iM Random Snaps: Track Day Reminiscing

With the first Track Day of 2011 only 10 days away it’s a good time to look back at some of the cars we saw on the track last year. 2010 was a great year with plenty of track time available to everyone.

I’m sure 2011 will be a bigger and better year for the track as we will be saying good-bye to ‘Race City’ pretty soon. So if you can, make your way out to track and see what your car is made of or just come and watch some sick machines rip around. Either way it’ll be fun!

S2000’s in their natural habitat:

Battling it out:

Variety of other cars:

iM: Weekly 403 Honda/Beyond.ca Chinook Meet – April 6,…

Another nice weather Wednesday equals another 403 Honda/Beyond.ca Chinook meet. Hopefully the weather keeps getting better. If you try to make it out, then we promise try our best to get out there each week to take pics. Who knows, maybe we’ll find cars that are worthy to be featured on the site!

iM: Weekly 403 Honda/Beyond.ca Chinook Meet – Oct. 20/10

With the season winding down and the threat of snow looming, the weekly Wednesday night 403 Honda/Beyond.ca meets are getting quieter and quieter. Not many people show up this time of year due to it getting dark out earlier, and getting cold out. But a few people still go. Took my camera and tripod with me to possibly get some practice on something that I’ve been dreading doing because of my epic failures on previous attempts: low light photography.


I guess my pics came out ok, was messing with the settings all over the place, and got some results that I was happy with. And some nice cars showed up tonight too, so I was happy.

Thirsty?

Being a former Tacoma owner, I still have love for them:

But then I went in for a closer look… DAMN!!!


Only driver in the whole parking lot that couldn’t see the lines. It wasn’t that dark, was it?


In so much love with this Audi with the Benz wheels:

And to finish off, a self-gratifying shot of my car with the preview of how it’ll roll next season… cause I’ve never had a semi-decent stance before!

Oh crap, I almost forgot about a couple cars. Not really important cars, almost didn’t put them up.

But I did anyways since its rare that these two Beyond.ca members would show up.

rage2’s Mercedes Benz CLK 63 AMG Black Series:


JordanLotoski’s Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera:


OK, now I’m done.

iM Feature: Terence’s Merc C230

It seems like we’ve taken a turn for the good to some more Euro content on the site. It’s great because we have supporters and readers that have a bunch of different interests and we want to show off anything worth being shown off.

I remember seeing Terence’s car for the first time when I participated in my first car show back in 2008. At the time, I was new to the scene with little experience with anything at all and I think Terence’s car was the first one I’ve ever seen that sat so flush. I strictly remember asking him what he was running on the rears and he said “265/x/x”. At the time, I was running 215’s on 7″ wide wheels (which I rubbed on somehow) and I loved Terence’s stance. Jealousy kicked in here.

Fast forward and now we’re all playing the fitment game and Terence is still in it with an even more aggressive setup – still with no rub. In my opinion, it’s tough to make a Euro like a Mercedes look classy without the rice – which is supposed to be for us import guys…

It’s great when there are guys out there that pay attention to detail for every part of their car. It’s rare to find because it’s not always in a person’s best interest to spend money on parts people don’t generally “see”. It’s when you break it down that you can appreciate the work like this that is put in.

Engine
1.8 DOHC Supercharged / Intercooled M271
Kleemann SS Header
Kleemann High-Flow Cat
Custom Carbon Fiber Intake
Custom Airbox
Custom Valve Cover
Custom Carbon Fiber Spark Plug Cover
Custom Cam Cover
AMG Oil Cap
T1R RTC
Remus Sports Label Exhaust

Exterior
Brabus Front Lip & Diffuser
Brabus Rear Valance
Mattig Starless Grill
OEM Bi-Xenon Head Lamps
OEM Euro Spec Fog Lamps
OEM Euro Spec Side Mirror Indicators
OEM Euro Spec Tail Lamps
MTEC 6000K Head Lights
MTEC 6000K HID Fog Lights
Hoen LED License Plate Lights
Full Stealth Exterior Lighting
Brilliant Silver Inspired Paintwork
Color Matched Grill Garnish
Color Matched Door Handles
Color Matched Side Marker Covers
Privacy Glass
RENNtech Rear Decklid Spoiler

Wheels/Tires
Forgestar F14 19×8.5 +30 & 19×10 +35 Matte Black w/ Metallic Silver Time Attack
General Exclaim UHP 225/35/19 & 265/30/19
VOLK Forged Valve Stems
Kics Project DPS Bolts

Interior
AMG Sport Pedals
AMG Floormats
Recaro SRD Seats
Bride Seat Brackets
OEM Digital Climate Control
Polished Door Lock Pins
Polished Door Lock Surrounds
Custom Texalium Trim
Custom Suede Shift Boot
T1R/ALEX EGGO Ti Knob
Full LED Interior Lighting
Pioneer AVIC D3 Navigation
Pioneer Steering Wheel Control
Pioneer Champion Series Subwoofer
Pioneer Mono Amplifier

Suspension/Brakes
TEIN Super Street Coil-Overs
Eibach 24mm F 22mm R Sway Bars
Power Slot Rotors
Pagid Race Pads
Goodridge Braided Stainless Steel Lines