In this issue

PEAK PERFORMANCE
Datsun 240Z saved from scrap to be turned into a carbon-bodied Pikes Peak contender.

TILL RUST US DO PART
Subaru fan gets more than she bargained for with a new STi and a fiance to boot!..

The Pursuit of Perfection

With a clever fusion of high-end parts and genius motorsport engineering, torque developments international has potentially built customer james moodey the world’s finest Mitsubishi Evo x…

10 mins

Bringing Sexy Back

Damian spendlove’s provocatively-styled nissan 200sx was built in a home garage using spare parts, inspired by the stunning japanese street drifters of the early noughties

7 mins

Bad Obsession

After getting hooked on mazda’s sexy fd rx-7s in his late teens, tom ruston-shaw has been feeding his unhealthy addiction ever since

9 mins

Small But Mighty

In a time when engine swaps are commonplace, it takes a special kind of maverick to stand out from the crowd. Canadian tuning fan aaron weir is just that, and his rwd, s2000-engined honda crx definitely dares to be different

7 mins

Air Attack

By Amassing a Stash of Time Attack Silverware,cody Miles’ Air-ride Equipped Track Impreza Isredefining What a ‘bagged’ Car Is Capable of 

8 mins

Like A Boss

JR Motorworx has built a bonkers Mazda RX-7 that has got everyone talking...

7 mins

Japshow

Santa pod was once again rammed with Japanese metal as the popular Japshow event kicked off in style.

2 mins

All Work And No Play…

…Makes Jack a dull boy. But that doesn’t mean you should get all Jack Torrance and go on a rampage – following Chris Forsberg’s example, you can fuse work with leisure with winning results.

5 mins

Colour Conundrum

Under the skin, project RX-8 is as fresh as a daisy with many components replaced for brand new, including the engine, now it’s time for the car’s exterior to be brought up to scratch, too.

2 mins

Brake It In Gently

Let's start where you stop this month by treating project 5 to a brand new set of discs and pads from MTEC and a complete caliper overhaul.

3 mins

Highway Head Turner

For Lauren Penfold, a build has to look perfect and draw attention. Her bagged and Bodykitted DC5 certainly does that.

8 mins

Money Talks

The R34 skyline GT-R is caught up in a whirlwind of investment and fresh interest. Luckily, this fine example, tuned by Japanese Nissan specialists signal auto, hasn’t lost any of its soul along the way...

7 mins

Big City Brawler

New York-based Mitsubishi fan Nawshin Basher has built an Evo with enough muscle to rule the big apple’s meanest streets.

5 mins

Fortune Favours The Brave

It takes a lot of balls to chop up an appreciating modern classic like an NSX. Luckily, Los Angeles-based Honda fan Leon casino had the Cohones to gamble and came away with the jackpot.

7 mins

Breathe In...

Project z gets a freer flowing oem inlet manifold for a mild bhp boost courtesy of honda parts specialists tegiwa imports.

2 mins

Japanese Performance Show

Once again Stoneleigh park in Coventry was the venue for the only indoor Japanese car show in England.

2 mins

Crail Jap Performance Day

Scotland’s premier drag racing venue welcomed fans of Japanese metal to rip up the strip and destroy the drift arena.

2 mins

When Type R Is Not Enough...

What do you do if you want more than Honda’s run of the mill hot hatch offerings? You get yourself a Mugen… 

6 mins

In It To Win It

The lucky winner of our Eibach/dream automotive private label spring kit gets his prize.

5 mins

Suspended Animation

Suspension is one of the most important modifications when building a track car, so why did I make such a mess of it the first time around?

3 mins

Gatebil 2017

Norway’s Rodskogen Motorsenter is the venue for Scandinavia’s most mental car show... 

2 mins

Teenage Dream

By including his 10-year-old boy in the build of his tidy Toyota, Steve Cartlidge has not only created a stunning Celica gt-four, but he’s also inspired his son to chase his own automotive ambitions.

8 mins

Making The Monster

Mad scientist Stuart Jackson has brought his brutal Subaru Impreza to life by transplanting the modified heart and lungs from a Newage model into a lightweight classic body.

7 mins

A Spark Of Genius

After fitting an Uprated Yuasa battery to the type r, we decided it was high time to give the car’s aging OEM ignition system the same treatment in the form of a set of plasma direct Uprated coil packs.

2 mins

Rocket Launcher

Posing for the Camera Wasn’t a Problem for This Rocket Bunny Nissan Silvia Built by Garage 21, One of the Best-looking Drift Cars We’ve Ever Seen!

8 mins

MIMMS Xmas Meet

Japanese Performance Heads to Stoneleigh Park in Coventry for a Final Hurrah of 2016 at the Mimms Honda Xmas Meet

1 min

Get a Grip!

With Just Shy of 400BHP on Tap, and a Heavy Right Foot, the Boys at Hel Performance Are Already in Need of a New Set of Rubber for Their Fk2 Honda Civic Type R. Step Up Michelin, With Your Yummy Pilot Super Sports!

2 mins

Smoking Skills

Paul ‘Smokey’ smith unleashes the UK’s first Toyota GT86 competition drift car...And it has a 700bhp 1.5JZ-GTE under the bonnet!

7 mins

Mimms Honda Trackday

Hot Hondas hit the track at the summer edition of the mimms honda trackday.

1 min

Gravity 2017

Gravity. It’s a pretty essential force for life on this planet.

2 mins

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Japanese Performance Magazine Description:

Japanese Performance – The definitive guide to Japanese car culture.

Devoted to finding the best tuned Japanese cars on the planet, Japanese Performance magazine separates the extraordinary from the ordinary to bring you an unrivalled selection of the Far East’s finest. From the cream of the domestic scene right here in the UK to the hottest rides and tuning trends from across the globe and of course Japan, whatever age, make or model of Japanese car you’re into, Japanese Performance has is covered.