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

HERO CONTRIBUTOR AARON MAI

CONTRIBUTORS

MAD MIKE 2022 — BIG THINGS PLANNED!

HONDA CIVIC ARRIVES IN NZ!

4&ROTARY NATIONALS RETURN TO LABOUR WEEKEND

A NOTE FROM THE TEAM

WHEELS AT WHITBY

still cruisin’ • FIRST APPEARING ON THESE PAGES NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO, MICHAEL KUOY IS STILLACAR GUY. WE TAKE A LOOK AT HIS LATEST BUILD: A 400KW WIDE-BODY STREET CRUISER FROM THE TRIPLE DIAMOND STABLE

SOUTHERN SCENE • A 10-YEAR LABOUR OF LOVE PUT TOGETHER LARGELY BY ITS OWNER AND HIS FATHER IN THEIR GARAGE WHILE LEARNING A LOT ALONG THE WAY

BIG AMBITIONA SAYONARA, JAPAN • WOULD YOU PACK UP YOUR LIFE AND MOVE OVERSEAS? IT’S A BIG DECISION TO MAKE, ESPECIALLY AT THE RIPE AGE OF 23, BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I DID WHEN I MOVED TO JAPAN — SOMETHING MANY PEOPLE COULD ONLY DREAM OF

MAZDA CHRONICLES EVENT REcap MAD MIKE’S ROTARY SUMMER DRAGS

Wake & Flake • WITH MORE GLITTER THAN A 10-YEAR-OLD’S BARBIE BIRTHDAY BASH, SAM DENNIS’ S13 IS A TRUE TESTAMENT TO AN INDUSTRY HE’S PASSIONATE ABOUT. WITH AN RB25DET, MONSTER EQUIPS, A WIDEBODY, AND DRIFT-READY INTERIOR, IT’S ONE HELLUVA PARTY PIECE TO SHOWCASE THE WORK HE’S CAPABLE OF!

SWEDEN’S TIME ATTACK maestra • “DON’T STOP ME NOW, ’CAUSE I’M HAVING A GOOD TIME”

CADBoard FROM CONCEPT TO REALITY! • THERE’S NOTHING COOLER THAN HAVING SOMETHING MADE FROM SCRATCH! FROM CARDBOARD TO INSTALLED, WE MAKE AN EASY ITB HEAT SHIELD FOR THE ED’S TRACK-DAY MACHINE!

SOUNDS OF SUMMER • THERE’S NOTHING AFFORDABLE ABOUT BUILDING A ROTARY, BUT THESE DAYS A BIG-TURBO, CUSTOM-FABBED, BIG BRAKE–EQUIPPED FD3S IS NOTHING SHORT OF XPNSEV!

THE POWER OF XEDOS • WITH NEW ZEALAND NOW HOME TO A WIDE SELECTION OF SUPER TOURERS, WE TAKE A LOOK AT ONE OF THE FRESHEST TO HIT THE TRACK — AND ARGUABLY, ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL OF THE LOT

TOUGE TERROR • THE TYPER NAMEPLATE HAS A MENACING REPUTATION ON THE BACK ROADS AND ON THE CIRCUIT. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A HONDA TUNING WORKSHOP SPENDS OVER 200 HOURS ON THE DYNO PERFECTING THE K20C PLATFORM? WE WERE THROWN THE KEYS TO TORQUE PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENTS’ HONDA CIVIC TYPER IN THIS DRIVE REVIEW

DANIEL WILLIAMSON

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HAYDEN SMITH

TPD K-SERIES FIT FOR CHARITY • STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH — JON PAUL OF TPD GIVES US THE RUNDOWN ON WHERE THEY’RE AT WITH THE K-SERIES HONDA FIT, FOR CHARITY

FAREWELL, OLD FRIEND… • IT HAS BEEN A WILD RIDE, EBISU — AARON MAI SAYS GOODBYE TO THE WORLD’S MOST RENOWNED DRIFT WONDERLAND

ABRAHIM

DOCTOR CUTS REMOVING WATER SPOTS • HAVE YOU GOT A STACK OF DETAILING QUESTIONS BURNING A HOLE IN YOUR SOUL, LIKE BIRD SHIT BURNING A HOLE INTO YOUR PAINT? WE TEAM UP WITH WAYNE BRAKE OF DOCTOR CUTS TO ANSWER YOUR COMMONLY ASKED DETAILING QUESTIONS AND SET YOU ON THE RIGHT PATH TO DIY DETAILING GREATNESS. READY? WE ARE!

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

NIFTY CUSTOMS CELSIOR

JAYDEN DOMANI

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