825BHP RACEBRED GT-R • SHOW-STEALING IMPREZA STI SUPERCHARGED HONDA S2000 • UPRATED IGNITION TECH

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BALLISTIC TOMMY MAKINEN EDITION EVO VI!

EXCLUSIVE!JP GOES BEHIND THE SCENESAND UNDER THE SKIN OF MAZDA’S 275BHP GT RACER

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IRISH DRIFTER BUILDS THE MOST EXTREMEAE86 EVER - AND IT’S STRAIGHT OUT OF A COMPUTER GAME!

+TUNER GARAGESHOW & EVENT DIARY

THE HOTTEST JAP GEARGTROC HIT THE ROLLERS

THE FAST SHOW AT THE PODMAZDA3 MPS VS CIVIC TYPE R

500BHPROTARYPOWER

NEED FORSPEED

forced induction specialBIG BLOWERS = BIG BHP

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INSPIRED BY A VIDEO GAME,DARREN ‘D-MAC’ MCNAMARA SET OUT TO REBUILD HIS AE86TRUENO INTO A WIDE ARCHED,LIGHTWEIGHT, ROTARY-POWEREDMONSTER. AND HE SUCCEEDED…

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What’s that coming over the hill? Is it a monster? Ifyou’re in Glasgow and a blur of black and white issurging towards you at high speed, then yes – it

probably is a monster. But this is not your usual bolts-through-the-neck or fang-wielding demon from theundead, this is Viney Chan, the founder of Scottishmodified car collective, Monster Unit, in his ballistic Evo VI.

It may sound like a funny name for a car club, but themembers of Monster Unit are causing quite a stir north ofthe border. With no fees or rules about what is acceptableeither on the website or on the street, it is as much aboutcar culture and fashion as it is about the cars themselves.

Made up of a select group of like-minded members, allwith a passion for performance cars, the club started muchlike any other, with a small group of mates just hanging outtogether and enjoying their increasingly modified rides.

‘We started the club around seven years ago now,’ saysGlaswegian modifier Viney. ‘We started out doing a lot ofstreet racing and drifting, but we ended up getting toomuch heat from the police, so decided to save our cars –and our licenses – for shows and the track.’

With highly modified Skylines, Evos, RX-7s andIntegras, to name but a few of the models that make upthe Monster Unit line up, it’s clear that the members are allextremely passionate about performance, and none moreso than original founding member Viney.

Viney got into modified cars at a young age. Countlesstrips over to Hong Kong with his parents when he was inhis teens got his automotive juices flowing and he’s neverlooked back.

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Photos: Fraser Gordon

AS THE FOUNDER OF SCOTTISH CAR CLUB,MONSTER UNIT, VINEY CHAN IS LEADING THE WAY WITH HIS TARMAC-TEARING TOMMY MAKINEN EDITION EVO VI

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Everybody knows that the diminutive MX-5 is a hoot to drive. Come rainor roof-down shine, Mazda’s nimble roadster has just the right balanceof power, weight, grip and playful handling to make it one of the truly

great drivers’ cars that can be enjoyed on any occasion. And it’s thesesame noble attributes that have led it to become the all-time best-sellingtwo-seat sports car ever. But does that translate to being a good basis for aballs-out track car? Especially considering that, to compete in the MSABritish Endurance Championship, it will need to take on the likes of truetrack heavyweights such as Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Mosler. Well,Mazda certainly think so, as they’ve enlisted the help of Kent-based racecarpreparation experts Jota Sport to build them an MX-5-based GT car to takeon the sport’s long-standing top guns. Will it be a success? Only time willtell, as, at the time of writing, it has only one full race under its lightweightbelt. But things are looking promising, so we decided to take a peek underthe paintwork to see what has gone on under the MX-5’s lime green skin toturn a riotous roadster into a real GT contender. JP

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MAZDA IS TAKING ON THE BIG BOYS OF GT ENDURANCE RACING AND IS PUTTING A

RACE-PREPARED MX-5 INTO BATTLE. JP PEELSBACK THE PAINTWORK TO SEE WHAT HAS

GONE INTO TURNING THE NIMBLE ROADSTERINTO A TRUE TRACK TERROR

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