| Product Of The Month - Drive Buys
Who: Brian Crower Inc.
What: Camshafts
Rides: Honda S2000
Where: www.briancrower.com; 619.825.8719
Honda S2000 owners get ready for these new treats from Brian Crower. No matter if you're rocking a street-tuned, boosted or naturally-aspirated, race-prepped F20C/F22C, you can take your valve train to higher limits with these new billet, precision CNC ground camshafts. They work particularly well when used in conjunction with BC's high pressure dual spring and titanium retainer kit.
Who: Race Engineering
What: Billet steel crankshaft
Rides: Mitsubishi 4G63, Nissan SR20DET, Honda K20
Where: www.raceeng.com; 561.533.5500
Here's the bottom line: your bottom end needs strength to maintain durability. Race Engineering wants to keep your engine's toosh buff with its billet crankshafts. For the 4G63, you can keep the stock crank size or increase it by 100mm, while the SR20DET and K20 can be stroked for increased power.
Who: Maxxis
What: MA-Z1 Victra tire
Rides: Various applications
Where: www.maxxis.com
With proven performance by the top drifters in America, Maxxis' MA-Z1 tire also stands the test of a great dry and wet tire for your street car. Produced with an advanced silica compound, the MA-Z1 is ultra quiet and grips like no other.
Who: Naviio
What: Handheld personal navigation system
Rides: Yours WHERE: www.naviio.com; 888.680.6688
Instead of fumbling around with those oh-so-accurate Mapquest directions, keep yourself on track by using Naviio's navigation system instead-a handheld device that operates in four different languages and covers nearly every street in the continental US, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska with over two million points of interest.
Who: Password JDM
What: Black housing headlights
Rides: '04-05 Civic EM (all)
Where: www.passwordjdm.com; 562.801.1808
Black is back now that Password JDM has these smoked black housing headlights for the EM Civic. These are genuine Stanley headlights from Honda Japan so you know you won't be getting anything bootleg.
Who: Vortekz
What: Air Vortex Generator
Rides: Various Applications
Where: www.vortekz.com
Mitsubishi might've been the only company smart enough to equip the Evo 8 MR with vortex generators but Vortekz is one-upping the game by releasing its own air vortex generators, good for nearly any vehicle you can think of. Available in black or ready-to-paint primer, Vortekz's generators will help save gas, provide up to an additional 15 lb of down force and are guaranteed to stay on your car once applied.
Who: Rc Engineering
What: Plug 'N Play Injector Wire Clips
Rides: Various Applications
Where: Www.Rceng.Com; 310.320.2277
RC Engineering makes fuel tuning easier by eliminating the process of having to hack up your factory injector harness by using their plug 'n play wire clips as an adapter piece between your new injectors and the OE harness.
Who: Motegi Racing
What: Dp20 One Piece, Cast Alloy Wheel
Rides: Various Applications
Where: Www.Motegiracing.Com; 866.4.Motegi
Motegi Racing's new DP20 one piece wheel is a 20-spoke design featuring a fat lip and stylish spokes. The 20-inch version has a massive 3-inch machined lip, but it is available in 17x7, 18x8, 20x7.5 for most popular applications in either Glossy Black, Silver or Chrome.
Who: Infinity What: Reference Subwoofer
Enclosure
Rides: Yours Where: Www.Infinitysystems.Com
Piss off your neighbors and prove to the world you're that guy with the Reference subwoofer enclosure from Infinity. They're designed to deliver Miami-deep bass without port-noise interference, resulting in a louder and cleaner sound than most conventional port designs. That means less distortion so you can bump your 'ish harder. There are two enclosures to choose from; one with a single 12-inch sub and the other with a pair of 12-inch subs.
Who: Peripheral Electronics
What: Ipod Interface
Rides: Any Late Model Toyota
Where: Www.Peripheralelectronics.Com; 727.572.9255
Hook up your Toyota with any one of Apple's latest iPods, including the Gen3-5 iPods, Nano and Photo, and control it through the factory head unit with Peripheral Electronics' iPod interface. Shuffle through your iTunes playlists while experiencing quality sound as the interface eliminates static most often achieved through FM modulators.
Who: Spal
What: Power Window Switch Kit
Rides: Most Cars With Manual Crank Windows
Where: Www.Spalusa.Com; 800.345.0327
Save your forearms from rolling your windows up or down with SPAL's power window switch kits. They're easy to install, operate quietly and can work on the front and rear doors of nearly every type of vehicle. The Deluxe kit even comes with an emergency handle to roll up or down the window in case of a loss of electrical power. Both SPAL power window switch kits work with all OEM and aftermarket switches and offer thermal overload protection.
Who: Aeromotive
What: Fuel Rail
Rides: Mitsubishi Evo
Where: Www.Aeromotiveinc.Com; 913.647.7300
Trick out your 4G63 with Aeromotive's billet fuel rail for the Evo 8/9, featuring full-swivel flanged inlet and outlet fittings that adapt to your existing supply and return lines. The fittings can be removed, however, if you want to use -8AN fittings instead. The fuel rail is red anodized and includes all the necessary hardware for installation.
Who: Hks Usa
What: Racing Suction Reloaded
Rides: Various Applications
Where: Www.Hksusa.Com; 310.491.3300
Ok, reload it! HKS remixes the Racing Suction air intake kit by using high-flowing, wet two-layer, dual density polyurethane filter element for supreme performance. The new Super Honeycomb design pulls in thirty percent more intake for increased throttle response and the filter element can be replaced easily without having to wash or re-oil it.
Who: Spectre Performance
What: Phantom engine management system
Rides: Inquire
Where: www.spectreperformance.com; 909.673.9800
Log off MySpace-your PC laptop or Windows PDA can now be used to data-log or tune a car for power. Spectre Performance's Phantom engine management system links up with your computer through USB, allowing you to alter fuel and ignition, set a two-step launch rev limiter or control power adders like nitrous oxide.
Who: Kenwood
What: KDC-135 head unit
Rides: Yours
Where: www.kenwoodusa.com
Kenwood gives you a ton of features without a heavy price tag with its KDC-135 head unit, which comes with a removable face plate, auxiliary input for external audio sources such as an iPod, and uses built-in MOSFET power to pump up the sound. It also features System Q and preset EQ curves for different styles of music.
Who: Remus
What: Exhaust system
Rides: Most Acura, Dodge, Honda, Hyundai, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru and Toyota applications
Where: www.remus.at
Using high tech manufacturing processes, Remus has exhausts made from stainless steel, aluminum, carbon and titanium for dozens of applications. Each kit comes with a three year warranty without a mileage limitation.
Who: Parrot
What: MK6000 hands-free Bluetooth(r) music kit
Rides: Yours
Where: www.parrot.biz
Technology is becoming more hands-free by the minute as Parrot gives you the option of using your Bluetooth(r)-enabled phone or MP3 device to sync up with your car's stereo system. That means no messy wires or FM modulators that don't really work anyway. The MK6000 also gives great voice quality when switched to phone mode and has a text-to-speech synthesizer that can "read" phone book listings to you.