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[9 Nov 2011 | No Comment | ]
Stance – Explained

Not too long ago I did a write up called: “From a judge’s point of view”. This was some useful tips for all our “show and shine” petrol heads. So, it’s just fair that I do something on Stance. This is to clear the confusion between the two as most petrol heads confuse the one with the other.

Stance is all about rims with a lot of offset, stretched tyres, and negative camber. To achieve that “perfect” stance-look, you must have suspension modifications that will allow your car to sit closer …

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[6 Oct 2011 | One Comment | ]
Wesbank Nationals Racing – Gallery

Last weekend there were loads of shows and Events taking place in and around Cape Town, some we attend some not. Justin managed to capture some of the Wesbank Nationals series at Killaney on Saturday the 1st of October.

Andrea Bate taking the Cape Town Major Patricia de Lille for a tour of Killarney, Andrea is apparently the youngest female to race in the Production Class.

The Indy Oil cars prep’d and ready to dominate around Killarney.Graeme Nathan pedals the New Spec Golf 6 GTI for Indy Oil and Brennon Green drives …

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[2 Aug 2011 | 2 Comments | ]
Whats your flavour…

So what is your style of modified car? Are you the drag racing expert or do you prefer to bang your brains out with some of South Africa’s SPL guru’s. Maybe you enjoy a couple of laps around your local racing track or even flicking your car through the corners sideways what ever it maybe, i think we all have some thing in common.. We all like to do it in STYLE!!!!!
Tell us what make gets you all rev’d, it would be great to see what the popular forms of …

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[1 Aug 2011 | 2 Comments | ]
Poly bushes now available from AutoModified

After all the response we have received from our blog about the importance of using polyurethane bushes, we found a supplier of Polyurethane bushes in South Africa. Automodified has been appointed one of the local suppliers for their Polyurethane kits. These poly bushes are amazing quality and extremely well priced too.
Benefits of using Poly Bushes
For more precise handling and firmer control on your vehicle, installing polyurethane bushings can make an enormous difference. They help to maintain the right alignment of caster, camber and toe. Polyurethane bushes can be used in …

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[28 Jul 2011 | 4 Comments | ]
Remapping your ECU

Most makes and models of cars these days can be remapped, with Diesel and Turbo Diesel models giving the best performance increases, both in the Torque and KW. This gives the car much better response than the usual factory settings. Basically this mean that after the remap your car will perform much better than it originally did. This includes having more power and an increase in fuel efficiency.

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[4 Jul 2011 | No Comment | ]
Audi S5 Typhon – SR Auto Group

This is the super sexy Audi S5 Typhön, a former beauty queen turned dark knight. Underneath the Leios matte black wrap are a tuned ECM; Milltek downpipe and sport exhaust; Reiger Carbon Fiber aero parts on the front and back. The Audi S5 has H&R coilover suspension and ADV 5.1 wheels in 20 inches of complementary matte black which is not always a great mix, but sure looks insane on this little number.

SR have also tinkered with the Audi S5 Typhon’s drivetrain and tried to beef up …

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[26 Jun 2011 | No Comment | ]
2011 Lemans crashes

About 2 weeks ago was the Lemans 24hour race at Circuit de la Sarthe
Audi took the win with their R18 TDI car, but as always there were some horrific crashes.
Two violent crashes took place on Saturday at the 24 Hours Of Le Mans, one of auto racing’s most prestigious events, but the affected drivers seem to have escaped OK.
Here are 2 clips of accidents at the 24hour Le Mans race.
 

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[26 May 2011 | No Comment | ]
Our top 12 Stanced cars

This whole stance thing is really taking off these day, I was at park off lastnight and noticed so many cars with stance stickers. So being my normal self I decided to look around to see what pictures of Stanced cars I could find.
Of course you get some hot looking cars in stance mode!! Getting your cars stance nailed is what its all about. Get it right, and your get respect and can even get laid, well don’t exactly quote me on that, but hey you never know.
Below you can …