Part 4: Spring Has Sprung
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Part 13: New-School Upgrade For An Old-School Euro
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Part 5: Fine Tuning The Ride For Track And Street
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Read about an ECU upgrade for the Porsche 997 TT.
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Read this article about a BMW M3 which was bought used and customized for street and track.
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Read about a new Audi A3 2.0T which has been customized to help promote Penske Audi in West Covina, California.
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Say Hello To A Quicker Way Of Saying Goodbye
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Over the past few months I've been scheming, scoping, and saving for a new project car purchase. The first big decision was to choose between a new BMW Z4 M Coupe or a Porsche Cayman S.
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Read this article on project car BMW E36 > M3 featuring 465 whp, VDP oil cooler kit, EMP Stewar Components water pump, Rogue Engineering cover and more
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Ever play Cars? Although there are no real guidelines, playing Cars has a few unspoken rules.
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I'm in love with this car all over again.My apologies for those awaiting an update on Project M3 the past several months, but we had to overcome some serious hurdles throughout 2004 and 2005. I am pleased to report that all is now well.
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Following changes to the interior and undercarriage, we finally address the most visible GT3 aspect: aerodynamics. Of all 911 models, the GT3 is the most recognizable. Its ground-effect appendages provide visual cues, but the dead giveaway is the tabletop bi-w
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After our project 911 received its first dose of GT3 refinement in our last segment (October 06), we turn our attention to the interior, where our project car is equipped with a number of Tequipment sport enhancements, including a short-throw shifter assembly.
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OK, I was extremely embarrassed and not at all pleased with the dyno testing results of my R28 presented in Part Three of this project car series. The awesome Advanced Motorsports (AMS) four-wheel MAHA dyno beat me fair and square. Sadly, I still have 'My R32 Blues'. Perhaps I was asking a bit too m
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More than six years ago I was fortunate enough to be one of the first journalists to drive the new generation E46 M3. The previous E36 M3 was perhaps the most balanced and inspiring car in the world; I thought BMW could never better it. I thought wrong.
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Since replacing the venerable 911RS as the ultimate Porsche road and track car, the 996 GT3 has gained phenomenal appeal. Few cars are as readily equipped for club racing than this lightweight factory-prepped racer. It's the car you can competitively track all day and then drive home afterward. Prod
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We introduce this 2005 BMW 645i as the latest project car in the European Car stable.
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Our project 2004 Saab 92-X has been returned to stock, and we're test driving it again.
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In part 1 of this series, we tear down the engine from this 1988 Porsche Carrera.
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Legal spirited driving on public roads does not give one the complete information necessary to evaluate any car's full performance capabilities. Street testing of my R28 only allowed me to reasonably test: the full engine power band in lower gears, the action and feel of the steering, clutch and t
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The only cure I could think of to help me through my case of the "R32 Blues" was to start working on the plans to build one. By late 2003 I had done all of the research and many iterations of the cost estimate to build my own Canada-legal R32, or "R28" as it ended up. The calculations were done usin
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We left off with my 3.2-liter Porsche 911 motor torn down and in numerous pieces. To reach the desired goal of 80 hp/liter while retaining street manners and utilizing 91 octane pump gas, I chose to increase the displacement from 3.2 to 3.5 liters using larger 100mm forged pistons and cylinders with
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OverviewThe 1978-89 911 SC and Carrera have long enjoyed reputations as the most reliable examples of the 911 lineage. More civilized than their predecessors but still part of an era when driving a 911 at full chat took courage, these models can be very enjoyable and dependable for daily driving. Th
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They say Rome wasn't built in a day. The same should be said for any well-built Porsche 911 motor. They both took some time to be designed. So, hot-rodding my own 911 engine proved to be a maddeningly slow process. I fought through the weeks of running around town chasing parts, and of meticulously
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The last installment of Project 911 SC/Carrera left off with a very sexy bottom end, a butt built for speed if you will. Ollie's Porsche Machining in Santa Ana, Calif., hot-tanked the case and removed the original fasteners to make way for the ultra-tough ARP units. The case spigot bores were enlarg
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