous cars have
been an ’07 BMW 530i, ’97 Audi A3 1.8T, and a ’01 Honda Integra.

What does the Evo X primarily get used for?

It’s primarily used as a weekend cruiser, but it’s set up and ready for
all track events too.

Multi-purpose! What made you decide to go widebody?

Initially, when I bought the Evo X, I wanted to go for the most aggressive
look I could. I went with the Chargespeed kit as, for me, it was the
perfect balance between track and show styling.

How did the performance modifications start?

At the beginning, I just wanted to get the basic bolt-ons done, which
were the exhaust and intake. But once I had a taste from the stage-one
tune, I had to go back in for some more power with the help of Jacky
from Jtune. He sourced and supplied the AMS STX400 package,
which has made a big difference.

You also made carbon-fibre panels for the interior —

where’d you learn to do it?
Yeah, I did. I was wanting more of an aggressive touch for the interior but
sourcing them for right-hand drive was rather impossible. Since I had
panel beating experience in the past, I thought, Why not give carbon-
fibre panelling a try? It took me approximately two weeks and made me
understand why carbon fibre is very expensive to manufacture.

What’s next on the list for the car?

Next will be a 2.2-litre stroker.
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Big things to come then! Cheers, Jainit.

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ENGINE: 4B11T, 2000cc, four-cylinder;
Tomei Arms 8280 turbo, AMS
downpipe, AMS intercooler, AMS
intercooler pipes, AMS intake, AMS
boost pill, Grimmspeed three-port
boost controller, ETS V2 exhaust,
DeatschWerks 65C fuel pump,
Fuel Injector Clinic 1000cc fuel
injectors, HKS SSQV IV BOV
DRIVELINE: Six-speed SST twin-clutch
transmission, AMS SST transmission
cooler, Brembo brakes
INTERIOR: Half-leather Recaro seats,
Soundstream speakers, full carbon
interior panels, AMS carbon-fibre
gear knob, Cobb Accessport V3, LED
interior lighting
EXTERIOR: Chargespeed widebody kit,
Varis V2 front bumper, Varis carbon-
fibre front lip, Varis side skirts, Varis
carbon-fibre side-skirt extensions,
Showstoppers carbon-fibre rear
diffuser, Vland headlights, Mars tail
lights, Voltex-style carbon-fibre wing,
carbon-fibre vortex generator
WHEELS/TYRES: 19x9.5-inch Advan
RS2, 245/35R19 Toyo T1 Sport
SUSPENSION: BC Racing coilovers
POWER: 260kW
FUEL TYPE: BP 98
TUNER: Jacky at JTune Automotive

THANKS: Sedqi Naddaf

at GMB Automotive, AJ at
The Gloss Master, Jacky at Jtune, Iain
at ST Hi-tec, Ryan at Luxury Sports,
and my wife Zeena
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 WEEKEND WARRIOR
1987TOYOTA COROLLAAE86
PHOTOS: JADEN MARTIN

NAME: ETHAN LOWE // AGE: 29 // LOCATION: AUCKLAND

OCCUPATION: OWNER, HI-POWER PERFORMANCE
NZ Performance Car : Hi, Ethan. Is this the first
AE86 you’ve owned, and what was it about the 86
specifically that made you want to buy it?
Ethan: Hey, NZPC. Yep, this is the first one I’ve owned. Ever
since my mate Charlie imported it for himself, I had wanted
to own it. I liked the fact it’s a notch and not hatch, and it was
bloody tidy. It’s only done 117,000[km] total and is a legitimate
AE86, not a converted 85.

You have a bit of a connection with this 86 through

your Hi-Power Performance workshop, right?
Yeah; it actually started around four years ago, before I had
the shop. We rebuilt the motor in [Charlie’s] shed, then, after I
opened up Hi-Power [Performance], it eventually made its way
up to me again to be finished off before being sent back down
to Wellington. Not long after that, Charlie mentioned possibly
selling it, so I was straight in there — jumped on the next plane
— and drove it back home. You’ve also got a GT-R build that we saw back in Issue
No. 236; what do you plan on using the 86 for primarily?
What has been the focus for the car since you The 86 is keeping me for the time being until my GT-R short block is
purchased it? finished at Platinum Racing Products, where Herman is sorting me a
The whole car had more or less been rebuilt front to rear, fresh block, fitting a billet main brace, and all the rest.
including the work I had already done on it, so I knew it was
solid, but I wanted to make it better in certain areas. I found What’s next on the to-do list for the 86 then?
some old Recaros that suited the stripped interior and updated More engine-bay tidying, I guess; besides that, just drive it!
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all the suspension components, then gave the engine bay a

decent makeover. It definitely needs to be driven. Cheers, Ethan.
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 ENGINE: Toyota 4A-GE 16V, 1600cc, straight-four; rebuilt bottom end, rebuilt head, Tomei Poncams, Toda cam gears, 4A-GE 20V individual throttle bodies (ITBs), Techno Toy
Tuning ITB adaptor, 1000cc injectors, Haltech Elite 550, Fujitsubo headers, Fujitsubo exhaust system
DRIVELINE: Toyota T50 five-speed, Toda flywheel, Exedy clutch, TRD 4.3:1 limited-slip differential (LSD)
INTERIOR: Recaro Expert seats, Nardi steering wheel, TRD shift knob, Techno Toy Tuning rear panels
EXTERIOR: Resprayed in Initial D Panda black and white, carbon bonnet
WHEELS/TYRES: 14-inch Wantanabe, 185/60R14 Falken ZE912
SUSPENSION: Cobra front springs, aftermarket front shock inserts, TRD rear springs, TRD rear shocks, TRD front sway bar, TRD rear sway bar, Techno Toy Tuning Panhard rod
POWER: 75kW
FUEL TYPE: BP 98
TUNER: Brian ‘The Tuna’ Ingham at NDT Developments
TIMES: “Yup”
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Setting goals and achieving them ain’t always a straight-cut process.
Drew Coppins admits that, for him, it usually means being the guy who
to plank in a K-series, B18CR, or even the related H22A big block.
It will be mated to a five-speed gear-swapper borrowed from an
fluffs around and never really commits to a project, let alone one single Accord CL1 Euro R and future-proofed for a turbo conversion down the
car, for any longer than five minutes. However, when 2019 rolled around, line, although right now Drew is focusing on getting it driving, which it isn’t
Drew set himself a few serious goals, one of which was to start a project too far from doing.
car and commit to it. Exterior-wise, the aim is to keep the chassis as OEM as possible,
The plan was always going to be building something outside that box with a show-stopping engine bay that you wouldn’t be expecting to find
that didn’t require huge amounts of customization. Having picked up a under the bonnet. Drew mentions that, to him, the ’90s was a rad era
super-tidy, low-kilometre 1993 Honda Civic EG5 (New Zealand–new GTi), of styling that remains timeless, so it will be a throwback to what you
Drew, along with JP from R Developments, put together a foolproof plan of would have found in period. After a recent trip to Japan, the simple, low-
attack that would make use of an F20B. Sourced from an Accord SiR-T, it’s key styling of Spoon Sports has also had a major impact on the car, and
a cost-effective option that’s also unique to our shores, where the norm is Drew’s back pocket.
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GRANT TODD’S JZX100
You never know when and where you’ll end up finding your next
project. For Christchurch local Grant Todd, this 1997 Toyota
Chaser JZX100 would end up occupying his driveway after he tried
his luck at the auctions while in Japan on holiday with son Vinny.
“We came across the Chaser at a recycled auction. I’ve
always been a big Toyota fan, loved the look of the Chaser and the
incredible paint job it had, so we put a bid in just to see what would
happen and ended up with a bargain,” Grant tells us.
Since landing on our shores, the Chaser has seen three drift
days, with Grant eagerly piloting the 1JZ-GTE-powered four-door.
The first outing saw a blown clutch, the second a diff, and the third
a turbo; who said drifting isn’t hard on gear?
That meant a new Exedy Hyper single clutch, Cusco RS 4.3
LSD, and Tomei Arms turbo. From there, Grant stripped out the
interior to cage it, and followed that with paint through the cabin.
The idea is to reinstall the full interior once complete.
A custom loom is to be made and will incorporate a Link G4+
Storm ECU. The end goal is a reliable drift car that Grant can throw
his mates in the passenger seat of and keep looking like the early
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bay shaved, the interior partly stripped, resprayed, and
completely rewired, with fresh nuts and bolts throughout.
The car is currently being built in sections, with the
full list of Hardrace adjustable arms and new OEM bushes
everywhere. It sits on BC Gold coilovers and is soon to run
16x8-inch (+25) Rays TE37s.
The long block has been mocked up in the engine bay,
and an all-wheel-drive gearbox has been sourced from a
CR-V to deliver power rearward as well as forward. It’s still
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Buying back a car you used to own can be either a reunion with
an old friend or a bird’s nest of heartache. Cale Subritzky Clark
originally owned this 1991 Honda Integra DA6 back in 2013, selling
it the same year. He tracked it down three years later to buy it back.
Cale admits that it was pretty run down at that stage but was an
awesome base to start from, as it had no rust or dodgy bog repairs.
What started as a simple clean-up quickly turned into a full
build, with Cale opting to do it once and do it right. The idea is a
street-legal boosted-K24 Integra that puts power to all four wheels
— yep, this will be all-wheel drive!

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VK56 GLORIA
There’s no cool like the old school, and, while many of us are still intercooler built into the intake manifold. The party will be controlled
caught up in the late-’80s and early ’90s hype, there are a few by a Link G4+ Xtreme ECU.
out there keeping the much older girls alive. The Lab Limited’s Backed by a G35 Skyline six-speed manual, which required
Glenn Hodges, the name behind the mental V6 twin turbo–powered a custom tunnel to fit the beefy box and two-piece driveshaft, the
Nissan March, has been tasked with restoring this 1969 Nissan rear end will be converted to a Ford nine-inch with a limited-slip diff
Gloria HA30. (LSD), retaining the four-link rear end that had previously been fitted.
Originally fitted with an L24 engine and column-shift trans Glenn has been tasked with a serious amount of fabrication,
— for the bench seat, of course — at some point in its life, the creating new straight front rails to allow for the VK to fit in the bay,
Gloria was repowered with an L28 and changed to suit five-speed while the front suspension has seen S13 Silvia geometry retrofitted
floor shift. to custom towers. There will also be an Aeromotive A1000 fuel
With Glenn’s influence and the owner’s eagerness to pull system. The exhaust consists of custom steel headers that came
a few more ponies out of the old girl, gone is the lowly L-series in with the engine package and a twin 2.5-inch stainless-steel system
favour of a Nissan VK56DE V8. As if twice the number of cylinders made in-house at the Lab.
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wasn’t already enough of an upgrade, it now has a Stillen Titan The finished product will be a humble cruiser with plenty of
supercharger kit bolted on top that makes use of a water-to-air usable power on tap when the situation permits.
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 DRIVER CAR TIME MPH ENGINE TRIM AS RACED
1 Reece Fish 1956 Chev Bel Air 7.38 194.50 540ci BBC twin-turbo E85, ET Streets
2 Brendon Shearing 1971 Holden HQ Monaro 7.95 173.00 509ci BBC twin-turbo C16, exhaust removed, DOT Hoosiers
3 Aaron Jenkins 1977 Holden Torana 8.14 169.40 540ci BBC twin-turbo E85, DOT Hoosiers
4 Ben Morris 1969 Chev Camaro 8.37 168.67 580ci BBC Procharger SC C16, exhaust removed, DOT Hoosiers
5 Craig Hedley 1994 Toyota Supra 8.46 164.19 2JZ Turbo E85, ET Streets
6 Kerry Stewart 1923 Chrysler Bucket 8.45 162.00 540ci BBC SC Avgas, exhaust removed, full slicks
7 Daniel Southall 1969 Chev Camaro 8.59 164.94 406ci SBC Procharger SC C16, exhaust removed, DOT Hoosiers

NEW ZEALAND’S QUICKEST STREET CARS

New Zealand’s
8 Gary Bogaart 1975 Falcon XB Coupe 8.67 159.72 408ci SBF nitrous C16, exhaust removed, ET Streets
9 Dave Moyle 1989 Ford XF Falcon ute 8.81 158.26 563ci BBF nitrous C16, ET Streets
10 Aaron Thomas 1954 Ford Pop 8.84 152.00 408ci SBC twin-turbo Avgas, exhaust removed, DOT Hoosiers

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11 Tony Gera 1970 Ford Mustang 8.92 150.83 480ci BBF nitrous Pump gas, exhaust removed, ET Streets
12 Mike Carlton 1973 Chev Corvette 8.95 154.76 540ci BBC SC Avgas, ET Streets
13 Aaron Jackson 1974 Holden Torana 8.97 151.42 555ci BBC nitrous Avgas, exhaust removed, DOT Hoosiers
14 Geoffrey Dann 1969 Chev Camaro 8.99 160.00 540ci BBC twin-turbo Pump gas, full exhaust
15 Azhar Bhamji 1969 Mazda R100 9.01 152.00 13B turbo Pump gas, exhaust removed, ET Streets
16 Ben Moorcock 1974 Mazda RX-3 9.08 155.74 13B turbo Pump gas, DOT Hoosiers
COOLANT 17
18
Roger Binnema
Mike Bari
1968 Pontiac Firebird
1971 Chev Chevelle
9.09
9.26
149.98
148.92
540ci BBC NA
598ci BBC nitrous
C16, exhaust removed, ET Streets
C16, exhaust removed, DOT Hoosiers
19 Tony Witinitara 1979 Holden HZ Premier 9.33 146.20 540ci BBC Procharger SC C16, DOT Hoosiers
20 Craig Smith 1967 Ford Cortina 9.38 147.06 302ci Windsor turbo Avgas, exhaust removed, DOT Hoosiers
21 Ross Whelan 1934 Ford Model Y 9.45 143.60 427ci SBC NA C14, exhaust removed, DOT Hoosiers
22 Darren Riches 1954 Ford Pop 9.66 133.00 540ci BBC NA Avgas, exhaust removed, ET Streets
23 Oshana Solaka 1977 Mazda 323 9.67 147.09 13B turbo E85, MT Slicks
24 Ray Peterson 1970 Ford Mustang 9.70 139.30 417ci Windsor NA Q16, ET Streets
25 Kathryn McDonald 1969 Chrysler Valiant 9.72 137.27 604ci BB Mopar NA Pump gas, DOT Hoosiers
26 Chris Daley 1972 Holden HQ Monaro 9.80 141.43 540ci BBC SC Avgas, exhaust removed, DOT Hoosiers

58.45
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Warren Black
Jason McKillop
1972 Holden HQ Monaro 9.81
1974 LJ Holden Torana 9.85
137.95
137.59
555ci BBC SC
421ci SBC NA
Avgas, exhaust removed, DOT Hoosiers
Avgas, exhaust removed, DOT Hoosiers
2x Pack Dex-Cool Long Peak Conv Green Coolant 29 Dallas Graham 1978 Toyota Corolla Coupe 9.85 135.01 1UZ turbo E85, DOT Hoosiers
Life Antifreeze/Coolant & Antifreeze 3.78L 30 Geoff Sadler 1932 Ford coupe 9.89 136.29 496ci BBC NA Pump gas, ET Streets, uncapped
31 Aaron Williams 2015 LVV Ford Pop 9.90 136.87 400ci SBC NA Avgas, exhaust removed, MT Slicks
32 Garth White 1963 Ford Galaxie 9.93 140.78 551ci BBF nitrous C12, DOT Hoosiers
33
OIL/LUBRICANT
Wayne Fowler 1967 Chev Camaro 9.70 138.68 454ci BBC SC Avgas, DOT Hoosiers
34 Tim Lacey 1981 Holden Commodore 9.94 132.51 Buick V6 Turbo Avgas, exhaust removed, ET Streets
35 Matt Kriletich 1973 Ford XA Falcon Coupe 9.95 135.56 410ci BBF NA C12, exhaust removed, ET Streets
36 Aaron Costello 1969 Chev Camaro 9.97 141.11 LSX Turbo Pump gas, DOT Hoosiers
37 Abdul Samad 1992 Mitsubishi Evo I 9.98 138.00 4G63 turbo E85, DOT Hoosiers
38 Ian Rainbow 1950 Chev Coupe 9.98 136.97 572ci BBC nitrous C16, exhaust removed, Dot Hoosiers

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Cars must be registered and have a WOF, drive back up the return road, have raced within the last two years, and still belong to the driver who set
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Cory Abbott Terry’s Chassis Shoppe Mazda RX-7 Series 6 6.63 @ 304kph (189mph)
Brent Curran CBR / Castrol EDGE Mazda RX-2 6.89 @ 326kph (203mph)
DRIVER TEAM CAR QUARTER-MILE ET

Reece McGregor Heat Treatments Racing Nissan 350Z (VQ35) 7.09 @ 329kph (205mph)
Robbie Ward R.I.P.S Racing Nissan R32 GT-R MGAWOT III 7.28 @ 312kph (194mph)
Reece McGregor Heat Treatments Racing Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R 7.41 @ 310kph (193mph)
Nick Reiri Lawton RE Mitsubishi Evolution VIII 7.65 @ 273kph (170mph)

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7.68 @ 288kph (179mph)
7.74 @ 269kph (184mph)
7.79 @ 286kph (178mph)
Honda Accord, Mazda, Nissan Adam Wigg Wigg Motorsport Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R (VH45) 7.81 @ 289kph (180mph)
Civic, Odyssey + & Suzuki Aaron Barnes Privateer Mazda RX-3 (20B) 7.83 @ 267kph (165mph)
Front Brake Pad Set Front Brake Pad Set Tony Markovina
Sam Khamis
Maz-Sport
M&M racing
Mazda RX-7 Series 5
Mazda RX-3
7.84 @ 286kph (178mph)
7.97 @ 240kph (149mph)
DRIVER TEAM CAR QUARTER-MILE ET

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Kris Robb 10 Tenths Mazda RX-7 Series 4 8.03 @ 267kph (165mph)
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Craig Hedley Speedy Signs Toyota Supra 8.46 @ 265kph (164mph)
Jeremy Hewson Putaruru Panel & Paint Toyota Starlet (13B) 8.54 @ 252kph (157mph)
Ryan Baldwin Privateer BMW E36 (13B) 8.56 @ 246kph (153mph)
Craig Davis CBR / Pro Tint Mazda RX-2 8.57 @ 255kph (159mph)
Jason Horn GRP / Hytec Engines / Top RPM Mitsubishi Lancer 8.59 @ 255kph (159mph)
Leon Ruby Super Freight Mazda RX-7 Series 1 8.63 @ 254kph (157mph)
Tony Markovina Maz-Sport Mazda RX-3 (12A) 8.66 @ 246kph (153mph)
Hilton Bush Privateer Mazda RX-2 8.70 @ 248kph (154mph)
Dick Richardson Hytech Engines / GRP Mitsubishi Evolution I 8.78 @ 260kph (162mph)
Shane Herbert Maz-Sport Mazda RX-3 (12A) 8.82 @ 240kph (149mph)
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Filter Filter Honda Aaron Baldwin Privateer BMW E36 (13B) 9.02 @ 238kph (148mph)
Azhar Bhamji Prowear Mazda R100 (13B) 9.15 @ 248kph (154mph)
Zach Sayer Privateer Nissan Cefiro (RB30) 9.15 @ 232kph (144mph)
Paul Norris Privateer Ford Escort Mk II 9.16 @ 241kph (150mph)
YOUR FIRST CHOICE FOR; Joel Marsh Rotamax Mazda RX-3 coupe 9.27 @ 238kph (148mph)
Michael Zahorodny West Auckland Rotary Toyota Starlet (13B) 9.28 @ 234kph (145mph)
BRAKES, LUBRICANTS, ADDITIVES, Scott Tolhurst Privateer Toyota Soarer (1UZ) 9.28 @ 225kph (140mph)
FILTRATION, TOOLS, SUSPENSION,
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Suheib Kareem M&M Racing Mitsubishi Mirage (4G63) 9.44 @ 226kph (141mph)
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Oshana Solaka APE Racing Mazda 323 (13B) 9.67 @ 236kph (147mph)
Rob Kelly NZ Car Parts Toyota Corolla KE25 9.78 @ 220kph (136mph)
Jon Peplow S.P.E.C Performance Nissan GT-R R35 9.80 @ 240kph (149mph)
Aidan Reidy Untamed Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo I 9.80 @ 231kph (147mph)

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Raja Bhatti Edgell Performance Racing Mitsubishi Evo III 9.96 @ 231kph (147mph)

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