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WTF Friday: Wild Wild Horses

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In 2007 one individual had the entire internet wondering what the heck he was thinking when he slid a Lamborghini Gallardo underneath a 2007 Ford Mustang, but a year earlier WMS Racing got the jump on the exotic powered Mustang game with Project Vanquish’d.

As the subtly alludes to project Vanquish is the combination of a 2005 Mustang, and 2001 Aston Martin Vanquish motor.

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If you are a glass half empty sort of person you will point out the fact that the Vanquish V12 is, technically, a mated pair of two 3.0L Ford Duratec motors but if you did that you’d be missing out on the beauty of this car.

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In addition to now living in a horse stable the Vanquish motor has been stroked to 6.1L, fit with WMS headers, WMS ported heads, and a WMS intake.

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The chassis has been reinforced to handle the power from the new 500+ hp motor, and KW coils help keep it planted in the corners as well as prevent the 19×9/12 Essen Wheels from looking awkward.

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After SEMA, and a few rounds of magazine features, the car popped up for sale in 2011 after which it appears to have vanished.

Hopefully it didn’t wind up in a glue factory somewhere because that would be a damn shame.

You can check out more (unfortunately small) build photos here at WMS Racing.com.

Theme Tuesdays: Kei Cars

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Back this week with another theme that many might say is long over due. Incredibly popular in Japan by necessity Kei cars (light auto mobiles) have been enjoyed heightened exposure in North America as more, and more people venture forth to Japan.

When I first saw a modified Kei car on-line three or so years ago I will admit I wasn’t immediately blown away however, over time they began to grow on me.

Once I found out the awesome Baby Cobra was built on a Suzuki Cappuccino I officially hopped on the bandwagon, Kei cars are awesome.

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Baby Cobra, slammed of course
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Tiny cut away of a tiny car
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A Cappuccino in it’s more native form
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Another really awesome Cappuccino
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Really  dig the almost rose gold color on this Honda N360
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These wheels almost look like they are off a go kart… in fact I wouldn’t be surprised if someone told me they were
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This kind of reminds me of the Jazz’s Cybertronian form… yeah I went there.
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Alto works Suzuki on 13×7.5 -4 Techno TV-R wheels… it puts down 100hp and there is a feature of it here on Speed Hunters
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Wouldn’t actually mind seeing what this looked like all said and done, but I couldn’t find any more pics/info

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Did you honestly expect me to leave out Kei trucks?

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With some of that fender gap closed up this would be even better
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Everything slides in Japan. Everything.

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7 Tune always seems to have a bead on things that are awesome
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Going to end things off with the Revolver II built by Tetsuhiko Iizuka
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He’s an Accuair dealer in Japan and incredibly talented
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Large pics of the Daihatsu in it’s newly completed form are a little hard to come by but you can browse his website for more

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WTF Friday: BMW Powered 34 Chevy

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One of the (several) WTF Friday posts sitting in draft status is tentatively titled “BMW Motors abroad”, and as the name suggests, it’s a half written collection of various cars sporting the BMW roundel sitting under the hood.

This car was originally slated to be part of that post, but after looking through the build I decided it was deserving of it’s own spotlight because it is just that wild.

Starting with a barn find ’34 builder ‘E30 BIG’ decided to venture down the road much less traveled and not put a domestic mill under the hood of his Chevy.

Instead he plucked an V12 from an 850 from it’s moorings and plunked it in between the frame rails of his forgotten Chevy.

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Pushing things further away from the realm of sane a Mooneyham 14-71 blower been placed on top of 5.0L v12 for a lot more get up and go.

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The rear end is from an X5, while the front is a Heidts IRS set-up fit with bags.

Behind the X5 wheels are Willwood brakes.

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In addition to being in Norwegian the build thread has a couple pages of broken images so it’s a little hard to gather a lot of information from but the videos below do show promising progress.


As for the future the builder recently posted this:

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If you want to keep an eye on the progress the build is here bilforumet.no

Winter Wednesdays : Black Out

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Winter just seems to keep on keepin on, and what better way to combat the snow and cold weather than with a bagged Subaru?

This one sits on a Bag Riders kit and currently wears Enkei 18×9.5 RPF-1 wheels.

Not just a looker this particular Subaru WRX puts down 400whp and 400 foot pounds of torque at around 18psi.

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The build thread is here, and more pics of the car in it’s current state can be found here.

Theme Tuesdays: MKIV Toyota Supras

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Inexplicably there has yet to be a MKIV Supra Theme Tuesday here on Stance Is Everything.

This is a little odd because I’ve done both an MKIII Supra Theme and an 2JZ Theme Tuesday, I guess sometimes the most obvious things are the quickest to fall through the cracks.

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Start things off with a little (well a lot) of power from Boost Werx – Video of this car in action
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This is what a 1376 RWHP engine bay looks like
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And this is what a 1376Rwhp car looks like
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A bit more engine bay porn
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This is a great looking Supra, nothing over the top visually but still draws you in
I posted this car back in 2011, still a huge fan of it, great look
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I constantly seem to flip flop back and forth on which look I prefer more, with a wing or without
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Front plate laws can go straight to hell, but I really like the wheel choice on this car, though I can’t tell what they are
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Jammed

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Lip spoiler your thing?
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Or something a little more aggressive?
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The only thing that can beat a great rolling shot…
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…is a great rolling burnout shot
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Supra front ends almost have a sinister smile about them
You will have to take my word that I didn’t intentially look for this many booty shots of Supras…
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…it just kind of happened…
This tire wear pattern seems pretty common for Supras…
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…as this one appears to be worn damn near identically
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Remember when it was ‘cool’ to put Supra tails on damn near everything? Man am I glad that is over
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I don’t much like the ABFlug kit from other angles but this looks awesome

Chopped C10

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Last night (while looking for something completely unrelated) I came across this super unique, and awesome Chevrolet c10.

Intrigued, I put a photo of it up on the Facebook fan page as a reminder to dig a little deeper, and once I located the relevant build thread I was blown away by this trucks awesome ongoing transformation.

Bodied, bagged, tastefully chopped, fit with suicide doors, a sheet metal dash, custom grill, custom tailgate skin, and housing a hopped up 402 big block under the hood this truck really is the complete package.

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If you want to follow the builders progress you can do so right here on c10forum.com, sounds like he’s getting it ready for a proper (read:non primer) paint job these days.

WTF Friday: Van Damn

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While many North Americans are currently drooling over Bismotos 1029hp Honday Odyssey, Australian’s are wondering what all the fuss is about since they have been pumping out high horsepower vans for years.

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The Toyota Hi Ace pictured above and below has a 383 cubic inch, MoTec fuel injected, dry ice intercooled, turbo, Chevy Lt1 situated underneath the driver.

Mated to a ProTrans built Powerglide automatic transmission, the van could do an incredibly quick, 8.9 second, quarter mile at 154 mph.

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Those numbers are not bad for any vehicle, never mind one with the aerodynamics of a slightly deformed tissue box.

Sadly this van has since been parted out, but never fear because this 350 Chevy motived Mitsubishi L300 also calls Australia home.

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Though it’s not quite as quick as the people mover above (10 second 1/4 mile 9 second) actually it turns out it runs 9s, the retention of the door advertising and ladder rack make it quite the sleeper, provided the slicks are over looked.
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Specifics on the Mitsuibhsi’s exact output are a bit vague (the owner never ran it on the dyno) but apparently the car is quite streetable with the owner using it to get too and from work on several occasions.

With vehicles like these literally being the tip of the iceberg when it comes to crazy builds from Australia I really ought to make the trip some day.

More info on booth can be found on fullboost.com.au:
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Winter Wednesdays: Self Hype

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These pictures were taken almost exactly a year ago when my car was at Air Lift Performance headquarters undergoing some final prototype testing of their Mazda 3 kit.

The intention was to post them (last year) for a Winter Wednesday but once I decided the ‘big reveal’ would be at Mega Speed I opted not to steal my own thunder.

Despite now being a year old, unless you drill right down to the 3 kit on the Air Lift site, there’s a chance many of you have never seen these photos which is a bit of a shame because I quite like them.

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While the car didn’t see a whole lot of snow last winter it’s seen a TON this year and has performed exceptionally.

The Equips on the other hand will never see snow again.

Photo Credit:Air Lift Performance

Theme Tuesdays: GC Chassis Subarus Pt. II

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Almost immediately after I finished the first GC Chassis Subaru Theme Tuesday post I knew I would be revisiting it because one post barley scratches the surface when it comes to these cars.

Unfortunately the same can be said of several Theme Tuesday posts so I honestly wasn’t quite sure when I would get to it, however the same matte grey Audi driving friend who was the inspiration behind part one is ever persistent, so hat tip goes to him for reminding me to get on this.

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Start things off with this extremely clean example
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LOVE the wheel choice here,  hopefully I catch this car sometime this season

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Tidy looking wagon out of Cali

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I find the upside down license plate in this picture distracting, and now you probably do too. The Subaru is dope though, SSR Vienna Kries wheels work great

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Lost myself in this build on Stance Works for awhile

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You can check it out here
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Some people say black on black is played but I feel it is timeless when done right
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The Team Orange GC drift car

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Someone even went so far as to make a very accurate RC replica
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Another GC slider
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I don’t get to see this car on the track nearly enough but so much props to the owner for the full 180 from show car to track car
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Gettin’ it
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Another monster
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Wheel Dude’s GC8

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A later colorway
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In love with this Team Limit car, it’s made both posts one and two and will probably make three four and five…

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So raw
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Going to end things off with unique GC…

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…that just so happens to be SR powered…. You can follow the build here

Shavi Ain’t Care

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In the gen one Mazda 3/Speed 3 world Shavi is somewhat of a legend for always pushing the limits of ground clearance and wheel fitment.

After years of punishing the ground, and the underside of his car, static he made the switch to bags around the same time I did and has been reaping the benefits ever since.

Unimpeded by the malaise that comes with snowy weather Shavi recently put in some more work to squeeze the extra 1/2″ or so of low I need to get out of my own car.

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The white Cosmis Racing wheels that were on the car before have been replaced with 18×9.5 Klutch Republik wheels which, being less aggressive, have given him the ability to tuck wheel front and rear and eradicate any signs of light between his car and the ground.

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The car is clearly still in the middle of a few touch ups, and apparently the Klutch wheels are temporary, so we will just have to wait and see what’s around the bend.  

In the meantime once the weather warms up I well have to take another look in my front fenders because there’s clearly more I can do to get a little lower.

Photo Credit: Shavi W.