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1971 Pontiac Firebird Esprit

John — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 16:18:46 +0000

The Pontiac Firebird is an automobile which was built by the Pontiac division of General Motors between 1967 and 2002. The Firebird was introduced the same year as the automaker’s platform-sharing model, the Chevrolet Camaro. This coincided with the release of the 1967 Mercury Cougar, which shared its platform with another pony car, the Ford Mustang.

The vehicles were powered by various four-cylinder, six-cylinder, and V8 engines sourced from several GM divisions. While primarily Pontiac-powered until 1977, Firebirds were built with several different engines from nearly every GM division until 1982 when GM began to discontinue engines it felt were unneeded and either spread successful designs from individual divisions among all divisions or use new engines of corporate architecture.

The name “Firebird” was also previously used by General Motors for the unrelated concept cars.

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1954 Mercury Monterey XM 800 Concept Car

John — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 16:26:24 +0000

The Mercury XM-800 was a concept car created by the Ford Motor Company brand, Mercury, first introduced at the 1954 Chicago Auto Show. The XM 800 then traveled the US auto show circuit throughout the 1954 season. Although it was promoted by Ford as an “advanced design, engineered to go into volume production”, the XM 800 never passed the concept phase. In 1957 Ford gifted the XM 800 to the University of Michigan”s Automotive Engineering Lab for use in training “future” automotive engineers. This car was designed by John Najjar. Mr. Najjar was the most famous designer of the Ford Motor Company and was responsible for not only the 1954 Mercury XM-800 but was also responsible for the 1955 Lincoln Futura show car and the mid-engine Ford Mustang I Experimental sports car of 1962. Much of the car’s appearance were used on the Lincoln Premiere, Lincoln Capri, Mercury Montclair, Ford Crown Victoria, and other Ford and Mercury products during the mid-1950s.

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‘NITTO’ 9-SECOND 1000HP Nissan GT-R

John — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 15:20:28 +0000

SPECIFICATIONS

VEHICLE:
– 2001 Nissan R34 Skyline GT-R V-Spec

ENGINE:
– Custom modified RB30 block
– Nitto Performance Engineering 3.2 stroker kit
– Ported RB26DETT head
– Upgraded valves, valve springs and retainers
– Custom camshafts
– Precision 7675 ball bearing turbo
– 6Boost mild steel exhaust manifold
– Turbosmart 60mm wastegate
– Turbosmart RacePort BOV
– Trust intercooler
– Mercury Motorsport custom fabricated piping
– K&N pod filter
– Hypertune single throttle intake plenum
– Mercury Motorsport exhaust system
– Haltech Platinum Pro ECU
– Custom ignition system
– 4x Bosch 044 fuel pumps
– 2x custom alloy tanks
– Speedflow fittings and lines
– Turbosmart fuel pressure regulator
– 2000cc Injector Dynamics injectors
– Hypertune fuel rail
– Custom cooling setup
– Custom nitrous setup with twin bottle boot install

DRIVELINE:
– OS Giken ‘OS88′ six-speed full sequential with flat shifter
– NPC twin plate clutch
– Nismo front differential
– Quaife rear differential

SUSPENSION:
– Tein Monoflex coilovers with EDFC
– SuperPro Roll Control swaybars front and rear
– SuperPro suspension bushes

BRAKES:
– Brembo callipers
– DBA 4000 slotted rotors
– Brembo brake pads
– Custom brake lines

WHEELS:
– Street: Advan RZDF 20×10.5″
– Race: Varrstoen 2.0 17×9.5″

BODYWORK:
– Nismo front bar
– Clear front indicators
– Z-Tune carbon fibre front diffuser, rear pods and sideskirts
– Lightning Yellow respray with House of Kolor Spectra Pearl
– Painted rocker covers to match exterior

INTERIOR:
– Bride Brix II front seats in leather
– Re-trimmed door trims with Bride inserts
– Rear seat re-trimmed with Bride inserts
– Nismo cluster
– Haltech digital dash
– JVC DVD stereo system

PERFORMANCE:
– 1072.8awhp

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