Evo IX Owner Near Death Experience

What happens when a bunch of kids decide they're JDM-tite-initial-d-yo and run the Touge (aka a stretch of canyon highway that has claimed 268 lives since 1968)? Evolutionm.net reader LakerRaider soils his panties when the rear of his Evo 9 hits a patch of sand and causes him to slide right up to the precipice of a 3000ft drop. Tofu-boy's reasoning?

"i just thought it was ok as long as someone as leading, and it got easier after a few miles"

I know! I'm going to follow the kid in the car with performance in excess of his modicum of skill with my equally clueless pairing along the road that has killed over 250 people in the last thirty years. Makes perfect sense.

Click on the image above for the full story and more pictures of the carnage.

Auto Forum Spy 1 Year Anniversary

Ok folks, it's been an entire year since the Auto Forum Spy & Review opened its virtual doors. If you're a regular reader, please leave a comment below. Rant? Rave? Some good old fashioned props? Leave a comment! I've more or less been doing this for fun. Some constructive feedback encourages me to step things up.

For those who haven't been following, here's the year in review.

• Our first post - a stealthy evo engine bay
• 10 Rules for Preventing Horsepower Loss
• Bone stock Z06 runs 10s
• GTR vs. 911 vs. Z06 - Let the pissing contests begin!

MKIV Supra with 300k Miles

Wow, what a testimony to Toyota engineering and reliability! Supraforums member StarletGTT posts an account of his Supra hitting 300k miles - this from a car reknown for crazy single turbo conversions and putting out unholy amounts of power on the stock 3.0L bottom end.

While it's not entirely uncommon to see imports hitting 300k miles, its rare to see any performance-able specimens doing so.

If you have a high mileage performance-beater, feel free to share details in the form of a comment below.

Daily Clean - 1G Mitsubishi Eclipse

After a certain period of time, most cars will reach "beater" status as they age, fall into disfavor, and invariably decompose, all while providing their owners with cheap, (emphasis on cheap), semi-reliable (emphasis on semi) transportation. The 1G DSM has reached the stage AFTER beater status, which makes it all the more surprising to find one this clean. Evolutionm.net user Kook picks up this 1990 Eclipse GSX off a used car lot after being smitten by its cleanliness. Its hard to believe that shortly after acquiring it, the eclipse still required $2500 in rust removal and a new turbo to boot. Caveat emptor!

2008 Liberal Albero Kit for WRX/STI

As far as aftermarket body conversions go, this is a pretty clean kit. Note the enlarged front openings, and provisions for dual exhaust in the rear. More pics from Fishdizzle over at All Wheel Junkies.

Daily Clean - Team Nextstage ST 350z

With 350zs running rampant everywhere in great abundance, its become quite a challenge to build a 350 that isn't played out or just plain lame (billet front grills, anyone?). Jtuned user MethodRN posts some pictures of a well executed specimen of a Z. Note the Volk wheels, Bride interior, and Project Mu brakes, and some $$$ invested where it counts - forced induction under the bonnet!

JDM Unobtanium - Mugen High Performance Airbox for RSX

Club RSX member JayDM-'06 details the acquisition and installation of his latest goods from King Motorsports - a Mugen High Performance airbox. Keep in mind, this is just for an airbox - it's not even a complete intake as you can see the factory rubber intake pipe is retained. In a nutshell: it's clean, its rare, its handcrafted from heat-soak free fiberglass. Oh yeah, and it's $700 fracking dollars!

New & Interesting Forums - The Time Attack Forums

Making its debut in late march of this year, the Time Attack Forums are dedicated to all things Time Attack. Essentially, a ton of guys devoted to building machines designed to do one thing - lay down the absolute fastest lap time, physics and common sense be-damned!

Daily Clean - 1967 Nemesis Mustang

What more can we say? It's clean. It's vintage. It's packing enough rubber to shod four other cars. This particular pony car has been brought into the 21st century in almost every aspect, including an updated interior and Roush 427 smallblock. Tons more pictures here.

Base Model V6 2010 Camaro To Make Over 300hp

It looks like GM is poised to deliver some automotive value and giving Nissan some 370z competition with the upcoming base model camaro that packs a 3.6L direct injection v6 under the hood. This will let the entry level Camaro buyer walk away with over 300hp without having to pony up the extra dough for the V8 models and undoubtedly jumpstart the aftermarket support that is probably already brewing for this car.

It's not going to be quite as fast as the 370z nor handle as well, but will probably come in quite a bit cheaper.

Some additional photos and details at the camaro5 forums.