October 2011 Blog Posts (43)

In an exciting bout of tyre smoke and exhaust crackle, the Fueltopia Barrel Sprint drew a large crowd to see rookie driver, Luke Woodham take not only a first place podium place, but also set the fastest FBS track time to date.

The Barrel Sprint round two, sponsored by EMP Performance and…

Well it to start off it took me a year to import her in the first place from Japan to South Africa, what a mission thanks to South Africa laws woo hoo lol. She is a Type R version 1 for those of you that know the RX7s, her stock power was around the 195 flywheel kw mark. She now makes 259.9kws at the flywheel thanks to a few tweaks here and there lol.

Performance Mods on her: Trust Intercooler, Greddy Dumpvalve, Streetported, 2mm rotary seals, Spitronics ECU, 5Zigen rear…

In recent years I've become quite a regular to this Mecca of the automotive world, I just really enjoy being there, not entirely because of the track either but its obviously a major bonus to any road trip that heads there ;) 

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Mk II Golf 20v Turbo conversion

K04 Turbo

2.5 inch  turbo back system mandrel bent…

It's no secret that the film makers behind Tokyo Drfit took the easy option, using winches on the Nissan 350Z, when shooting the spiral car park drift sequnce. But one plucky German drift crew decided to take on the challenge and make the sequence for…

This weekend Matthew aka Legend gave me a 12” Targa sub witha box the box is smaller than the one Im running my 12” Star Sound in and it has no port but will get a nice box made for the both of them... or get 2 of the same subs. But for time being im running them both off my Star sound…

NUR Motorsport Carbon Kevlar Wide Arch Toyota MR2

THE MANIFOLD

Top Gear Emp will be custom fabricating a stainless steel Tig welded 4 branch manifiold to house borg warner top mount turbo

We will also be fabricating a 3" mandrel bend tig welded turbo downpipe to link up to exsisting exhaust system

THE CAR

All parts have been fabricated and manufactured by Nur Motorsport

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Working late lately I thought I would have to wait till the weekend till I get to see the awesome article of Fueltopia in the SA Car Clubs magazine but the Gods where in my favour and I did not leave too late and still managed to meet up with Nick the owner editor photographer and…

The workshop has been in over-drive since the recent move, we have the new showroom to complete, cars to sell and also parts to make and send out. This week we finished a Ford Puma bonnet for a customer - this will be the same as the one being fitted to ours, but for now this one will be flying out of the workshop.

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Hi All

Got this car up for sale & thought it would make a good project / drift / FBS round 3 car for someone.

Heres the info below but any queries either message me or call me at work on 01323 430101.

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It's the end of the week and we're gearing up for the weekend at Fueltopia HQ - this weekend will see more sound deadoning removal, a top secret trip to McLaren that we can't talk about and a possible trip back to Nur Motorsport for more carbon car goodness.

Let…

A while back I did a video of a friend of mine respraying some Skyline R34 GTT alloys that I had got hold of :) 

At the time I thought it'd be pretty cool to do a…

Is looking forward to saturday 29th october FBS round 2 @ santa pod raceway - EMP performance are proud to be supporting this event and will be on hand all day should you need any advice/help on the day ... or in the future for mods etc so look out for anyone wearing an EMP Perfomance t shirt for advice on the day

A couple of sundays back I got an invite to attend a local meet organised by the Hampshire based car club '272 Heroes'

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With looks that would suit the film set of Mad max, this Lamborghini Countach can destroy a 1/4 mile in six seconds. However on this outing the driver has his hands…

What happens when a Honda Civic spends a night of passion with a Bugatti Veyron?

Well, this...

(thanks to…