Fast Car – July 2019

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control from there.” One of the more noticeable elements,
as you’ve probably spotted, is the Rocket Bunny V1 kit. This
was an early addition, and Kiran was at pains to ensure it was
markedly different from every other V1 on the global scene;
rather than simply bolting it on, it’s been smoothed carefully
into the original bodywork, an absence of skirts or splitters
keeping it clean and really accentuating the aggressive girth
of the arches. Naturally you can’t have massive wide arches
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splits, 9-inch wide at the front and a whopping 12x18-inch
out back. And it’d look a bit mad to be rocking this epic
combo without the stance being absolutely on-point, which
explains the presence of Air Lift Performance suspension
with 3H management. This is a fella who insists on the best,
after all, and there are no half-measures here.
“There were three or four different sets of wheels before
these ones,” Kiran explains, “and the car’s been painted
three different times as well as being wrapped twice. The
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designed by Kyle Wassmer Design. At one point there was
a huge custom chassis-mount wing that I designed myself;
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items, there have been so many changes. But the biggest
change was the engine swap: that totalled about eighteen
months of downtime altogether, and I blew the 2JZ about a
month after having it back so it had to go straight back into
the shop to be forged!”
That’s right. Kiran’s not messing about here. That early
glimpse of Ryan Tuerck hurtling sideways through NYC

Seibon bonnet and bootlid have been left
unwrapped for cosmetic reasons

Cobra Suzuka buckets

BELOW: Simple but
eff ective air install

BELOW: Air Lift’s
3H management
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