These days as soon as you drive a car out of the dealership it starts losing value, unless it’s a Toyota AE86. If you’re a drifting enthusiast or anime fan, then chances are you need no introduction to the AE86.It remains as one of the most iconic cars Toyota’s ever built with it’s impact on pop culture as a cult icon being immeasurable Launched in 1983, the AE86 is the neat and simple little, 1600cc front-engine/rear-drive variant of the MkV Corolla. marketed by Toyota from 1983 to 1987, you could get it with the choice of two faces – a Levin (fixed headlights) or the iconic Trueno (pop-ups). In the Toyota code, the ‘A’ represents the engine that came in...
The M3 E30 is one of the most iconic cars of the last half-century and in recent years has cemented itself a cult-like following in both pop culture and the car community. The car was popularised in pop culture through its numerous appearances in music (the bright orange E30 featured on the cover of Frank Ocean’s Nostaligia, Ultra Mixtape, the rally-inspired M3 featured on the JACKBOYS cover, the lowered E30 featured in Tyler, the Creator’s music video for ‘Bimmer’, etc.) and in film (featured in Straight Outta Compton, Paid in Full, Yes Man, Pretty Woman, The Walking Dead, etc.). The E30 was the second generation of the BMW 3 series and was produced from 1982 to 1994. The majority of...
For many of us the mixing of hip hop and car culture by JackBoys was nothing short of a wet dream. JackBoys is a collective of rappers (Travis Scott, Sheck Wes, Don Toliver, Luxury Tax, Chase B) signed to Travis Scott’s Cactus Jack Records. JackBoys released their album JACKBOYS on the 27th of December 2019. Upon debt, JACKBOYS opened on top of the US Billboard 200, becoming the first number 1 album of the 2020s. The album cover itself is enough to give JDM fanboys something to get hard over. The cover features a yellow FD Mazda RX-7, a silver A80 Toyota Supra, and an E30 BMW M3. Both the RX-7 and the Supra are icons of the ‘90s car scenes and...
1. Intake An intake is a crucial part that contributes towards a car’s performance. Air is sucked in via the intake, and into the engine to form the air-fuel mixture. The mixture is detonated in petrol engines via a spark plug, which is then compressed to move the piston. Installing an aftermarket performance intake will allow for more air, leading to a greater detonation and therefore more power. The 2 common types of performance intakes are Short Ram Intake (SRI) and Cold Air Intake (CAI) SRI: Is fitted within the engine bay. This allows for a lot of air sucked into the engine compared to stock, enhancing performance. Induction noises can also be heard within the cabin, a little something...
