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A remaking of the Porsche Cayenne Turbo coming out of France. Yes, it's definitely worth a look.
The Cayenne Turbo Balrog is the work of car stylist Jeremie Paret, former editor-in-chief of the French luxury tuning magazine Modify, who last year branched out into a new business to start Balrog's Garage.
Their first offering is this body kit for the Cayenne Turbo, where onto that canvass, for starters, is added a new grill, a set of side lights as well as 'angel eyes' fog lights. Balrog provides a new bumper for the Cayenne, which also improves intercooler function and helps cool down the front brakes a little more too.
The wide fenders will help fit bigger wheels to the Cayenne Turbo while the large lips and side skirts provide for some extroversion of the styling. A rear spoiler and diffuser improve aerodynamics as well as looks.
One wonders what this costs. But this is luxury tuning. It's unsporting to ask such questions.
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Ferrari Enzo XX by Edo Competition
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Edo Competition has released a new performance package for the Ferrari Enzo.
Dubbed the XX, the package features a full engine makeover that includes new steel cylinders, pistons, camshafts, valve springs, and Titan connecting rods. The company also adds new oil cooling piston pipes, new exhaust manifolds, a sport air filter, an air-ram system, a high performance clutch, and a new oil pump.
Edo also equips the XX with a carbon-ceramic braking system, a carbon-fiber air intake, a new fuel cooling system, and black racing wheels with Michelin high performance tires. One of the more interesting changes is a stainless steel sport catalytic converter that features two different exhaust notes which are controlled via a dash-mounted switch.
Thanks to all these improvements, the Enzo XX produces an estimated 588 kW and 780 Nm of torque. Performance figures are expected to include a 0-100 km/h time of 3.2 seconds, a 0-300 km/h time of 19 seconds, and a top speed in excess of 380 km/h.
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Edo Competition pumps C63 to 408kW
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Edo Competition is best known for outlandish Italian supercar modification packages.
Despite this penchant for Latin performance they do a rather neat job with some more domestic products too – like Merc’s C63…
The Ahlen based tuner’s C63 package is not quite the most powerful aftermarket option around (Väth and Carlsson do swifter C63 options) it’s still quite neat.
Finished in regulation C63-tuner black, this Edo kit is particularly subtle, leaving the original AMG styling package relatively stock - mercifully.
According to Edo remarkable comfort, sporty manners and long distance capability were the key design parameters.
We have no reason to doubt them, bar for those 19-inch Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tyres, which should notch the C63’s ride quality to an even lower ebb – as if it’s possible.
As with the stock C63 AMG, this Edo model is all about that 6.2l hand built V8 combusting above the front axle.
It’s probably the most evil-sounding front axle mounted V8 in production currently and now has additional power and even more alarming acoustics thanks to some meticulous tuning by Edo’s technicians.
Electronic engine control algorithms are significantly recalibrated to cope with a custom exhaust system and new extraction headers, high-flow catalytic converters and performance air filters.
Subsequently, power output is up from 336kW to 408kW (which illustrates the mellow stock state of tune) and rotational force increases from 600- to 680Nm.
Find a proper surface and Edo guarantees 0-100km/h in 4.3 seconds, whilst the 408kW peak power output will carry you to a derestricted top speed of 320km/h.
The V8’s remarkable acoustic signature has been improved with butterfly valves which open and close at variable back-pressures within the stainless steel exhaust system.
This self-actuating system is augmented by integrated 70mm exhaust flaps which open at a predetermined level of back-pressure, ensuring an optimal flow of torque at low speed and free flow of power at maximum engine speed.
Combined they make for a heady mix of V8 resonance too, which is hardly a coincidence.
Best known for fettling Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati products, the subtle C63 tuning exercise must have been a bit of a chore for the Edo technical team.
Considering the C63 AMG’s popularity as tuned four-door performance car in Germany, it was a business opportunity which had to be seized upon.
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Roadworks spark road rage
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Construction workers posted on Gauteng roads are being killed and injured in accidents sparked by road rage, the South African National Road Agency Limited (SANRAL) said on Wednesday.
"Impatient and aggressive drivers are jeopardising the lives of workers on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP)," traffic
manager Alex van Niekerk said.
There were also instances of verbal abuse and of motorists throwing objects at construction workers.
Van Niekerk explained that road works had become a "feature of the highway network in Gauteng" and it was testing the patience of motorists, who were increasingly adopting dangerous motoring practices to reach their destinations quickly.
The primary cause of accidents was motorists not complying with the 80 km/h limit, he said.
"When this is combined with traffic lanes that are narrower than normal, the use of concrete barriers to delineate working areas and
lane deviations, the consequences of speeding can spell disaster for motorists and workers alike."
Motorcyclists were also at risk.
Van Niekerk said construction would continue until the end of next year and he urged motorists to be patient to avoid tragedy.
"Patience and trip planning, including leaving earlier for destinations when weather conditions deteriorate, will ensure that we all travel safer and avoid tragic incidents."
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