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FRESH KIT
NEW PRODUCTS

The shiniest and freshest mods on the market

TURBOZENTRUM HYUNDAI I30N HYBRID, £2,254
We said on the very day they launched the All very handy, we think you’ll agree. They can
Hyundai i30N that it would prove to be a even do all this work on your standard turbo, for
monster for power tuning in the future and the much the same effect.
good news is that the boys at TurboZentrum Being a hybrid that deals with internal mods,
have proved us (unusually) correct by developing rather than a conversion to a whole different
this rather special hybrid turbo. turbo, it not only keeps the costs down on extra
This little blower may look a lot like the parts like manifolds and the like, but crucially it
original unit. But with just a few basic supporting makes the fitting a simple bolt-on affair. An epic

mods, it’s capable of over 400bhp. Which in the bit of kit, for an epic little hot hatch.
compact Korean rocket is more than enough to www.turbozentrum.co.uk
keep those arse cheeks in a perpetual clench!
With a load of clever in-house machining
– technical stuff like milling the compressor
wheel for maximum flow and gap-optimising

both housings – this Stage-3 item is specifically
designed to add gobs of grunt while, most
importantly, keeping all the top-notch drivability.

Wacky Wheels For 2020

AutoStar Sutorro, £113 (each) White Label C4, £124 (each)
They just don’t get any more retro Jap than We reckon inspired is the word when it comes
these, do they? Except of course that they’re to these polished beauties. In fact, the more
brand new for 2020, even if they do look a tad observant wheel whores will already have the
like they’ve been dug up from some long- term ‘sawblade’ on the tip of their tongue. The
forgotten ’70s workshop on the outskirts of clue is in the C4 bit here… corrrr indeed!
Kyoto. But that’s the point, isn’t it? There’s no Still, although the OEM wheels from a
school like the old skool and these are some certain American legend are similar in design
of the craziest 15 inchers we’ve seen… well, (albeit only at fi rst glance), not to mention very
in the last 50 years. Not to mention some of popular for adapting from a 5x120.6PCD to the
the best looking. 5x100PCD found on ’90s and ’00s VAG royalty,
But that’s not all. With a nice girthy 8-inch the C4 here already comes in the correct PCD.
width and a 4x100PCD, there’s plenty to love There’s also the fact that, unlike the 8.5 to
for both the Euro and Jap boys here. 11x17s you may come across, these 7.5x17s
If these aren’t one of the most popular rims (ET35) are more of a straight-swap job, without
of the season we’ll be smearing our hats with the inherent arch fettling. The C4 is clearly about
wasabi and tucking right in! making life easy. The price is appealing, too.
www.autostarwheels.com www.nuts4wheels.com
Size: 8x15-inch Size: 7.5x17-inch
PCD: 4x100 PCD: 5x100
Offset: ET25 Offset: ET35
Finish: Black/polished Finished: Gunmetal/polished lip

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