Sentences with phrase «aftermarket tuner»

Factory tuned for more power, snappier shifting, and greater handling, the Civic Si has long been a favorite of aftermarket tuners seeking to extract even more performance from the car's naturally aspirated 4 - cylinder engines.

Lotus Motorsport lured many owners into its parts catalogue; many others were enticed by offerings from aftermarket tuners.

The Friedrichshafen, Germany - based aftermarket tuner's latest creation is a pint - sized Italian stallion with a carbon - fiber wide - body kit.

It was an impressive achievement that didn't go unnoticed by aftermarket tuner Speed - Buster, which is now offering a tuning program for the less - powerful Golf VII GTI Clubsport with the promise of bringing its output up to 326 horsepower and 306 pound - feet of torque, head and shoulders clear of the output of the «S» version.

campaign, and famed German aftermarket tuner AC Schnitzer has chimed in with their MINI E Police Look Concept.

Of course, the Civic Type R is the kind of car that aftermarket tuners love to fiddle with — especially now that it's coming to the US market for the very first time.

A total of 19 2006 Civic Si project vehicles are on display that have been modified by such popular aftermarket tuners as AEM / DC Sports, Mackin, GReddy, Tein, Hasport and many more.

Apart from the neat paint finish, Studie AG also enlisted the help of noted BMW aftermarket tuner AC Schnitzer, who provided a front half bumper cover that Studie AG tweaked slightly to make room for a pair of LED driving lights.

That's where aftermarket tuners like Premier Autowerkz come in.

Ford Australia is «investigating» Mustang performance parts that may be supplied from renowned aftermarket tuners Roush and Herrod Motorsport, but they will be Ford - branded and ADR - compatible.

Yeah, but you would simply visit your favourite aftermarket tuner, throw them a lot less cash than Audi will ask for the TTRS + and walk away with more power / torque anyway.

While paying $ 1,900 for such a modest horsepower gain might sound like a bad deal compared to some other aftermarket tuners, Mountune notes that the larger intercooler included with this package is essential to making more power.

For those unfamiliar with the NISMO name, the acronym is short for NISsan MOtorsports, the brand's in - house aftermarket tuner.

A year after Fiat returned stateside with the 500 hatchback, it brought us the Abarth performance version, named for Austrian racer and aftermarket tuner Karl Abarth.

As CEO Michael Keller explains: «Many aftermarket tuners tend to focus only on exterior customization.

Renowned German aftermarket tuner RUF also has instigated a development program for a heavily modified version of the Porsche 911 propelled purely by electricity that recently prompted Porsche development boss, Wolfgang Durheimer, to admit that internal proposals for a similar car also have been kicked off.

The Volkswagen Golf Mk VII has been around since 2012 and in the past four years, it has evolved into a favorite among aftermarket tuners.

It's a strategy underlying DaimlerChrysler AG's long - term plans to build a minibrand of exclusive performance cars around AMG, the 31 - year - old aftermarket tuner of Mercedes - Benz cars.

HPE is also the only aftermarket tuner in North American with its own proving grounds, Lonestar Motorsports Park, whose IHRA - sanctioned quarter - mile drag strip is adjacent to the company's 40,000 square foot workshop and showroom situated on 143 acres along Interstate - 10 near Houston.

Hennessey further adds that it was one of the first aftermarket tuners to get its hands on and begin working on the Demon, and the results speak for themselves.

Although we love aftermarket tuners taking risk with their creations, we love it more when the automakers get their hands dirty with the job of customization.

Aftermarket tuner SLP would put together a hodgepodge of parts to create a similar package for the fourth gen Camaro, but it wasn't until 2012 that a factory - produced 1LE offering returned to the fold alongside the development of the Camaro ZL1.

For those who want even more performance, VW has left some room for aftermarket tuners to tighten up the suspension.

The current generation GT - R has also been the favourite of aftermarket tuners the world over with certain cars running over 100bhp tunes on a daily basis.

Ford says it is also developing more extreme tuning kits for the Mustang EcoBoost in partnership with aftermarket tuners, for enthusiast not concerned about maintaining their factory warranty, as evidenced by several Mustang concepts at the 2014 SEMA Show.

Bangalore - based aftermarket tuner, Motormind Automotive Designs, has unveiled its styling kit for the 2016 Ford Endeavour.

Next month, Ford plans to show off Transit Connect vans customized by aftermarket tuners.

That applies to aftermarket tuners as well and one of them, Lumma Design, has already prepared a tuning program for the SUV, promising an engine upgrade package that would give the F - Pace 480 horsepower to play with.

While horsepower was officially rated at 280 bhp, aftermarket tuners like HKS and Mine's were cranking out versions with up to 800 bhp.

And we must, of course, consider the imaginative loons who've long chased insane speeds, the aftermarket tuners who see «more» at the top of a car's speedometer.

More recently, Polestar became an aftermarket tuner, and Volvo owners will soon have the option of buying Polestar products from their local dealer.

As an aside, some aftermarket tuners will create new camshaft profiles by grinding down existing OEM ones; if there was a sensible reason to use a new one I'm pretty sure they would be among the first ones to do so.

In more recent years both car manufactures and aftermarket tuners have seen the potential in Zircotec's coatings and the ceramic coating is applied to more visible, decorative parts of cars that still need protecting, like exhaust tips.

Chuck the aftermarket tuners some cash and they'll deliver as much as 227bhp and it will have no impact on the manufacturer's warranty.

Let's hope Porsche makes the internals of the new turbo four nice and strong so all those aftermarket tuners can try to be the first to reach 400hp and beyond!

To beat the RS5 with a CLS, you'll need an aftermarket tuner to do their magic, or pay up and extra $ 30,000 plus for the CLS63, which makes the same sprint in 3.5 seconds.

«Our focus on this vehicle was to build on the impressive performance abilities of the Genesis Coupe and help the growth of the aftermarket tuner community,» said Sam Lee, product manager, Blood Type Racing Inc. «It's easy to add lots of power to an engine, but we engineered all other aspects of the vehicle — cornering and handling, stopping power, and visual appearance — to compliment the massive horsepower we're now getting from the engine.

We managed to overcame all these issues, with, drumroll please, spacers from an aftermarket tuner, ECS.

Citing an «absolute trustworthy and legit source» from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, the aftermarket tuner believes the Alfa Romeo 6C will be revealed either this year or in 2019 at a major auto show before launching in early 2020.

Sure, the Volkswagen GTI's 2.0 - liter, turbocharged four - cylinder engine isn't the most potent mill on the market (210 horsepower, 258 lb - ft of torque), but a legion of aftermarket tuners will be all too happy to offer a long list of potential power improvements — and handling upgrades to boot.

This car, like many Civics, became a darling of aftermarket tuners.

It was seen with Toyota Cologne plates and was stationed at the Toyota / Lexus garage at the Nürburgring which points to a true model variation and not the work of an aftermarket tuner.

Nismo is not working with any aftermarket tuners to build project cars this year, but says the door will be open for future projects.

For one aftermarket tuner, this was just the beginning.

GM wanted an aftermarket tuner engine so here it is.

The aftermarket tuner brought together three rather interesting BMW F90 M5 models, giving us a taste of what 1800 horsepower in one place looks like.