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Happy Holidays From National Speed!

Editorial : December 24, 2008

On behalf of National Speed we’d like to wish all of our readers Happy Holidays. Stay warm, try to enjoy the annoying presence of scary relatives, talk loud for the older folks, and remember to turn the fire off when Santa tries to squeeze his wide apple-bottom down the chimney. Good luck to the last […]

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Buying a Premodded Car: Not always the smart choice

Editorial : December 23, 2008

Most of the time, buying a car with some minor mods isn’t a problem. It’s only later down the road when you wish you would’ve spent the extra money doing something yourself. It’s not so bad buying a vehicle Pre-modded, but of course that goes into how deep the car has been tampered with before […]

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Eyesore Racing's Ghettocharged Miata for 24 Hours of LeMons.

Humor : December 22, 2008

Sure you got Supercharging and Turbocharging and hell, even Twincharging but what about Ghettocharging? Alright, maybe it’s not a new form of forced induction, but damn is it Ghetto! I thought I’d seen it all with budget builds, but this is a TRUE budget build. Electrical conduit from Home Depot for Coolant Lines, Sheet metal […]

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Running on Fumes: Grassroots.

Editorial : December 19, 2008

This is to you true grassroots guys (and gals). This is to those of you who scrounge up every last dollar and cent just to go visit the racetrack every month. This is to the autocrossers, roadcoursers, drifters, dragracers and rallycrossers. To those who value ducttape and zipties more than anything. To those of you […]

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No Pistons, All Rotor: Brandon Wiggins FC RX7

Editorial : December 18, 2008

Poise and Balance is something we forget about every now and again. When building a car, a lot of people overlook balance and attack everything with brute power. Brandon’s FC RX7 is the underpowered underdog nipping at the heels of cars with over twice the horsepower. After having a mildly built ’67 Camaro, Brandon already […]

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Roadmice: Forget Surfing the Web, Drive it Instead.

Uncategorized : December 17, 2008

It’s holiday season folks, I saw this and had to post about it! “RoadMice” is what it’s called, and I think it’d be a great stocking stuffer for whomever automotive inclined you decide to get it for. Basically it’s a mouse styled to look like a car. There’s no two ways around it. It’s got […]

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