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VIDEO: Garage 419 pits GT-R against rented Hertz Corvette... with nitrous

The Garage 419 team is anything but conventional, so when they say they're going to race a Nissan GT-R against a $500 competitor, you know it's going to be entertaining. Host Matt Farah had the easy task of rolling to the strip in the Godzilla of street racers, with 478 horsepower, all-wheel drive, and launch control at his beck and call. Editor Gene Sanchez had the tougher task of obtaining a $500 car to challenge his co-worker. Sanchez had a couple tricks up his sleeve, though, as he rented a $200-per-day LS3 Corvette from the Hertz Fun ... Read more →

Demystifying nitrous oxide, Part II Eric Bryant

In the previous installment of this series, we discussed the function of nitrous oxide on a theoretical level. Now it's time to take a look at the hardware that is required to successfully employ ...

Demystifying nitrous oxide, Part I Eric Bryant

Nitrous oxide is known by several names - "nitrous", "spray", "the bottle" , "giggle juice", "laughing gas", "N-O-S" (just please dignify yourself and don't refer to it as "nawz") - but yet it's ...

Aftermarket auto parts now a $34B business in the US Eric Bryant

Showing yet another year of strong growth, the specialty-equipment aftermarket parts business grew by 9 percent in 2005 to end up at $34.3B. That's nearly double the size of the market ten ...

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VIDEO: Garage 419 pits GT-R against rented Hertz Corvette... with nitrous 1 year ago on Autoblog

Demystifying nitrous oxide, Part II 3 years ago on Autoblog

In the previous installment of this series, we discussed the function of nitrous oxide on a theoretical level. Now it's time to take a look at the hardware that is required to successfully employ nitrous as a power adder. Most nitrous users will start with a kit, the thoroughness of which varies ...

Demystifying nitrous oxide, Part I 3 years ago on Autoblog

Nitrous oxide is known by several names - "nitrous", "spray", "the bottle" , "giggle juice", "laughing gas", "N-O-S" (just please dignify yourself and don't refer to it as "nawz") - but yet it's also perhaps the least understood piece of technology that is available to a modern hot rodder. ...

Aftermarket auto parts now a $34B business in the US 3 years ago on Autoblog

Showing yet another year of strong growth, the specialty-equipment aftermarket parts business grew by 9 percent in 2005 to end up at $34.3B. That's nearly double the size of the market ten years ago, and in each of those years, the auto aftermarket has grown at a faster rate than the ...

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