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top 5 overheating cars is yours on the list importtuner comp.58 inside re­amemiya s street­prepped gt­r killer project nsx 593 whp we re just getting started p.16 11.4 seconds how much hp are you losing with a/c p.30 formula d diaries it s back p.40 nismo 380rs ultra-rare and turbocharged super-clean east coast evo ix marie kim $5.99 u.s $6.99 can august 2010

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contents august2010 cover shoot photo carter jung styling mack pholsina make up tony rivero 68 34 40 48 78 58 86 30 features 34 damaged daily 06 evo ix mr the usuals 06 initial timing it all starts here 40 48 68 78 formula d diaries drifters in their own words 08 12 14 22 26 96 97 98 under the hood inside the industry nismo rarelady z 07 nissan fairlady z type 380rs going postal you shoot us we shoot back #137 production/distribution/infiltration import tuner issn#1528-0845 vol 13 no 08 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 bleuchip international p.o box 25542 london on n6c 6b2 canada postmaster please send address changes to import tuner p.o box 420235 palm coast fl 32142-0235 run with the devil re-amemiya fd3s rx-7 four one one you found out first model marie kim question it eric hsu fixes what you broke tech 30 fact or fiction does a car s electrical system hurt power widgets damn these are dope power gear for your ride 58 86 top five overheating rides and what you can do to keep them alive audio gear for your eyes and ears power pages 05 honda s2000 longshots do you have what it takes 4 impo r t t un e r.c o m

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initialtiming august 2010 issue #137 features@importtuner.com for feature cars models@importtuner.com for aspiring models new york minute working in publishing there are slow days between deadlines and there are crazy ones while more latter than former when announcements were made that scion was dropping the new iq and tc at the new york international auto show a last minute redeye flight and hotel booking later resulted in one of the longest days in recent memory 12:01 a.m times are all eastern standard after standing in a check-in line so long that it extends out of the terminal twenty five minutes have passed and i m still not even in the building my flight leaves in 39 minutes and i have to check in two bags of camera and lighting gear not to mention lug around my two carry-ons 12:06 a.m i receive text from eddie at bar by our gate where u at 12:07 a.m i text back in line not looking good 12:10 a.m a host from delta asks me whether i m on the jfk-bound flight and 2:34 a.m still awake this really sucks 4:01 a.m sucks times infinity 6:10 a.m we land and get off the plane i slept an additional 45 minutes tops today is going to hurt 7:22 a.m everyone gathers their luggage even my extremely late bags made it and we make our way to limo service it s mother f in cold weather report last night said mid-50 degrees with some rain feels much colder should ve packed heavier 8:10 a.m our driver gets pulled over by the 10:42 a.m i call the sheraton again to see if my room is ready it is gordon has to take off for a meeting at his office so eddie and i hop in a cab and head to my hotel 10:59 a.m holy crap the sheraton is more crowded than times square it s practically a fire hazard check-in line thankfully is short 11:45 a.m after unpacking and sorting through my camera gear not only do i find my ring flash cracked in four places but with all the freezing rain in the morning when getting out of the limo at the w i realize i left a bag full of stands and tripods behind crap eddie finds the number and i make contact the driver is out with a client but will call later in the afternoon 12:35 p.m eddie and i meet up with gordon and his coworkers for lunch they re a great group of guys 1:42 p.m eddie gordon and i are in a cab on the way to pm models office to meet with the the next day instead we walk the show and shake hands with some of the pr people 3:55 p.m gordon built a sick is c for lexus booth it needs some finishing touches and eddie and i help 9:46 p.m after going back to our hotel rooms to freshen up we meet up with ray an old friend of gordon and eddie at the bar inside the w hotel two drinks later we re in a cab heading to lexus reception 9:56 p.m late the bouncer at the door is holding the line gordon manages to convince the bouncer that he s talent jackie chan s stunt double and all three of us get in sarah silverman is on a makeshift stage debating green stuff strange not so strange is the open patron bar shots 10:26 p.m after realizing we skipped the meal portion of the evening and went straight to a liquid dessert we hit up carnegie deli for a late dinner langer s here in l.a owns whisks me to the front of the line he makes magic happen but the lady at the desk asks for $60 to check in two bags freaking airlines correction $150 stupid pelican case is overweight tacking on an extra $90 in fees should ve flown united where i have premier status 12:25 a.m make it through security and meet up with my boys eddie and gordon flustered and sweaty i find out our flight s delayed good thing i ran like a kenyan through the terminal on the bright side at least now we have time for shots at the bar 1:15 a.m in plane tired and about to take off seated in the dreaded bitch middle seat i try to sleep to make it through the rest of the day 1:16 a.m zzzzzz 1:59 a.m stupid window passenger needs to pee and decides she needs to smack my right thigh to wake me up 2:12 a.m thanks to ms window seat i m still up exhausted but can t sleep this sucks nypd apparently he wasn t supposed to go straight at the previous light 8:25 a.m i call my hotel room to see if i can check in it isn t going to be ready for a few more hours so we check into gordon s hotel the w in times square baller from his view in the 31st floor i can see the temperature displayed in led lights on an adjacent building 34 degrees fahrenheit weather.com was off by 16 and now manhattan is in for a treat pert asian man-nipples 9:15 a.m we re at the restaurant at the bottom of the hotel and i order an omelet it comes out and i ask the waiter for tapatio or cholula hot sauce he asks where i m from i reply l.a he retorts that he knew it confused i ask why he says only people from california and texas ask for those brands of hot sauce eddie and i concoct an east coast hot sauce distribution idea [note to non-cali and texan residents must find tapatio or cholula tabasco is so 1800s 9:52 a.m gordon eddie and i take turns defiling the bathroom luckily for us and our olfactory nerves gordon brought matches two models i m supposed to shoot this friday think interview only hot chicks i get a phone call on my cell it s the limo driver who is now in front of the w hotel i tell him we already left and ask if he can meet us at the pm office in ten minutes we synchronize watches 1:52 p.m we get to the office just as the limo driver pulls up he gives me my bag and i give him two twenties for his effort 1:58 p.m in the office and talking to kim and her models melanie marie bess and mack the fashion stylist with all the running around and lack of sleep i can t remember three-fourths of the conversation but we prep for the video interview with melanie tomorrow with the new scions and discuss wardrobe options for the photoshoot on friday 2:32 p.m in a cab heading to jacob k javits convention center the venue for the new york international auto show 2:48 p.m walk to scion booth only to find out the iq and tc are under wraps until the reveal the next day crap i was hoping to find some info to think of stuff to talk about carnegie hard two days later i would find that katz s deli pwns all 11:46 p.m stomach insulated we head back to my sheraton a block south and hit up the bar tipsy i order a round of jamison shots and tell the bartender it s ray s birthday a complete fib that only i find hilarious the bartender brings the drinks wishes ray a happy birthday and says it s on the house feeling guilty i drop a twenty 11:57 p.m i get a text from kim what r u guys doing i reply not much 11:59 p.m kim texts want to all meet up i reply sure the end for you guys at least editor carter jung carter@importtuner.com facebook.com/carterjung 6 impo rtt u ne r .c o m

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underthehood inside the industry fix-it tickets hefty fines and even getting your car impounded seem to be a common trend for many of us in the import world how about racial profiling we won t even go there california legislators have their heads so far up their asses that the faintest sound other than an oem exhaust hum puts them in an all-out scramble to concoct questionable emissions rules for an exhaust to be carb legal the law states it must emit less than 95db in the state of ca but according to police officers who put themselves above us and the law any aftermarket muffler is illegal if the cop says it is period california has the strictest emissions laws so if it s legal anywhere else in the nation chances are it s illegal in california if it s shiny has a big exhaust tip and looks nicer than the oem unit it s just a matter of time before a cop pulls you over and harasses you as if you just committed murder shouldn t they be using our tax dollars to be arresting the real felons or suspects intent on causing harm to others last week i was pulled over by local police as i was minding my own business cruising to work just as i passed the black-and-white i looked into my rearview mirror and noticed the cop come to an abrupt stop peel out and spin the car 180 degrees in one swoop to pull up beside me i caught a glimpse of his beady eyes scoping out the wrx as he trailed me for more than two miles before finally firing up his lights and sirens i pulled over and asked him what the problem was careful not to make any sudden moves and become a statistic on the front pages of the la times your white car with its black trunk carbon fiber dumbass looks like a cop car so i pulled you over snarled the cop i was thinking wtf is that lame excuse long story short he pressed me for more than five minutes on how my car wasn t factory turbocharged and how the a/n fittings in the engine bay were in direct violation of emissions codes then threatened to impound my vehicle i sat on the curb like a criminal for over 30 minutes while the cop and his rookie sidekick went over my car with a fine-tooth comb in the end he fined me for a questionable modified exhaust ticket which required a visit to the referee station to dismiss in the end i wasted time attending court paying a hefty fine and visiting the referee station which certified the exhaust as legal for the street was it worth it in the end you bet it was if i ever cross paths with that cop again i ll nonchalantly hand him my state referee certification and tell him better luck next time carb executive orders under fire senior editor scott tsuneishi scott@importtuner.com riding shotgun with the editors living 96 nissan 240sx se normally this section is where we talk about new stuff we ve purchased for our project cars or progression thereof but in this case it s the exact opposite after two-plus years of fallowing on public streets depreciating the neighbors property value i ve finally gotten rid of my s14 originally purchased as my track project car the only track it s seen is that of cobwebs and paw prints now in the hands of elliott mr super lap moran the project will continue more like start and hopefully the nissan will see the light of track day the plot thickens vanessa lam our new web girl with loads of circuit experience also rocks a modified s14 look for a showdown soon editor carter jung happy birthday to me a few weeks ago my significant other surprised me with a 26-gallon air compressor as a birthday present having a girlfriend who s as passionate about cars as me rocks rated at 160psi the 26-gallon craftsman air compressor was a major upgrade from my previous 20-year-old hand-me down but even the new unit was missing one important item every air compressor should use an inline air filter when compressing air a concentration of particles and moisture increases creating an abrasive mixture that can cause air-tools to malfunction and paint guns to emit contaminating water droplets a quick run to the local sears and i had a heavy duty air-line filter and fittings to finagle onto the compressor senior editor scott tsuneishi 94 acura integra as the miata remains jack-stranded in my driveway awaiting major driveline modification i promised myself i d leave the dc2 alone so i wouldn t miss work on account of owning two down project cars that was before kevin from buddyclub shipped me these new billet p-1 rear lower control arms saving weight boasting urethane bushings and severely upping the raceprepped bling factor i just had to call in sick one morning and put them on what can i say i m serious about my commute tech editor luke munnell 8 impo rtt un e r.c o m

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so what if you took millions of years to form you re just a rock a silly useless rock and we don t like you we especially don t like you on our roads in full-on attack mode poised and waiting to kamikaze yourself onto our cars you think that s funny don t you it s not chips dents and dings are never funny we can only hope that one day some little girl finds you paints you purple sticks little googly eyes on you and names you sally that would be such sweet justice.

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editorial editor technical editor senior editor managing 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 odessy barbu tatsunori tsuchida sean crawford matthieu lambert steve chung kenta ogawara tomoya watanabe eric kieu dino dalle carbonare carter jung luke munnell scott tsuneishi drew farrington henry z dekuyper art direction and design art director gene coo 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 publisher maria jamison 949/705-3149 maria.jamison@sorc.com 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pencily sanchez hey guys whatzup i m carlos from dominican republic and i like rides a lot i have lots of drawings on my blog site that i want you all to check out if you have a li l moment to do so thanks http csdesignrd.blogspot.com -carlos sanchez santo domingo dominican republic big dogg hi i love imports and was wondering how i can get my car in your magazine reader s rides or even a front cover picture it s fully custom so i think it s time to go big-dogg status please let me know -kevin via postal@importtuner.com not bad at all we re a little sore that there s some euro trash serving as the banner no matter how nice the rendering may be but we d be willing to overlook that fact if you could send us an original piece maybe of a past import tuner feature vehicle autographed to the 2nr staff yes down with success hey guys i was wondering if you could settle something that s been bugging me volk wheels are the shit right i mean 90 percent of the cars you feature are rocking re30s or te37s they re sweet-looking wheels i get that but isn t the point of this scene to have a ride that s unique in my opinion volk should be hit with an anti-trust suit this is ridiculous -john rochester ny at first we were going to ignore this one and hope it would go away but then hi i was just wondering what was going on i sent pictures of my ride to you guys a few weeks ago to try to get it in the magazine i didn t get any feedback or anything i was just wondering if it was going to get in the mag or not it was the black and purple civic -kevin via postal@importtuner.com looks like kevin s not quitting until he gets feedback rather than send him ours and in all likelihood lose a reader we re going to run your feedback to kevin in a future issue what do you think hot or definitely not so let us get this straight you 1 have it in for volk wheels for the simple fact that they re popular 2 feel their success at making a quality product somehow violates the tenants of our free market society 3 feel import tuning culture exists solely out of a collective urge to be different with no regard for function or performance 4 understand that volks look sweet but fail to see the benefits of rigidity light weight and increased cooling their original designs bring and the extensive r&d that goes into creating what so many others strive only to copy john the nicest thing we can think to say to you in this situation is keep reading import tuner go import tuner there s a lot i want to say about your magazine like how great power pages formula d diaries fact or fiction and the model interviews are but i don t think i need to boost your ego any more than i just did so i ll just say you guys have a great magazine that i love p.s formula d 2010 ­ go dai -mario garcia via postal@importtuner.com thanks mario we d retort with a comment about how awesome our readership is but we d rather not boost your egos anymore than printing your letters already does thanks for reading oh and btw flip to page 40 for the return of formula d diaries 12 imp o rt t un e r.c o m

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you found out first 11 scion tc at long last scion introduced a completely refreshed tc now equipped with a larger 2.5l engine capable of 180 hp and 173 lb-ft of torque an improvement of 19 hp and 11 lb-ft despite the increase in power the new tc will see an improvement in fuel efficiency a trait most likely attributed to its new six-speed manual and auto transmissions what hasn t changed is the tc s signature panoramic moon roof but the car will now come with 18-inch alloy wheels massive 16-inch brakes tuned audio supportive seats a sport-tuned suspension electric steering and a flat-bottom steering wheel perfect features for a car that boasts the industry s youngest average buyer age international auto show the world s oes debuted some of their latest and greatest in new york here s our pick of future showroom faves 2010 new york 11 scion tc five axis concept what scion debut would be complete without a wild concept version from five axis this is five axis visionary troy sumitomo s wide body take on the new tc complete with the five axis wheel and matte tail lamp treatment his influence the samurai warrior check out his interview on importtuner.com for more 11 subaru wrx sti sedan in an oh-no-you-didn t nyias moment subaru dropped a four-door sedan version of the sti adding a trunk-popping option to the hatchback power output is unchanged but thanks to the return of the wing coefficient of drag is cut to 0.35 down from the hatchback s 0.37 improving stability and top speed both the sedan and hatch will see an upgrade in suspension with slightly stiffer bushings thicker stabilizer bars stiffer spring rates and lower ride height quelling naysayers who claim the gr-chassis sti lost some its edge over the gd-predecessor 11 scion iq available in japan under the toyota brand the iq will be the fourth addition to the scion family and will be the baby of the group both figuratively and literally standing at 59.1 inches tall 66.1 inches wide and 120.1 inches in overall length the iq is slightly bigger than the smart fortwo but has rear seating enough for two [watch video at importtuner.com stuffed with a 90hp 1.3l four-banger and cvt transmission scion manual trans please mpg will be in the high 30s and if you re wondering whether the diminutive scion will be safe it comes with stability and traction control not like our readers will need it abs and 10 airbags standard including the first-ever rear window air curtain like all scions the iq comes wellappointed with 50/50 flat-folding seats and six-speaker audio lexus ct 200h making its north american debut was lexus hybrid 1.8l four-cylinder ct 200h the somewhat sporty compact wagon will feature a cvt transmission with four modes ev eco normal and sport 11 mitsubishi outlander sport the house of m displayed its all new crossover for the urban market a shrunken version of the outlander the outlander sport is said to have a 148hp 2.0l fourcylinder paired to a cvt trans 11 scion iq five axis concept this tiny titanium-tunedcreation from five axis proves big things can come in small packages similar to their take on the tc five axis wrapped the sheet metal with a one-off widebody kit added wheels and a host of trd parts 11 nissan juke while styling of the new crossover might be dividing what the juke has unequivocally going for it is its new motor a 1.6l direct-injected four-cylinder that s gasp turbocharged capable of 180-plus hp and 170-plus lb-ft of torque we americans may have been shafted of the turbo i-4 sr20det in the past but let s hope this time around we don t get juke d 14 imp o rt t un e r.c o m to see what an import model thinks of the new scions check out exclusive video on importtuner.com

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