NZ Performance Car

Since 1996 New Zealand Performance Car has been the voice of the country’s modified import car scene. It was there to see the first import 10-second quarter mile run, there when the first official drift battle ensued, there when the first show trophies were handed out, and there to bring NZ its very first Super Lap time attack event. Each month the very best of NZ’s modified import car scene is served up. It’s New Zealand’s number 1 selling monthly motoring magazine and is New Zealand’s import performance authority and for good reason…it leaves the others for dust.

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NZ Performance Car

HERO CONTRIBUTOR AVERY ARMADA

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BIG BAWLS • AFTER YEARS OF DRIFTING A 746KW SILVIA AND A LITTLE BIT OF CIRCUIT RACING A 485KW EVO, JD JEFFERIES DECIDED THAT IT WAS TIME TO TRY GOING FAST

CHASING PERFECTION • BUYING AN UNFINISHED PROJECT SIGHT UNSEEN FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF COOK STRAIT IS USUALLY A RECIPE FOR A MASSIVE HEADACHE. BUT FOR WEST AUCKLAND SPARKY BRAD AITCHISON, A ROLLING NON-TURBO AUTOMATIC BODY AND A LOOSE ENGINE PACKAGE BECAME THE PERFECT EXCUSE TO TURN A GRANDPA-SPEC CRUISER INTO A 400KW 2JZ-POWERED WEAPON!

FIFTEEN YEARS OF CHROME • CHROME HORSEPOWER FESTIVAL RETURNED FOR ITS 15TH INSTALMENT, WITH PREMIER EVENTS BRINGING TOGETHER THE COUNTRY’S BEST BUILDS FOR ONE OF THE BIGGEST WEEKENDS IN THE EVENT’S HISTORY

FESTIVAL OF SPEED • NEW ZEALAND IS AN AUTOMOTIVE MECCA FOR BOTH TUNING AND MOTORSPORT. WE HAVE A HISTORY THAT NEEDS TO BE CELEBRATED MORE, SO WHEN THE WORLD’S BEST MOTORSPORT CELEBRATION ROLLED AROUND, WE REMINDED EVERYONE JUST HOW GOOD WE REALLY ARE

DANGER ZONE! • OVER TIME, THE SW20-CHASSIS TOYOTA MR2 HAS DEVELOPED A NOTORIOUS REPUTATION FOR PLACING ITSELF, AND ITS HAPLESS PILOTS, IN SOMEWHAT COMPROMISING POSITIONS. DOES SWITCHING OUT A MERE TWO-LITRE FOUR-POT FOR A STONKING GREAT V6 GO SOME WAY TO RESOLVING THIS ILL-ATTAINED ATTRIBUTE? TUNE IN BELOW TO FIND OUT!

INSIDE FRASER CARS • FRASER CARS HAS BEEN BUILDING LIGHTWEIGHT SPORTS CARS IN NEW ZEALAND FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS, BUT THERE’S FAR MORE HAPPENING BEHIND THE WORKSHOP DOORS THAN JUST SEVEN-INSPIRED MACHINES. WE TAKE A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES AT HOW THESE KIWI-BUILT CARS COME TOGETHER, THE TEAM KEEPING THE LEGACY ALIVE, AND THE WILD RANGE OF RESTORATIONS AND ONE-OFF PROJECTS THAT ROLL THROUGH THE SHOP

The Secret Sauce • FUELLED BY BURGERS AND A 20-PLUS-YEAR HONDA ADDICTION, LUCKY GS’ TONY KANG HAS COOKED UP ONE OF NEW ZEALAND’S FINEST FL5 TYPE RS, PROVING THAT WHEN IT COMES TO CARS AND FOOD, FOLLOWING YOUR OWN RECIPE IS ALWAYS THE WAY TO GO

TORQUE PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENTS • WE CATCH UP WITH TPD OWNER JON-PAUL ‘JP’ FERGUSON TO UNCOVER THE STORY BEHIND NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST MUGEN - TUNED CIVIC TYPE R, EXPLORING THE COLLABORATION BEHIND THE BUILD AND HOW TPD IS PUSHING THE LATEST HONDA PERFORMANCE PLATFORMS FORWARD

ONE WILD WAGON • WHEN YOU THINK OF FAST ROTARIES, THE WORD ‘RELAXING’ DOESN’T USUALLY COME TO MIND. BUT WITH AGE AND WISDOM, JOHNNY ‘SAUSAGE’ ELLIS HAD A CRACK AT CREATING SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE LIVEABLE, AND WE THINK HE’S CRACKED IT

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

1984 TOYOTA CORONA MARK II GRANDE (GX61)

KEEPING IT COOL • SINCE 2004, FENIX COOLING HAS BEEN KEEPING PERFORMANCE BUILDS RUNNING AT PEAK OPERATING TEMP. WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE KIWI TEAM BEHIND THE BRAND TO FIND OUT HOW A LOCAL OPERATION BECAME A GO-TO NAME FOR PERFORMANCE COOLING WORLDWIDE, GET A PEEK BEHIND THE SCENES AT THEIR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, AND LEARN WHY A PROPER COOLING SET-UP IS CRUCIAL WHEN YOU START PUSHING BIG POWER

1998 SUBARU FORESTER

2001 TOYOTA ALTEZZA (SXE10)

STILL NYCNLO • ONCE AN ICON OF THE CHRISTCHURCH STREET SCENE, THIS SHOW-SPEC SERIES 5 IS LIVING OUT ITS RETIREMENT IN ANOTHER HOTBED OF ROTARY ACTIVITY

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