August 14, 2009 | CATEGORIES: Lotus
Lotus Cars USA has released a factory style supercharger kit for the Lotus Elise and Lotus Exige models that come naturally aspirated. Owners who bought their Lotus Elise or Lotus Exige before this blower kit was available, can now bring their car back to an authorized Lotus dealer and have the car tuning performed. After the kit is installed on the 1.8 liter Toyota engine, performance numbers increase from 189 hp and 133 ft lbs or torque to 218 hp and 155 ft lbs of torque. The new system is warrantied and legal in all 50 states, while also being certified for emissions. The supercharger kit also comes with high flow injectors, ECU recalibration, and a redesigned intake manifold to add the supercharger. Even though torque gains are minimal, the performance numbers now peak at 5,000 rpms instead of 6,800 rpms. Lotus has not yet released pricing for the supercharger kit.
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The Mercedes G55 AMG has been highly modified by the car tuning firm ART, naming it the unique AS55K Yaas Edition, and custom built for the Abu Dhabi royal family. The Mercedes G55 AMG has been customized from the request of the royal family, and the horsepower was increased to 611 bhp. It received several upgrades that include high performance brakes, carbon fiber body panels, and a chrome exhaust underneath. Also on the exterior is a stainless steel rear bumper and in the front are bi-xenon dual headlights. Inside the ART AS55K Yaas Edition Mercedes G55 AMG is a carbon fiber trim kit and and interesting aftermarket steering wheel. ART did not release how much they charged the Abu Dhabi royal family, however it doesn’t look cheap.
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August 12, 2009 | CATEGORIES: Porsche
The latest addition to the car tuning industry is the Gemballa GT 600 Aero 3 Porsche Cayenne Turbo that has a range of styling and performance modifications. As you can see, the white and black contrast of colors worked out well for Gemballa, and they installed their aerodynamic AERO 3 body kit with a stylish new front bumper and Gemballa logo kit. The car has been lowered with an electronic lowering kit and hooked up with a 22 inch Gemballa Racing wheel set in gunmetal. A Gemballa brake system was installed to slow the vehicle from the 600 horsepower engine kit it received. The 600 hp performance number is obtained from the engine tuning and exhaust system they installed, hence the GT 600 name. The interior also has improvements with new SPC seats in the front, and an interior design kit to match the tan inside. Some additional accessories Gemballa offers for the GT 600 Aero 3 Porsche Cayenne Turbo are mirror covers, door handles, and window frames all made out of carbon fiber and manufactured for a custom fit. They also can redesign the headlights with their black-magic and gunmetal color scheme.
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August 11, 2009 | CATEGORIES: BMW
Designed to be clean and subtle, IND released the Silverstone II BMW E93 Convertible that received all the right car tuning modifications. The exterior package consists of a polyurethane front lip extension along with the removal of all stock reflectors. In the rear they installed the new “challenge” diffuser, and stunning BBS wheels that really make this BMW E93 Convertible unique. The 20 inch BBS LM chrome wheels come wrapped in Nitto Invo performance tires and fit perfectly while matching the exterior silver paint job. In the next few months IND will complete the car with an Eisenmann Sport exhaust system, Rogue short shifter kit, and aftermarket shift knob and boot. Although performance numbers were not released yet, as it sits now the standard numbers for the IND Silverstone II BMW E93 Convertible are a 4.0 liter V8 that produces 414 hp and 295 ft-lbs of torque. Since IND has an exclusive portfolio of cars, the styling kit is not going to be a mass produced modified car, however one that is built uniquely for their clients.
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August 10, 2009 | CATEGORIES: Jaguar
Arden has done it again, this time tuning the 2010 Jaguar XKR Convertible and increasing the performance numbers for the 5.0 liter supercharged V8. They were able improve performance numbers by 30 horsepower and 50 Nm of torque with some simple modifications. On the exterior are Sportline 21×9 inch alloy wheels to go along with the V-Max suspension upgrade. It possesses a newly designed chassis that improves the driving dynamics, and was developed in collaboration with Bilstein. Arden installed a high performance stainless steel exhaust system that has an amazing sound and also comes with sport catalytic’s to improve the performance. The car tuning company Arden based it off their AJ20 Coupe model and the four pipe exhaust system was rounded off with the popular AJ20 Wild Cat Heck and diffuser option.
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