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Boosted Bikes
18 January 2005
In the 1980s turbochargers were being thrown on just about everything with an engine - and motorcycles didn't escape! We check out the handful of factory turbocharged motorcycles that lived fast and died young...
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Boosted Bikes
10 July 2008
In the 1980s turbochargers were being thrown on just about everything with an engine - and motorcycles didn't escape! We check out the handful of factory turbocharged motorcycles that lived fast and died young...
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Imported Treasures - Part Two
19 February 2004
In the past year and a half, AutoSpeed has tested more than ten 15+ year old Japanese import performance cars. Here is your one-stop reference with up-to-date details and prices.
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The World's Biggest Intercooler Comparison - Part One
27 October 2003
If, like us you find paying $2000-odd for a glorified heat exchanger a little exorbitant, chances are you'll find gold at your local Japanese importer. In this two-part series we'll flow test and asses the thermal efficiency of twenty-five Japanese 'coolers!
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The History of Mazda's Rotary Engine
09 April 2008
Despite nearly all the major car manufacturers taking our licenses for rotary engine technology, Mazda has been the only car company to achieve commercial success with the design. In this story - sourced from Mazda - we take a look at the development of the engine, invented by German, Felix Wankel.
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The History of Mazda's Rotary Engine
02 July 2004
Despite nearly all the major car manufacturers taking our licenses for rotary engine technology, Mazda has been the only car company to achieve commercial success with the design. In this story - sourced from Mazda - we take a look at the development of the engine, invented by German, Felix Wankel.
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Used Turbo Info - Part One
16 August 2004
We start checking the specs of thirteen second-hand Japanese import turbochargers!
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Response
03 July 2005
Some of this week's Letters to AutoSpeed
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03 October 2004
Some of this week's Letters to AutoSpeed
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Seven Flavours
20 August 2003
A look at seven of the cars that AutoSpeed staffer Michael Knowling would one day love to see parked in his garage. If you thought you liked a weird cross-section of cars, just wait...
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Mega Rex!
23 March 2007
Strip away the hype and what's an STi Subaru like on real roads in real conditions? We decided to find out over a hard-charging three days.
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Mega Rex!
30 May 2000
Strip away the hype and what's an STi Subaru like on real roads in real conditions? We decided to find out over a hard-charging three days.
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DIY Budget Intercooler Fitment
21 July 2003
There are plenty of magazine articles around on fitting intercoolers. In fact we've covered them ourselves: a workshop story where a shiny new intercooler is plonked into place. But this story is right at the other end of the spectrum: it's about installing a secondhand intercooler, doing the plumbing yourself at home, and then improving efficiency of the system as much as poss...
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DIY Budget Intercooler Fitment
27 November 2007
There are plenty of magazine articles around on fitting intercoolers. In fact we've covered them ourselves: a workshop story where a shiny new intercooler is plonked into place. But this story is right at the other end of the spectrum: it's about installing a secondhand intercooler, doing the plumbing yourself at home, and then improving efficiency of the system as much as poss...
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02 October 2005
Some of this week's Letters to AutoSpeed
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11 May 2008
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Born To Be Wild!
17 July 2001
Chris and Rhonda McCredie have never been more thrilled and inspired to be in business. Why? Because their latest enterprise, the world's largest motorcycle limousine, has just been unleashed on the streets of Perth. This giant machine, affectionately known as the Limo Trike, draws admiring gazes for more than its colossal size. The McCredies have created a work of elegance and...
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Express Rail
27 April 1999
Corey Armstrong's triple rotor Turbonetics-forced and Indy-intercooled drag rail is simply awesome. With over 600hp available, the sound of the 3-rotor motor creates more than a second glance when it disappears off down the track!
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Aero Flow Switch!
24 July 2001
An airflow-triggered switch? What's the good of that? OK, let's say that you have a turbo car running a fairly small underbonnet intercooler. When there's insufficient airflow coming in from the bonnet scoop, you need to turn on an electric fan mounted on the intercooler. That way, you can be guaranteed that the intercooler core will always stay cool, even when you're stopped a...
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17 October 2004
Some of this week's Letters to AutoSpeed
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29 May 2005
Some of this week's Letters to AutoSpeed
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Pot Grower
11 April 2000
There's an all-important part of car modification that many people are overlooking these days - DIY. Yep, good ol' do-it-yourself. Pulling up your sleeves, diving under the bonnet and getting dirty. That's the approach Mark Smith and Peter Liebig took when they brought together this amazing Eunos V6 powered Ford Laser. It's a true engineering marvel - and a terrific street car!
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26 February 2002
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19 March 2002
19th March 2002
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07 September 2003
Some of this week's Letters to AutoSpeed!
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25 June 2006
Some of this week's Letters to AutoSpeed!
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24 February 2009
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Brake Bias
04 July 2008
Braking bias determines how much braking effort is carried out by the front wheels, versus the back wheels. Since weight transfers forwards when decelerating, it's normal to have the front brakes doing more of the work - that's why front brakes are generally bigger than the rear brakes. But if you make brake system modifications, it's quite possible to upset this front/rear bia...
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Driving Emotion
02 July 2006
Jeez, how do spare parts counter assistants keep their jobs?
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Tear-Away TR-XX
18 August 2005
Forget about 6-litre performance vehicles weighing near 1800kg and instead step into this - a 660cc barrel of fun that gives enjoyable performance and returns 6 litres per 100km fuel consumption!
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Superb Skyline
12 February 2005
Whatever happened to people who take their cars off the road for months at a time for a thorough rebuild? When you look at the magnificent results of this R33 GTS, we have to wonder why it isn't more common...
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Mitsubishi's Lee Kernich - Part 1
23 April 2003
Forty-seven year old Lee Kernich is the man at Mitsubishi who decides on what you drive. Well, he has a very major input into the way that the Magna drives, anyway. From the low point of the torque-steering, poorly selling Ralliart Magna to the high of the take-no-prisoners AWD Magna Sport, the General Manager of Product Engineering at Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd is the man...
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Brake Bias
12 September 2000
Braking bias determines how much braking effort is carried out by the front wheels, versus the back wheels. Since weight transfers forwards when decelerating, it's normal to have the front brakes doing more of the work - that's why front brakes are generally bigger than the rear brakes. But if you make brake system modifications, it's quite possible to upset this front/rear bia...
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Black Flash
15 February 2000
A twin turbo Subaru flat four in an unique off-road buggy weighing just 1000kg spells fun, fun, fun.....
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Sirius Sports 7 Road Test
19 June 2004
The Sirius Sports 7 (a Lotus Seven replica) doesn't offer much in the way of accommodation or comfort, but if you want to go fast - really fast - it's hard to go past. It's the ideal racetrack/weekend fun machine.
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The Programmable Management Leap
22 March 2004
We take a look at features of the new range of MoTeC engine management systems. These systems are the first in Australia to include electronic throttle control and continuously variable cam control as options as well as the latest in processors and software. The new generation of stand-alone management has emerged!
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Mini Mania Again?
28 May 2002
The all-new Mini is arguably the most-hyped car to go on sale in recent times. After seemingly endless fanfare since its first unveiling four years ago, the new millennium iteration of the brick on wheels finally went on sale in the US on March 22, a few weeks after its debut in Australia. Few who have seen the car debate that it is a cute, eye-catching machine. But the quest...
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