WALL
& ALL
Past
mid-year and things are going strong! It’s been freezing lately
which is good for the cars wanting to race all over the place but
it’s absolute shite where my rotary scarred leg is concerned.
I’ve missed two away events thanks to not being able to move
my damn ankle, so if you were wondering why you never saw me at North
vs. South in Durban and Bloem, you have your answer. The events have
done well for us and I’m sure the crowds have been entertained
too, judging by the numbers attending. As I said, I missed the Durban
NvS, but from what I hear, thanks to an anonymous racer, SARS were
called in to check the legality of “import cars”.
All I have to say on the matter is “Not cool dude, really!”
It seems the dual cover idea from the last issue went down well, so
we’ll be doing it again, but obviously not with every issue
coz it’ll lose the novelty. Speaking of the covers, check out
Starting Grid for an update on the wicked little red Fiat 131. Get
well soon Monster! In this latest issue, number 59 to be exact, there’s
some really cool shit. On the features side there’s a wicked
little RX Capella, a high-powered Fiat X19 and a head to head session
between a purpose built track Audi and a modded street-racer Kadett
TS in P.E. You’ll be surprised by the results we got.
We’ve seen some stuff floating around on the net about how weight
makes a big difference to your quarter mile times, so we decided to
do some tests of our own. For more on the subject, page to the feature,
but I must warn Opel fans that they might feel a little sad afterwards,
but I assure you, it was all in the name of science! Ever wondered
what JDM and Jap style are? How about Euro? Well we explain car styling
for you too. Seeing as the latest instalment of Fast & Furious
is called Tokyo Drift, we decided that now’s the right time
to show you the ins and outs of drifting, where it started, what it’s
like now and also how to kit your car out to be able to have fun on
the bends.
In line with this, we show you what to look for when buying a 200SX,
pretty much the only Jap-style drift car that was legally brought
into SA (you reading this customs people, LEGALLY!). Magesh, Jozi’s
King of Spin also makes an appearance, he’s nuts as you’ll
see.
Have fun with this issue, we certainly did! Putting all this crazy
shit together was brilliant!
Stay loyal!
KRUTCH
