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 …

This is a follow up to our last Drifting article we published “the art of drifting”. We were asked a question by one of our readers, how the rules and points structure work so in response to that this is how things are run.
In competition, drivers are given two non consecutive judged laps to qualify, with their top score counting towards position on the field. Only the top qualifying drivers are allowed to continue into the tandem tournament rounds, with draws in scoring determined by entry speed.
So how do the …

A few days ago we had the most amazing interview with Drifter and Owner of the Monstermob team, Otto Graven. The interview was such a success that the AutoModified Team decided to do a follow up about Monstermob.
Monstermob are moving at an amazing rate to becoming this country’s most influential and quality drift company around. In saying that, the Monstermob team have their very own drift track at the back of their workshops. Now you tell me, how amazing is that? Monstermob also has a Performance Parts Shop and a …

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 …

This is by far the most modified Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9 you will probably ever see and we are not joking. How ever this beauty is up for sale. The owner has decide to sell up and move onto a newer project

For a small fee she is all yours at a Price of $125,000
This is what is included in the 484kw (at the wheel) Evo IX package

Engine
* AMS 2.3 RR
* AMS CNC Race Head
* AMS/TMS Head Studs
* HKS Evo 9 Cams
* HKS Adjustable Cam Gears
* Fluidampr Crank Pulley
* HKS Dry …

Last week we had the privilege of interviewing South African Drift Champion, Otto Graven in ‘South Africa’s best on track’. This is how the interview went down…
So Otto, we realise that you’re an extremely busy guy and we’ll try not steal too much of your time.
AM: Being in the Mining industry you must have seen some enormous rocks.
How big is the biggest rock you have ever held?

Otto:235ct
AM: What ever happened to your R33 Skyline that you could get extremely
“sideways” with around the tracks?
Otto: I still have the R33; it’s parked …

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 …

This is the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. The racing version of the SLS AMG has been conceived as a customer sport vehicle for participation in race series based on FIA GT3 regulations.
Details are few on the SLS AMG GT3 racer. It will have an unspecified power boost over the 571 PS (420 kW / 563 bhp) of the standard model – somewhere north of the 600 PS (441 kW / 592 bhp) mark. There isn’t much more than that to say, except to have a look at the photos and …