NZ Performance Car #322 September/October 2026

Issue 322

This issue’s cover car is an absolute monster, James Jefferies’ wild 2000hp Skyline that is somehow still STREET LEGAL, smashing low 8s and hunting for a seven-second pass real soon! Sharing the cover spotlight, we have Johnny Ellis’ stunning RX-3 wagon. Powered by a 13B turbo running through an HGT sequential, it’s the ultimate family cruiser that tears up the track on the weekends. We also head down to the Waikato to check out Mike Borrett’s GX61 Mark II that’s slammed on its frame, and Wayne Coffey’s 1JZ-swapped Subaru Forester ... what the ****? MR2-fanatic Tom Clarke also show us his SW20, running a 2GR V6 swap with a massive snail bolted to it. Flip through the pages and you'll find a clean 2JZ JZX100 Chaser street car, alongside one of NZ’s wildest FL5 Civic Type Rs, stacked with top-shelf Japanese tuning parts and full Mugen Group A aero. There's also a catch-up with Zac Tate and his turbo BEAMS Altezza dual-duty street and drift car, plus the return of NYCNLO, an iconic RX-7 that graced the NZPC cover back in the 2000s, for the issue's throwback feature. For event coverage, we hit the madness of Chrome Horsepower Festival’s 15th anniversary, plus track the Kiwi action over in the UK at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Rounding it all out is a stack of industry insights: going behind the scenes at Fenix Cooling to see what keeps local and international builds cool, visiting Fraser Cars to check out their bespoke creations, and dropping into Torque Performance to unpack late-model Honda tuning.

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