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.

FULL STEAM AHEAD

NZ Performance Car

HERO CONTRIBUTOR ROD DUNN

CONTRIBUTORS

D1NZ ROUND 1 & 2 RESULTS

AUTO ADDICT ADDS ROLL RACING

DRAG RACING RESURGENCE — PBS DROP

OTHER INTERNATIONALS LOCK IN FOR D1NZ DRIFT APPEARANCES

KIWIS MAKE AN IMPACT AT SUMMERNATS

BRODIE MAHER LOCKS IN FOR A FULL NZ CAMPAIGN

WILSON REPEATS AS MSC CHAMPION

GR-IPPING ACTION

Four The people • SINCE HIS TEENAGE YEARS, GETTING GRUBBY AND MUCKING AROUND WITH OLD CARS HAS BEEN A WAY OF LIFE FOR ADELAIDE NATIVE JAY DUCA. WITH THE RISE OF HIS LOW STANDARDS YOUTUBE CHANNEL, HE’S BECOME A BIT OF A CULT FIGURE IN THE INTERNET CAR SPACE, SCREWING TOGETHER CREATIVE MACHINES AND BRINGING THEM INTO THE REAL-LIFE SPACE TO THRASH, SHARE, AND INSPIRE

HAMILTON BRINGS THE HEAT • THE ANNUAL SHOW RETURNS TO HAMILTON AND SETS A NEW STANDARD

SIEGE OF SPEED • STUFFED WITH 420KW OF TOYOTA MUSCLE, WRAPPED IN A MAZDA HUE, AND PACKED INTO A ’90S NISSAN ICON, REMI’S TRIFECTA S13 IS BUILT TO CAUSE CHAOS AT THE MOUNT

parked up with purpose • WHAT BETTER WAY TO KICK OFF 2025 THAN WITH A MIX OF CARS AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT? ROTATIONALS AND DOWNTIME ENTERTAINMENT JOIN FORCES TO BRING THE SCENE TOGETHER, FOR A DAY DEDICATED TO HELPING OUT STRUGGLING KIWI FAMILIES THIS SUMMER

FOUR EVER AFTER • WITH A 450KW 20B UNDER THE HOOD AND AN IMMACULATE BODY, INTERIOR, AND ENGINE BAY, MAYBE LANCE ANDERSEN’S RX-4 IS THE ROTARY THAT HE’LL NEVER SELL!

celebrating the madness • MAD MIKE WINS THE SEVENTH SUMMER BASH IN HIS ORIGINAL RX-7

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

IN THE CLUB THE 04 WAY THE BOOSTMASTERS — SINCE 1999 • IN THIS ISSUE, NZPC HEADS TO WELLINGTON TO CATCH UP WITH THE BOOSTMASTERS, A CLUB ORIGINALLY FOUNDED WAY BACK IN 1999 BY THE HENG BROTHERS

SEAT TIME: JOURNEY TO TSUKUBA PART 3 • WELCOME BACK TO PART THREE OF JACKY TSE’S SEAT TIME: JOURNEY TO TSUKUBA. YOU’VE PROBABLY CAUGHT SOME UPDATES OR RESULTS ALREADY, BUT HERE’S THE LATEST SCOOP — FRESH OFF THE PRESS!

WINNING FORMULA • IS THERE ANY BETTER COMBINATION THAN CANDY RED PAINT ON AN RX-3 COUPE?

WHERE IT ALL STARTS • WE DECIDED TO HIT UP A LOCAL STREET MEET, TUCKED AWAY IN THE INDUSTRIAL HEART OF HENDERSON, WHERE JDM GARAGE WAS RUNNING THE SHOW — THE PERFECT EXCUSE TO SCOPE OUT WHAT’S HOT IN THE AUCKLAND SCENE

DYLAN LINTON • AGE: 24 //LOCATION: CHRISTCHURCH //OCCUPATION: FABRICATOR BUILD TIME: THREE YEARS //LENGTH OF OWNERSHIP: SEVEN YEARS

SWITCHING SIDES: WHY EUROS ARE TAKING OVER • LET’S TALK EUROS — THEY’RE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE LATELY AS JDM PRICES KEEP CLIMBING. BUT ARE THEY REALLY THAT UNRELIABLE? DO THEY DRAIN YOUR WALLET ON MAINTENANCE? AND HOW EASY IS IT TO MAKE BIG POWER? WE’RE BUSTING THE BIGGEST MYTHS AND GETTING THE REAL SCOOP FROM THE TEAM AT HARRYS EURO

JUSTIN PILLAY • AGE: 36 //LOCATION: AUCKLAND OCCUPATION: PRODUCT MANAGER BUILD TIME: TWO YEARS LENGTH OF OWNERSHIP: 12 YEARS

MOUNT SHOP • QUALITY • SERVICE • KNOWLEDGE • LATEST RANGE

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