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Event Coverage: Torque Modified 2013

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I've yet to quite master the art of being in more than one place at a time and last year one of the many events that fell victim to this deficiency of mine was Torque Modified which took place the same day as Meeting Of The Mazdas. After hearing nothing but good things about the first event I shuffled some things around to make sure I could make it out the the second annual show and I wasn't disappointed in the least.
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Theme Tuesdays: Volksrods

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From what I understand the 'rules' for owning an air cooled Beetle are a little different than those of your average car or truck. Certain years you are basically free to do whatever you please without much scrutiny, while some years if you so much as repaint them people will request your head on a spike. I've heard things get so strict that people would rather their parts sit and rot in a shed than go to a project they "don't agree with".
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WTF Friday: Screamin’ Eagle

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Anyone who has ever worked in the customer service industry has likely heard the saying The customer is always right. This 'rule' even applies when a customer requests a vehicle that is strong enough to drive through anything in it's path (including an Tornado) while simultaneously being powerful enough to attain a lofty speed goal of 300 kilometres an hour.
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Keeping It Neil

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Travelling, studying, and living abroad is often a once in a life time opportunity and those fortunate enough to do so are usually forced to sacrifice quite a bit. In fact it is regularly said that the best philosophy to have when living life on the road is to pack light and never acquire items you are not willing to walk away from at a moments notice. For car enthusiasts, this mentality can be a bit of a problem because very few of us are willing to give up our cars, or passion for modifying them, at the drop of a hat.
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Event Coverage: Fitted Capital Tour Ottawa

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This years GTA Fitted Lifestyle event was such a success that Dave and the guys at Stretch & Poke decided to throw a follow up event last weekend in Ottawa. As a show of appreciation to those who made the opposite trek in May the Fitted Capital Tour (held at Track Werks) used Stretch & Poke's tried and tested formula of a casual meet with a few awards.
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Theme Tuesdays: Sy/Tys

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As a big first generation S10/Blazer fan the first time I discovered Syclones and Typhoons they shot to the top of my 'favorite vehicles ever built' list about as fast as they ran down the quarter mile. I mean what's not to like about an all wheel drive pickup/suv that could out run a Corvette and a Ferrari in stock form?
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CSCS 2013

Event Coverage: 2013 CSCS Mosport

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With Importfest coverage just barley out the door we can move things right along with the third round of CSCS coverage for 2013. Round three took place at Mosport and while that's a venue I particularly like shooting I opted to sit things out this round because I was a little run down from a week of preparation for Importfest. Luckily I was able to find a few photographers willing to pick up my slack and judging from the photos contributed by Kevin Tam and Kenny Barnes, CSCS Mosport was a blast just like years previous.
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Stance Is Everything At Importfest 2013

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When I first started this site in 2009 the thought never occurred to me that I would have the opportunity to hand pick cars for a Stance Is Everything designated area at one of the largest aftermarket automotive shows in Canada. After an enjoyable, and successful, showing in 2012 I approached the Importfest organizers early in the year to secure six spots for 2013.
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WTF Friday: The Fly

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In the movie The Fly a mad scientist enters a transporter and winds up crossing himself with a house fly becoming a grotesque monster that frightens little children. In Toronto a mad mechanic crossed a c5 Corvette with Eclipse tail lights, Foose wheels, and a lot of fibreglass to create a grotesque monster that confuses car enthusiasts world wide.
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WTF Friday: Swangin’

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Going to let this one go a little early this week given the circumstances (Cuba internet is unreliable): Swing up doors are a bit of a touchy subject nowadays. They were quite popular for awhile but of late have dropped off to the point where most people rocking them currently just can't be bothered to swap them back.

Theme Tuesdays: E30 M3s Part II

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Similar to how I did a one two VW MKII and MKI combo a couple months back I've decided to do the same with e30s by following up the second E30 Theme Tuesday with the second E30 M3 Theme Tuesday. When I was looking at the official list of cars for GT5 I was pretty shocked to see that the e30 m3 was not included. Polyphony had better fix that by December 25th when I get my copy of GT5 as this is the only way I'll be driving one. Probably.

Project Why Wait: Cleaning Up LS Induction With FiTech EFI

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FiTech EFI joints project Why Wait with their Loaded Ultimate LS Intake manifold. The perfect performance minded visual upgrade for any LS based motor.

WTF Friday: She Got A Donk (and A 1JZ)

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The Donk community is an interesting subset of the automotive culture because they never really seem to interact with 'the rest of us' too often. They do what they do --often with little regard to what anyone else thinks-- while the rest of us stare in utter disbelief, or try to ignore the fact they exist.

New Stickers for charity

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My girlfriend (who does a lot of the photography and design around here) is fund raising for the Canadian Cancer Society by collection donations for her participation in the Relay For Life June 17th. In an effort to raise as much money as possible for a great cause she has designed 8 new stickers for the SIE store, which 100% of the proceeds from their sales will go to her fund-raising efforts.