- It’s your friendly Turbonetics Admin’s Birthday on Friday so don’t expect any exciting posts. Have a great Friday and weekend everyone! #
- We hope someone starts sanctioning these Nordschleife laps soon. Radical runs 6:48 for new record http://bit.ly/Laq6R #
- Motor Trend picks their best driving cars… do you agree with their picks? http://bit.ly/15SqfK #
Archive for August, 2009
Turbonetics Twitter Updates for 2009-08-22
On August - 21 - 2009
Medium Monster Hits X Games
On August - 20 - 2009
A couple of weekends ago when both Staples Center and Home Depot Center were getting tons of love for the X Games, Will “Cheesecake” Roegge and myself had the honor of following Andrew Comrie Picard and his ACP Rally team with their Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution (8 or 9 I forget). As always, things were really last minute so it was a pain to get media passes just so we could shoot at the event. Fortunately, our people called some other people who knew people that could talk to people in order to swing us some credentials. Though that never really helps out when you try to sign in and pick it up. Read the rest of this entry »
Turbonetics Twitter Updates for 2009-08-20
On August - 19 - 2009
- Turbonetics is now offering a huge 25% off discount when shopping at our on-line store http://www.eTurbochargers.com – Use code “wynn” at checkout #
- Jay Leno’s new show gets great promo vid. We hope it is as funny & actually has some good cars in it http://bit.ly/sf5uchttp://bit.ly/sf5uc #
- A kid practicing to be like Ken Block or go for his Formula D license, too cute http://bit.ly/iuCgi #
- A good ABC News short feature on the rare and elusive Brenda Priddy photographing prototype cars & test mules http://bit.ly/153qwK #
- Post a pic or vid at of any Turbonetics/Spearco vehicle or product (Google it we don’t care) to win a Fast & Furious DVD http://bit.ly/gA5KW #
Nelson Racing’s Crazy Sleeper Rx-7
On August - 17 - 2009
Believe me when I tell you that I have seen some pretty crazy stuff in my employment here at Turbonetics. People are always doing something crazy and incredible with their rides. Sometimes it is a combination of both. While we don’t think making 1650HP from a 427HP engine is necessarily crazy, I do think that driving that same engine/vehicle around on the street like its a Honda Civic is another thing entirely. The ability to tame an engine that makes that much power calmly idling and staying cool at street lights is amazing. Major props to Nelson and the incedible engineering behind this cool ride. I still can’t believe that this incredible engine got stuck inside an old hoopty Mazda. Read the rest of this entry »
Fast & Furious 4 Commentary & Rant
On August - 16 - 2009
I completely understand that there are quite a few doubters and haters out there that would love nothing more than the Fast & Furious franchise to fail miserably and die. We actually have a couple of those people right here in our own building. You know the type right, the ones too good to go see a movie or like a band because they were doing it first or they liked the group before they “sold out” or wearing some goofy outfit that took the country 2 years to actually accept but just made them look like a dork for 18 months.
Not that we listen to these people or other haters like them or anything but it made me upset that in this unprecedented time in history for the automotive industry, with manufacturers of cars and car parts alike dying and falling to the wayside, people that we communicate with in person, on the phone or on-line would be hating on anything that is bringing exposure and feel good thoughts to cars and their culture. High performance, aftermarket parts using, make more horsepower, our livelihoods depends on types of cars. That is unacceptable! Read the rest of this entry »
Ronn Motor Company Selects Turbonetics for Scorpion Super Car
On August - 7 - 2009
AUSTIN, TX–(Marketwire – August 6, 2009) – Ronn Motor Company, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: RNNM) announced today that Turbonetics has been selected as the new production OE supplier of turbochargers for the eco-exotic, hydrogen injected Scorpion™. For more than 30 years, Turbonetics, http://www.turboneticsinc.com, has been the leading source for turbochargers and forced induction components. The company has a well-earned reputation for manufacturing extremely reliable and powerful turbochargers, heat exchangers and control products for gasoline, diesel and alternative fuel applications. They are a valued aftermarket and original equipment supplier to the transportation, military and industrial marketplace. Read the rest of this entry »