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.

KILLING THE CLUB

NZ Performance Car

JOIN THE QUEUE

CONTRIBUTORS

ST HI-TEC DRAG R35 TOPPLING RECORDS

SOUTH ISLAND RALLYING COULD RESUME AS EARLY AS JULY

GULL TO CEASE E85 FUEL

MAZDA RACING SERIES SEASON CALLED EARLY

MSNZ STRUGGLING; CEO RESIGNS

TOYOTA SUPRA REFRESH MAKES WAY MORE POWER THAN IT SHOULD

E-RACING FUNDRAISER FOR NEW ZEALAND BUSINESSES

CAR AID C33 RUNS 8.23

NISSAN AXES DATSUN BRAND—AGAIN

REVISED SCHEDULE FOR NORTH ISLAND ENDURANCE SERIES

MAZDA FILES PATENT FOR REAR-WHEEL-DRIVE ROTARY

GIGGUIDE • IF YOU HAVE AN EVENT THAT YOU’D LIKE TO SEE IN THE GIG GUIDE, EMAIL EDITOR@PERFORMANCECAR.CO.NZ WITH ALL THE DETAILS

FAMILY FIRST • DRAG RACING IS IN THEIR BLOOD, SO WHEN IT WAS TIME TO RETURN TO THEIR ROOTS, THE WILLIAMS FAMILY WENT ALL IN. WELL OVER BUDGET, WAY OVER DEADLINE, AND 10 TIMES THE ORIGINAL CAR THEY FIRST ENVISIONED BUILDING… MEET THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE WILLIAMS FAMILY

THE DECADE THAT WAS • WE TAKE A WALK THROUGH THE PAST 10 YEARS OF BAD HAIRCUTS, QUESTIONABLE MODIFICATIONS, AND PLENTY OF BU RNT RUBBER

Still CHALLENGING • MAZDA’S RISE TO THE TOP OF ENDURANCE RACING IS ONE OF PURE GRIT AND DETERMINATION. WHEN ITS QUAD-ROTOR CARS REACHED THE TRACK, MAZDA SWEPT THEM TO VICTORY, GAINING THE ADORATION OF PASSIONATE ROTARY FANS WORLDWIDE. ONE OF THOSE FANS IS JAPAN’S SENJI HOSHINO, WHO JUST HAPPENS TO OWN ONE OF THE VERY FEW FACTORY FOUR-ROTOR GROUP C RACERS

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SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL • LEADING THE WORLD WITH LOCALLY PRODUCED AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTRY!

MODERN ENGINE SUPPORT

SEQUENTIAL GEARBOXES

HIGH-TECH GLASS AND LIGHTWEIGHT WIND OWS

KEEPING YOU COOL

BREAKING THE MOULD • STEPPING OUTSIDE THE COMFORT OF FAMILIARITY AND FEEDING BOOST INTO A HIGH-STRUNG TWO-LITRE-POWERED HONDA CIVIC TYPE R

FOLLOWING THE RACE LINE • WE’RE SPOILED FOR CHOICE IN NEW ZEALAND WHEN IT COMES TO RACING CIRCUITS, THE FIRST DATING BACK TO THE MID ’50S. WITH FIVE IN THE NORTH AND FOUR IN THE SOUTH, YOUR LOCAL IS NEVER TOO FAR AWAY, SO IN THIS FEATURE WE GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF EACH TRACK AND PASS ON A FEW POINTERS FROM THE RACERS WHO KNOW THEM BEST

NI TURBO TRIPLE THREAT • THEY SAY TWO’S COMPANY AND THREE’S A CROWD, BUT WHEN THAT TRIO COMPRISES NISSAN’S FINEST TRACK-FOCUSED MACHINE, THE SKYLINE GT-R N1, THEN HAVING A CROWDED HOUSE COULD QUITE POSSIBLY BE LIVING THE JDM DREAM!

FUTURE STAPLES • AS THE MODIFIED CAR WORLD QUICKLY SUCKS THE CURRENT SUPPLY OF POPULAR ENGINE PACKAGES DRY, WE LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE FOR WHAT MIGHT JUST BE THE NEXT PERFORMANCE STAPLES

BACK ON DECK

PROJECTA’S LITHIUM JUMP STARTER RANGE

PRODUCT REVIEW

Meaghan

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