What does this number mean - 426? This is the mark of the Chrysler’s Hemi version flagship engine with 426 cubic cm capacity, or seven liters. Such engine threateningly roared in the body of the legendary muscle-car Plymouth Barracuda.

Time did not spare the Plymouth brand, and serial Chrysler cars do not have a Hemi engine of such capacity. But there are no desperate situations, right? There is no less muscular coupe Dodge Challenger, which, incidentally, can be turned into Cudu. And clever engineers from the Mr. Norm’s Garage atelier did that. In the end, they work with Chrysler group vehicles since the mid of the last century.

Tuners took as a basis SRT8 modification with a 425-strong engine Hemi 6.1, which increased the working capacity up to seven liters, changed management program and, more importantly, set the drive supercharger Kenne Bell. Thanks to the latter addition to the characteristics of the improved engine, yet another trio of cheerful numbers was added - 750 horsepower.

For $ 4000 Mr. Norm’s car tuning atelier engineers will install for you a front sport suspension of their own design and also will improve the cardan shaft and equip rear axle with a lock.

Finalizing of the exterior was not easier. There are no convertible versions of Challenger, so the masters from Mr. Norm’s Garage Bureau have cut the roof by themselves, bringing along the front and back exterior of the car according to Hemi Cuda convertible image of the third generation.

It turned out quite gorgeous, but unfortunately, quite expensive as well. For example, installation of the Hemi engine will cost for a potential driver at least $ 7000, for regulating the sport suspension $ 2800 is requested, and and rear panel a la Hemi Cuda will cost $ 1500. So, even taking into consideration the awesome tuning of the car, it is unclear, if it will be requested by a decent amount of people.

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Apparently, companies, who specialize in the tuning of Audi cars, are a plenty. Otherwise how to explain that a family of «charged» universals and sedans Audi S4 of the new generation debuted back in September so far has no one who has dared to improve them? But not until now: a few days ago this model came to the hands of MTM atelier.

Specialists of the studio rushed forward in the fine-tuning of this cars immediately. An initial package of improvements even now raises the power of a compressor 3.0 TFSI V6 engine with 333 horsepower and 440 N • m to 430hp and 515 newton-meters. Achieving such an impressive result did not require bone-braking work - the tuners only installed new M-Cantronic engine management system and new exhaust system. Dynamic characteristics, of course, have changed greatly. For example, the acceleration to one hundred felt down by a four-tenths seconds (4,7 s).

Luxurious 19-inch wheels Bimoto (4035 Euro) conceal powerful braking mechanisms (4182 Euro) with eight-piston supports and 380-mm discs at the front axle.

New suspension (700 euro) is adjusted in the range of 10-40 mm in front and 15-45 mm in the rear. But for a more sophisticated exhaust system the price is several times more - 2645 Euro.

But engineers from Vetshtetten do not calm down. To smooth the effects of speed intoxication a modified braking system with eight-piston supports was designed. The kit also includes adjustable suspension of their own design. Of course, the efforts of MTM studio are not free. For all the job done the price is almost 15 thousand euros, of which 3075 Euro is for the «pumping» of the engine.

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The first diesel vehicle in the history of Porsche - SUV Cayenne - has not yet been awarded with the full attention of the tuning-offices. Yes, there was a slight false weight and new program management of V6 3.0 TDI engine (240 hp, 550 N • m), but only now finalization on all the fronts have merged together. Praise and honor Techart atelier!

  In the basic variant SUV is equipped with light alloy rims and Michelin Diamaris 4 × 4 tires with the dimension 295/35 R21. As an option - rollers with Continental rubber and a dimension 295/30 R22.

Without any doubt engineers from Leonberg are perfectly familiar with the SUVs from Stuttgart. They began with the engine: installed new software and a sports air filter, which helped to add to the diesel V6 290 and 630 N • m accordingly. If the basic model reaches 100 km / h in 8.3 seconds,  the version of the Techart Bureau do this for 7.7 sec. Thus diesel consumption has not changed - 9.3 liters per 100 km in the combined cycle.

When finished with the motor, the Germans moved to the air suspension. Management module has received a new program - it helped to reduce clearance by 90 mm. Then there was the exterior part. Car was given a full corporate false weight, in the arches 21-inch discs of original design have appeared, a lounge was decorated with better leather, the linings of aluminum and fuzzy rugs.
 
If you refuse to refine the engine, you can save 3000 euros.

Work carried out is large-scaled and the price has also been set according to this work. For example, if you are ready to order a car with a full set of improvements, you will have to pay more than 85 thousand euro. For comparison, in Germany for a standard diesel Cayenne you’ll have to pay 56 959 euro.

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Further development of a powerful car has one undeniable advantage. You can significantly simplify the task, just forgot about the engine and focused all attention on the chassis or on the exterior. American firm IND went just by this way, prepared a magnificent project for the BMW M3 coupe with a variety of components from third-party companies.

Tuners quite reasonably thought that the 420-strong V8 4.0 engine was doing just well with its responsibilities of teleportation of the car from one place to another. Therefore, IND engineers only slightly improved the engine of this BMW just by installing Eisenmann exhaust system. Factory suspension and brakes were replaced by the Americans too: with a set of KW Clubsport and Brembo mechanisms accordingly.

At the beautiful light alloy HRE rims strained Nitto NT05 tires with the dimension 275/35 R18 have been put. Just behind the rollers 365-millimeter brake discs in front and 345-millimeter in the rear were installed.

Outwardly, the offspring of IND office - BMW M3 - has also gone from the image of the standard M3. Front spoiler, rear diffuser and the lining on the lid of the Vorsteiner Company creates a new car image, HRE wheels and matte black back optics of its own design just add some specific charm to it. But how much the future owner will have to pay for this beauty is still kept in a secret.

The BMW M3 is a high-performance version of the BMW 3 Series compact car, developed by BMW’s branch BMW M. M3 models have been derived from the E30, E36, E46 and E90/E92/E93 3-series, and sold with coupe, sedan and convertible body styles. Common upgrades over the “standard” 3-Series automobiles include more powerful and responsive engines, improved handling/suspension, more aggressive aerodynamics/body, and multiple interior/exterior accents with the “M”/Motorsport nomenclature.

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The testing mule of an upcoming Ferrari F450, whose debut is expected this fall, is running crazy down the tracks and roads of general use in the last stages of refinement. Ferrari Company and well-known tuners altogether have already said goodbye to the predecessor F430. Sleep well, darling? But no. A specialist from a Japanese studio ASI has shown the desire to improve this beauty, going to the rest.

Japanese tuners decided not to engage into costly and complicated tuning. To get started, they’ve installed new bumpers and sills, with a lower weight at 27 kg against the standard. Suspension has also been changed and it was assembled from the Sachs components. Finally tuners slightly reprogrammed the «brain» of a V8 4.3L engine (490 horsepower, 465 N • m), improving its traction at medium speed.

You can not order a full body kit, but only its individual elements. For example, for front and rear bumpers, as well as for the sills you will have to pay five, six and four thousand dollars accordingly.

Surprisingly, but for the such non-traditional (without an increase in power) chip-tuning Japanese have demanded $ 7500. Too much. But $ 15 000 for a complete body false weight and $ 13 000 for the sports suspension Sachs did not appear like throwing the money to the wind.

Mentioning the basic version of an engine. 4.3L V8 petrol engine derived from a shared Ferrari/Maserati design. This new power plant is a significant departure for the F430 line: the engines of all previous V8 Ferraris were descendants of the Dino racing program of the 1950s. This fifty year development cycle comes to an end with the entirely new 4.3L, the architecture of which is expected to replace the Dino-derived V12 in most other Ferrari cars. The engine’s output specifications are: 490ps (483hp) at 8500 RPM and 465 N•m (343 lb•ft) of torque at 5250 RPM. The F430 will reach a top speed of 196 mph (315 km/h).

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Ten cylinders, loaded weight 1380 kg, light carbon monocoque in the basis construction… Porsche Carrera GT Supercar is a story. Production ended in 2006 and for three years they have produced 1270 machines. But some studios have continued to work on tuning packages for the former leader of Stuttgart brand. For example, the Gemballa Bureau issued a Mirage GT Carbon Edition kit.

Is not difficult to guess that the main emphasis is on the use of the carbon, because not only the carrying monocoque is made of the composite, but the entire body as well, including the impressive antiwing. With the use of carbon they have finished the center console and interior door panels.

After additional carboxylic diet Gemballa Mirage GT Carbon Edition roadster weighs less than 1300 kg, and in fact behind his seats V10 5.7 engine with the new firmware «brains» and sports catalysts was installed. And it gives now not the 612 hp and 590 N • m, but 670 horspower and 630 newton-meters. Accordingly, the time to speed up to 100 km/h has fallen even by supercar standards, where every little second is taken into account, quite decently - from 3,9 to 3,7 seconds.

At the supercar forged rims Gemballa Gemballa GT Sport tires in the dimension 265/35 R19 front and 335/30 R20 rear are installed by Gemballa bureau. Nice “boots” for a car with a top speed of 335 km / h.

At Geneva Motor Show 2000 one of the most significant cars was the above mentioned Carrera GT, but it became serial only after 4 years. In fact, the history of the project was even longer, and it all has started with a racing engine invented by F1 specialists for McLaren team in 1992. Porsche AG’s financial difficulties have forced them to stop the work in this area. Then it transformed according to the rules «24 hours of Le Mans»

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The sense of beautiful in people can not be described as a fundamental sense, but for someones it is very strong. Sometimes, the owner of a simple Ford or Mazda lets the tuners to make from it something like Porsche, Maserati or Ferrari supercar. But sometimes there is a particularly severe cases, just like this one.

For example, the case of specialists of Italian rally team Nimik Rally Team. Its engineers have cut Ferrari F355 coupe with a 380hp engine into pieces, after a series of soul freezing experiments combined again - and created a car with a face of the legendary Citroen 2CV. It was really a transformation from the graceful swan to ugly duckling.

But this “piece of art” will have no brothers or sisters. Engineers of this rally team have made 380-strong “freak” exclusively for their needs and in a single copy. But those individuals who liked it, have no reason to despair. The task is quite easy, but the difficult thing - to raise his hand against the Italian gorgeous masterpiece.

Model Ferrari F355 was produced from 1994 to 1999 with two versions of the body (coupe and Spider), and single-engine V8 3.5 (380 hp, 363 N • m), which allows the car weighing 1440 kg accelerate up to one hundred at 4.7 s at a maximum speed of 295 km / h. It was produced in a total of 11 273 vehicles.

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The tuners fantasy transformed Mazda MX-5 almost to everything which could only be imagined - to Ford Mustang, to Aston Martin etc... Not because of the bad design of the machine - on the contrary it is nice and gorgeous. But it seems the fate of it is always to be masked. Here are the Japanese’s turn.

And they are known to be crazy not only about drawing big-eyed students in their cartoons, but on the automotive classics too, and yes, lots of chrome on them. Based on these considerations, the tuning-studio MonoCraft brought to the domestic market retro false weight for the MX-5, also known as the Mazda Roadster. Now the car is called MH1.

The biggest change experienced the front of the roadster: MX-5 looks at the world with big, round and surprised eyes in a chrome rim. Rear lights are almost completely closed with caps, leaving outside only round turning signals: you have the spirit of retro now. And chrome parts for sure. Now Roadster form a collective image of the middle of the last century.

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Novitec GmbH company has divided the scope of its activities into three branches: Novitec responsible for tuning Alfa Romeo, Fiat and Lancia models, Ferrari is being finalized by Novitec Rosso office, and the department responsible for Maserati is Novitec Tridente. And historically turned out so, that the specialists of the last branch always care less. Therefore, a work on the Coupe Maserati GranTurismo S – is an extraordinary event!

The body has received only modest plastic lining on the perimeter and stained by carbon spoiler on the lid of the luggage. And rightly - creation of Jason Castriota does not need alien elements. And German engineers worked seriously with the 440-strong motor V8 4.7: set up the drive supercharger, re-installed software and improved exhaust system. As a result, the rear axle compartment now accounts for more than 600 hp! And right now the car accelerates to 60mph for a little less than 4 seconds instead of the basic 4.9.

In addition, the car will get another suspension components KW and Novitec, original brake system and wheels, which actually are not quite suitable to the Italian coupe with a trident. And whether the price is suitable, we will learn later.

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A situation when well-known American firms, engaged in tuning in Europe have little weight is usual. Lingenfelter Performance Engineering is such kind of custom center, which stands among such monsters as the Saleen and Hennessey. For about 30 years the company tunes only American cars. And this time their eyes were turned to the original «Yankee» - Chevrolet Camaro SS.

Lingenfelter specialists were not going to come cheap ant put all the cards on the table immediately - five tuning complects for V8 6.2 L99 and V8 6.2 LS3 motors with capacity from 550 to 800 power. The first three kits (550, 570 and 650 «horses») involve driving pr TVS2300, new software and optimized systems, cooling and injection, as well as the air filter.

The last two packages (750 and 800 forces) are different from the rest in the scope of work. Under the hood 7L V8 engine is installed with finalized cylinders, forged pistons and titanium connecting-rod. However, less powerful version outputs its 750 horses and 928 N • m torque through pr, and top-version with the 800 hp and 1085 newton-meters - by two turbochargers.

Packages improvements will be made available to the car with mechanic gearbox as well as the automatic. A monster with 550 hp tuners will do for two weeks from your Camaro, but the construction of 800-strong demon takes eight to ten weeks. It is a pity that the tuners do not yet disclose the price of their «growth pills».

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