Current Issue Zoom 153

The current issue of Zoom is chocablock full of hard core tech and the latest in crazy engine conversions. Find it at all good newsagents or buy it online at Magstore.

FEATURE CARS 

THIRD TIME’S A CHARM

In its third incarnation Simon Vella’s 1200 Ute is a stunning showcase of a well thought-out performance package that goes, turns, stops and looks damn good doing so 

SIL-VEE-AH!

Matt Tomkins took his S13 and pumped it with a shot of six-cylinder juice, resulting in this rather staunch VQ30DET powered S13 

SUBLIME SACRILEGE

After popping five rotary motors, Geoff Grunsell decided it was time to fit some Toyota reliability into his series three. Reliability meaning a 1JZ-GTE with a big single on the side

RED MIST

This 2JZ-GTE VN Commodore leaves Supra drivers seeing red, literally 

NINE-SECOND GRANNY CAR

Knocking on the door of an 8-second pass, Sinan Dogan’s EL Falcon is doing it for the blue oval fans 

AMERICAN PSYCHO

Is this Australia’s fastest car on stock suspension? With mid seven second time slips approaching 200mph it’s gotta be close! 

WORLD’S FASTEST

Building the world’s fastest mechanically-injected turbocharged car takes some persistence

TECH 

EPIC SUSPENSION GUIDE

We run through the in’s and out’s of suspension from upgrading your standard gear to all-out race-bred setups 

STROKE FOR POKE

This is part one of a monster RB34 stoker build where we follow the construction of a SPOOL stroker kit in an RB30 block and R34 solid lifter RB25 head

SUSPENSION OVERHAUL

After 28 years of service, the original rubber suspension bushes, ball joints and rod ends in this KE70 Corolla were about as sloppy as a drunken grandma making Christmas pudding

EVENTS AND LIFESTYLE

PULSE RACING

We head out to Pulse Racing in Menai to check out their World Time Attack Challenge Open Class winning EVO and see what else they have lurking in the workshop 

ENVY DYNO HAS A DYNO DAY

Envy Dyno recently held a dyno day, rounding up Sydney’s import scene for a snag and a few power-runs!