Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Stangpede Ford Mustang
This Ford Mustang will appear in Fast and Furious 4. The car has a Saleen 550 HP supercharger engine under the hood which sounds impressive, a new body kit which was slightly modified and the finishing touch was installing lambo doors. Probably the most important fact about this modified car is that the guys from Stangpede turned this ride from a stock into show car in just 6 hours.
Edo Lamborghini Murcielago Audigier
Edo Competition revealed the fastest Lamborghini ever made in cooperation with Christian Audigier, a designer that almost everyone knows. The guys from Edo Competition improved the car’s engine, aerodynamics, wheels, exhaust system and interior. Thanks to Audigier’s imagination, the matte black paint of the Edo LP710 has been restyled and he also redesigned the car’s interior.
Mansory SLR Renovatio
The car has received the name “Renovatio” which means rebirth in english. This lovely SLR got an entirely new look after Mansory added a lot of design elements made by them. In the exterior, the car’s design was modified by adding new carbon fiber elements that gives the car a more agressive look and will also improve the car’s handling a bit because the car’s weight is lower now.
The Red Devil Audi R8
With this great red color and agressive look it surely deserves it’s nickname, “The Red Devil“. This car could compete with any other car when it comes to looks and performances. It can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 4.2 seconds and even though it’s maximum speed is just 252 km/h this ride would impress anyone watching it.
JE DESIGN Seat Leon
They guys from JE Design made a lot of improvements for this ride. They created a wide body kit, installed LSD Doors and 18″ rims painted with the same color as the car. They modified this car’s engine to deliver 244 HP at a maximum torque of 355 Nm and now this Seat Leon could accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 6.4 seconds.
Monday, February 7, 2011
SpeedHunters : The world fastest S13
Don told me that they built the car to be "safe" even at speeds edging past 240 mph. This is rather evident when you inspect the roll cage area. It’s properly beefy.
SpeedHunters : The world fastest S13
The center pillar in a roll cage is something I’ve never seen previously… but after seeing video footage of cars going airborne at Bonneville… I can understand why it’s been built this way.
SpeedHunters : The world fastest S13
All of this has been done to make this chassis as strong as possible…. I noticed that some competitors often added weight to their car to gain traction and stability on the salt flats, so in this case, making the car heavier is likely to help its performance and stability at speed on the salt.
SpeedHunters : The world fastest S13
Check it out…. a vintage Buick straight 8 engine has been shoe horned into the engine "room".
SpeedHunters : The world fastest S13
Accidents at Bonneville are not normally based on a car hitting another car or impacting a trackside object…. if you get in trouble above 200 mph, it usually means that the car is going to go into a series of rolls, or slide a long way on its roof…. so all safety measures take these elements into account.
SpeedHunters : The world fastest S13
.. So the choice of the 240SX chassis was a practical one based on the needs of their Bonneville plans… but unwittingly, the McMeekin team are now in possession of the fastest S13 on the planet. And as we know, this is a chassis type which has a huge following in drift car scenes around the world… but it’s an unexpected gem to an example constructed to fly down the salt flats of Bonneville!
SpeedHunters : The world fastest S13
As a good portion of Speedhunters readers are partial to machines from the land of the rising sun, one of our goals at Speed Week was to collect images of all the Japanese cars at the event. Although Bonneville is very much the stronghold of American evolved rods, lakesters and muscle machines, Japanese cars do have a reasonable presence at the event.
So I knew I was on to a winner when I spotted this red S13 in the startline area of the Salt flats a few days ago.
So I knew I was on to a winner when I spotted this red S13 in the startline area of the Salt flats a few days ago.
SpeedHunters : The world fastest S13
A glance at the inspection certification stickers showed the car has been coming to Bonneville for a few years now…
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