NZ Performance Car

Since 1996 New Zealand Performance Car has been the voice of the country’s modified import car scene. It was there to see the first import 10-second quarter mile run, there when the first official drift battle ensued, there when the first show trophies were handed out, and there to bring NZ its very first Super Lap time attack event. Each month the very best of NZ’s modified import car scene is served up. It’s New Zealand’s number 1 selling monthly motoring magazine and is New Zealand’s import performance authority and for good reason…it leaves the others for dust.

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NZ Performance Car

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NEWS

GIG GUIDE • IF YOU HAVE AN EVENT THAT YOU’D LIKE TO SEE IN THE GIG GUIDE, EMAIL EDITOR@PERFORMANCECAR.CO.NZ WITH ALL THE DETAILS

a certain likeness • RICHARD OPIE AND HIS BRILLIANT KP61 STREET BUILD COULDN’T BE MORE ALIKE

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Perfect balance • BRINGING AN EARLY 1970S JAPANESE ECONOBOX INTO THE MODERN REALM IS NO EASY FEAT, BUT THIS DATSUN 1600 EFFORTLESSLY MELDS THE PAST AND THE PRESENT, WITH STYLISH RESULTS

BIG AMBITIONS • SHAUN TAKES US THROUGH HIS AUTOMOTIVE MUST DOS — A SELECTION OF THE BEST PLACES, TRACKS, EVENTS, AND SHOPS” DELETE “ALL THROUGH HIS LENS

FORGED TO RACE • FROM QUARTER-MILE SLIPS TO CARVING UP CORNERS, THIS WILD HONDA WAS REDEVELOPED FROM STRAIGHT-LINE ASSASSINATION TO SPEED AND AGILITY

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LOCKDOWN DIARIES • SIX CANS OF SATIN BLACK AND A TOUCH OF KIWI CAN-DO ATTITUDE

IF YOU WANT TO GO BIG, THINK SMALL

daily-driven demon • 614KW AT THE WHEELS WOULD BE A HUGE AMOUNT FOR THE DRAG STRIP, BUT DAILY DRIVEN ON THE STREET ON 215S? THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS A WILD RIDE TO WORK! WHAT DOES THE EVOLUTION OF 10 YEARS OF ENGINE WORK AND DEVELOPMENT LOOK LIKE? LET’S FIND OUT!

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GET IN BE MOVED • ROCKET BUNNY RX-7S DONE RIGHT ARE A TRUE DELIGHT. MICHAEL KERR’S EIGHT-YEAR FD PROJECT HAS SEEN HIM ACHIEVE THE GOAL HE SET AT THE BEGINNING — A STREET-LEGAL SHOW CAR PACKING 400HP

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what’s best? • THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND — WE SIT DOWN AND GET THE LOW-DOWN FROM THE MAN BEHIND TAURANGA’S EPIC SHINE, AND DETAILING STUDIO AND STORE, DOCTOR CUTS, TO GET THE SCOOP ON DIFFERENT COATINGS AND THE HYPE THAT SURROUNDS THEM. ARE CERAMIC COATS WORTH IT? WHAT ABOUT WAX? WHAT ABOUT PREP? IF YOU’RE WANTING YOUR SHOW CAR TO SHINE HARDER THAN ANYONE ELSE’S, KEEP READING …

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JOHNNY LAM • AGE: 32 //LOCATION: AUCKLAND //OCCUPATION: SALES AT NSTPARTS

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Project GRB • LAST ISSUE, WE UPPED THE POWER; THIS TIME, WE’RE DOING A FEW ESSENTIAL BREATHING MODS

SHANE WINDLEY • AGE: 40 // LOCATION: NEW PLYMOUTH // OCCUPATION: VEHICLE RECOVERY TRUCK DRIVER (TOWIE)

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TIMOTHY • AGE: 37 //LOCATION: HAMILTON OCCUPATION: REAL ESTATE AGENT INSTAGRAM HANDLE: EVOLUTIONX_FAST10

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CALI STREET STYLE Meet Pedro • WHAT WOULD YOUR JAPANESE IMPORT LOOK LIKE IF YOU HAD GROWN UP IN ANOTHER PART OF THE WORLD WITH DIFFERENT INFLUENCES? WE HAVE A CHAT WITH CAR ENTHUSIAST, PEDRO COPADO, WHO IS BASED IN ORANGE COUNTY, AND DELVE INTO WHERE HIS AUTOMOTIVE PASSION COMES FROM

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION

PRODUCT REVIEW

LOCAL SPECIALISTS

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