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GTR Production Numbers Official

According to Car and Driver, Nissan may be increasing output on the 2009 R35 GTR to 2400 units a year, up 900 from the previous estimate of 1500. While that may be good news for those who didn't get...

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Daily Clean - OEM Clean S14 Kouki

S-chassis.com member 240's"r"us posts pics of his charcoal grey kouki 240. We find it hard to believe that a) it's eleven years old and b) relatively unmolested.

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XS Engineering Straps Nissan GTR to the Dyno

Eric Hsu and his merry band of time-attack-tuning-junkies over at XS has teamed up with Carter Jung from Import Tuner Magazine to bring you one of the first GTR dynos stateside. All things considered,...

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Daily Clean - Lexus IS-F HDR Shots

M3post member ngl1145 (although we've sworn we've seem him post this on more than one messageboard) posts pictures of his stock, but oh-so-clean Lexus IS-F. Blue skies + black car + HDR = incredible...

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Base Model V6 2010 Camaro To Make Over 300hp

It looks like GM is poised to deliver some automotive value and giving Nissan some 370z competition with the upcoming base model camaro that packs a 3.6L direct injection v6 under the hood. This will...

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Daily Clean - 1967 Nemesis Mustang

What more can we say? It's clean. It's vintage. It's packing enough rubber to shod four other cars. This particular pony car has been brought into the 21st century in almost every aspect, including an...

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New & Interesting Forums - The Time Attack Forums

Making its debut in late march of this year, the Time Attack Forums are dedicated to all things Time Attack. Essentially, a ton of guys devoted to building machines designed to do one thing - lay down...

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JDM Unobtanium - Mugen High Performance Airbox for RSX

Club RSX member JayDM-'06 details the acquisition and installation of his latest goods from King Motorsports - a Mugen High Performance airbox. Keep in mind, this is just for an airbox - it's not even...

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Daily Clean - Team Nextstage ST 350z

With 350zs running rampant everywhere in great abundance, its become quite a challenge to build a 350 that isn't played out or just plain lame (billet front grills, anyone?). Jtuned user MethodRN posts...

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2008 Liberal Albero Kit for WRX/STI

As far as aftermarket body conversions go, this is a pretty clean kit. Note the enlarged front openings, and provisions for dual exhaust in the rear. More pics from Fishdizzle over at All Wheel Junkies.

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Daily Clean - 1G Mitsubishi Eclipse

After a certain period of time, most cars will reach "beater" status as they age, fall into disfavor, and invariably decompose, all while providing their owners with cheap, (emphasis on cheap),...

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MKIV Supra with 300k Miles

Wow, what a testimony to Toyota engineering and reliability! Supraforums member StarletGTT posts an account of his Supra hitting 300k miles - this from a car reknown for crazy single turbo conversions...

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Auto Forum Spy 1 Year Anniversary

Ok folks, it's been an entire year since the Auto Forum Spy & Review opened its virtual doors. If you're a regular reader, please leave a comment below. Rant? Rave? Some good old fashioned props?...

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Evo IX Owner Near Death Experience

What happens when a bunch of kids decide they're JDM-tite-initial-d-yo and run the Touge (aka a stretch of canyon highway that has claimed 268 lives since 1968)? Evolutionm.net reader LakerRaider soils...

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R35 GTRs on eBay - Let the Profiteering Begin!

Since those few lucky bastards have begun taking delivery of the much hyped GTR stateside, the question on everyone's mind has been - "Which sucker is going to drop 100 large to be the first to own...

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R35 GTR Next to NSX

i-Club member soundwave posts a series of pictures comparing the girth of the new R35 GTR to the timeless, classic lines of the NSX. It's hard to believe that the acura's design is nearly twenty years...

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It's a 350z.. It's an S14.. Its a Supra? S14/350z Hybrid

We just about had our daily WTF moment when this came our way. In an ebay auction, some poor soul is selling what used to be a perfectly good S14, with a hacked on Z33 350z front end, powered by one of...

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New Axis Wheels for GTR

Some snaps up on the GTR Forums of a new mesh wheel from Axis. If you like mesh and optional colored pinstripe in the soon-to-be-passe time-attack wheel trend, then this is your wheel. No word on how...

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Little Body Shop of Horrors

Nissanclub member CrimsonRocket recounts a tale of woe as one of his friends brings an otherwise pristine 350z into the clutches of a certain nefarious body shop deep in the heart of Southern...

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Corvette ZR1 Hits Showroom Floors

Socalevo.net user evo989 posts details of the first ZR1 to hit the Chevy showroom he works at. A pristine example shot in black with blue accents, supercharged LS9 motor, and carbon ceramic brakes. Oh...

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First Nissan R35 GTR Lemon?

Edmund's GTR, while posting 0-60 times deep into the 3 second range and getting up to 27mpg, has spent a whopping 12 days in the shop since it was purchased a couple of months ago.We don't exactly know...

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Nissan Nismo GTR - $56k Ripoff Package

In 2008, Nissan had taken the perennial fanboy favorite and made it available stateside at what many would consider a veritable bargain sans dealer gouging. In 2009, they are introducing the GTR Nismo...

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Feature That Every Minivan Should Have

Sorry, been super busy for the holidays. Will resume normal posting schedule in the new year.For now, look at the image above and nod your head in agreement. You know who you are.

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Autoforumspy Switching to Digest Mode!

Thats right.  Instead of busting my ass writing this stuff up.. I’m just going to link to it.  I’ll find it.  You read it.  Deal? On the AutoForumSpy Digest this week.. OMGWTFBBQ Its an S2000...

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Trying out a new site..

This is for those of you who like shoving big motors into little cars. The MotorSwap Blog - http://motorswaps.tumblr.com

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