Some people want a race car, while others are looking for the satisfaction of driving their race car down to the local Starbucks for a latte. Rob from Vraceworks def has both, as his Si makes over 500hp with full interior, air conditioning, and not to mention being on 93 octane. Streetcar lovers eat your heart out.

What do you get when you take a fully built b18c to DRT? 538hp&362tq to the tires. That is a shitload of fun in those Password Recaros that Rob has in the coupe!

Suspension

• K Sport Coilovers Custom Spring Rate
• Skunk2 Front Pro Series Camber Kit
• Skunk2 Rear Camber Kit
• Password Jdm 4 Point Rear Strut Tower Bar
• ASR Subframe Brace
• ASR Rear 24 mm Sway Bar kit
• Limited Edition Skunk2 Front Strut tower Bar
• Function 7 Lower Control Arms

Wheels & Tires

• Mugen MF10 16 X 7 5 X 114.3
• Bridgestone Potenza RE-11 205/45-16

Interior

• Spoon Steering Wheel
• Mugen Steering Wheel Hub
• Password Jdm Recaros 2x
• Sparco Seat Belt Bar
• Takata Seat Belt Harness 2x
• Password Jdm Shift Knob
• Password Jdm Carbon fiber Airbag Tray

Exterior

• Seibon Gold Flake Hood
• Seibon Carbon fiber Trunk
• Seibon Carbon fiber Front Lip
• Seibon Carrbon fiber Rear Lip

I was in NYC not too long ago and snapped a few shots of Rob’s ride in the South Bronx. Check it out:

Rob hit me up earlier with a long list of shot outs!

• Tony Shagday – Skunk2.com
• Javier Ortega – Hondaday.com
• Brad Vanderbush – PasswordJdm.com
• Josh – AFIturbo.com
• Jose Devares
• Andel Garces
• JDM Squad
• Colin CRP
• Unique Auto
• Team Alocate
• NYCe1s.com
• DRT
• To My Brother Jismark Ventura

Shot outs to Rob for getting together with me at the very last second, and letting me snap pics. I was all over the place with Nyce1s.

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What is one of the best things about H2o? Wheels, Wheels and more Wheels. And while this is not every wheel or even custom wheel that was on the grounds at all, this is a large number of what we thought were some of the best wheel setups at H2o.

Sit back and flip through the pic pages of this album of wheel pleasure! Grab a beer and some grub,  enjoy it, and comment!

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1. All about the poke…

When you think of Doug’s Time Attack winning FWD terror graces Greasy Blocks in a tell all hangout!

This feature is like a funny story to me. See, Doug is a local, and before I saw his car racing at Button Willow, Englishtown, Fontana, and Roebling, I saw it riding around on the street on my daily routine. And, with the lack of media support for the SRT4 and other Domestic sport compacts, I was ill-advised on what type of car that was beside me on those days. This SRT4 does not only see the street in normal traffic, but it also is reigning champion and holds the title of National Street Tire Champion for 2009.

The deal with Doug is though, he carries on a daily 9-5 grind, he does not work in the motorsports industry, and he still carries on to lead his family life. This, and the fact that he is working with a car that most of us would not expect to see at a Redline event, but instead a drag strip. While the SRT4 holds an unlimited potential in both its platform and drivetrain, the support compared to the import choices and competition he has makes the Dodge a black sheep of the crowd in most cases. I see these things all over the place too, and while there is aftermarket support, there is not much of a media following to this car. It is a shame. But Doug’s car has become a Internet icon, and has set some pretty awesome records including the Buttonwillow Street Tire FWD track record of 2:00.256, which was set at the 2009 Super Street Super Lap Battle Finals.

Doug at Fontana for the Finale last year:

Doug is a pretty cool guy to hang out with. Not only helping me out with a few lights on the photo shoot, but we had a chance to catch up one night recently at a local hangout spot where I went to meet up with him. I had to chance to ask him a few interview style questions about the SRT4 and his history in racing. Check it out!

1. Why did you get the srt4?

Best bang for the buck performance car.  High HP, decent OEM handling and brakes in a “sub-3,000lb.” platform.

2. Why did you start racing? What exactly made you decide to compete in the Time Attack Series?

I got into running time attacks after several years of competing in the One Lap of America event and NASA-TT.  My involvement was spurred by a friend who passed my name along to Continental Tires as someone whom they could count on to run a highly competitive car in “Street Tire” events around the country.  As they were getting more involved in these events they were looking for someone to showcase their new line of high performance street tires.  I started running on the Continental Sport Contact 3 tires in 2008, moved to the Extreme Contact DW in 2009 & 2010 and for the west coast finals of 2010, we will be debuting the new Force Contact ultra high performance tires.

3. Your keys to staying successful in time attack?

Constant evolution of the platform.  I do not think there has been an event in the last two years that didn’t give us an idea of how we can next improve on the car.  Keeping 2 steps ahead of the competition is hard work, but it pays great dividends.

4. Recently, you got a new block setup together. When will you be testing?

I hope to get the new block completed with about 4 weeks time and testing at Roebling Road or VIR prior to prep for our trip to Cali in late October.

5. Any new upgrades to the car besides the block?

We recently added an awesome 19-row Setrab oil cooler set-up.  This keeps the oil temps back down in the 240-250 range on even the hottest days in the South. We are also working with several new potential sponsors at the moment, but those announcements will have to await final contract details.

6. What part about the srt4 is your least favorite?

About my particular car…. I wish I had a non-sunroof model, just to save a few pounds.  Truthfully I love almost everything about this car, but if I had to pick something that has given me more headaches than anything else this year, it would be the transmission.  Replacement parts are pricey and whole spares are hard to find in good condition.

7. What tire are you currently running? How do you like it?

In 2009 and 2010 we have been running the latest offering from Continental Tires, the Extreme Contact DW.  This has been a great tire and has helped us achieve back-to-back Championships in Redline Time Attack as well as the Super Lap Battle.  With the Extreme DW’s we have set the track record at EVERY track we have attended for both Redline Time Attack and Super Lap Battle.  All but one record still stands!

8. 2011 is right around the corner. Are you already making plans for the new year?

Yes.  Planning for the next year always starts before the previous season is complete.  Prioritizing winter projects, sourcing parts and sponsor relations is a never ending process that takes a lot of time and energy.

9. Do you have any advice you would give to someone who is interested in the Time Attack series?

If you haven’t ever experienced driving a car at high-speeds around a road course track, you don’t know what you are missing!  The ability to push your car to the limits (and sometimes beyond them) is an exhilarating experience and being able to grow and learn the craft of race-car driving, is an adrenalin junkies dream!

Check us out at www.windspeedmotorsports.com to follow along with our racing schedule and for updates about events and results.

10. What turbocharger do you currently have on the car?

Forced Performance “GREEN” 47 lb turbo

Doug at Englishtown at the end of last year:

Here is the breakdown of Doug’s SRT4 (…because he says its mostly stock!)

Stuff just for looks:

• ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ! ! !

Powertrain:

• Forced Performance “Green” turbo
• CNC Port Race Head (+1,+2)
• STOCK Bottom-End – Balance Shafts removed (built motor in progress)
• Ishihara-Johnson Cranks Scraper and baffles
• MA Performance Crank Strap kit w/ ARP studs
• SPEC Carbon/Carbon Twin Disk
• SPEC Lightweight Aluminum Flywheel
• Sebtrab 19-row oil cooler
• Mopar “Stage 2″ PCM
• DeatschWerks 750cc Injectors
• MaxxFab custom 3.5″ O2 housing
• MaxxFab SEE with Magnaflow Resonator
• DCR Crane 16’s
• DCR 5 Layer HG
• DCR Billet Oil Gears
• DCR Oil Modifier
• DCR Lash Adjusters
• DCR Head Nuts & Washers
• APR Head Studs
• Unorthodox Cam Gears
• Stage 3 fuel system w/
• TKMotorsports Walbro 255
• Mopar Toys w/ double sprayers
• Rage-Tek Ported Intake Manifold
• 60MM Iceman TB
• AGP Stage 3 Wastegate
• Greddy Type-S BOV
• AIS Intercooler
• Samco Hoses
• Iceman intake
• Booger Bushings
• Custom mounted Mopar STS
• AGP Road Race Motor/Tranny Mounts

Suspension:

• JRZ remote reservoir coilover – double adjustable
• Ground Control Camber/Caster Plates
• Swift Coilover Springs
• TCE/Wilwood 13×1.1 BBK
• Custom CNC hubs at all 4 corners (5×114.3) to accommodate -
• 18×9.5″ 15mm Enkei RPF1’s in SBC (or silver depending on my needs)
• 285/30/18 Continental Extreme DW tires (Redline T/A & DD’ing)
• 275/35/18 Hoosier A6’s (NASA & Misc Ass kicking)
• Custom Timken Wheel Bearings and Seals
• ARP Wheel studs
• Rage-Tek LCA Bushings
• Hotchkis sway (Frt)
• Progress sway (Rr)
• DC Strut Tower Bars
• PWerks Crossmember Brace
• High Durometer Urethane bushings thru-out

Aerodynamics/Exterior:

• APR Front Splitter
• APR GTC-200 Wing (custom mount points)
• RFR Rear Diffuser
• MannyZ Performance undertray
• Custom Brake ducting to BBK
• Custom Fiberglass Sunroof replacement
• Custom modified Fenders and Rear Quarter Panels
• Carbon Fiber Trunk
• IPP CF Hood

Safety/Interior:

• RaceTech WHR-4009 race seat (driver)
• RaceTech W-4009 race seat (pass)
• Simpson Cam Lock 6Pt Harnesses
• RaceCarBuilders Custom 6-Point Roll Cage
• Sparco Alcanterra Steering Wheel
• Triple Autometer Gauges (Oil Temp/Press/30-30 Boost)
• AEM Wide Band
• Aeroforce ScanGauge
• Panavise “Traqmate” mount
• Relocated (to trunk) Optima Red Top
• Custom battery cut-off
• Gutted Interior
• All sound deadening removed
• All seats removed

Custom made one-off parts list:

• Billet hubs
• Fender flare application
• Fiberglass sunroof replacement
• JRZ Coilovers – dbl adjustable
• Competition legal roll cage
• Stage 2 “Mopar” programmed PCM
• APR GTC-200 wing (special material and spacing)
• Brake ducting kit

To view more of this Time Attack vixen, check out the album:

Make sure to leave your comments and tell us what you think!

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SRT-4 Owners and lovers unite! The Time Attack series this year was dominated in the street class by this “evil skittle” and for good reason! Doug Wind is a local to me here in upstate  South Carolina, and this car notorious on all levels of bad-ass! Sitting on 285’s and boasting over 450hp, this bitch hauls.

Doug clinched the street Championship with the Forced Performance/Continental Tire-backed SRT-4 taking home a victory in damn near every event! This title, The East Region Buddy Club Street FWD Class, was more or less Doug’s playground! He even won the west coast Super Lap Battle Finals at Buttonwillow, setting a new lap record and winning the Street FF title in the event! Congrats to a great season in 2009, and the best of luck for 2010. I hear the car is already under the knife for changes, and I cant wait to see what those changes will be! Stay tuned to Greasy, and you might just get a sneak peek here and here!!!

For more on Doug, his car, sponsors, ETC, check out his company website: www.windspeedmotorsports.com

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Ford brought the game up a notch when they released the 2003 Mustang Cobra. The damn near 1400hp capable stock internals, the strong 6speed, and the supercharger to move the goods. Was Ford trying to dominate? A bud of mine named Danny was all over these cars. I mean to date, the dude has had 3 of them. I don’t know why he cant stay away, but I can tell you his newest one is 11 months in the making, and has the potential to be a killer from its rebirth!

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The late 60’s Camaro rivals the iconic presence of any muscle car on the planet if you ask me. The body lines are some of the best ever created. Add a 388-stroker and you have yourself a red light terror machine, option tag of “get in my car girl” is available!

What can you say about a spotless 1968 Camaro on the street? The 1st thing I always say is that its good to see a piece of history on the street. But whats even better is to see the “resto-mods” which the industry labels these oldies when they have anything late model on the car. Wheels, or anything. I know them as Hot Rods, and the older they get, the more they mean to us all!

When I first found out Jake had this car, it was a goal of mine to shoot it. I never go around to it, and the car itself got better and better over time. When the Weld wheels were added, it was a for sure thing! Jake has had the car since 2007, but the mods have been flowing from day one. It had a stock 350 in the bay when he got it, but soon after was replaced with this Dyer Racing Engines built 388-Stroker that you will see in the mods list! This beast can get out of dodge!

I have already mentioned that here on Greasy Blocks we are nuts over drag racing! See, down here in the southern states we have a few things that make this very clear; a ton of drag strips, very loose emission standards, more domestics being used than anywhere else in the united states, home of NASCAR (meaning tons of machine and chassis work) and possibly some of the best weather for year-round driving in the states.

When it all comes down to it, I may just be obsessed with the year and make of what Jake’s car is, or it could be one more factor. Since the motor is a low compression motor, it can be driven anywhere! I mean, long distance, jagged and beat up roads, on the crappiest of pump gas out there. We all know those bum-ass filling stations here and there that get crap gas. Sometimes you need those, no matter what you are behind the wheel of.

I could blab you on and on with some feature, but Jake’s Camaro does more in pictures than I could do. Plus, that’s one of the goals of Greasy Blocks, not to just blab you on! With a car that passes the 8th mile traps in 7.4sec at over 94mph, there is no blab needed! More coming on this car in a few weeks.

• 1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS
• 388ci stroker 4 bolt built by “dyer race engines”
• Eagle 4340 Forged Crank and
• Eagle Connecting Rods
• Mahle Forged Pistons
• Hellfire Nitrous Rings
• Dart PRO 1 Platinum Aluminum Heads (ported)
• Edlebrock Victor jr Intake (ported)
• 1.6 Roller Rockers
• Heavy Duty Dual Valve Springs
• Solid Roller custom Erson cam
• Holley HP 750cfm Double Pumper Carb
• MSD digital 6, PRO Billet Distributor
• MSD Plug Wires
• MSD coil
• Weiand Aluminum Water Pump
• Autometer Gauges w/custom console cluster
• March Aluminum Performance Pullys
• TCI T350
• Yank SS3600 Converter
• 12 bolt rear with 373 gear
• Greg Weld wheels w/Mickey Thompson 275 ET streets rears, sportsman fronts

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1. Stormy Days

Backyard Special bumpers along with Mugen wheels are normally parts that you do not see the average joe posted up on the corner with, but what about out in horrific rain storm? This story is true for Jared’s 1998 Acura Integra Type R. Now, throw in 2 idiots running for cover, lightning strikes that were too close for comfort, and a wall of rain and you will now be able to call this whole article pure insanity!

What happens when you are about to do a photo shoot and you just run into problem after problem?  Do you run back to camp and wait for another day? Do you wait til it stops raining and clean the car again? Do you hold off because now the place you were going to shoot is muddy? You can check no to everything that was just listed because we still shot!

The storm was probably the worst storm I have seen in my area all year, and on top of that my Vagabond power unit took a crap on me on the 1st flash burst! Without my bee’s, I got extremely mad. Still, Jared stayed around with me and we decided to still shoot. He had already traveled to the update from Columbia, SC just to hang out and shoot. No turning back now.

When we ran into this storm, it was a moment of “OH S&$%” between us. You see, there was a good bit of golf ball sized hail involved right after the downpour started. Things got so bad at one point that we ran for quick cover under an overpass that was packed. We looked at each other and wondered what we were going to do to move the car out of this mess. Considering the ITR has fresh paint on the body, we were in a panic!

Knowing how Jared came up on this ITR is funny in itself. The car had been sitting for a year since about the last time I shot it. The previous owner, Casey Whittaker, had this thing diced in Mugen Hardware from head to toe. It was probably one of the best Mugen equipped cars on the road in the US. All of the parts were real as well, unlike many other clones which were not even real Type R’s in the 1st place, but that’s another story for another article!

Jared’s old GSR before this car was a K20a Monster (I will have a feature of that car coming up here in the next week or so. Be on the lookout!) And yes, the K20a from Japan is still ready for a new home if someone is looking for one (useless plug on a for sale topic, I’m cheesy!)

Jared sold the majority of the Integra parts from the old GSR, he paid Casey a visit in North Carolina to lay down some bills on one of the most documented Integra Type R builds ever recorded. But like anyone who looks to continue modding and changing a car, Jared had a hell of a task in front of him. Have you ever tried taking someone else’s car and making it your own. Many times, people will see a car out and they will say “Hey, that’s xxxx’s car” or another phrase along those lines.

After scooping up the car from NC he quickly came home and got to work. In that time he sourced a motor, got some paint work going, picked up a set of Mugen MF10’s from the homie Blackstarr in NC, and got the car running. The time line for all of this is just under a month and I have to say that’s moving if you ask me! On a shell, a month, with no outlook on a motor when you get the car home.

I have to say that Jared is keeping the history going well on this well known ITR by not only changing up the build some, but actually driving the car still! These days, you don’t see many of these parts out on the road, and its about damn time someone actually is using a car for what it was meant for… FUN!

• 1998 Acura Integra Type R
• 98+ JDM OEM HID front end conversion
• Backyard special front bumper
• Mugen active gate brake kit w/ optional rear stainless lines
• Mugen MF10 silver 16×7 +50
• Mugen rear view mirror cover
• Spoon n1 exhaust
• Spoon duracon shift knob
• Spoon kevlar spark plug cover
• NRG v2.5 quick realease
• NRG short hub
• Nardi classic 330mm wood grain steering wheel
• Benen front strut bar
• Honda verno banner
• Beaks tie bar
• PasswordJDM rear upper strut bar
• PIC apex coilovers
• Ingalls F&R camber kit
• All carbon fiber interior pieces from 00+ ITR
• Red JDM SRD recaros
• Apex’i VAFC
• Blox lug nuts
• Benen rear tow hook
• EDM tail lights
• EDM rear fog light
• EDM clear side markers
• Pioneer 4100dvd double din media unit
• Infiniti reference speaker in all four corners
• Golden Eagle fuel rail
• Chase Bays wire/brake line tuck
• 4 door rear handles
• CDM airbag tray delete
• Viper 5900 alarm

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