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More Skylines:

New Volk lightweight wheels

Titanium tip exhaust - this style of exhaust is very popular in Japan

We cant remember what type of car this was.

Ah, FD RX7.

Heres a Ferrari , race prepped with Volk wheels.

Modified Evo 10

Another modified Evo 10.

Rallye style headlight pod.

Fiat 500

Black R35

Check out the rear spoiler on this Nissan 180sx.

Chop Top Subaru WRX

We saw a LOT of modified Hybrid vehicles at the Tokyo Auto Salon. Evidently this is the next wave of the car tuning scene for Japan.

Modified Honda Insight

I wonder what their gas mileage is with these huge wheels on this black Prius.

Body kit equipped Vans

Few models along with a glow in the dark green Lamborghini

Check out the camber on the rear wheels of this station wagon.

This Toyota station wagon had a 2JZ Toyota Supra motor swap, along with an incredible stereo system.

Stay tuned ! MORE photos coming tomorrow !!

We now have in stock the NGK Iridium spark plugs for the 2008-2010 Chevy Cobalt SS Turbo!
If you have higher boost levels than stock, or if you drive your car hard, then we’d recommend these one step colder NGK Iridium plugs!

More details here:
http://www.modernperformance.com/iridium-colder-spark-plugs-0810-cobalt-turbo-p-2013.html

We have long carried the NGK Iridium plugs, and they have worked extremely well for us and customers.

Our pricing on them used to be from $32 - $36 for a set of four, however we have just lowered the pricing on ALL NGK Iridium plugs for the 95-05 Dodge Neon, 03-05 Dodge SRT-4, 05-10 Chevrolet Cobalt SS, and the 08-09 Dodge Caliber SRT4 to $29.99 a set of four !

Link to our NGK Iridium spark plug listings:
http://www.modernperformance.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=ngk&x=0&y=0

From Jan 5th - January 21st, Cory and David from Modern Performance went to Japan to see the Tokyo auto salon, to visit with some auto part manufacturers, tour Mazda and Toyotas assembly lines, visit some auto museums and to go to drift school.

Over the next week or so, we are going to be posting photos from our trip so stay tuned !

Today, we are going to share with you some photos of foods we experienced while in Japan.

First off, we have some interesting Pizza we had while visiting Universal Studios Japan. This food was served to us in the “Amityville” section of Universal Studios which was the area where the JAWS ride was.

Slice of Pizza with Corn, Tuna, and we believe potatos:

Menu: Supposedly your should dip your pizza into a bowl of fondue.

Yum, everyone loves donuts right ! ?

Wait a minute.. Soybean Milk Buns of Green Tea and Ugisu Bean.. This doesnt look so good.

This donut, which I bought was a Carrot Cake donut, and was suprisingly good.

Alright, enough of the bizarre Japanese foods. I want to go to Mcdonalds and get a regular MCD’s breakfast.
Wait a minute, whats this ? Orange Juice, Hash Browns and a Hot dog for breakfast ?

Next episode - we’re featuring a few motors and cars from our MUSEUMS tour through Japan

Picture Trivia time ! Whats wrong with this oil pump ?

If you guessed that the oil pump gearing is severely cracked, and chunks of it are missing, congratulations !!

This is why its very important to make sure your car doesnt detonate, and make sure your air/fuel mixture ratios are good. Otherwise, shock from detonation can damage the oil ring gear, ultimately cause it to fail, and if you dont turn off your motor in time, serious damage will occur.

The customer that owns the SRT4 that this oil pump came out of, after the oil pump failed, noticed that his oil pressure dropped and he immediately shut his motor off, thereby saving himself from a costly engine rebuild.

We highly recommend a AEM UEGO Air/Fuel mixture ratio gauge to monitor the air/fuel ratio of your engine.
http://www.modernperformance.com/uego-digital-airfuel-ratio-wideband-gauge-p-1149.html

A AEM oil pressure gauge would also be a wise investment to monitor your engine:
http://www.modernperformance.com/digital-oilfuel-pressure-gauge-p-1899.html

We get calls from time to time from customers asking about the Extrude Honed intake manifold for the 2003-2005 Dodge SRT4. The most popular question we get is : Is it IN stock ? ANSWER : YES !

Second most popular question we get is; is it worth it!? Yes it is. You see, all manufacturers make products to work well, and be super durable. They dont have the time, or the budget to do fine detail work like port matching manifolds or porting manifolds. So, thats where this service comes in handy. When you extrude hone an intake manifold, you wear away all of the abrasive surfaces that will impede air flow. You’ll also wear away the edges and casting lines that you JUST CANT REACH by hand!

Hope you guys enjoyed the photos.

More info here:
http://www.modernperformance.com/extrude-hone-intake-manifold-0305-neon-srt4-p-1112.html

We’ve added three new T-Shirt designs to our apparel lineup! Check these out!

These range from $19 - $23 and they are all made on American Apparel, USA made 100% cotton quality T shirts!

Flying Pistons theme T-Shirt
http://www.modernperformance.com/flying-pistons-tshirt-p-2007.html

Turbo Design theme T-Shirt
http://www.modernperformance.com/turbo-design-tshirt-p-2008.html

Tread Burst design T-Shirt
http://www.modernperformance.com/tread-burst-design-tshirt-p-2009.html