KALEB(^) REDP
ATH’S
MER
CE
DE
C S
(^22)
0
We (^) fir
st (^) intr
oduced
(^) you
to (^) this
(^) RB-
swapp
ed (^) M
ercede
s (^) C 2
(^20) b
uild
belong
ing (^) to
(^) Kaleb
(^) Redp
ath (^) ba
ck (^) in
Issue
No. (^26)
(^8) , (^) whil
e (^) it (^) wa
s (^) still
in (^) the
works
. (^) Now
that (^) it’s
(^) comp
lete, (^) C
hrome
made (^) f
or (^) the p
erfect (^) e
xcuse
to give
it (^) a
good (^) s
haked
own. (^) K
aleb’s
owned
(^) the
Merc (^) fo
r (^) a goo
d (^10) ye
ars, (^) an
d (^) it car
ried
out (^) da
ily-drivi
ng (^) dut
ies (^) unt
il (^) five
years
ago, (^) w
hen (^) a
n (^) RB 2
(^0) DET
engine
(^) and
box (^) ca
me (^) into
(^) Kaleb
’s (^) poss
ession
. (^) The
idea (^) w
as (^) to
give (^) th
e (^) C (^22)
(^0) a (^) re
liable
turbo (^) p
ower
plant (^) a
nd (^) hav
e (^) it (^) ce
rtified
to (^) be
used (^) a
s (^) a (^) str
eet-leg
al (^) track
(^) car;
at the
time (^) of
writing
, the (^) c
ert (^) plat
e (^) has
just (^) a
rrived.
Exterio
r (^) aest
hetics
have
been (^) k
ept str
ictly (^) fac
tory, (^) e
xcept (^) f
or (^) the
manda
tory (^) do
se (^) of (^) lo
wering
(^) with (^) a
fresh
set of 1
(^8) x (^8). (^5) -
inch (^) Ro
tiform
R (^157) s.
JAMIE^ F
LAVELL’S
TO
YOT
A^
CRE
SSI
DA
We’ve^ c
ome^ to^ e
xpect^ th
e^ odd^ K
&N^ filter^
poking^ i
ts^ head^ t
hrough^ b
onnet^ st
eel^ of^ a^
rotang^ a
nd^ the^ no
ise-make
r^ tips^ of^
external^
wastega
tes^ from
vicious
turbo^
set-ups^
pointed^ s
ky-high,
but^ we^ a
ren’t^ qui
te^ used^
to^ seeing
butterfli
es^ starin
g us^ dow
n^ from^
the^ likes^ o
f^ a^ Toyot
a^ Cressid
a.^ There’
s^ good^
reason^ i
n^ Jamie^
Flavell’s^ c
ase,^ how
ever,^ as^
underne
ath^ the^ b
onnet^ of
his^ MX^7
3 lives^ a^
1 UZ-FE^ t
hat^ pack
s a^6 V^71
The^ Blow
er^ Shop^
(TBS)^ blo
wer^ with
water-m
ethanol^ i
njection^
and^ a^ w
ater-to-ai
r interco
oler!^ Doe
s^ it^ get^
any^ radd
er^ than^ th
at?^ Jami
e tells^ us^
that^ it’s^
the^ seco
nd^1 UZ-
swapped
Cressid
a^ he’s^
built^ and
that^ the
convers
ion^ simpl
y fits^ too^
well^ not^
to^ be^ don
e.^ Pump
ing^ out^2
60 kW^ at^
the^ rears
,^ the^ pac
kage^ is^ b
acked^ by
a^ R^154
five-spe
ed^ and^ a
n^ Eaton^
Detroit^ T
ruetrac^
LSD.^ Sit
ting^ over
Megan^
coilovers
, it^ also^
makes^ us
e^ of^ S^13
front^ hub
s^ with^ R^3
1 lower^
control^ a
rms,^ an^ M
X 83 front
sway^ ba
r,^ and^
R^33 Skyl
ine^ front^ c
alipers.
Michael Ledgerwood hauled his NOS-fed, individual throttle body (ITB)–
clad, 1UZ-powered KE10 burnout monster up from Christchurch and, as is
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