Ford in-house tuner Mountune works over the Fiesta
March 14, 2009 by Cam Shaft
Filed under Auto Industry News
Most Blue Oval fans in the U.S. wouldn’t recognize the name Mountune but over in the UK the automotive engineering firm has close links with Ford, especially for the company’s racing programs, and is regarded as its official in-house tuner. Not surprisingly, Mountune was one of the first performance workshops called upon by Ford to [...]
Ford in-house tuner Mountune works over the Fiesta
March 14, 2009 by Cam Shaft
Filed under Auto Industry News
Most Blue Oval fans in the U.S. wouldn’t recognize the name Mountune but over in the UK the automotive engineering firm has close links with Ford, especially for the company’s racing programs, and is regarded as its official in-house tuner. Not surprisingly, Mountune was one of the first performance workshops called upon by Ford to [...]
Krazy House Customs: Saleen S302 Extreme Dyno Run
Krazy House Customs located in Monmouth Junction, NJ, dyno’s their Saleen S302 Extreme Mustang. The beast ends up making 589WHP and 643lbs. of torque! This has to be one of the best produced dyno run videos I’ve seen, check it out!
Props go out to krazyhousecustoms for this really cool upload!
Sportec boosts the Porsche 911 Turbo to the tune of 858hp
March 1, 2009 by Cam Shaft
Filed under Auto Industry News
With Switzerland’s premier automotive event just days from commencing, one of the country’s top tuners, Sportec, has released details about its latest extreme performance kit for the venerable Porsche 911 Turbo. While full details aren’t expected until the car’s reveal at the Geneva Motor Show this week, we can confirm the new upgrades will include [...]
Fox Marketing/Artisan Twin Turbo IS-F
Check out this video of the Fox Marketing/Artisan Twin Turbo IS-F. This thing sounds AMAZING! Sporting two Turbonetics GTK350 rear mounted turbos and making 527hp/494ft. lbs. of torque at 5psi on the dyno!
Thanks to FoxMarketingCars for the great upload!
Sportec joins growing list of Scirocco tuners with new SC 350
February 11, 2009 by Cam Shaft
Filed under Auto Industry News
The Volkswagen Scirocco is proving to be popular with tuners, with famed Swiss performance shop Sportec also releasing its own hotted-up version of the svelte sports coupe. Sportec’s work on German cars has been well documented, especially some of its more outrageous creations based on much faster vehicles like the Porsche 911 and Audi RS6.
As [...]
Toyota rolls out 2010 Tundra with new 4.6L V8
February 11, 2009 by Cam Shaft
Filed under Auto Industry News
Big, brawny work trucks often find another purpose on American roads - hauling big, brawny Americans around. Toyota’s latest gladiator to join the big-truck arena is the 2010 Tundra, and it’s packing an all-new 4.6L V8.
The big engine may not stand up to the likes of the 6.7L Cummins turbodiesel or 5.7L Hemi found in [...]
Vath V58K turns Mercedes’ SLK55 AMG up to 565hp
February 9, 2009 by Cam Shaft
Filed under Auto Industry News
Tuner cars are often examples of the worst sort of overkill, but occasionally a car will sneak through with less-than-typical appearance modifications and a monstrously re-engineered heart. Such is the case with the Vath V58K, an extreme take on the SLK 55 AMG.
The Germans at Vath decided that 5.5L and natural aspiration were simply inadequate, [...]
Aston Martin adds V12 power to Vantage coupe
February 3, 2009 by Cam Shaft
Filed under Auto Industry News, Future Cars
Aston Martin will unveil one of the fastest production cars in its 95-year history at next month’s Geneva Motor Show in the form of the new V12 Vantage coupe. The latest addition is based on the current V8 model but Aston Martin engineers have managed to shoehorn the mighty 6.0L V12 engine from the DBS [...]
Aston Martin adds V12 power to Vantage coupe
February 3, 2009 by Cam Shaft
Filed under Auto Industry News
Aston Martin will unveil one of the fastest production cars in its 95-year history at next month’s Geneva Motor Show in the form of the new V12 Vantage coupe. The latest addition is based on the current V8 model but Aston Martin engineers have managed to shoehorn the mighty 6.0L V12 engine from the DBS [...]
