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25 must­have street­legal parts p.86 melanie iglesias high end evo x custom widebody 569 whp rare jdm parts $6.99 u.s $8.50 can december 2010 the oil additive that gains 10 whp p.34 nob taniguchi s 500hp street s15p.58 supercharged vip lexus gs430p.48 j s racing touge­prepped honda p.38

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contents december2010 cover shoot photo carter jung stylist diana l chan www.dianachanstylist.com makeup val c iconimage.net clothing stylist s own vintage fur coat melanie s custom made crystal bikini aldo nude pumps forever 21 accessories 68 38 48 58 74 44 86 80 features 38 ge is go 44 48 54 58 64 68 74 j s racing honda fit falken sweep #2 the usuals 08 initial timing 10 14 16 26 30 94 96 98 it all starts here inside the industry formula d diaries sweet lowdown 01 vip lexus gs430 under the hood going postal you shoot us we shoot back you found out first eric hsu fixes what you broke damn these are dope for your ride #141 production/distribution/infiltration import tuner issn#1528-0845 vol 13 no 12 is published monthly by source interlink media llc 261 madison avenue 5th floor new york ny 10016 for subscriptions address changes and adjustments write to import tuner p.o box 420235 palm coast florida 32142-0235 subscriptions u.s and u.s possessions $29.97 for 12 issues 1 year canadian add $12.00 postage includes gst and all other countries add $24.00 payment in u.s funds only allow 6-8 weeks for delivery of first issue copyright © 2010 source interlink magazines llc all rights reserved this magazine is purchased by the buyer with the understanding that the information presented is from various sources from which there can be no warranty or responsibility by source interlink media llc or the publisher as to legality completeness and accuracy periodicals postage paid at new york ny and at additional mailing offices canada publications mail agreement no 40612608 and gst no 129791596rt0001 return undeliverable canadian addresses to pitney bowes international mail services p.o box 25542 london on n6c 6b2 postmaster please send address changes to import tuner p.o box 420235 palm coast fl 32142-0235 targa trophy nos 2nr crash the party four one one question it widgets no silvia better nob s nissan s15 silvia 2010 spocom supershow 08 mitsubishi evo x melanie iglesias built it and they will come big jabowski model power gear audio gear for your eyes and ears do you have what it takes tech 34 fact or fiction 80 86 power pages 07 honda s2000 longshots can rs-r s oil additive increase power carb-legal buyer s guide top 25 parts to keep you out of cuffs 6 impo r t t une r.c o m true pdf release storemags fantamag

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initialtiming december 2010 issue #141 features@importtuner.com for feature cars models@importtuner.com for aspiring models 11for 11 elcome to our new and improved 2011 import tuner calendar presented by seibon how exactly is a calendar new and improved the new part should be self explanatory as for improved here are 11 reasons why our 11 calendar is better than last year s w 11 it came out a month earlier last year it was in our january issue this year it s in december s somehow this is advantageous to you the reader how so i haven t quite worked that out but trust me when i say it is 10 it s in our sema issue again i haven t quite worked out how this is a positive but trust me when i say it is 9 the calendar is right side up for some reason our previous art director thought calendars should flip top-down instead of bottom-up how did we explain the goof to management it s like jdm yo 8 despite the screw-up shawn michael and mikey from seibon liked the 2010 calendar so much they sponsored it again i guess they have faith in our creative vision suckers 7 all the girls in the calendar are 100-percent down for the import scene no weird agency models 6 we had the bestest crew ever val killed it with make-up diana brought the heat with the styling and desiree was a hair master 5 carbon fiber seibon loves it you love it i love it so much so that our amazing crew was able to weave it into apparel and accessories for the shoot 4 l.a s finest officer tan from the l.a.p.d was on-hand the first day of shooting to ensure crowd control hold reflectors move light stands pick-up lunch and ogle models awkwardly 3 no animals were harmed in the production of our calendar this year as for a few of the models dignity thanks to officer tan not so much 2 hot girl-on-girl action alicia whitten and alexia cortez bahara golestani and tiffany toth i ve never breathed that hard behind the lens i just hope the images make it to print if they don t make it past our censors check our website or facebook fan page 1 thanks to the director/producer/dp randy ly and help from sales/second unit derrick yee and events/second unit assist elliott moran this year s calendar has a behind-the-scenes video you know girls gone wild well this is nothing like it make sure go to our website or youtube page it ll be worth checking out trust me when i say it is www.importtuner.com www.youtube.com/importtunermag editor carter jung carter@importtuner.com facebook.com/carterjung 8 importt uner.c o m true pdf release storemags fantamag

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underthehood the smog nazis are coming for you california has begun implementing enhanced inspection and maintenance programs across its major cities to improve air quality by cracking down on vehicles labeled as gross polluters but before you ask don t we already have a system in place that was designed to curb smog called a smog check looks like the epa no longer regards biennial smog checks as a reliable method to reduce tailpipe emissions they re taking their fight to the streets if you live in l.a and drive a car chances are you will encounter a inside the industry new breed of random police checkpoints not the typical late-night sobriety/license checkpoints that force drunk drivers to breathe into a breathalyzer we re talking mandatory smog blockades designed to force suspect vehicles to exhale exhaust gasses into a machine that verifies its output of emissions these roadside emissions checkpoints are appearing all over california some locations may alter or slow traffic as checkpoint personnel and police randomly direct vehicles to the roadside smog-check area the first time i experienced a smog checkpoint it caught me completely off guard my initial reaction was `why is there a dui checkpoint in my neighborhood at 11 a.m my confusion was quickly set straight when i witnessed one car being hooked up to portable dyno while two others were towed away on flatbeds another scenario is commonly referred to as ticket-by-photo tests remote sensors use an infrared beam shot across the highway to measure and record the contents of cars exhaust emissions as they pass-by while a remote camera snaps a photo of a vehicle s plate if high emissions are detected and the information is sent to the bureau of automotive repair bar within days the vehicle s owner is issued a letter in the mail asking them to participate in a voluntary vehicle repair program or face possible consequences today in the midst of the worst recession since the great depression and the state of california s worst financial status in long-term memory we re bankrupt are these checkpoints and ticket-by-photo tests worth their undoubtedly high costs just to catch a handful of polluters we may not agree with these testing procedures but the truth is that cleaning up the air we breathe is a downright necessity this isn t a massive conspiracy of a government that s out to get anyone with an aftermarket exhaust or who enjoys tuning their car what they really want is to combat black-market smog shops that hand out illegal paperwork or folks like many of us who change parts just before and after scheduled smog checks the easy out is just to keep your emissions equipment in place at all times while on the street we ve proven that in most cases a high-flow catalytic converter won t cost your car any power and can even improve torque april 09 fact or fiction even in high-hp street cars the amount of power lost by installing a proper cat is a fraction of total output and if that number is high to begin with you won t even notice the change at any rate unless we take the heat off ourselves roadside horsepower checkpoints may very well be next analysis van ir uv source camera detector reflector acceleration detector senior editor scott tsuneishi scott@importtuner.com riding shotgun with the editors living 95 honda civic dx in a fitting tribute to my column i spent this weekend swapping out my intake manifold and throttle body back to stock for an upcoming test only smog check hey i never said i was a saint senior editor scott tsuneishi 11 honda cr-z for our 2010 sema/super lap battle effort we ve collaborated with wraptivo tein again mackin double again and hks to build a supercharged honda cr-z like any good build the first thing we set out to do was lower the hybrid which is why it spent the first week of its life at tein outfitted with a set of tein super street coilovers the cr-z is starting to live up to its sporty hype editor carter jung 93 mazda miata it seems like every bolt i turn on the project miata reveals a new problem i put it on jackstands a few months ago to change the oil and discovered a damaged subframe and mis-aligned steering rack and a leaking rear main seal after i pulled the trans i found a severely worn clutch after that replacing some leaking exhaust gaskets led my eyes to a cracked cv boot on one of the rear axles which was plugged into a hub with a worn wheel bearing surrounded by worn brakes ebc yellow stuff at all four corners to the rescue this month the rest to come next unless i find more problems tech editor luke munnell 10 imp o rt t une r.c o m true pdf release storemags fantamag

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editorial editor senior editor technical editor managing editor online editor staff photographer contributors stephen rhim eric hsu rc faderoga colin ryan scott kanemura scott steinberg chris jue devin lefevere eric tong brendan moran andy hope jon domingo jeff creech tatsunori tsuchida matthieu lambert kenta ogawara tomoya watanabe eric kieu dino dalle carbonare randy ly josh mackey john pangilinan carter jung scott tsuneishi luke munnell drew farrington vanessa lam henry z dekuyper art direction and design art director gene coo archivist thomas voehringer the performance automotive group on the web www.europeancarweb.com www.importtuner.com www.hondatuningmagazine.com www.eurotuner.com www.superstreetonline.com www.modified.com subscriber services importtuner@emailcustomerservice.com call 800/876-9414 international 386/447-6385 or write to import tuner p.o box 420235 palm coast fl 32142-0235 please include your name address and phone number on any inquiries advertising group 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awkward mom letter of the month i get subjected to a lot of car magazines in my bathroom as both my 19-year-old son and my husband like to look at them in our reading room but yours however bugs me the most because you photoshop your models to within an inch of their lives i know the guys don t mind it s a fantasy to have a perfect girl but it sets a bar real women can never meet and it sets up my son to look for something in a mate that doesn t exist if you presented the cars so inaccurately you wouldn t have happy customers dial it back they are pretty girls and don t need that much fixing kenaiqueen kenai ak where in the world is max boost dear beloved badasses at import tuner i m definitely a little late on this question but what the hell happened to max boost i miss seeing that guy and his crazy shenanigans gracing the pages of your mag he and otto even made an appearance in your 10th anniversary issue but never came back did they die a horrible cartoon death did the boost button fail and they got arrested because their car wouldn t go back to stock did you guys enslave them to change toner and sweep floors all day what happened -derrick tampa fl to tell you the truth we honestly don t know what happened to max and otto last we heard they came up on a gt-r and were laying low illegal twin-turbo vk56 swap shady importation documents smoked license plate covers but managed to drop by and party with us on our birthday rumor has it they re operating overseas under the aliases dax and scott-o and their only u.s contact is dennis caco of autocannon clothing drop him a line and tell him how much you want to see the duo back on our pages info@autocannon.com shoots brah i had a chuckle recently my friend from the mainland i live in hawaii texts me that he saw my car in the august issue of 2nr i laughed and figured he was wrong but picked up an issue and lo and behold in the hellaflush 4 aloha kings coverage on page 20 there she was my green 91 miata with the 002s and busted red hood lmao it was so ratted out and you guys still ran a pic of it just so you know it s changed i re-did the hood picked up some 15x10 work meisters and am going to be starting under the hood soon be on the lookout for some facebook friend requests or photo emails once i get started you re gonna like the way this turns out -roger hawaii via postal@importtuner.com there are so many different funny directions we can go for the response to this one reading in the bathroom but we re going to have to tactfully inform everyone out there that none of the photos of our models ever undergo any sort of post processing ever our models are flawless angels perfect in every way and as editors of this fine publication we ve grown to expect that in a mate because the girls out here never disappoint ok why are you laughing everything we said is true we promise what s even more impressive is that we hand-picked that shot from about 400 high-quality images of seriously clean rides turned in to us by freelancer colin waki our own project miata is currently under the wrench too definitely keep us updated on your progress we d challenge you to see who can finish theirs first but seeing as how our miata s never actually finished first in any sort of competition that might not be in our best interest yeah i nailed her alright guys here goes i m fairly new to the import game but ever since i got my first taste i couldn t get enough my first experience was an 03 mitsubishi eclipse that i didn t really enjoy but did a few things to and flipped for about $1,000 more than i paid that let me get a 3000gt i only had it for a short while until about a month ago when some lady slammed on her breaks in her suv to avoid running over some stuff in the road and i nailed her not only did i total it i got hit with a following too closely ticket and all my shit got stolen out of it after it sat at a tow lot for the weekend the gt wasn t exactly what i wanted but now i have nothing anyways i was wondering if you guys could point me in the direction of what to get next i ve got about $1,000 to spend now since i only had liability insurance on the gt thanks -drew behrens oklahoma city ok get a first-generation eclipse gsx add an intake turbo-back exhaust boost controller all the necessary tune-up parts and enjoy life running low 13s all day long a thousand bucks won t get you anything good but a dsm in workable shape shouldn t be much more and it s got one of the best four-cylinder turbo engines ever produced and is hooked up to a strong awd drivetrain plus it ll be ugly enough not to get stolen and in okc car jackers are almost as dangerous as soccer moms 14 import t une r.c o m true pdf release storemags fantamag

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