Author Archives: Eric Rood

Watch This 475-Horsepower Supercharged Integra Type-R Absolutely Fly

honda-tech.com BYP Australia Integra time attack

BYP Racing’s supercharged time-attack Integra has V8 Supercars pace. Ten-second Integras don’t just fall out of the sky, so it’s completely nuts to see this 10-second Integra ripping around an Australian road course almost as quickly as the country’s famed V8 Supercars can go. Then again, this is a car built to the wide-open regulations [...] More »

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1972 Firebird Carries Front Wheels 330 Feet In Eliminations Round

ls1tech.com 1972 Pontiac Firebird drag race wheelstand

Dwight Ausmus drives through wheelstand like a normal Sunday drive. While this 1972 Pontiac Firebird does not have an LS under the hood, we know you’ll appreciate a good wheelstand for a hard-running big-block car as much as anyone here. At last weekend’s NCMA-NMRA All-Star Nationals at Atlanta Dragway, Dwight Ausmus carried his front wheels [...] More »

Acura Redesigns TLX With New A-Spec Trim

TLX wears handsome new clothes with sport-tuned A-Spec on offer Acura unveiled its redesigned TLX, including a new A-Spec trim, at the New York International Auto Show on April 11. Acura’s mid-size offering now carries a sportier look to its nose that includes a larger grille that carries a hyperspace-travel look to it. Add in some nice changes [...] More »

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This LS4-Swapped Saturn Is the Very Definition of ‘Sleeper’

This little commuter is really a monster sleeper hiding in plain sight. Few people will ever remember Saturn S-Series as anything but plastic-bodied appliances that General Motors built in the 1990s and early 2000s. The cars never had anything resembling a tuning culture and few people ever raced them. They earned their reputation as basic and [...] More »

Burglars Steal Race Car Parts From Team Just Days Before Long Beach Grand Prix

6speedonline.com long beach grand prix GMG racing thief burglary

GMG Racing score class win at race anyway; police still looking for more info. The agony of any kind of auto theft leaves a rancid taste in any enthusiast’s mouth, but the Global Motorsports Group Racing shop was a supreme crossing of the line. Just four days before they were to put two race cars on [...] More »

Craigslist: Thhis Might Be the Cleanest, Lowest-Mile RSX Type-S You’ll See For Sale

honda-tech.com Acura RSX Type-S Type S craigslist

What’s a fair premium on price for low-mile, unmolested Type S? What is the real premium on an unmodified, top-trim Honda? Few exist—particularly with something like a 1990s CRX—but this super-clean 2003 Acura RSX Type-S for sale in Atlanta with just 44,000 miles represents a real-world test of that question. Is it’s asking price of [...] More »

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Watch (and Listen to) Ferrari, Aston, and Porsche Race Cars Testing at Monza

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Le Mans GT and Prototype cars testing in crystal-clear audio is a drug we’re happy to push. The field of the FIA World Endurance Championship completed their pre-season open tests at the Monza Circuit in Italy. Italian automotive audiophile 19Bozzy92 was there to record the high-strung race cars in glorious sound. The cars in question [...] More »