GWR’s Mustang Doorslammer = Sex on slicks!

Gavin Wilkins at GWR is well-known for his insanely strong Ford Sierra drag car, among other street conversions of course.  His monster Sierra has obliterated the drag strip on a time of 8.4-second at 262km/h - a serious time for a V8 running nitrous and no force-fed induction.  Even though the Sierra is mint and can easily win a concourse event, Gavin decided it was time for a change and so he set about  the simple conversion of fitting a new shape Mustang body.  Well that was the theory - Gavin had to rebuild the entire car and this is the end result.  Spyke and Wally headed round to his Alrode workshop to snap some pics for y’all…How friggin hot is this Mustang?!  We can’t wait to see it’s debut on the drag strip, but from the looks of things it seems a low 8-second pass is on the cards - hell, who knows, maybe there’s a 7-second pass somewhere in this monster Mustang’s future!

Group N replica racer @ Zwartkops

Yup, it’s here, Chris Davison’s awesome Group N replica Superboss.  We’ve been following the build of this car since it started, and as with everybody else who’s known about it, we’ve been very impressed.  This car started out as a scrapper and has ended up being one of the most talked about Opels in a very long time.  It even attracted the attention of the man who raced the original one in the early 90s, Mike Briggs.  Chris embarked on a ground up restoration of the tired superboss, and it now rivals his white one that we used for our Cult Car section of the Magazine.  The car makes great power and handles like no other front wheel drive I’ve been in, and no, it’s not just for show - the car will be seen in the Superhatch series for the 2010 season.  It doesn’t just look like a racecar, it IS a racecar!  Wally and myself found that out for ourselves during the shoot at Zwartkops when Chris took us for a few laps at pace.  I think there’s still combined fecal matter on the passenger seat…

335i Droptop at Stoneridge

So Rodrigo’s not a stranger, he had the LS-doored Honda S2000 we featured on the cover a while back.  That means he definately knows how to make a pretty car.  He’s since moved on from the S2K and was driving a Mk5 GTi for a bit, but he finally has his new ride all sorted out.  Myself and Warren headed out to Stoneridge Mall in Kempton to snap this car at Q-ba.  We decided a night shoot would be great for this car and yeah, we were right.  We arrived and the owner of Q-ba decided to take the night off and then ignore our phone calls but luckily the manager convinced centre management to let us snap pics in the forecourt and basement parking.

Rodrigo opted for a BMW this time, a 335i and he made sure he could still have his hair blowing in the wind by getting a droptop.  The 335i is already a good looking car, but with a few tasteful styling cues it becomes a tarmac sex symbol.  Rod’s car is now a two-tone affair and from a distance it can be confused with an Audi S5.  It’s running with all the good mods a 335i should, which means it’s fast, it kills M3 and most other cars he comes across.  It’s definitely a unique look, but my favourtite part is the rimmage - take a look at those puppies!  YES PLEASE!

The Race-ist Cast Teaser Trailer

Check out this teaser for the local feature film, The Race-ist.

Movie premieres 2 April at Nu-Metro cinemas nationwide!

The Race-ist Cast Teaser Trailer

Local larnies lose it!

Yup, even local SA larnies cock it up every now and again.  Sometimes, these rare cock ups involve supercars, and in an even rarer instance, this monumental cock up features TWO supercars!

According to Tanya Waterworth’s report on  IOL,  “Two expensive supercars crashed into each other, causing extensive damage, during a VIP wedding reception at the quiet town’s local sports club last Saturday afternoon, leading to confrontations with residents.”  That certainly must have been something to behold.  I know if I was there I’d have either a Canon SLR and a rapidly filling memory card or a cell phone working overtime to snap pics and vids, obviously in between bouts of laughter!

You can see from the pics, (jacked from Wrecked Exotics) both the Lamborghini Murcielago and Ferrari F430 can be repaired as the damage isn’t too bad.  From the alleged information about the events that transpired, I’m, thinking there may just not be an insurance payout here, well most certainly not for both cars.  The owners may just have to reach deep into their pockets to fix these things.

Tanya  goes on to say: “While there was speculation that the two cars were “dicing” down the town’s main Kangella Street, Captain Tienkie van Vuuren said the drivers had told police that Mbambo was giving directions to Sibiya, which were misunderstood.  “The two drivers said they were looking for a nearby dam where wedding pictures were being taken. “According to them, Mbambo signalled to Sibiya to turn, but Sibiya took it as a signal to overtake, and the collision occurred.”     Even though no one was injured in the accident, Tanya found out that one man was allegedly assaulted, while cellphones with cameras were seized and a local journalist, Larry Bentley, was threatened when he took photographs.

This story went out worldwide, it’s even listed on Jalopnik…

Famous Porsche tuner missing in SA?

It would seem so from reports on a few local new sites.  It seems the main man behind German-based tuning company, Gemballa, headed off to SA over week ago and hasn’t been heard of since.  Authorities are being very clever here too, they’re not divulging his travel plans, so obviously no one can keep an eye out for the man anywhere.  No wonder our crime rate always rises… Anyway, after checking out a few international sites, it seems that the man could possibly have gone to a country in the southern part of Africa, which as we know is different to South Africa.  The rest of the world seems to think we’re one big happy place though.

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Issue 102

On Sale: 15 February

So, what do we have here? Yup, that would be the one hundred and second issue of our lovely publication. “What’s in it for me?” I hear you ask? Well, let me throw an answer at you… Lots! The usual stuff and the coolest of cool features. Yeah, the monthly stuff is all here; World News; Performance power; Techmail; Speedmail; Cool Stuff; Product News; Starting grid; Soundmail and the monthly columns. Read more

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Virtual Rides Issue 102

Featured virtual ride projects Issue 102:

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Readers ride of the month: Honda

I’ve always loved this car and wondered why it never caught on in SA moddin’ culture. It seems that Rashied feels the same as I do and his Honda 160i DOHC sports all the best mods for a car like this. It may not be a power player but the interior, suspension and exterior use the finest of Spoon and Megan Racing ingredients. Read more

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