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[15 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
Busy weekend a head – Weekend events

This weekend’s event update seems to quite a busy one. We have sound competitions track days and drifting events, it looks like this weekend is going to be a busy one.
If you are in there area’s drop by and support your local guys.
We have some super cool events going down here in Cape Town, lets kick it off with some good old street to strip battles.

Street2Strip – The battle continues

This coming Friday at Killarney will be host another Street2Strip drag racing event from 7pm till 11.00pm. The event …

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[14 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
MK1 Boyz Dyno Day – Dyno results

Over the weekend the Mk1 Boys club hosted a dyno day at DynoTech in Brackenfell.
Quite a few guys pulled in and the dyno results are as follows.

Classes Driver Vehicle Club KW NM Av
up to 1400 N/A
Jacques Peens MK1 JP Motorsport 83.2 139 111.1
Lugen Govender Corsa UTE OCCT 77.3 138 107.7
Marlon Duminy Corsa UTE 76.4 130 103.2
Denver Abrahams MK1 73.7 132 102.9
Charl Carr Corsa Classic 75.2 130 102.6
Antonie Kriegler MK1 …

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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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[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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[1 Jul 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Induction kit components – Cone filter setup

Induction kits seem to be the 1st thing guys start with when modifying their car’s engine. It is also the cheapest of engine modification and the induction kit gives your engine a more of a “grunt” sound when accelerating hard.
Of late, we have noticed the increase in inquiries about cone filter applications and cold air inductions setups. For that exact reason we have dedicated this article to the induction kit components.
1st you need to ask yourself why you want to change your air intake setup?
There are many reasons people change …

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[21 Jun 2010 | 16 Comments | ]
What defines the eurostyle modified car

“Euro” is a word used to describe the way in which many modified cars are styled in certain countries such as; Germany, France and Italy.
Wide wheels, loads of lip and warped-in, stretched tyres.
Any car can be modified to have the ‘Euro’ style. There is no need to have a car that is actually manufactured in Europe. The vehicle does, however, need to be very low, proper stretched tyres, attention to all details on the car, one off wheels, some times a wider stance, lots of …

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[20 Jun 2010 | 27 Comments | ]
Opel Corsa B – Body Styling

A while back I wrote a blog on one of my other websites about a friend’s Opel Corsa B. The response was so amazing that we have decided to post in on Automodified.
Opel Corsa has become more and more popular, almost as popular as the VW Citi Golf.
Opel Corsa’s body-styling parts are pretty easy to come by these days. Its especially easy here in South Africa as the guys that produce body-kits have noticed that many Opel owners have a tendency to modify the outer appearance of their cars
The great …