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LORD OF THE BLING
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Welcome to Urban RacR Issue 6! I am happy to say that our readership is growing
exponentially. If any of your friends still do not know about the new home of Urban
RacR, tell them to check out the website. UrbanRacR.co.za is updated regularly and it
might even surprise them to see a photo or two of themselves or their cars in the
online galleries of the events. To view our galleries, just click on the links in the
respective articles.
Looking back at Online Issue 3, RT mentioned we had just come out of one of the longest
winters that Cape Town has experienced. Well, we had an equally long summer of
constant 30+ degrees; where my four window aircon (LOL!) was seriously working overtime.
I'm still recovering from the sunburn which was a direct result of being out and about in the
sweltering heat to bring our readers the best action shots and articles possible.
Our cover feature saw us standing cameras-in-hand on a mountain pass at 7am, waking
the residents to the sound of Vtec (YOH!) with one of Cape Town's finest and possibly rarest
normally-aspirated front wheel drives tearing up the tarmac. Cocking its inside rear wheel
around bends; it kind of rubbed off on us and we naturally had to do the same as we left.
We bring you the highlights of the Fast, Furious, and the glorious showdown at Killarney over
the festive season, which unfortunately had to be halted due to the tragic passing of
Cape Town's drag legend Ben Greyling. We also bring you the annually successful Lord of
the Blings show hosted at Good Hope Centre and update you guys on the latest
developments with regard to the 200m/400m drag racing fiasco... at least we have some
good news. We also feature what was once a plain-Jane Suzuki GSXR1100 which has now
been transformed into a one-in-a-million customised work of art.
Before I end off, I would personally like to welcome Kevin Brown to the team as our Port
Elizabeth event and features correspondent and photographer. So if you are from the
windy city of Port Elizabeth and think you have a hot ride, we suggest you hook up with
Kevin and maybe we can bring some fame to you and your ride. We look forward to your
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NEW CAR
BETTER THAN EVO?
COVER CAR
CIVIC VTEC TYPE R
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EVENTS
BIKE FEATURE
FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER BIKE
LORD OF THE BLINGS
FAST N FURIOUS
HONDA AND OPEL CAR WASHES
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• ED’S LETTER
• KILLARNEY
• DRIFT SKOOL
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’Metal
Here are two cars to
look forward to
despite all the doom
and gloom.
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Mitsubishi Eclipse
It’s an evolution of the first car
that Brian Walker (Fast and
Furious) piloted all those years
ago. Remember the green
creation to which he needed
to fit “NAWS!”? It exploded.
Vital stats
Power: 195kW
Torque: 354Nm
Engine: 3.8 V6, NA
Hyundai Genesis Coupe
Yes. We said Hyundai. Our
prayers have been answered
and Hyundai’s next Tiburon
gains a V6 up front and a rear
wheel drive train. Drift car
heaven for under R300K?
Vital stats
Power: 224kW
Torque: 356Nm
Engine: 3.8 V6, NA
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No other badge can
hope to offer up as
much JDM pedigree as
Honda's Type R moniker.
Forget the latest iteration
in red or the street fighter
champion edition in
white. The original EK9
(our regular Civic Vtec
shape model) boasts
182hp on the fly and a
limited slip diff to see it to
the ground, coupled to a
sport suspension and is
tinseled up with the
obligatory red Recaro
bucket seats. We never
got this car, this bastion
of eastern performance.
Yet Zaki Hendricks has
two. What gives?
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By now you've no doubt
noticed the Namibian
number plates on this,
Zaki's race ready 'R
resplendent with its similarly
titled number. His is the real
deal, or rather it was until its
owner got bored with its
standard performance and
started to tune. Now it's
even better. An HKS
coilover kit with camber
plates, a Spoon exhaust,
Greddy management
system and HKS whale
penis for an exhaust
upgrade are all the edge
the Type R needs, enabling
Zaki to achieve a
2.58minute time on his
inaugural run at the latest
and last King of the
Mountain 5 months ago.
That's 17th place amongst
super cars and other
beasties. With this setup the
car has been good for a
14.6sec quarter mile. So is
*Acceleration is
Blistering...
it any wonder that we've
found a similar berg for him
to play on for our shoot? Of
course not.
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The sloping, banking bends
of Red Hill are torture on
any car with a lowered
suspension. Despite its
performance at Gydo
pass, the Type R is
punished here. "She's too
low for this." Zaki's right. But
that doesn't stop him from
persevering. Acceleration is
blistering in spite of the
humble 1600cc that
powers it. The Vtec system
gives a stock 'tec the ability
to play alongside cars with
2litre performance. Here it’s
maniacally revving far
beyond the 8000 mark. In
standard form the B16B
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*Our cover car:
The perfect whip
Type R motor produced
one of the highest outputs
per litre at 182hp from a
1600cc engine. It feels
about right.
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A rifle crack of engine
compression signals a
looming down shift ever so
often. The rest of the time
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heard revving north of 8000.
The result is breathtaking,
accompanied occasionally
by the sounds of semi slick
rubber letting go but never
succumbing to the
impending loss of traction.
Each corner is dispatched in
exactly the same way. A
three wheeled dance with
the inside left hovering
precariously in the air.
Despite its tripod stance,
traction is unhindered and
the R pulls itself through as
though it were on rails. A few
bumps to the undercarriage
is all the hardship we need
endure, entirely resultant of
the lower than factory Zaki
has opted for. Combine
that low stance with the
capable motor and semi
slick rubber on all fours and
his maiden run at King of
the Mountain makes a lot
more sense. “Gydo's a lot
smoother than this!” He is
right, the uneven surface
and many blind bends
means it's an unlikely future
course. Pity, it's so damned
beautiful and with the right
setup I think a lot could yet
be extracted. Upon our
arrival on top of the hill we
find four blokes who have a
similar passion for pedalling
through the twistier stuff as
we stumble upon a
collection of cars as rare
as you could hope.
Behold a Renault Sport
Spider, Porsche 911, Ferrari
348 and a freshly imported
Mazda RX-7, FD! That
settles it, this road is great,
and our cover car the
perfect whip to dispatch
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Touge, it means mountain
pass. And it's here where the
Type R comes alive. Back on
the foot of the mountain and
the sounds of stressed 1600cc
engines no longer resonate
through the air. Zaki's Type R
ticks itself cool under a nearby
tree, looking extremely
desirable. It's for sale. And I've
got to go count my pennies
tonight.
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200 METRES OR 400 METRES? WHAT'S THE DEAL?
We at Urban RacR are calling it a fiasco. Not too long ago, as you read in
Urban RacR Magazine Online Issue 5, we received press releases stating that
MSA (Motorsport South Africa) had ruled that unless a drag strip was an “A
Grade” Drag Strip, it would no longer be allowed to host sanctioned 400metre
drag racing and for safety reasons, only 200metres. This upset many racers as
well as spectators. Imagine the talk at the next car club hookup, “My stock
standard 1800 managed a 9-second.”
There is further confusion with “Street 2 Strip” events still being allowed to host
400metre drags. This has no bearing on the MSA decision as these are
unofficial events which do not carry MSA affiliation and thus no MSA racing
license is required. Street 2 Strip is for streetcars.
Things were further confused at a recent MSA sanctioned event, hosted at
Killarney, where 400m drags were permitted. The reasoning for this was that
subsequent to the 200metre ruling, which strictly speaking meant that only
Tarlton Raceway would be allowed to host 400metre drags, air strips upcountry were being allowed to host 400metre events. Killarney, upon
hearing this, appealed the new ruling and a compromise was reached.
I feel compelled to remind everyone that Killarney is not, and never was a
purpose-built drag racing venue. It has however been able to
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update!
accommodate drag racing on its main straight which is only 800metres
long from starting line to catch nets. It was for this reason that 200metre
drags was agreed to as it was deemed safer for drivers. Killarney
management has viewed several alternatives, including reversing the strip
which would not be viable as there are more safety issues such as the
infamous “bump” which would then be in the braking area, as well as more
open walls to hit. The current braking area is narrower than the rest of the
strip which could pose a problem if a rear wheel drive car were to break
traction and get tail-happy.
Now for the good news... Killarney can cater for street
cars without any major hassles and were successful is
their appeal to have their 400m drag licence reinstated
with some minor regulation changes.
Firstly, and most importantly, NO PURPOSE-BUILT DRAG
VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED!!! By this I mean no “funny cars”
or dragsters. What is a streetcar, or once was a streetcar,
can be entered. Currently Cape Town no longer
has any purpose-built dragsters since the sad
passing of a legend, Ben Greyling.
Secondly, any car faster than a
10.99second quarter-mile, or
deemed faster than a 10.99
second quarter-mile, MUST
run solo. If there are any
further incidents (God
forbid) then things will be reevaluated and we could see
the 200metre drags rule
implemented permanently. It is
up to us to make sure our cars
are safe and we can control the
power we get out of them.
Basically, apart from the 10.99 rule, there
are no real changes to drag racing in Cape
Town and it once again makes sense to purchase
your MSA License and Medical Cover, not forgetting to
take out your WPMC membership which has its own
advantages even if you are only a spectator.
If you need more information in this regard check out
the Western Province Motor Club's website on
www.wpmc.co.za or just continue reading future
issues of Urban RacR Magazine to stay informed.
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Photography: Waanie Editorial: Crank
Do I hear you say that 170Hp is
'AVERAGE'? Well my friends, that it
may very well be – but attach that
'average' 170Hp to something that
weighs a little more than a fat
friend of mine and we start to talk a
different language…
We all like to toss figures around, some of them
much more absurd than others – hell, few people in
the exciting world of tuning just talk plain k@k, but
when you start talking about power to weight ratio
and 0 – 160km/h sprint times of a bike… this is when
the girls are separated from the men! This bike has
similar power to a Honda Civic Vtec, yet it weighs
approximately 1/6th as much!
I have had the good fortune of driving and being
driven in some pretty exotic and powerful machinery,
"nice!" I hear you say? Yes, that may be – but I have
also had the misfortune of riding pillion on a bike or
two – something I have vowed NEVER to do again!
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You see, I am one of those
girly men that can only take
my speed in measured
amounts and a bike doesn't
know how to do that.
You start off, all civil – praying
that this 'oke' knows what he is
doing – and as he starts
winding his right hand anticlockwise, you feel the surge.
Initially it is a gradual,
manageable wave of forward
momentum, then you start
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*The new motor
churned out a healthy
170Hp and 133Nm
nearing the 6 500rpm mark
and 'oh F$#@', now we're not
playing any more. Well, I am
pleased to announce that this
is just the beginning, and
again at around 8 500rpm, all
hell breaks loose. You're now
chiming along at a hundred
and twenty-plenty, in second
gear, at 9 000rpm, front wheel
off the ground and a full boot
of 170Hp kicking you up the
arse! This, my friends – is
speed, not some stupid knob
in his 90Hp, four wheeled, one
ton car hitting 175km/h down
the M5.
Many men out there try their
hand at putting their personal
signature to a bike or car with
absolutely catastrophic
effects, when they're done you
think to yourself – why the hell
did they start if they couldn't
finish? Here, with Dani's
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absolutely pristine Custom
GSX-R 1100 that is certainly not
the case.
This monster started off as a
standard 1992 GSX-R 1100K
and Dani bought it in 2005
with the idea of customizing
an old bike for himself that
would get him some attention.
The customization took place
in 2008 as Dani finally
succumbed to the perilous
disease of 'customization'.
Dani and Motorcycle Mayhem
have painstakingly taken the
fairing and headlights from a
2008 Suzuki SV 1000 and
miraculously morphed it on to
the frame of the old GSX-R.
Then, just to make sure the
rear didn't look all left out, they
went and mounted the tail
from a Honda Fireblade…
usually at this point I would
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and headlights +
Honda Fireblade tail
raise an eyebrow and say…
“I'll believe it when I see it” and
yes, I did look rather sheepish
after being proved a faithless
spanner. Those of you who
have even done the simplest
of customizing will know that
nothing ever fits where it is
supposed to, let alone where it
isn't supposed to. These guys
must have measured, cut,
pasted, measured again, cut
again and pasted again and
again until it all fitted like a
glove. After they got all the bits
to fit properly, the bits were
carefully coated in a
gorgeous black with glitter
flaked clear coat leaving the
new Custom looking
absolutely pristine!
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The head has been gasflowed by Nazeem Motorcycle
Repairs in Parow and houses a
degreed cam, standard
conrods attached to 1340cc
Wiseco pistons provide the
punch after dealing with a
stratospheric compression
ratio of 13.5 to 1. The new
motor churned out a healthy
170Hp and 133Nm just after
being ridden in, but before
being 'tjooned' properly by
Danie Maritz Racing.
Dani would like to improve the
bike in the near future too – so
keep a look out for this one of
a kind blasting around Cape
Town.
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Lord of the
bling 2008
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Photography: Sameer Parker & Rushdi Paleker
R2K's Lord of the Blings Car Show is the highlight
of the Cape Town After Market Car Scene every
year and the 2008 edition was no exception.
Nigel, Chris and their team went all out to
match and even better the previous year's
experience, and even included a Wrestling
demonstration by AWA Wrestlers for
entertainment. The main arena was crammed
with as many cars as possible to give the crowd
even more value for money. Ticket prices were
certainly kept fair, and for anybody who
hesitated to part with their cash to attend must
please keep in mind that it was all for a worthy
cause as part of the proceeds went to the Mary
Harding School which needs donations to
ensure the smooth running of the centre.
Despite all the events taking
place on the same weekend,
including the King of the
Mountain and the annual toy
run, the show still drew a large
crowd. With so many new
rides and sound installs on
display we were
flabbergasted.
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Gaibe and his guys from
Autowizz ran the sound off,
with a twist. This year even the
show cars could enter as he
had a roaming meter, which
meant that the cars did not
have to move down to the
basement. There were some
impressive sound installations
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by both the SPL guys as well
as the show cars.
Apart from the usual show
cars which we see at other
car shows, there were some
interesting and neat rides
never been seen before,
from Ratty VW Beetles to
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super sexy muscle cars (Ed –
Mustangs ROCK!) Hell, even
the Armien Levy, VOCFM,
Urban RacR V8 Master Series
Race car was on display
along with our Dyno Queen
Mazda RX7 owned by Heinrich
Cornellisen which was
featured in print issue 07. There
were some awesome Opels
on display with uber sexy
paintjobs, loads of tricked out
BMW's, Mini Coopers and even
a Ferrari. The Mini Cooper on
display by Janjira was super
awesome. Sporting a full body
kit, full custom interior, custom
sound and huuuuge wheels,
this car stole the show. What
will the R2K guys pull out of
their hats for 2009??? Watch
this space in future magazines
to find out.
NEXT MONTH: We review the
RC drift event that went down
at LOTB.
on the scene
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all-car
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FAST AND
FURIOUS 08
The Fast and Furious series of events at Killarney has
fast grown into Killarney’s biggest annual street car
show. Since its inception in 2002, this event has
grown annually with new attractions being added.
In 2002 it incorporated 400m drag, gymkhana,
show ‘n shine, sound offs and vendors. In 2005,
drifting was added to the list of attractions and
2006 saw the introduction of RC 1:10 drifting as
well as drifting demonstrations of the full scale cars.
2008 saw a big crowd turnout to
witness some of the up-country
guys challenge some of our
quickest dragsters down the main
straight. Friday saw a special Street
2 Strip event, run through the day
for the competitors not holding
MSA licenses and followed up with
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more drags on Saturday for the
official runners. Strangely, this
weekend was marred with “bad
luck”. The vehicle in which Annie,
Joel and the rest of the Speed and
Sound team were travelling in, had
hit a deer on the trip down, causing
substantial damage. Even Joel’s
race car which was being towed
was rendered useless. They still
completed the trip and graced us
with their presence where they were
warmly welcomed by the Cape
Town guys. Good on you! On the
Show ‘n Shine side, there were some
seriously pimped out rides, ranging
from your Old School cars right
through to Super Custom. For those
not willing to walk that extra bit to
check out these super rides, they
did a demonstration run down the
track. Out on the main side of the
track there was lots of drinking taking
place with drums of 102 Octane (for
those lucky few still able to get their
hands on it), Avgas, Toluene and
various other mixtures of highly
combustible fuel being gulped
down by those mean machines
tearing up the drag strip. A cloud of
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tyre smoke hung steadily in the air
at the launch area. A scary
moment on the day was a run
between Andre October in his TRD
Toyota and Joburg driver Farhaad
Ebrahim in his neat, Team Flawless
Racing avis blue turbocharged e36
M3. Farhaad had gotten it sideways
in either 2nd or 3rd gear and as per
regulations, tapped off. But then
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power, the BMW got badly out of
shape and shot across onto the
grass where it hit the wall and rolled
(more bad luck). Farhaad got out
of the car, shaken with a few minor
bruises and was taken to the nearby
hospital for a check up. On the oval
side of the track, those stiffened-up
hard-cornering race-bred machines
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were dodging the beacons on the
gymkhana course, setting challenges
for each other; while the drifters were
left to steer looking through their side
windows as smoke bellowed from
those rears.
The day generally went well with
some impressive times being
recorded. Then there was the final
run of Ben Greyling in his V8 Monster
Ford Fiesta. Ben was to use the gas
and hopefully better his usual 10
seconds to officially back up his
unrecorded 9 second pass. The run
itself was astonishing. He managed
to control the car well, clocking a
scary speed of 238km/h and coming
in at 9.87 seconds, becoming
officially Cape Town’s fastest
recorded time on four wheels. Ben
will never know his time nor will he
know that he did, in fact, achieve
what had so long eluded him.
Unfortunately after the run things went
horribly wrong, and the Fiesta veered
off course for reasons we do not
know and will not assume. Ben was to
retire after this race and emigrate,
but sadly he was killed at age 58. RIP
Oom Ben. You are fondly
remembered.
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dRIFT SKOOL WITH
TAKUMI-SAN!
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THE WORLD’S DRIFT LEAGUES EXPLAINED
We wanted to start off this month's drift features
with a look at some of the big drift series around
the world. After humble beginnings in Japan, the
sport of drifting began to spread like a wildfire
around the world starting in the early part of this
decade. Now in 2009, there are full scale drift
series happening on nearly every corner of the
world. We will be doing some more in depth
coverage of the different series later , but for now
we will be using this as a "catalog" of sorts for the
world's drift series.
I guess there is no better place to start our drifting world tour
than in Japan, the (rightfully) so-called birthplace of drifting. I
mean JAPAN!
(Wish I lived there,…Ebisu, Fukushima Prefecture to be exact, lol)
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D1 Grand Prix
dRIFT SKOOL
The longest running and most well known pro drift series in the world
is Japan's D1 Grand Prix or D1GP. Started in the year 2000 as one of
Japan's first competitive drift series, D1 experienced rapid growth
and began to spread outside of Japan within a few years.
After many events in the United States, D1 spread to places like the
UK and Malaysia. For the past couple of years D1 has also hosted
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world all star events at Irwindale Speedway in California, U.S of A. So
far, these events have been the biggest gatherings of international
drifters in the world. However, D1 recently scaled back its
international operations to focus on the Japan series, but from this
year, the U.S of A will host D1GP events again in the drift specific
arena deemed the "DRIFT DOJO".
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D1 Street Legal
dRIFT SKOOL
In 2005, as the cars of D1 became more and more extreme and
the series was slowly losing its appeal to grassroots drivers, a new
spinoff series called D1 Street Legal was introduced. D1 Street Legal
(D1SL) has strict regulations on car modifications and the cars driven
in the series must be legal for road use. Some D1SL events are held
alongside normal D1 events and others are held at the smaller
circuits that D1 no longer uses, such as Nikko Circuit and Dec Sekia
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Hills to mention a few. In the beginning, works drivers such as Ken
Nomura from Blitz/Uras and Naoto Suenaga from R.E Amemiya had
street legal cars specifically built for this series to help it get up and
running. They obviously competed in their favourite machines Nomura in his four door Nissan Skyline ER34 and Suenaga-san in his
R.E Amemiya Wankel-powered Mazda FD3S.
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