Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series

This is the most powerful Black Series car ever built. OK, so just two AMG Blacks were built before it, but weighing in at 670bhp and 737lb ft of torque, it is a genuine heavyweight.

Seconds out, round three...

AMG replaced the 6.0-litre V12's turbochargers with specially developed blowers incorporating a new spiral cross-section (12 per cent bigger), fitted a modified air intake duct and, of course, an AMG sports exhaust said to "produce a distinctive 12-cylinder sound" (read: LOUD). And while you're making that noise, it also covers ground in a dandy fashion: 0-62mph takes 3.9 seconds and it's limited (limited) to a top speed of 199mph.

The roof is made of CFRP with an integral rollover bar (binning the SL's drop-top), there's a CFRP spoiler, twin-spoke AMG 19in wheels and 390mm front discs (360mm rears). The engineers fitted adjustable coil spring suspension (allowing for driver adjustments) sitting on a track 97mm wider at the front and 85mm wider at the rear. They even fitted a limited slip diff as standard and a five-speed automatic gearbox with four transmission mode

Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG Black Series

Clearly, 360bhp in an SLK was never enough. And this brings up an unwritten but patently obvious AMG philosophy; more is never enough. The engineers beefed up the ‘standard' SLK55 AMG's 5.5-litre V8 by modifying the air intake, adding an AMG sports air filter and a full, specially developed AMG sports exhaust system. 
These tweaks boosted power from 360bhp to 400bhp, and torque from 376lb ft to 384lb ft, fed through a seven-speed transmission with manual drive controlled by, naturally, steering-wheel mounted aluminium shift paddles. 0-62mph was dealt with in 4.5 seconds (down from 4.9 seconds), 0-125mph was two seconds up on the standard AMG at 15.5 seconds, and the limiter was removed for a 173mph top speed.

AMG fitted height-adjustable torsion suspension optimised for the race-track - including adjustable dampers - together with 19in lightweight forged alloy wheels, a strut brace across the engine bay and 360mm front brakes. A limited slip diff was also offered as an option. 

The front wings were even more muscular and made from carbon-fibre reinforced plastic, and AMG also fitted a restyled front apron together with larger air intakes and side air outlets to ensure sufficient cooling for that V8. Toasty. Inside there were two AMG bucket seats (sans airbags), silver AMG logos and a carbon-fibre door panels.

BMW M3 With 750 Horsepower, Manhart Racing MH3 V8 RS Clubsport

Vaughn Gittin Jr unveils 2012 drift spec Mustang

Super excited about seeing this tear up some rubber in the 2012 Formula D series!

Ah yeah, now that's what I'm on about! Mind you can't beat cable tie stitching over grpahics. The HRE green rims are too sick

So, let me know what you think? Rate or Hate? 

Ford Fiesta Zetec S Turbo - Intro

Ford Fiestas, not exactly a car that will drum up much excitement when mentioned, the XR2is and Fiesta RS's of old are long gone. Like most modern cars, the models have got heavier and lack the excitement of their ancestry.

Wanting to put more punch into this little Hatchback, my friend who is also a member on here has decided to go for a Turbo conversion.

 This is an ongoing project of his, the collecting of all the parts has been carried out over christmas and now its at a stage where its all fitted to the car, next step is to have it all mapped correctly using a custom ecu setup.

  Hopefully Mike will come along and fill us all in a bit more about the car, but in the meantime I'll keep following his project and reporting back ;)

Fiesta ST getting a LOT more power .... [Modification Car]

So yeah after having issues with the IB5 Gearbox and driveshafts ... AND the Ford Dealerships not knowing WTF they are doing and ...and ....and .... We then decided to rip out the current motor and well this is what happened ....

And then we decided that we need to clean up all the grid and grime and then we saw just how good it looked ....

 And then we decided to go and get the new motor and all the goodies that is needed to get it going ... the only thing that we are missing now would be the Driveshafts as they need to be made up other than that we have everything ells ..

okay so to give you all some info as to what is happening with our lil ST .....
Motor is a 2lt FE-DOCH with a 4 bolt Asian Box with new 875cc injectors and a nice T3/T4 Turbo and a nice 4 plate button clutch and a full Dictator management system as for the drive shafts well would have to engineer new ones so yeah ... as soon as what we have a chance i will go and get some more pic's taken of whats going on and then load then up for all to see ....

Audi R8...the perfect supercar?

Maybe there’s something wrong with me?...... Maybe I have a masochistic streak running through me?

 I imagined supercar ownership to be a difficult, challenging and a demanding relationship. In fact, I would expect it to be, I would insist it was and would probably be disappointed if it was anything less.

The Audi R8 left me confused and confounded. It contradicted my expectations of what a supercar should symbolize. It wasn’t awkward or difficult, it didn’t try and kill me at every opportunity and I wasn’t crippled when I got out due to a ruinous driving position.


I expected a V8, 4wd, 424bhp, 200mph supercar costing £85,000+ would be fierce and unforgiving.
In reality it was docile and forgiving.
The R8 was so easy to drive it was like an A5. You almost forget you’re in a supercar.


When the time comes to pull the pin, and you’re always looking for an opportunity to pull the pin in this, there’s plenty to put a smile on your face.

The V8 sitting behind your ear loved to rev but was a little too polite and cultured for a 200mph supercar. It really needs more noise.


The R8 was easy to manoeuvre at parking speeds even with those 235/35/19 tyres resisting.
The clutch was manageable and easy to use and the manual gearbox (my preference over the DSG) was precise and light. The interior was very agreeable and Germanic. Not what I had expected at all…….


The R8 V8 was quick though, very quick. The V8 has lots of torque but needs revs to really put a smile on your face. I had expected the 4.2 V8 to offer strong power low down and run out of puff as the revs rise. Not the case. This V8 revs to 8250, higher than most 4 cylinder engines.

It’s difficult to pass judgement on the chassis as I was driving on the public road and you just can’t exploit a car like this on the public road. All I can say is the R8 V8 is bloody quick. I didn’t get any feeling of under steer or over steer, just masses of grip.
When I tried to get a little more adventurous the nanny state electronics chastised me for trying to have fun.
I did manage to see the wrong side of 150mph and it was rock steady, barely breaking a sweat and got there pretty quick too.

So, the Audi R8 V8 was pretty damn quick, beautiful to look at, effortless to drive and meticulously well built. A perfect supercar you might say.

You couldn’t ask for more in your supercar could you?.........


I can’t help thinking if I wanted a fast, easy to drive car I’d get an RS6.
I want my supercars to have some attitude, some passion and to be a bit awkward and difficult.
I expect a supercar to try and kill me every now and then and when I get out to be slightly crippled due to a ruinous driving position.


If I was lucky enough to own an R8 I would have to add a louder exhaust, and have it remapped to sharpen the slightly soulless throttle response and gain a few BHP’s.


Then again, like I said, I must have a masochistic streak running through me.

[Rally Car] European Rallycross Championship - Round 1 @ Lydden Hill Racetrack

April bank holiday weekend saw the first round of the European Rallycross Championship (ERC for short) take place at Lydden Hill Racetrack.