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.

KEEP IT REAL

NZ Performance Car

HERO CONTRIBUTOR JESSICA BARNES

CONTRIBUTORS

DOING IT RIGHT • THE ART OF THE MAZDA ROTARY: AS THE SCENE PROGRESSES, SO DOES THE SHEER QUALITY AND INNOVATION OF OLD-SCHOOL KIWI ROTARY BUILDS — BRAD WEST’S 1973 RX-3 COUPE IS THE EPITOME OF A SCENE THAT’S INCREASINGLY PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT A RETRO MAZDA CAN BE

THE DIFF SHOP • DIFFERENTIALS ARE OFTEN LEFT COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN UNDER THE REAR OF THE CAR — RIGHT UP UNTIL YOU DUMP THE CLUTCH AND SOMETHING GIVES WAY. WE CHAT WITH STEVEN WRIGHT AT THE DIFF SHOP TO BREAK DOWN THE BASICS, COMMON MISTAKES, AND HOW TO KEEP YOUR DRIVELINE ALIVE

CHROME IS WHERE THE HEART IS • FOLLOWING A MASSIVE COMEBACK THAT BREATHED FRESH LIFE INTO KIWI SHOW CAR CULTURE, THE PREMIER EVENTS CREW RETURNED TO THE AUCKLAND SHOWGROUNDS TO RUN CHROME SHOWCASE, RAISING THE BAR FOR INDOOR BUILDS ONCE AGAIN

SUMMER SEND-OFF!

CASH. CHROME. CARBON. • WITH A CATALOGUE’S WORTH OF HKS GOODIES AND A TON OF HIS OWN STYLE, ABISHEK SHARMA’S 1994 R32 GT-R IS A REAL LOOKER!

SUPRAS OF THE SOUTH • THE STATES AND JAPAN HAVE ESSENTIALLY OWNED THE SUPRA SCENE FOR AS LONG AS ANYONE CAN REMEMBER, BUT IT’S TIME FOR NEW ZEALAND TO STEP INTO THE SPOTLIGHT

COSMO RE-VOLUTION • IT TOOK FIVE DONOR CARS, FIVE YEARS OF PATIENCE, AND A PERIPHERAL-PORT RENESIS TURBO BUILD TO TURN JASON TRELOAR’S TEENAGE OBSESSION INTO REALITY: MEET THE ULTIMATE ’80S HB COSMO STREET CRUISER

THE ONES THAT STOOD OUT • THREE DAYS OF NON-STOP TRACK TIME AND A PADDOCK PACKED WITH NEW ZEALAND’S FINEST SHED-BUILT PROJECTS. FORGET THE STANDARD EVENT RECAP — WE TOOK A LAP THROUGH THE TAUPO PITS TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THE BUILDS, BACKSTORIES, AND DRIVERS THAT DEFINED THIS YEAR’S CARNIVAL

TYPE R-RATED • SCORING A RARE PIECE OF JAPANESE MOTORSPORT STEEL IS ONE THING, BUT PACKING IT WITH 40PSI ON E85 AND AIMING FOR 10-SECOND PASSES IS ANOTHER; INSPIRED BY THE PAGES OF NZPC AS A KID, JEREMY WARREN TURNED BEDROOM POSTER DREAMS INTO REALITY WITH HIS BUILT WRX STI TYPE R

GAZOO RACING • TOYOTA NEW ZEALAND HAS ANNOUNCED THAT ITS GAZOO RACING (GR) PERFORMANCE ARM IS NOW A STANDALONE BRAND, PROMISING AN EXCITING FUTURE FOR KIWI CAR ENTHUSIASTS

THE SIM BLUEPRINT • SIM RACING HAS GONE FROM A NICHE HOBBY TO A GENUINE TRAINING TOOL, AND THE GEAR HAS NEVER BEEN MORE AFFORDABLE. WE ASK HARRY FROM SPEEDNATION WHAT TO BUY, WHAT TO SKIP, AND WHERE THE MONEY ACTUALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE

LINES OF TRUE INTENT • IT’S ALL TOO EASY TO EQUATE THE NOTION OF A RESTOMOD WITH A TOTALLY REIMAGINED SILHOUETTE OF A RETRO ICON, DRIPPING IN ALL THE LATEST MECHANICAL AND MATERIAL TECH. THANKFULLY, WE’VE GOT OUR VERY OWN HOMEGROWN ALFA ROMEO THAT LEANS INTO THE RESTOMOD ETHOS WITHOUT COMPROMISING ITS 1970S ORIGIN

KERRY HOLLAND AUTOTECH • CUSTOM MOTORSPORT FABRICATION EXECUTED ENTIRELY BY ONE SET OF HANDS. KERRY HOLLAND BREAKS DOWN WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN AN INDEPENDENT SHOP AND TURN A CLASSIC 105-SERIES ALFA ROMEO INTO A WIDE-BODY GTAM REPLICA WEAPON

KELFORD CAMS • POWERED BY 50-PLUS YEARS OF KIWI ENGINEERING, KELFORD CAMS IS NOW A GO-TO BRAND FOR STREET, DRIFT, DRAG, AND CIRCUIT BUILDS WORLDWIDE. HERE’S YOUR BEGINNER-FRIENDLY GUIDE TO CHOOSING, SUPPORTING, AND DIALLING IN THE PERFECT...