Congratulations 2rismo

[TTT]

Well done man.

I'm with the enough is enough for the rotaries..

and probably enough skylines too... at least not more than 1 per month.

all the GTR's are the same... big power, big money.

when is the last time a celica GT4 was in there?

a lancer GSR?

a 300zx?

an old escort?

they don't have to have 500gigawatts and run 9's for people to enjoy reading about it.

and not sure if it's a ZOOM thing or a newsagency thing, but enough with the latest issue and 2 other mags in the same pack for the price of 1.

waste of space in my recycling bin.

when does this new "boost" mag issue hit the stands?

you know.. the one with the 2 "many monies" gtr's on the cover..

Edited January 20, 2009 by GTST

[NZM.031]

good stuff mate... might actually start reading zoom again.. it needs something.. im not sure what it is... maybe less drag cars or less all out power cars... and less chrome bits.. they all seem to be just big shiny engines in weird cars like bluebirds and xb falcons.. or less autos and more manuals.. and more real world articles.

i like tarmac... it seems to be a decent, unbiased mag with cars that go round corners....

as for the extra mags, it a distributor thing i think.. i subscribe to hpi and i dont get em. but if you buy it off the shelf, you do, but newso's wouldnt have time to wrap em up like that, nor would they care.

cheers

Linton

Edited January 21, 2009 by NZM.031

[Swiper the Fox]

good stuff mate... might actually start reading zoom again.. it needs something.. im not sure what it is... maybe less drag cars or less all out power cars... and less chrome bits.. they all seem to be just big shiny engines in weird cars like bluebirds and xb falcons.. or less autos and more manuals.. and more real world articles.

i like tarmac... it seems to be a decent, unbiased mag with cars that go round corners....

as for the extra mags, it a distributor thing i think.. i subscribe to hpi and i dont get em. but if you buy it off the shelf, you do, but newso's wouldnt have time to wrap em up like that, nor would they care.

cheers

Linton

cars that go round corners are slow and boring...s/s

Edited January 21, 2009 by DiRTgarage

[NZM.031]

they call me Captain Slow and Boring.

is that why youre going in super lap??

thank you lady!

[VB-]

oh yeah and if you can have any input, see to it that they stop running the same f*cking articles in HPI/zoom. latest one wasnt so bad, the E85 article, showing different aspects of it on different cars, but over nearly every issue before that, there has been the same god damn article, like word for word, with almost all the same pics in each mag, in the same month.

i buy both religiously and kinda feel a bit ripped off

[Swiper the Fox]

they call me Captain Slow and Boring.

is that why youre going in super lap??

thank you lady!

s/s = sh1t stir

[FATGTS-R]

Well done mate! Was only talking with a mate a month or so ago about who the new editor would be.

I have mates who buy me a zoom subscription for chrissy and birthdays and from memory I have 56 issues remaining so I really hope the mag takes a new and refreshed direction. I dont like the idea of name change though.

But less of the rotors - wsid wrap up - melbourne drag wrap up - cyborg drag - current project racer rotor drag etc. drag drag drag.

I like drag racing but it seems its the main focus of the mag lately. I personally couldnt give a rats about drift but I would be happy to see the next project car setup for drift - or salt lake speed trials, anything but drag. A car built up to compete at superlap on a budget would be awesome.

[spx25t]

Congrats Adrian

on your move to Zoom/Boost will be good to see the magazine progress

Rob

[Swiper the Fox]

A car built up to compete at superlap on a budget would be awesome.

we offer our street/circuit GTR as a test mule.

[NISMØ]

Im still checking my newsagents every day for new Zoom lol last issue said it was to come out on 28th.

[DRD-00F]

we offer our street/circuit GTR as a test mule.

Except, you're not entering!

[Stinky Rooster]

i remember the boost controller they made with a knob off an old stereo, air hose from a fish tank and some no.8 fencing wire. It was put together using a ball pein hammer, an allen key from a flat pack kitchen and a tube of silastic.

ahh those were the days.

yeah there was some good shit floatin around. do you reember an article on the blue stanza that was converted to methanol? man that thing was dodge as f*ck, but it ran low 11's from memory, fuel pump was a mechanical item off an ice cream truck with random holden water pump parts crammed in to make it work lol

"Backyard Bob's Best Boosted Bits" i think.

What about the mad electric Supercharger made from the impeller off an old Simpson washing machine hooked up to a Valiant wiper motor fed by 2 dolphin torch batteries with corrugated pool hose piping...those guy's were nuts!

sweet baby jeebuz on a tricycle!

If you guys are serious, I feel a bit let down I never read the old mag

Congrats anyway dude. If you bring stuff like that back I will subscribe just for the shits and giggles....

[Swiper the Fox]

Except, you're not entering!

its sad...isn't it?

[VB-]

sweet baby jeebuz on a tricycle!

If you guys are serious, I feel a bit let down I never read the old mag

Congrats anyway dude. If you bring stuff like that back I will subscribe just for the shits and giggles....

100% serious. the old mag rocked. hasn't been that way for years tho

[s13_Skyline_inside]

im in china atm, hope i dont miss the first edition, when's it out? yeh i stopped buying zoom for ages, +1 for too much drag, i want time attack to get more publicity

[scotty014]

sounds like it could be good. i stopped buying car magazines because im sick of the cars in it, every single one has huge chrome rims and tan leather interior its starting to really bore me they all start looking the same, im not saying there cars are crap because there is alot of detail put into them and look good but im not a fan of the showcar look.

i did get a recent hot 4's mag and it had a stock white wrx in it with stock wheels and i thought it was the best car in the mag it looked mint. so hopefully more of that, you dont need huge rims and bodykits to make a car look good, keep it simple i say.

[NZM.031]

im starting to find that with hpi aswell... lately just seems to be big dollar cars, with every jap part thrown at them..

i wanna see more matt black, cable ties, and dodgy old turbos matched to an even dodgier engine, with home made, pieced together everthing... that works, and does its job as its meant to.

[Swiper the Fox]

im starting to find that with hpi aswell... lately just seems to be big dollar cars, with every jap part thrown at them..

i wanna see more matt black, cable ties, and dodgy old turbos matched to an even dodgier engine, with home made, pieced together everthing... that works, and does its job as its meant to.

pantyhose fan belts FTW

[LTSJayce]

Congrat's A' on the job! I've been subscribing to Zoom since issue 6(and I'd like the first five before that, if anyone knows of them anywhere...hint, hint). I agree it's become a little different to it's earlier days, OK a LOT different, but a change of pace should be good. As for "BOOST" as a name, well... I LOVE boosted engines, but there are a few N/A's out there that are super sweet too. I hope the title will let a few of the better N/A's get a small feature now and then. When is the first issue with the new name due? I keep harassing the mailman, but it's not his fault it's not here yet.

Fu*k the bling rims and 20 cowhides interiors; show us where the performance is at!

[SLAPS]

I only ever used to buy the ZOOM mag for the tech articles in them.

Remembering back to the days of Tim @ RPM testing their R33 GTST's fuel pressure bleeder (of which mine was a test car for early in the piece) as well as pressure drop across the std IC core.

Then the old R31 rb20det 220rwkw build up at Tilbrooks.

Back in the day... They were educational build ups.

Maybe run a no bullshit article on the difference between an IW split vs bell dump. Why the split makes more power if any when vented to atmo or plumbed back in (slight boost creep = more power typically with splits (JJR style etc) that are plumbed back in)