Category: Featured Cars

  • Our Land Rover Discovery Project!

    Hey sports fans! Olstar here, from Maxxd! We have been in love with modified cars for decades, from rat look VW’s to tuned Japanese rockets, we have owned and driven them all.

    Now that we are old and grey, we aren’t able to get in and out of low sports cars any more – so many of us have moved over to the modified 4×4 world. Its not just the fact we can easily slide into them without throwing our back out – its also because they are cool as f**k and you can drive over anything.

    They say we never really grow up, we just get bigger toys… This is so true.

    Anyway, presenting our Land Rover Discovery Project;

    Land Rover Discovery Project

    Phase 1 – Use it or Lose it

    When I first purchased the vehicle, I wasnt sure exactly what i was going to do. I was initially swaying towards a full restoration so that it was 100% perfect “from the factory” quality, but that idea soon went out the window when I remembered how much fun it was to drive it off-road and to use the vehicle for what it was intended for.

    Land Rover Discovery Project

    Initially I slammed some cheap Range Rover wheels on that came with some dated all terrains, and a roof rack and roof tent. It meant I could go camping and not worry about getting stuck.

    I purchased some new shocks and springs for it but when I asked my mate to fit them, the inevitable happened and my friend informed me that in order to fit the new suspension, he would have to replace a LOT of parts. It was totally my fault, as I had bought it and let it stand on my driveway for a long time, this is never a good idea with a vehicle – especially an old land rover!

    Phase 2 – Spend a small fortune on bolts, bushes and brakes!

    I want this truck to last a lifetime, and the only way to ensure that was to bite the bullet and replace everything on the truck for uprated new parts. So thats what I did. £100’s and £100’s later, and 2 months of back and forth to my buddies house (thanks Tom!) and the Disco had every suspension and brake part replace, all bushes, bolts, brake disks, brake pipes, callipers, springs and shocks. Also, I treated her to some new wheels and tyres.

    Then, after searching for the perfect front bumper, I found an awesome one that a chap just down the road from me makes in his home workshop – proper cool stuff!

    Land Rover Discovery Project

    Sweet, eh?

    Phase 3 – Underneath

    Next, I am going to tackle rust and rot. I have a friend nearby that has said I can take it down and lift it up on his ramps, so we can assess and price up the welding and repair work that is needed to get it perfect.

    I will update you all when I get to that, in the meantime – happy motoring!

  • Wide Arch RWD Mid Engine Vauxhall Nova FEATURE

    We’ve been around a long time now, and we are always getting sent pictures of cars to feature – and here is one of those cars!

    Here is Tony’s wide arch rwd mid engine vauxhall nova. He’s done a complete bear shell resto including a fully rebuilt e16se twin 40dcoe weber carb fast road cam engine over 15 k and he did it all in a tight single garage over two years;

    Engine;
    Fully rebuilt 1.6 E16SE
    Freshly serviced twin 40 webber carbs
    Piper fast road cam
    Piper vernier pully
    Port and polished head
    K&N filters

    Gearbox;
    Rebuilt with a 4.18 final drive
    Lighten and balanced fly wheel
    Ebc sports clutch
    Hydraulic slave cylinder

    Exhaust
    Complete custom stainless steel manifold and exhaust system

    Suspension
    Front Nova coil overs
    Poly bushes
    Lower and upper strut braces
    Gte tie bars and anti roll bar
    Rear corsa c front coil overs
    Corsa c front subframe and set up
    Corsa c front hubs

    Steering;
    Quife 2.5 quick rack

    Brakes;
    Front ebc turbo groveed 258 mm disc and ebc yellow stuff pads
    Caviler front calipers
    Rear mk5 astra calipers
    Mk astra handbrake cables
    Pug 106 disc
    Ebc red stuff pads
    Harry hockley bias pedal box
    Hydrolic handbrake

    Interior;
    Corbeau revolution seats fia approved
    Luke 6 point harnees fia approved
    Plumbed in fire extingsher
    Full roll cage
    Solid side mounts for seats
    Black gsi dash
    Gte digital dash
    Door card re trim in black
    All brake fuel and water pipes routed in side car

    Exterior;
    Wide arch kit
    Poly carb windows
    Front with scoopes and sliders
    Single wiper conversion
    Gsi spoiler
    Painted in astra vxr oylimpic white

    Wheels;
    Cav 5 spoke
    Toyo proxie t1r tyres

    Fuel system;
    Alloy fuel tank filled with foam
    Facet fuel pump
    Fuel reg a filter king

    Misc;
    Hid headlight kit
    Been rolling road and set up buy aldon automotive

    
  • Seriously packed out Honda S2000

    Hot off the press is this fine example of a Honda S2000 from Jakarta in Indonesia.  Without boring you with a write up we have decided to give you the full spec. As you will soon see, its a pure beast!!

    Exterior:

    C-WEST Front Bumper
    C-WEST Front Canards
    C-WEST Side Skirts
    HONDA OEM Paint New Indy Yellow Pearl
    HONDA OEM AP2 Headlights
    HONDA OEM AP2 Taillights
    HONDA OEM Rear Bumper

    Volk Racing TE-37 Top Secret Edition with ADVAN Neova AD07:
    18″ x 8″ front 225/40 , 18″ x 8.5″ rear 235/40
    Bilstein Coilovers
    Seidoya Heavyduty Brakepads

    Engine:

    ARC Titanium Induction Kit
    Cusco Strutbar
    TODA 2.2 L stroke-up kit + I-beam conrods
    TODA Customized Piston Heads (to fit 1.5mm bored up cylinder body)
    TODA High Lift Camshafts in 295deg (13mm) / ex 275deg (12mm)
    TODA SPL Valve Spring
    TODA Metal Head Gasket
    TODA Main Bearing + Conrod Bearings
    TODA Oil Ring

    TODA Throttle Body
    TODA Timing Chain
    J’s Racing Dual Titanium Exhaust
    J’s Racing Racing Cold Thermostat
    J’s Racing Hyper Single Clutch
    HKS Headers 4-1
    HKS F-Con VPro II
    HKS Sensors + Map Selector + Pro Start button ( Launch Control + Traction Control )
    HKS M40 Iridium Plugs

    Bore-up 1.5mm Cylinder Bodies + Porting Polish done by Garage R Singapore
    Engine Tune by Lester Wong – Garage R Singapore

    280hp on crank @ 10.600 rpm with 96 octane normal fuel
    320hp on crank @ 11.680 rpm with HKS Drag Racing Fuel
    11k redline rev.

    Photography by Muhammad Balbed