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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Car Accidents

This is a one wacky car accident happened somewhere around the world . . . This is just to remind car owners, drivers and other vehicle users to be more careful in driving, we are more prone to this, people tends to forget safe precaution and self-discipline when it comes to this.

There are too many remedies that can happen because of those simply things. Life is ruined, death and injuries worst may cause to serious problems to our body like be laid in bed for the rest of your life. Its like, you are a live but rather wish to die than suffer and feel hurt and remembering the crucial event the rest of his/her life.

Wish that everybody may become or careful in driving, always keep in mind the things that may happen if you don't follow safety precautions and most important, self-discipline.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Tuner creates 1000-horsepower Porsche 911... with bolt-ons.



by Drew Phillips

Most stock components in a production car can only be pushed so far. Keep adding horsepower and torque, and eventually...well, something is going to break. Some people, however, are all about exploring the limits. Take Tym Switzer, for example. His tuning company, Switzer Performance Innovation of Oberlin, Ohio has come up with a bolt-on tuning package for the Porsche 997 911 Turbo that offers Bugatti Veyron aping performance. So, how much power can the stock internals in Stuttgart's 3.8-liter flat-6 take? Apparently, quite a lot.

The shop has recorded 850 horsepower and 727 lb-ft of torque on the rolling dyno, equating to over 1000 horsepower at the crank. Real world performance should be mind boggling, with the car reportedly reaching 60 miles-per-hour in the mid two second range, blowing through the 1/4 mile in just 9.79 seconds at 146 mph. Pricing looks to be just as fierce, with the Sledgehammer package retailing for $49,990. While that's a lot of coin for a suite of bolt-ons, the performance would appear to speak for itself. Videos of both the dyno run and the 1/4 mile pass can be viewed after the jump as well as SPI's official press release.

Gallery: SPI SLEDGEHAMMER