The Volkswagen Golf R is the latest car to receive an upgrade package from the tuning company Wimmer RS. Dubbed the Red Devil, this kit adds and impressive power boost to the Golf. Modifications begin with an ECU upgrade, re-fitted turbochargers and piping, custom injection nozzles, TFSI tuning, and aftermarket connecting rods. The list of custom work continues with new lamp coating, cylinder heads, larger intercooler, oil cooler, new intake system, additional oil pump, and an improved crankshaft. But wait, there’s still more for the VW Golf R. The Wimmer RS engineers installed a second low pressure fuel pump, sport camshafts, and a handmade stainless steel exhaust system with a sport catalyst converter.
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Check out the video and pictures from the Skyfox helicopter news crew in Boston, catching this truck literally dropping off a Ferrari F430. The truck driver’s boss told him to deliver this Ferrari to Ernie Boch’s luxury car dealership in Norwood, which is right outside of Boston, but they didn’t have anything close to this in mind. This expensive drop off was covered by the news crew who felt the need to send their helicopter to capture the evidence. A simple camera would have been fine, however it looks like the mechanism on the rear end of the truck had failed. It’s hard to tell whether this is a human error or mechanical error, but a costly mistake at that considering it could have been the next best tuning project.
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September 28, 2010 | CATEGORIES: Nissan
Here is a new package released by Senner Tuning for the Nissan 370Z called the Asphalt Surfer. The exterior styling received minimal modifications, featuring a new set lightweight alloy Tsunami wheels and decals along the sides. These wheels are available in either a racing white or matte black finish, and measure to be 20×9 in the front, and 20×10 at the rear. Also improving the look is a new sport suspension package priced at 1,499 EUR to give the Nissan 370Z an aggressive stance. The German tuning firm moved onto the engine bay next, and hooked the car up with an extensive upgrade program under the hood.
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September 25, 2010 | CATEGORIES: Audi
The Audi-exclusive tuning specialists at PPI Automotive Design GmbH have announced the plans to create 10 units of the Audi R8 RAZOR GTR-10. This car carries a V10 engine, with only the front hood, front bumper, and rear diffuser being the same aftermarket parts featured on the previous Audi R8 RAZOR GTR. Although the front fenders, front spoiler, side skirts, rear funder, rear spoiler, rear engine lid, and bumper might look similar in this project, they are all modified slightly. Under the hood, the PPI tuners refined the V10 powerplant with a roof mounted ram air-intake system, vented liftgate glass, a high performance exhaust system, and a reprogrammed ECU for the ignition map. It results in a serious power increase to 601 bhp at 7,400 rpm, and a max torque of 565 Nm at 6,400 rpm. For a comparison, the stock Audi R8 V10 produces 518 brake horsepower (bhp) from the factory.
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September 24, 2010 | CATEGORIES: Audi
Here is some extreme tuning performed on the Audi TT model, which looks awfully similar to the car in iRobot starring Will Smith. The smooth and curvy appeal of this car gives the impression of improved aerodynamics, however the drag coefficient of the body is relatively high at 0.35. It shows a front end similar to the Bugatti Veyron, while the wheel wells have been covered to match the iRobot movie car almost perfectly. This is definitely one of the most unique tuning jobs I’ve seen on any Audi car, who are now competing with some of the best on the automotive market, mainly BMW and Mercedes.
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