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[20 Jul 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Orange for president

Is orange the new black, in this instance hell yes
Picture one:
Lets have a look at this Bmw M3, lets for a second over look the fact this is a BMW M3. So look at how the colour sets of the black vehicle branding, Orange is extremely eye catching and no doubt if you were driving down the road you would turn at least 10 or more heads, and you can be sure it had nothing to do with the fact you were cruising down the road in a fired up …

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[13 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
Streetcar open track day – Killarney

We are so excited, it’s that time of the month again and Killarney is hosting its monthly Streetcar open track day. If you have never attended one of these before, we suggest you take your car down there this Sunday and take part in this awesome experience. In all honesty participating in an open Track day is most probably the best bit of driving experience you could ever have. Bring your toys to the track and have some good clean racing fun also bring your friends and family along, you …

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[9 Jul 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Type VIII forged alloy wheel – AC Schnitzer

The new generation of AC Schnitzer wheel was specially designed for the more sporting BMW models and apparently fundamental contradiction. These wheels went under some heavy weight reduction and still have the same unchanged wheel diameter and width.
This trick has been pulled off by the AC Schnitzer engineers and designers in partnership with legendary wheel manufacturer “FUCHS“. The results are these two wheels:
8.5J x 19″ – weight: 8.3 kg
9.5J x 19″ – weight: 9.5 kg
Which, in comparison with their standard BMW counterparts (e.g. Performance Twin Spoke 269), give a weight …

Events, Gymkhana, Modified Cars »

[3 Jul 2010 | 3 Comments | ]
Gymkhana event Cape Town – Fairbridge Mall Gymkhana

4th Gymkhana at Brakenfell shopping centre
According to WBMK, there will apparently be a Gymkhana day being held on the 17th of July 2010 at the Brakenfell shopping centre.
Entries for the 4th Fairbridge Mall Gymkhana in Brackenfell are open. Please note that times will be similar to the 1st Cape Gate Gymkhana as it is still winter and the days are fairly short. This will be the fourth event held at the Fairbridge Mall venue and should once again proved a platform for an amazing gymkhana event in Cape …

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[2 Jul 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Events in South Africa this weekend

Howzit guys and girls, if you don’t already know about these events going down in South Africa, we suggest you have a look!
There is an amazing day of action packed drifting and shows planned at the Rock Raceway and the Zoopedup “Battle of The Club’s Dyno Day for all you guys up in the Johannesburg area and for use guys down in the Cape, we have the Opel Club of Cape Towns: Fan-Park Hookup and a line up of WPMC Club drags and Day street2strip.
WINTER ROCK MANIA RACING SPECIAL @ …

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[2 Jul 2010 | 6 Comments | ]
Drifting action – Our 10 favourite shots

Drifting is becoming more and more popular in South Africa and we recently had an interview with South African Drift Champ, Otto Graven.
The article got numerous amounts of feed back so we decided to grab a couple of action shots that we liked.  We’ve compiled a small gallery of our favourite images and we hope you agree.

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[23 Jun 2010 | 21 Comments | ]
Drift X Battle – Presented by DRIFT SQUAD

Ladies and gentlemen of all ages check your dairies and free up Saturday the 10th of July. You are probably wondering why we have just instructed you to make this day available well, People of the mother city you are about to have your eyes and ears rocked by local drift community Drift Squad. These guys have set up one of the sickest events yet to hit Cape Town’s car mod scene.
When we say you are about to be rocked we bloody well mean it. You cant beat a day …

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[17 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]
Engine modifications – Car modifications

First time modifiers look to increase the power of their engines produce. Breathing mods for example could be a simple cold air induction kit or a nice Branch and FreeFlow exhaust system. These are usually the first engine modifications to be considered. Next you move on to internal engine modifications, these mods can range from a simple engine rebore, engine conversion and rebuilding the engine.
The head of the engine is easier to work on, many guys change their camshafts for performance camshafts and port and polish the head for better …