Archive for the ‘SUV’ Category
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
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Tuning companies are more and more interested by the Dacia Duster. RaceChip is the latest tuning house that decided to modify the Duster.
RaceChip hasn`t touched the exterior of the Romanian SUV but concentrated on the 1.5l dCi engine.
Dacia Duster RaceChip got the horse power improved with 26% and the torque with 27%.Now the SUV has a total of 139Hp(110Hp before RaceChip) and 306Nm of torque. The price for this package being only 129euro.
Those who think this is still not enough, RaceChip developed another package, level 2, called the RaceChip Pro that improves the power with 30% and the torque with 33%, getting to 143Hp and 321Nm of torque for a price of 229Euro.
According to the official information the two kits for Dacia Duster RaceChip improve both the resources of the diesel engine and consumption.
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Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
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BMW X6M Vorsteiner has just been announced and the tuners have presented the body kit on their website. The front side of the X6M got a brand new bumper made out of carbon fiber. It was designed to improve downforce to the front wheels and send more air to the radiators and air intakes.
Vorsteiner will add a vented carbon fiber hood that will help take the heat off the twin turbo.
In the back the BMW X6M got a new diffuser made out of carbon fiber which was created in such a way to cool the exhaust.Also an aileron was mounted to balance the downforce.
In order to complete the tuning Vorsteiner decided to give the BMW X6M a new set of rims made out of aluminum and dressed them with Michelin PS2 high performance tires.
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Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
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The tuners at G-Power developed a tuning kit for the X5M. This kit belongs to the series announced at the end of 2009.
The kit is called Typhoon and the tuners say it will go over 300km/h. The exterior got a new body kit that makes it more aggressive and seems to make it wider. Thanks to the modifications brought to the front bumper the cooling was improved by 15% and allowed G-power to raise the X5M Hp with 170. The beast breaches the 100km/h marker in only 4.2s
G-Power X5 M Typhoon is equipped with 23″ Silversone RS rims dressed with Michelin tires. G-Power also decided to lower the car by 30mm with the help of a sport suspension.
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
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VelociRaptor APV is another masterpiece developed by the tuners at Hennessey. This time they created a bulletproof SUV out of a Ford Raptor Supercrew. What got out? Well a combination between performance and a bulletproof car.
Hennessey launched a new project called APV(Armored Performance Vehicles). With APV they offer their customers a car specially designed for performance, comfort and especially passengers safety.
Their first model presented to the public is called VelociRaptor. VelociRaptor APV bulletproof SUV by Hennessey has under the hood a 6.2l supercharged V8 that releases 575Hp, after some modifications.
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
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BMW X6M Manhart Racing is something new to the market. The V8 SUV twin turbo got a little bit more stronger and now has 687Hp and reaches 319km/h.
Manhart Racing managed to obtain such a power with the help of a new ECU, DME control and new catalyst. BMW X6M Manhart Racing now reaches 100km/h in 4.7s.
Along the engine modifications the X6m got a new stainless steel exhaust and 23″ Mangart RS sport wheels equipped with high performance tires.
BMW X6M Manhart Racing got a new suspension system that lowered it with 30mm in order to handle better and to improve stability.
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