::needs more money::

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I always fall for the Expensive ones, so (as you might guess) this little photo is enough to give me heart palpitations.

What you see above is roughly a million USD being thrown around the track by the same kind of crazy Brits and Germans that do this with SLR McLarens. The difference, of course, is that THESE million-dollar Mercs have skinny tires and absolutely garbage brakes ... if you can even call them brakes. "Impact softeners", maybe - but in this era of 16" Brooklyn style rotors, certainly not "brakes".

Anyway - it's not Florida, but the cars certainly is super. CLICK HERE for the original article, and click on my Google ads like madness so I can buy one of these things!!

audi r8 gt on motorauthority

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Audi continues to make its upmarket ambitions known - and with this R8 customer GT car, Audi is taking dead at Ferrari's Scuderia and Porsche's GT3. I don't quite understand why someone would buy a gussied-up VW when you could get a genuine exotic? Of course, you could say the same thing about the previously mentioned GT3, but still!

With Audi's current dominance of prototype racing in general (and the Sebring 12 hour, in particular) we'll no doubt have one of these at RENNtech's Florida headquarters sooner than later, and the minute it lands I'll post more pics and dyno runs.

CLICK HERE for the original article and photo gallery on MotorAuthority.

motorsports exhaust for m5

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California-based BMW tuner Dinan has recently announced a new trackday performance exhaust for the E60 M5.

"So," you may ask "how is this relevant?"

First:
RENNTECH and Dinan have always had a good working relationship, and RENNTECH's Lake Park, FL R&D facility has been an official Dinan performance center since 2006 (Dinan's California-based factory service center is also an authorized RENNTECH installation facility).

Second:
*I* am Dinan's South Florida performance specialist (have been since August '07, just been neglecting it a bit). In any event, I'm pretty excited about this latest offering, which should give the big 10 a real "F1" type of sound and build mad gobs of crazy, bedwetting, high-rpm horsepower ... which is exactly what the car needs, of course!

Dinan's official press release is below.

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RACING MIDDLE EXHAUST SYSTEMS FOR THE E60 M5
With and Without Resonators
Racing Product

The anxiously awaited Dinan racing middle exhaust systems will soon be available in several configurations, depending upon just how loud you would like your M5 exhaust note to be. The nearly 8 foot long section is fitted with header flanges for a clean installation, featuring large 2.75" 304 stainless tubing. Two versions are currently available with one featuring 4" resonators for an aggressive exhaust note that will surely turn some heads. The “straight pipe” version does not include resonators, producing an incredible exhaust note, albeit quite loud. If the straight pipe version is installed and proves to be a bit too much, the 4" resonators can be purchased and installed subsequently.
It should be noted that this is a racing product and therefore is not legal for sale or use on any pollution controlled motor vehicles. Legal only for racing vehicles which may never be used upon a highway. Dinan racing products are warranted for 2 years, covering materials and workmanship only. Dinan’s standard matching new car warranty coverage does not apply to racing components.

HIGH FLOW MIDDLE EXHAUST WITH 4" RESONATORS
Part Number: D660-0019
Suggested Retail: $2799
Installation: 3.0 hours

Limited supply available beginning 9/2/08.

one lap turns 25

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Last week, Winding Road magazine published a great article highlighting 25 years of One Lap history. Having been at Mosler for two of their three overall wins ('97 and '99, with the Mosler Raptor - shown, above) I was especially happy to see an S1 Consulier GTP included in the article.

CLICK HERE to jump directly to the Consulier, presented with some fellow One Lap oddballs: a Mitsubishi Fuso box truck and Brock "the Animal" Yates himself.