* Home * Muscle Cars * These Tuned Muscle Cars Are Producing Ridiculous Amounts Of Power These Tuned Muscle Cars Are Producing Ridiculous Amounts Of Power Some people aren't satisfied with their muscle car's standard power -- Hennessey Camaro Performance tuning is something of a mystery to most people, there are dozens of tuners out there who merely plug in a laptop, then there are the serious tuners who do things properly unlocking ridiculous amounts of power. There are certain mods that'll make a car faster, and others that are best avoided. -- power gains without reliability issues made possible because carmakers sell us effectively detuned engines in exchange for reliability or fuel consumption. Engineering in a margin of error allows serious tuners to exploit the hidden potential, improving the engine's ability to suck in more air and fuel, ultimately producing more power, such as Hennessey -- Craving more horsepower is proving to be highly addictive and should carry health warnings. Challenger Demon SRT's are already able to rearrange internal organs, but this modified example boasts 1400hp. Externally showing little in the way of power upgrades, other than the carbon body it wears in the pursuit of weight saving, pop the hood and -- Where Ford created the Mustang, Shelby American deserves all the credit for turning the model into the success it is today, by far the most reputable Mustang tuner around. No prizes for guessing Shelby Mustang 1000 produces 1000hp, replacing the standard engine with a modified GT350 5.2-liter unit complete with Whipple supercharger, modified ECU, and uprated transmission. Pinterest -- Performance Drive We get why someone would want more power and custom bodywork, but the interior might not appeal to every gearhead... and then there is the price. Customers will need a donor car and a cool $1 million to get one -- Corvette Z06 models with LT4 series small block engines are a popular choice among tuners as their robust design leave plenty of scope for huge power gains. LPE (Lingenfelter) has built some insane cars and has a long history of tuning Corvettes, their latest offering providing just how much power can be unlocked from the standard block. Pinterest -- deep pockets and craving for more power, Heffner Performance has just the thing. Entry-level Stage 1 will set owners back $42,000, for which they get 975hp from a twin-turbo conversion along with custom titanium exhausts. Uncrate -- Ford Taurus SHO These Modified Sleeper Cars Pack A Punch Powerful Enough To Beat Supercars 10 Best Compact SUVs Of 2020 Would you do this to your Tesla Model 3’s face? Gosh. Look what German tuner Startech has done to this Model 3... [tg_tomharrisson.png?itok=9kib812c] Tom Harrison -- * Electric * Modified * Tesla * Model 3 -- Welcome to yet another option for the Tesla Model 3 owner who wants to make his or her car stand-out from the hundreds of thousands of others. It’s a bodykit by Startech, the bit of Brabus that tunes non-Mercs, and can be yours next month for a few thousand Euro. -- Tesla wants to build a more affordable, $25k electric car The tuner can also totally de-chrome your Model 3 by painting the door handles body-colour and the window-surround black, while inside it can fit carbon-fibre trim and re-upholster in Alcantara. The wheels are watch out, Kate—Tiana later remarked, “I won’t give up until he has got a ring on his finger.”• With just over a month to go, it’s now down to fine-tuning the details, like: How many cars does it take to get Kate Middleton to Westminster Abbey on time? Would seven brand-new Jaguar XJ limos sound about right? Kate will reportedly get her choice of and climate controls, just wait ‘til they start reacting to phantom braking, false-positive collision alarms and collisions that happen despite the fact that their car has automatic braking. Tuning the systems correctly will be vital not just for safety, but for customer satisfaction. explains Marissa West, director of General Motors Global Noise and Vibration Vehicle Dynamics Group. "It’s an approach we’ve taken. We have baked quiet tuning into a Buick." I set out to do some real-world testing on how well Buick delivers the sound of silence. My verdict is below. Tuning in silence QuietTuning is exclusive to Buick and standard on all its cars, said -- “The core DNA of your Buick product is intended and designed to be quiet," West said. “The quiet tuning is throughout the vehicle." For example, "acoustic laminated glass" is slightly thicker than normal -- especially coil spring isolators in the suspension to deliver a smooth ride. The isolation of the coils mitigates the sound of impact, West said. Likewise, shock absorbers are tuned to stabilize the ride over the impact, she said. -- with swells and dips, even those with potholes. "Suspensions and tires are tuned to reduce the noise when a car hits these types of impacts," said Mihalko. play How to tune a motorcycle via a smartphone At the Stugis Motorcycle Rally, USA TODAY checks out the FP3, a way for riders to tune up and even fix their motorcycles without ever heading to a shop. Video by Michael Kofsky, USA TODAY from looking bulky. High-end materials, no tuning dial The interior is a revelation, crafted specifically to address the most -- A big touchscreen angles toward the driver for easy use, with a nearby leather wrist rest on the center console. The audio system has a dial for volume, but not one for tuning. Narrow vents across the dashboard provide air flow. I was, however, disappointed in the Leaf's ride quality. The suspension tuning is firm, but there is a harshness in its response that is out of place in a modern car. The ride can also feel choppy on certain surfaces, like concrete. That said, another editor thought it rode 420-horsepower Shelby GT500 Mustang and the even more powerful, track-oriented Laguna Seca version. Penske gave it a special air intake and exhaust, hotter engine computer tuning, aggressive gear ratios and extra-grippy Brembo brakes. Final horsepower wasn't disclosed. and non-intuitive the radio is. A big knob below the screen helps manage many functions. But does it do the logical thing and become the easy-to-spin tuning knob in radio mode? Noooooo. Is it easy to get the screen to display as much as you want to know about the station, artist and selection? Same answer. most police departments. "It would need further chassis tuning" to be certified as a high-speed pursuit vehicle, says Durango spokesman Patrick Hespen. wants this to be more of an entry-luxury model, perhaps a more affordable alternative to the likes of the Audi A3 or Mercedes A-class. The new turbo engine is tuned for low-end and midrange torque, of which there is plenty. The newfound grunt makes this a much nicer car to live with day-to-day, with an always-ready supply of power to close a gap in -- chassis guru Dave Coleman told Road & Track that the 3 Turbo has stiffer front springs to deal with the added drivetrain weight, though the base 3 and Turbo are tuned to feel nearly identical. Even if this setup will pay dividends on a back road, it can be a little too jarring in daily driving. -- meant to compete with. Suspension tuning concerns aside, this is a great car, and a credible alternative to the entry-level German models. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported Quick linking to phones, even the challenging Windows phone. There is similarly fast streaming connection so you can play your tunes on the car stereo. -- Suspension is nicely sorted out, which isn't a given on Kias. Seeking a sporting image, to distinguish it from Hyundai's more luxe feel, Kia often has overdone the suspension tuning and wound up with cars that ride like go-karts. Forte's well beyond that, having the desirable mix of comfort and control you get in grownups' cars. Rear suspension's still a beam, not the independent rear springing you really wish for. But it is well-tamed and nicely tuned by Kia. Unless you drive like a rallyist on regular roads, you shouldn't be put off by the back-beam's primitive design. It's what many compact rivals use, so work of woven-leather art in its own right. With the hand-carved ebony wood shifter knob in my right hand (pretty much every detail, from the car’s tuning down to literal nuts and bolts, is customized by Singer for each client) and my feet dancing across all three pedals in the footwell below, I’m in internal combustion heaven. Coblitz’s one-off is -- And while he won’t comment on future plans, Dickinson acknowledges that he’s only just begun to apply his aesthetic to objects he deeply desires. So stay tuned. I asked him when, in the flurry of the last 10 years’ worth of hard labor, occasional cash flow worries and scaling a custom-car business into a limited-production concern, he picked his head up and realized his success. “The first time, it was walking into a Starbucks in hit 200 mph? How about 220.5 mph? That’s how fast auto tuner Hennessey Performance Engineering’s heavily modified, turbocharged 2012 Cadillac CTS-V moved down Texas State Highway 130. -- The car, dubbed 2013 VR1200 Twin Turbo Coupe, is the latest from Hennessey -- the Sealy, Texas-based auto tuning company that modifies and creates high-powered cars. The souped-up Cadillac made its public debut Tuesday at the Specialty Equipment Market Assn. trade show. -- Californians snap up quirky Ford Flex George Barris’ custom cars are legend in hot rod industry __________________________________________________________________ -- customers will walk into the shop while her three children attend online classes in the back. Her husband was arrested and deported during a check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement last December. Elizabeth now runs the business by herself while taking care of her three children. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) * Print Sport compact “tuner” car culture -- a la “The Fast and the Furious” -- emerged in the mid-'90s when a generation of new drivers began fixing up their beloved first cars, mostly used Honda Civics, Preludes and -- taking cutting torches to springs. In this respect, sport-compact tuning materialized out of the same ether as hot rodding in the 1940s and ‘50s. Both were grass-roots, anarchic, existentially D.I.Y. Both began as eyeball engineering, where -- are familiar, blue-chip firms like AP Racing, Eibach, Neuspeed and Momo. Some evolved out of racing, such as CompTech and NOS. Others are purely creatures of the tuner phenomenon, like Greddy, APC and Wings West. The sport-compact aftermarket is now worth more than $3.2-billion a year. -- The limiting factor to all this rampant prosperity is that relatively few people have the tools or know-how to properly modify modern cars. This is a key difference between hot rodding and tuning: Most tuning is not D.I.Y., but D.I.F.M., “do it for me.” Bad things happen when inexperienced hobbyists stuff leaf-blower turbochargers, lumpy cams and -- This I predict: Very soon, car buyers will be able to choose from a punch-list of factory-approved tuner parts available through your local dealer -- HKS exhaust system? Check. Brembo brakes? Check -- and all conveniently installed and financed as part of the car’s purchase -- seconds. Beneath its composite-panel petticoats, the Focus had been modified with a lowered sport suspension -- up-rated springs and struts -- and shod with the black-anodized 17-inch wheels. These pieces didn’t change -- negotiated the coils of the Angeles Crest like a bubble-shaped BMW. And there you have it: an off-the-shelf tuner car, no assembly required. -- before the first oil crunch of the early 1970s low-volume performance vehicles like the Corvette LT-1 and Pontiac GTO did vie for enthusiasts’ attention. As the automakers move further into the tuner aftermarket, something of the culture’s raw exuberance and wildcatting spirit is diminished. But the engineering is getting better. Will this underground hobby survive when it’s exposed to the sun? Stay tuned. * -- Advertisement 2004 Ford Focus SVT Tuner Wheelbase: 103 inches Hennessey Performance Engineering in Sealy, Texas, has turned out a heavily modified, turbocharged 2012 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe that’s designed to dust nearly all the supercars that are out there. The car, dubbed 2013 VR1200 Twin Turbo Coupe, is the latest from Hennessey, the auto tuning company that modifies and creates high-powered cars. Advertisement -- customers will walk into the shop while her three children attend online classes in the back. Her husband was arrested and deported during a check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement last December. Elizabeth now runs the business by herself while taking care of her three children. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) Car alarms serve a specific purpose; they're intended to shoo away car thieves. However, in today's world, most people tune out these blaring sirens and flashing lights assuming that the car alarm is malfunctioning, the car is getting towed or someone with a really loud -- will whip out a smartphone app, lickety-split. 3. Touch-screen stereo tuning buttons In some cars tuning the radio station via a button--whether a physical one or on a touch-screen--is no big deal, but in many it is a royal pain. Especially when you just want to flip to a station to get a News TUNING UP YOUR AUTOMOBILE KNOWLEDGE CHICAGO TRIBUNE Car alarms serve a specific purpose; they're intended to shoo away car thieves. However, in today's world, most people tune out these blaring sirens and flashing lights assuming that the car alarm is malfunctioning, the car is getting towed or someone with a really loud -- cameras » 3. Touch-screen stereo tuning buttons In some cars tuning the radio station via a button--whether a physical one or on a touch-screen--is no big deal, but in many it is a royal pain. Especially when you just want to flip to a station to get a “I bought one when I got out of high school and I thought they were just the coolest things on the planet,” said Colon, who has owned five BMW vehicles and now runs Auto Tuning House in Winter Springs. “Then I started working on them.” Nissan. Not a Bentley. Or a McLaren. Or a Porsche. But it is a Nismo, an acronym derived from NISsan MOtorsports International Co., Nissan’s in-house tuning arm that delivers purebred performance. So this car is almost nothing like your sister’s Sentra, except that both have engines, four tires, a steering wheel and wear a Nissan badge. For the -- soul. Of course, a car so tuned to the track demands that you compromise in order to drive it. [Most read] A ‘healthy’ doctor died two weeks after getting a COVID-19 -- response, not real-world driving, where America’s crumbling infrastructure makes driving this car a test of your vertebrae. The stiff body structure and track tuning yields a car with no body lean in corners and little give over bumps. Its tires reveal every road imperfection, calling for care when driving as it can cause the car to #Muscle Cars and Trucks » Feed Muscle Cars and Trucks » Comments Feed Muscle Cars and Trucks » CHEVROLET CAMARO: WHICH eLSD TUNE WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE? Comments Feed alternate alternate alternate -- in Muscle Cars, News CHEVROLET CAMARO: WHICH eLSD TUNE WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE? Each One Is Only $350 From Chevrolet Performance -- Autocross Calibration for the eLSD is the result of the Camaro engineers desire to perfect the car’s on-track and street driving behaviors. During corner entry, the tuned eLSD can now decouple the differential at a faster rate based on pedal and steering inputs, enabling faster yaw rotation. On corner exit, the tune allows the eLSD to couple faster than before, getting power to both wheels sooner. Chevy Camaro SS 1LE Image Via GM. -- Should you prefer your racing to take place in straight lines, Chevrolet Performance has rolled out drag-focused calibration for the range-topping 2017+ Camaro ZL1. The tune is specifically aimed at helping improve times at the drag strip by working to ensure better burnouts and launches. The new tune doubles the differential coupling torque during a burnout or a hard launch, and prevents slippage between the differential clutch packs. This helps the driver to warm each of -- Both of these new Chevy Camaro eLSD calibrations from Chevrolet Performance carry an MSRP of just $350. A trip to the dealer is required for installation, but neither tune will affect your vehicle’s warranty. They should certainly affect how the car behaves however, despite the relative bargain of a price. In the future, we could see -- If you have a 2017+ Camaro model, do either of these interest you? Let us know down below which tune you would consider slapping on your own muscle car. Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Image Via GM. -- General Motors GM GMC Industry News Jeep Mopar Muscle Cars Mustang News Off-Road Pickup Pickup Trucks Ram Report SEMA Show Shows Sports Cars Supercars SUV Tuning Video About this oeuvre, such as Electronic Arts' "Need for Speed Underground" or Namco's "Street Racing Syndicate," and gamers might be ready to give the genre a break. However, before parking that digitally custom-tuned Jetta in the virtual garage, fans of arcade-style racing should check out Rockstar's latest. -- which in itself was a fun racing game. You slide behind the wheel as a no-name street racer with empty pockets and a sorry garage, hardly the poster boy for DUB Magazine, the imported car-tuning lifestyle magazine the game is affiliated with. Through winning a variety of races, you can earn real-world-style cars and really trick them out to your liking, thanks to the game's clever tuning system. It's not as deep as EA's garage, but it's much more manageable. Flames shoot from their exhaust pipes as they rev their engines, pop their clutches, and go screaming away into the darkness. This is the world of "tuning" as portrayed in the 2001 box-office hit "The Fast and the Furious," where sleek, winged coupes and gleaming roadsters ride low-profile tires and suck air like fighter jets through gaping vents, -- proprietor of the APG Performance Garage in west suburban Wood Dale. "I opened this shop five years ago, in 1998. Before that I was building tuners in my garage at home in the mid-1980s. And my Dad was building them in the Phillipines in the 1960s." -- Don't the insurance companies ever catch on? "Not really," he says. For tuners like 23-year-old Mike Rangel, a salesman at Valley Honda in Aurora, economics is less important than the sheer rush he gets from the performance of his 1997 Hyundai Tiburon, which he has equipped with a turbocharger, cold-air intake, special exhaust system, 18-inch wheels and a tangerine-orange custom paint job. "Trans Ams, Corvettes--my car can smoke them," he says. "It's just an awesome feeling, knowing your four-cylinder car can put out as much horsepower as the biggest V-8." Rangel got into tuning six years ago while a student at Glenbard South High School. "I had about 500 people in my class and only about 10 or 15 of us were into tuning. Now everybody's doing it." Along the way, tuning has spawned its own subset of customs and core values. For the tuner purist, says Jackie Ling, editor of the cyber-zine UrbanRacer.Com, nothing short of "JDM" will do. "JDM stands for Japanese domestic market, the stuff that's not sold in the United -- Ling, who trained as an architect at Pratt Institute of Technology, has been covering the tuner scene since 1998. "Back then there were just a handful of on-line and print magazines for tuners. Now there's a hundred of them." Some of these are as much about attitude as automobiles. The tuner-zine Super Street, for instance, hints at its political incorrectness with the curious message, "We give nothing back to the academic community, -- Super Street also reviews rap and rock music and video games, which strongly influence the tuning scene. For example, says Ling, American teenagers once knew little about rallying, a form of racing long popular in Europe and Asia. "That's all changed due to the PlayStation2 -- the video game," says Ling. The popularity of tuning has also inspired a new genre of auto show. Where conventional car shows are brightly lighted, the "Hot Import Nights" shows at McCormick Place and other venues around the country -- the nearest spectators. Many tuners belong to a "crew." Jay Jaskiewicz, a student at Romeoville High School who drives a turbocharged 1997 Mitsubishi, is part of a six-car crew that has regular meetings and supports the members who want to race. "So tuning isn't just your car, it's the music you listen to, the places you go and the people you're with," he says. "There's a lot of friendship involved." If tuner-mania and the popularity of cars from Japan has American carmakers concerned, they're not letting on. At General Motors, tuning is viewed not so much as a trend as it is a youthful phase, like skateboarding. -- This is not to say GM is turning a deaf ear to the youth market. In April 2003, the carmaker announced the debut of special "tuner" versions of the Chevy Cavalier and Pontiac Sunbird equipped with spoilers, specially designed hoods, and high-performance powerplants. But to succeed in this market, Cavaliers and Sunbirds need more than horsepower and hood scoops, they need to be cool. Chrysler's retro PT Cruiser was intended to appeal to the tuner set, but has proved to be far more attractive to Baby Boomers than to their offspring. Likewise, Toyota's Echo and MR2 roadster were expected to lure young buyers but -- the industry. As for predictions that maturing tuners will eventually migrate to the SUV, 20-year-old Bill Billick of Des Plaines doesn't see that happening any time soon. The owner of a 1988 Honda Accord with fully customized -- But differences between the generations transcend tastes in motoring, and tuners are just one expression of a larger phenomenon. It's called Generation Y and it's been pronounced the Next Big Thing in American pop culture. Loosely defined as those born between 1979 and 1988 and -- and snowboarding 25 percent. In this context, says Ling, the tuners aren't an aberration but the avant garde. "I'll show you what I mean," he says, leading the way through the New York Auto Show. He walks past a Chevrolet stand, where -- phalanx of middle-aged show-goers strolled past, barely giving the Matrix a second glance. Then a trio of teenagers walked up to peer into the cockpit and underneath the chassis. "These guys are tuners," says Ling. "They recognize the cues--the carbon fibre hood, the suspension, and the JDM [Japanese domestic market] panels inside." More significant than the equipment's nationality, though, is the tuners' zeal for radically altering their cars' appearance and performance. "Right now people think of that as extreme. But it's where carmakers are headed; soon everybody will be customizing their cars," -- aerodynamics; it's about image, choice and self- expression. "You can tune the basic Scion any way you want," says Ling. Options include a staggering array of superchargers, turbochargers, specially designed audio systems, race seats, roof racks, spoilers, graphics, "My husband is a really good driver," Sharon Feyhl says, standing in the doorway of her husband's precision service/performance tuning business. -- But things are going quite well for Feyhl, 32, considered one of the nation's finest auto tuners. After 10 years at AMG, the premier Mercedes tuning firm in Germany, he opened his own company, RennTech Inc., four years ago in Oakland Park and later moved it to an obscure industrial park in Delray Beach, where clients from throughout the -- on the magazine's cover. "They planned this shootout of the so-called super tuners in this country," Feyhl says, a smile tickling his lips. "We definitely wanted to attend that shootout. The question was, `With what?' " -- As a boy, airplanes fascinated him. He had hoped to work on them, but there wasn't an airport within 50 miles. So he went to work for the local Mercedes tuning firm AMG. He ended up in South Florida by way of Chicago, where he moved for AMG of here, in the Fort Whaley campground. But H2Oi (or just H2O) as it is called, is more than the advertised "barbecue and music fest." And it's way, way more than the assemblage of automotive tuning shops, aftermarket wheel suppliers, shift-ball vendors, product displays, video race arcade, and handy phone chargers set up by Volkswagen A.G., -- laughing gas and a crust-less tuna sandwich, because in America, cars are our freedom and our art. They are made to be tinkered-with, modified, pin-striped, accessorized, fortified, wrapped, and raced. They stand for ourselves. -- Lacey drove Dave's 2009 Jetta GLI, a deeply lowered beast that sits on Corvette wheels. Its cat is missing in action, too, lost to the Stage II tuning that boosted its turbo-charged output to over 300 horses, from the original 200. -- "Not one of my cars has a cat," Dave says of his four VWs in various stages of tune, although all of them are registered and insured for street use. This requires some finesse. -- the front bumper. "Oh, that ain't bad," Dave says. "The headlight ain't broken. The fiberglass fender ain't broken. Only problem is that's a one-off custom bumper." He bought it online years ago. "All the Mark IIIs, those are all fog lights, but this one is all filled in. It's custom ABS plastic, from the back. Soon as I saw it online I said, Oh my god! That's so aerodynamic. That's perfect." He estimates it took him six hours to Sharpie the bumper. Subtle details matter in the custom car world. "The European guys all want our stuff," Dave says. "All the fenders and bumpers have lights in them, for safety. The Americans all want Euro stuff because it's all -- I ask Dave how big this scene is. "Look at APR," he says, referring to one of the major VW/Audi aftermarket performance tuning companies. "They're racing [Audi] R8s in the 24 Hours of Daytona. They are a full-sponsor race team. And VW will be there. They're fully behind it. -- catalytic converters and doesn't intend to break the law. Whether APR and other tuning shops provide fully-legal products is open to interpretation. The EPA has hit aftermarket performance companies before. It just fined Harley Davidson $12 million for marketing a "super tuner" device to its motorcycle customers. "You can pick up with tuning anywhere from 40 to 115 horsepower and still have a reliable car," says Frazier, of APR. "The barriers to entry are very low; the horsepower-to-dollar ratio is very high." -- "The stuff they do on this, inside the ECU, there are hundreds and hundreds of hours that go into a Stage I tune," Brooker says. It's software engineers, plus traditional mechanics and engineers working with running engines on a dynamometer, seeing how changes in air and -- New German has shops in Aberdeen and Lorton, Virginia, says Benji Jones, a sales manager for nine years in the Virginia shop who is overseeing the 45-minute operations. "The tunes are very conservative and safe," he says. "This gentleman is at Stage II. He'll be making around 320-ish at the crank." -- community is doing in their vehicles." So what is VW's relationship with aftermarket tuning shops like APR and Unitronic? "It's umm. Kind of a… ah... We really don't," Maynard begins. "We're aware of each other, I guess is the best way to say it. Obviously doing anything to your engine tuning voids the warranty." But, I press, these tuner guys can really wake up these engines. "It's pretty cool," Maynard allows. "It's awesome that someone has a -- Ribeiro's car has a purple steering wheel in place of the stock, perfect, comfortable, leather-wrapped, ergonomically-engineered VW factory offering. The custom wheel is bolted on cold, with gaps around it and above the stock column, like Frankenstein's head grafted on, say, Beyonce's body. -- I think of "Big Daddy" Ed Roth, a condoner of street racing who a half-century ago epitomized the outlaw, no-fucks-given attitude that today's hooners and tuners echo. Take "Mysterion," Roth's 1962 show-stopper. Built from scratch using Buick, Ford, and possibly trailer parts, the bubble-topped, fur-lined contraption sported a TV #alternate alternate Hot Stuff: Tuner Cars Turn Up All Over (BUTTON) -- Today’s Paper Automobiles|Hot Stuff: Tuner Cars Turn Up All Over * * -- Continue reading the main story Hot Stuff: Tuner Cars Turn Up All Over * -- of performance. These cars (and increasingly, trucks), tuned by the factories' own performance divisions, offer engines and suspensions that are not available as individual options; for the most part, the mechanical -- line and carry full warranties. The prototypes for factory tuner divisions, at least in recent times, come from Germany. AMG, the Mercedes tuners, began as a privately owned shop near Affalterbach in 1967; DaimlerChrysler bought the business in 1999. BMW's M subsidiary (originally named BMW Motorsport) started -- programs before branching out to production vehicles. Factory tuner cars are the models that enthusiasts drool over. This fall, a new BMW M5 sedan will arrive in the United States with a 500-horsepower V-10 under the hood. Around the same time, Cadillac's -- BMW's success with the M series may be the chief reason so many automakers have established tuner divisions. In 2004, M3 coupes and convertibles accounted for nearly a quarter of all 3 Series coupes and convertibles sold in the United States, even with a typical $10,000 -- be introducing the new M5 this fall and an M6 coupe next spring. But these days, the quest for tuner-car street cred has driven otherwise rational organizations to create out-of-character coupes and convertibles. Volvo, for instance, known for its sensible-shoes -- Mass-market brands are not immune: family-sedan specialists like Ford turned to its in-house tuners, the Special Vehicle Team, to produce a street version of its GT40 racecar from the 1960's. 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Not even paint, exhausts Reiterating the amendment to the Motor Vehicles Act, the Supreme Court -- * Modified bikes now illegal, says Supreme Court Modified bikes now illegal, says Supreme Court Modified bikes now illegal, says Supreme Court Royal Enfield after market exhausts were seized before -- said that structural alteration was permissible as per the provisions of the Kerala Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989. The court ruled that any changes that could range from modified exhausts, that change the decibel and emission output of a vehicle to changes in paint, tyre size and even fixtures of modified parts like spoilers and body panels can be considered outside the purview of the law. -- * Interim Budget * Cess * Customs Duty * Quick Links As with lifting your vehicle, your state laws will vary for lowering it. Virginia says that vehicle suspension can’t be modified if it causes the chassis or body to touch the ground, expose the gas tank or “cause the wheels to come in contact with the body under normal -- Ohio, where the law prohibits any part of the car body from being attached to the frame beyond the original design. By doing some kind of custom limoing, you’re altering the structural integrity of the original frame as well as the capabilities of the stock brakes to due to the added weight. -- person to whom the ode exists. You can use the custom-wrap configurator at Custom-Car-Wraps.com to do see what your vehicle would look like with a wrap, but keep in mind that other drivers might be staring at your car for the wrong reasons. designed to control noise pollution. Even with today’s high-end car entertainment systems, many drivers feel that their stereo systems need an upgrade so that they can enjoy their favorite tunes at top volume while they’re motoring. -- Here Are The 10 Weirdest Luxury Cars Ever Made Ferrari 328 Modified Owners Dared To Modify These Classic Ferraris...And They Look Amazing December 19, 2019December 19, 2019 Dual exhaust pipes on custom car Dual exhaust pipes on custom car Dual exhaust pipes on custom car Looking to modify your car with tinted windows, a new exhaust or bucket -- There are a lot of rules around customising cars, and the police are more likely to stop vehicles that are modified. That means any work carried out needs to be legal and above board to avoid fines and penalties. [INS: :INS] Mansory is a German tuning company known for its insane builds; taking cars that already look outlandish and making them even more so. Mostly, Mansory is famous for its work on supercars and hypercars, such as Ferraris and Lamborghinis, not massive SUVs. However, this new Mansory-tuned Audi RS Q8 will surely get your tuner blood pumping. [INS: :INS] -- a different car altogether. The new hood has two massive scoops in it, the front air intakes have a different grille design and there’s a new front lip spoiler. And the front is the least modified part of the car. You Might Also Enjoy: TEST DRIVE: BMW M850i Competition Gran Coupe -- Should the Audi RS7 Worry? -- Inside the Mansory-tuned car is a pretty standard tuner’s interior. Carbon fiber replaces all trim and Alcantara is everywhere. It gets red stitching and a Mansory logo on the steering wheel. It’s a fine looking interior but a bit derivative. It’s essentially the same cabin that you’ll find in any tuned RS Q8. [INS: :INS] You Might Also Enjoy: VIDEO: Carwow drives the Audi A1 Sportback -- While we like more subtly tuned cars, if you’re into big, bold and extravagant tunes, this Mansory Audi RS Q8 will be right up your alley. [INS: :INS] CategoriesRS Q8 Tuning Tags Audi RS Q8Mansorytuning + New Cars + Car Reviews * Tuning * Luxury + Hotel Openings -- + Car Reviews + Hypercar Reviews + Tuning Reviews + Hotel Reviews + Restaurant Reviews -- + New Cars + Car Reviews * Tuning * Luxury + Hotel Openings -- + Car Reviews + Hypercar Reviews + Tuning Reviews + Hotel Reviews + Restaurant Reviews -- McLaren 720S Spider. Jaw-dropping looks, outrageous performance and class-leading handling; the McLaren 720S Spider has it all. Russian tuning firm, TopCar, seem to disagree though. The new TopCar McLaren 720S Spider Fury highlights where they think that improvements can be made. + New Cars + Car Reviews * Tuning * Luxury + Hotel Openings -- + Car Reviews + Hypercar Reviews + Tuning Reviews + Hotel Reviews + Restaurant Reviews -- + New Cars + Car Reviews * Tuning * Luxury + Hotel Openings -- + Car Reviews + Hypercar Reviews + Tuning Reviews + Hotel Reviews + Restaurant Reviews -- 25th March 2020 Mansory is one of the most controversial car tuners to rock the car scene in the last decade. They focus on the ultra luxury market segment, anything from a G63 upwards and have also stretched their arm + New Cars + Car Reviews * Tuning * Luxury + Hotel Openings -- + Car Reviews + Hypercar Reviews + Tuning Reviews + Hotel Reviews + Restaurant Reviews -- + New Cars + Car Reviews * Tuning * Luxury + Hotel Openings -- + Car Reviews + Hypercar Reviews + Tuning Reviews + Hotel Reviews + Restaurant Reviews -- 6th May 2020 Manhart Racing has announced an Audi RS Q8 tuning package. Named the Manhart RQ 900, it should become available towards the start of the summer and presents with a comprehensive set of improvements. Explained: Who is Dilip Chhabria, and why has Mumbai police arrested him? Dilip Chhabria is a well-known name when it comes to modified vehicles and his trademark 'DC' design has been much sought after and has several celebrities as his clients. -- Who is Dilip Chhabria? Dilip Chhabria is a well-known name when it comes to modified vehicles and his trademark ‘DC’ design has been much sought after and has several celebrities as his clients. He is also credited with launching -- questioning. The police also spoke about investigating customs evasion. How is that linked to the case? The police have found that several parts like the engine for the -- sold to citizens of other countries were done so at a lower value than the ones sold in India. The police believe it could be linked to customs duty evasion and will be investigating the same. Coronavirus Explained * New research: More effective 'nanobodies' to fight novel * Web Stories Home / Cities / Mumbai News / Modified Scorpios stretch RTO officials’ patience Police officers inspect the modified Scorpios in Vashi. RTO officials said the cars had been illegally modified to look like Hummer limousines.(Bachchan Kumar) Police officers inspect the modified Scorpios in Vashi. RTO officials said the cars had been illegally modified to look like Hummer limousines.(Bachchan Kumar) mumbai news Modified Scorpios stretch RTO officials’ patience The Navi Mumbai deputy RTO’s office seized two Scorpios that they say have been illegally modified into Hummer Limousine vehicles READ FULL STORY By G. Mohiuddin Jeddy | Hindustan Times, Vashi -- The Navi Mumbai deputy RTO’s office seized two Scorpios that they say have been illegally modified into Hummer Limousine vehicles. RTO officials said that such modifications are not permitted as per the Motor Vehicle Act . -- Deputy RTO Sanjay Dhaigude said, “There are two Scorpios whose chassis have been modified into that of a Hummer Limousine. Such modification is illegal. We are awaiting their documents to take further action.” Synopsis Every year, for SEMA, car companies and specialty tuners bring the coolest and craziest modified cars in their arsenal. Business Insider Every year, the automotive world descends upon Las Vegas for the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show, transforming the city into a mecca of aftermarket modified cars. The result — usually — is enough quirky, out-of-thisworld rides. Every year, for SEMA, car companies and specialty tuners bring the coolest and craziest modified cars in their arsenal. The SEMA Show, which runs for a week in November, is expected to host more than 60,000 buyers of aftermarket -- [et-logo.jpg] Image: Business Insider Top Gear USA host Tanner Foust teamed with a Japanese tuning firm to create this hot VW Beetle [et-logo.jpg] flavors were concerned that the cars they owned were still partially "owned" by the manufacturer. This made your average aftermarket ECU tune illegal, as it modified the manufacturer's code in pursuit of more power or efficiency. -- With the exemption in place, researchers can report bugs to automakers without fear of being sued, and tuners can still sell ECU reflashes without the same concern. It should also make repair less of a concern. Last year, John Deere claimed ownership of the software inside its without any mods to be able to attract as many different types of customers as they can. This is one reason why a stock truck will not have the same off-road abilities as a custom one and a stock car will not offer the same exhaust sound as a modded one. However, once they bought the cars, the owners start adding or removing stuff in order to -- Despite the fact that there are a lot upgrades possibilities that can be purchased online or from a tuning store, most of these mods are known as illegal because the law will not allow them. More exactly, the coolest and most desired tuning upgrades are considered not legal by the cops. However, there are a few of them that cannot be noticed by the police along with those that are observed instantly. In time, tuners have learned the abilities to hide some of the mods that could be seen by the cops and also make others look like those from the factory. Those car models that also have racing variants can end up looking like them after a tuning session. Once a person started to pay money for car mods, it can be clear that he or she will not stop. -- parts, depending on the amount of additional horses desired. In order to be able to boost up the stock power, one of the upgrades consists in a modified turbocharger. Some tuners choose to mount a hybrid turbo, while others like the idea of big turbo. Either way, the vehicle will not gain more power if the other steps of the procedure are not met. -- hood of the car is still down. This type of mod is one of the first power upgrade steps that need to be done in order to achieve more horsepower. Many owners start with this along with a custom exhaust to reach the Stage 2 upgrade kit. -- does not mean it is optimal. Tuners all over the world discovered that it can be eliminated physically and also deactivated from the ECU software. The entire procedure is called EGR Off in tuning terms. 13 Never Notice: Diesel Particle Filter (DPF) Off -- constant speed that can only be maintained on the highway. If not done properly, the DPF ends up being clogged and it should be removed and deactivated from the ECU software. Tuners call this procedure DPF Off. 12 Never Notice: ECU Software Modification -- This step is usually done after there were more than one mods made to the car and it had to be set to work in parameters. There are certain companies specialized in ECU software tuning or chip tuning that can do exactly this sort of mods. According to each upgrade the owner has mounted on the car there is a modification added to the ECU to be able to work properly and not show errors on the dashboard. There are more types of software like custom ones with a lot of mods made on the parameters of different parts of the engine or normal ones for a few extra horses and a lower fuel consumption. -- spent just to have a lot of smoke behind and receive more attention, but go a lot slower than before. Why would someone do this kind of tuning? What would be the purpose? 9 Always Catch: Donks -- Because they have a well known history of gang activity that is tied to them, the lowriders can get more attention from the police than any other modified car. If the level of ground clearance of a car is considered too low, the -- Go back in time a little bit and try to remember those movies with tuned cars that had lights under them. They were seen in the darkness like a red, green, yellow, blue or purple shade and back then this was very cool. Nowadays, this kind of mod is kind of popular, but it is -- at the wrong angle. These cars should only be made for shows. 2 Always Catch: Modified Headlights Or Taillights via teambhp.com Once the tuning stage started to evolve and more and more upgrades started to appear, producers from all around the world thought it would be nice to introduce headlights and taillights AM replacements with LEDs or strange shapes to add “a little additional something” to the custom vehicles of the owners. According to Zero to 60 Times, there are a lot of headlight and taillight models that are illegal because of the bad quality (they start fogging or leaking) and also because they do -- This case is kind of the same with the muffler delete one, both of them being illegal mods made on cars, but this one includes those cheap loud mufflers that should not be considered tuning parts. A professional exhaust can be heard from two blocks away and can be recognized immediately in comparison with a simple sport muffler switch that is -- 22 Surprising Facts About Danny Koker And Counting Cars 10 Coolest Cars Modified By The Cast Of Counting Cars (And How They Turned Out) 10 Coolest Cars Modified By The Cast Of Counting Cars (And How They Turned Out) By Mohul Ghosh Last updated Jan 11, 2019 Share Modified cars are not allowed in India Modified cars are not allowed in India -- into the actual production stage. Now, in case any component or part is altered and modified to suit the aesthetics and mood of the driver, then the whole system can operate differently, and things can go out of control. * News * Hot Hatch * Litchfield is tuning the Toyota GR Yaris to 300bhp+ Litchfield is tuning the Toyota GR Yaris to 300bhp+ Brit tuner buys two development cars to make a great hot hatch even… greater [tg_vjaypattni.png?itok=7k00j3dZ] -- * Hot Hatch * Modified * Toyota * GR Yaris -- Litchfield has revealed it intends to do unholy things to one of the hot hatch hall of fame’s newest entrants. It intends to begin upgrading and tuning the mighty Toyota GR Yaris. “Litchfield hasn’t experienced such strong customer anticipation for aftermarket tuning products since the launch of the third-generation Ford Focus RS,” a company statement said. Boss Iain Litchfield therefore bought a pair of Toyota’s new hot hatch hero with utmost haste in order to “accelerate” the incoming tuning programme. And initial tests – conducted via a “piggyback-style tuning box” – has increased the boost pressure from Toyota’s 257bhp, 1.6-litre four-pot turbo, to something a little more rounded: 300bhp. * Home * Fast Cars * These Economy Cars Can Be Tuned To Produce Serious Power Figures These Economy Cars Can Be Tuned To Produce Serious Power Figures You shouldn't judge a book by its cover, and you certainly shouldn't -- Fiesta STs, like all Ford's current performance models, are built around EcoBoost engines, smaller, lighter, and infinitely easier to tune. In standard form boasting 197hp from a 1.6-liter turbocharged engine, ST models cracking 62mph in under 7 seconds. Which Car Software tuning easily unlocking 240hp+ without modification to the standard drive train, gearheads seeking more power will require a larger turbocharger, doing so potentially achieving a maximum 370hp. -- Volkswagen packing 200hp in a tiny hatch weighing 2800lbs created a genuine 150mph pocket sports car, and yet there is plenty of scope for more power. German-based tuners Siemoneit Racing developed their extreme Polo GTi kit, larger turbocharger, and exhaust combination raising output to a mind-boggling 350hp. -- fight against power, swap this out and 300hp+ is possible. 4 BMW Mini Cooper S - Plug In Tune Up For More Power Caricos Wearing legendary Cooper badging marks out the latest Cooper S as the more sporty option, factory tuned to deliver 55hp over the base model, 60mph coming up in 6.5 seconds, but this being a BMW engine there is always plenty of room for improvement. Caricos Dozens of aftermarket tuners produce upgrade kits, Zip Tuning boosting the output of BMWs 2-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder to a more useful 275hp. Stage 2 modifications are restricted to software updates and a custom exhaust to help the Mini breathe more easily. 3 Volkswagen Golf 1.4TSi - Twin-Charged Gem -- Autocar The diminutive size and relatively low state of tune hide the hidden ability of VWs TSi engine, sporting both a supercharger and turbocharger open up opportunities for tuners, bigger exhaust along with the customary remap unlocking a potential maximum 255hp. -- Being a new engine derivative power upgrades a purely speculative, if the smaller 2-liter unit is anything to go by, then expect a raft of tuning packages anytime soon promising gains of around 100hp. 1 Subaru WRX Base - Flexible EJ20 Series Power Plant -- 380-400hp. NEXT: These Diesel Cars Were Tuned To Pack A Ridiculous Amount Of Power (BUTTON) Share (BUTTON) Share (BUTTON) Tweet Email (BUTTON) Comment Lambo Aventador ____________________ (BUTTON) (BUTTON) USA / Global HomePorsche911 TurboNewsAftermarket / Tuning Porsche 911 Turbo (964) Tuned To 425 HP By Ares Design Porsche 964 Turbo by Ares Design (front) -- 2021 kicked off with a cool new V8-powered Land Rover Defender for Ares Design and the folks over from Modena have one more January surprise. A one-off Porsche 911 Turbo from the 964 generation is the tuning studio’s new project - and it is absolutely awesome. -- turbocharged engine. More precisely, they’ve added a larger turbo and intercooler, increasing the factory output of 360 horsepower (268 kilowatts) to 425 hp (316 kW). Unfortunately, the tuners are not providing details about the coupe’s performance capabilities after the performance upgrade. No pricing details are available either but you -- About this article Category Aftermarket / Tuning Tags Ares Design * Home * Fast Cars * People Modified These Iconic Sports Cars Beyond Recognition People Modified These Iconic Sports Cars Beyond Recognition Mods can be a great way to enhance a car's design. Unfortunately, it's -- Popular sports cars from across the globe are often subject to redesigns at the hands of tuning companies or creative individuals who want to put their own stamp on a well-loved icon. Usually, these modifications might go as far as more aggressive bumpers, lower stance, or a few trim additions. In some cases though, tuners take a more extreme approach to their builds. RELATED: 10 Crazy Modified Cars We Can't Believe Are Street Legal These cars are subjected to all sorts of modifications that confuse -- absolutely impossible to work out how they could ever have come up with such an idea. Let's take a look at ten of the craziest examples where people took iconic sports cars and modified them beyond recognition. 10 Re-Amemiya's Mazda RX-7 Kit -- Mazda RX-7 Re-Amemiya Via Jalopnik The Mazda RX-7 is a tuning icon and has been given several strange facelifts at the hands of tuners. This one is a particularly unusual take, with the RX-7's distinctive lights and front bumper reworked into something more reminiscent of a Porsche. -- This bewildering Mustang briefly appeared on an auction site before being taken down, so it's hard to find many images of it. It appears to sport custom bodywork that vaguely resembles several classic American cars but doesn't convincingly look like any of them. -- Mitsuoka Orochi Via Reddit Although the body is custom built, just knowing that the Orochi could have been made into a new NSX instead is enough to put off most car fans. Owners of this Mitsuoka can at least say they've got a unique -- It's very yellow, very German and very much unrecognizable from its stock form. This build from tuning house Gemballa uses a 993 Porsche 911 as a base. It's more respectful of the Porsche's lines than some other tuner abominations, but the heavily redesigned front end still makes it unidentifiable as a 993 at a glance. -- Chevrolet Camaro Via Carscoops The Camaro also deploys the usual custom-car checklist of bagged suspension, new rims and large rear spoiler. It's actually a good looking build, which is more than can be said for many other cars on -- Veilside 4509 GTR Via Supercars Net Veilside are a Japanese tuning house best known for their Fast & Furious-featured RX-7, but in the years since that moment of fame they've been keeping busy. This is one of their more recent creations, which at first glance appears to be a modified Bentley Continental. Veilside 4509 GTR Via Favcars -- Mazda. RELATED: These Are The Coolest Modified Miatas We've Seen So Far Mazda MX-5 Cobra Via Miata Kit Car -- Mercedes S Class Batmobile Via The Gear Shift The BatMercbile is so heavily modified that it would be impossible to tell what car it was just by looking at it. What's even stranger is despite being built on a working car chassis, the front windscreen is -- 10 Unlikely Classics That Make Ridiculously Good Project Cars Weird Cars Tuned To Produce Crazy Horsepower Bugatti-Veyron-SUV-render -- These Are the Rarest American Performance Cars Ever These Cheap American Classics Look Absolutely Sick When Modified These Classic Cars Are Surprisingly Cheap To Maintain -- Ford Galaxie 10 Times People Modified Their Muscle Cars To Go Off-Road... And The Results Were Awesome By Samuel Weber Oct 16, 2020 (BUTTON) Share (BUTTON) Share (BUTTON) Tweet Email (BUTTON) Comment Let's talk about three of the most recognizable tuner cars ever Starting in the early '90s, Subaru started making one of what is now the most recognizable and modifiable sports cars ever for the road. The WRX made a surprisingly high horsepower figure at 235 horsepower brand new and forever changed the face of the tuner car market. The original WRX brought a high-performance all-wheel-drive compact car into a market that was growing in interest, and what started as a cult -- to 2002 as the second generation Impreza and it came to show Subaru's seriousness about their performance division. This featured the EJ205 Boxer engine to the tune of 247 horsepower and a manual five-speed gearbox with an option for a four speed automatic as well. Available as both a wagon and sedan, the Bugeye worked to cater to every market -- via Stephen Rivers The tuning market for the EJ205 engine was unique since the car featured unequal length headers on the 2.5-liter engine. While not necessarily perfect for fit and finish, the WRX continued to one-up any -- ushered in new aftermarket body designs since the car sat lower to the ground and had slightly squared body parts. The rally-inspired look of the Blobeye opened up yet more tuning markets for off-road use as a race car. Additionally, the Blobeye brought the STi name to the US and showed exactly how capable performance compact cars could be in the * News * Modified * Tuners have made the Ferrari SP1 Monza even more of a face-rippler Tuners have made the Ferrari SP1 Monza even more of a face-rippler Oh, is your limited edition V12 Ferrari speedster not superfast enough -- Read more on: * Modified * Ferrari -- * Litchfield is tuning the Toyota GR Yaris to 300bhp+ * * News * Modified * This very sensible pickup is going to auction in the US -- Read more on: * Modified * Ford -- Certainly striking though. This particular example was built for the 2018 SEMA show by Elite Customs Auto Body in Nevada, and it’ll be sold at the Mecum Auctions Dallas Sale this coming week. -- We’re not actually sure what else to say. This thing has left us speechless. There are custom bumpers and specially-designed interior pieces (because SEMA) as well as a giant set of speakers in the back, but good lord just look at the pictures…