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The Yatabe Test Track was a place which should be special for all serious Japanese car fans as it hosted some of the most important top-speed events during the JDM tuner era of the '80s and '90s. Located in Tsukuba, in the Ibaraki Prefecture, Yatabe was opened in 1964 as a location for Japanese manufacturers to test their vehicles, with a long high-speed course joined by two infamous banked corners (like a NASCAR speedway). It originally came to fame when Toyota broke 16 endurance records in their 2000GT supercar there, but it wasn't until the early '80s it truly became an icon....

If you've seen THE EPIC GEMINI FINALE (CLICK HERE) Marty buttoned up a whole bunch of fiddly jobs to get the Gemini driving and engineered for road use, and a big one was finishing off his custom brakes. Now, because your ability to stop in an emergency rides on the brakes, any modifications to the braking system of your car needs special care.  So, let's take a look at some considerations when setting up custom braking systems and the modifications you might have to make. Your brakes are a closed hydraulic circuit, which will normally use vacuum assistance from the engine to...

The internet is awash with news that the mega-popular, ground-breaking show Roadkill has been canned after 13 incredible seasons. On the show, David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan represented their brand of grassroots automotive shenanigans but, like any successful outlet, there was a lot more going on behind the scenes.  I'll start by saying, a huge congratulations to everyone who worked on Motor Trend shows. They were super well-produced with great storylines and beautiful visuals, and were presented by genuinely brilliant car enthusiasts who built epic cars and undertook amazing adventures. To last over a decade in such a highly competitive arena is a testament to what a...

As car enthusiasts we've probably all been stuck with explaining to our loved ones that we want automotive-related presents. While we're grateful to have people who want to buy us stuff, most of us have a heck of a time showing our non-automotive family and friends what we want at Christmas.  We hear you, we go through it as well, so this time you can just send them this link.   TACTICAL BACKPACK We go on a lot of adventures, so we're used to packing backpacks for everything from trips to the shops to bushwalks to climbing mountains in Europe looking for...

If you've seen the latest episode (CLICK HERE) MOOG and his best mate Al (and some hanger-on bloke called Marty) have started ripping into the Fairlady refresh, and the first big job they knocked over was to change the sump. We all know oil is the lifeblood of your engine (and if you don't, READ THIS) so it makes sense that you need to firstly keep a constant supply to your engine, and secondly hold all that precious liquid gold where it needs to be held.  The sump on MOOG's 240 was made by Al and the lads five years ago and...