Driven World April Edition

April 2012

After all...it’s a driven world

THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF SUPERCAR SUNDAY

ISSUE 27, APRIL 2012

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StepsPOEM BY DUSTIN TROYAN

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One step, two step, threes step four. Closer to the goal !an ever before.

Some people take stepsSome people don’tSome people runSome people "oat

Some people dreamSome people actSome people achieveSome people look back

I took a stepI got closerI took a stepEmotion

For so long I satPondered!oughtDidn’t act

I stopped myself fromSteppingIn reverseGoing back

I took a step todayAh it felt so goodIt was easier than yesterday

My footing Reassured

All weeklongI took small steps in fasterRepetitionAdvancingA new position

I woke early today!e sun broke throughI just couldn’t waitSo much to do

I am moving so fast now It is hard to seeWhere is that old scared slouch of a Me

I know what I am doingIt is meant to beI have foundMy futureInside ofMe

I took a step so long agoIt led to anotherI started to grow

I embraced that small stepIt carried me forward

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It enabled a fresh breathMy reward

!e cleanliness of thoughtOf dream!at little millimeterMade my soul scream

I take steps all the timeIt is who I amIt is rightNatural

I took a stepDid you?

It is no so hardIt is all you have to doPut one foot downStart to standPut the other foot forward!at is the plan.

I took a step and there you wereMoving forward faster!an ever before.

Take that stepIt is what you are meant to doIt is all you have,It is you.


Someone over at Toyota got the memo stating that Americans like their

cars to accelerate when we tell them to. !e 2012 Camry’s V6 delivers a respectable 268 horsepower and 248 lb.-". of torque to its front wheels in impressive fashion. Since the drivetrain is unchanged from last year, this increased performance (0-60 mph in 5.7 seconds vs 8.0 last year, 12.4 in Camry’s #rst year of 1983) is likely attributable to to the SE’s overall drivetrain/suspension design.

Along with the V6, our Camry SE has upgraded shocks and suspension compo-nents to produce a #rmer ride than the standard, more squishy Camry. Switching o$ the stability controls reduces under-steer, producing a fun, con#dent drive up mountain roads. !e sti$er suspension is noticeable on the highway, yet Camry re-mains comfortable, smooth, and quiet.

OK, let’s admit up front that the Toyo-ta Camry is not a sports sedan, nor does it pretend to be. !at’s part of what made this acceleration so surprising. !e Camry nameplate has been around long enough for the entire automotive world to know what to expect. We expect a solid, depend-able, well-engineered vehicle that will serve us well. Boring traits, perhaps, but highly admirable when making a major family purchase.

For 2012, Toyota has unveiled the sev-enth generation Camry and it does not disappoint. Most notably are the interior changes. !e layout is logical and form-#tting, leading one to believe that a person actually thought about this before simply sticking in a bunch of switches and letting it %y.

!ose of us over six feet tall will #nd the front seats a bit tight and a couple more inches of downward adjustment would be welcome.

Our SE test version had the optional leather package ($1,050), power moonroof ($915), JBL navigation/stereo unit ($650).

STORY BY HAROLD OSMER

Camry SE Sedan2012 Toyota

!ese brought our sticker from a base of $26,640 to just over $31,000.

!at price dri"s upward into sti$ com-petitive range with a multitude of other mid-sized sedans. !is will be where Cam-ry’s reputation comes into marketing play. Folks looking to buy in this segment need room for four, a moderate of luggage, and reliability in the long haul.

You’d have to be a student of the game to notice the exterior changes for 2012. !e interior is remarkable well designed. Cam-ry’s engine performance rates high with us.

Looks like Toyota’s redesigned Camry is a winner.www.toyota.com/newcamry

Name of vehicle:2012 Toyota Camry SE SedanPrice:Base $26,640 as tested $31,135standard features include:Bluetooth connection; 10 airbag safety sys-tem; Tire pressure monitor system, projec-tor beam headlamps; etc.Engine type:3.5L V6, DOHC 24-valve, Variable Valve TimingHorsepower:268@6200 rpmTorque:248 lb-" @ 4700 rpmPerformance:0-60 mph 5.7 secondstop speed NADrive con!guration:Front wheel driveTransmission type:6-speed EXTi Automatic, Steering wheel mounted paddle shi"ersSuspension:Front: MacPherson struts, stabilizer barRear: Sport tuned MacPherson struts and springsWheels and tires:18-inch alloy wheels225/45R18

Brakes:Front 11.65 inch Vented DiscRear 11 inch Solid Disc Electronically Controlled Braking systemOverall length/wheelbase:189.2 inches/109.3 inchesOverall width:71.7 inchesOverall height:57.9 inchesEPA mileage estimates City/ Highway:21/31

3 Year/36,000 mile Bumper to Bumper5 Year/60,000 mile Powertrain5 Year, unlimited mileage corrosion perfo-ration24/7 Roadside Assistance, 2 years/25,000 miles

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A few months back there was a letter from the editor about memories of

his dad’s truck and special place it held in his heart. !is triggered memories for me, memories of an old pick -up truck, my dad’s old pickup truck. !e Old Truck.

Growing up out in the boonies of Oregon our weekend mornings were not meant for sleeping in, they were meant for doing chores. From cleaning goat pens, mowing lawns, and collecting eggs from chickens, we were never for a loss of things to do.

One of the particular chores that needed to be done every summer was collecting #rewood for the upcoming winter.

!is involved driving in my dad’s 1984 GMC diesel pickup truck, the “Old Truck” the name my sister and I called it. We would load it up with snacks, work gloves and the trusty Husqvarna chainsaw and go seek out old logging sights for wood.

Waking up early on a Saturday and driv-ing out to the middle of the woods may not sound appealing to you but, when I think back I had some of the best moments with my dad.

Climbing in the truck on a cold morning hoping that turning on the heater wouldn’t mean scorching a mouse nest that was built

the previous night on the engine. We would barrel down the dirt roads to our location in the middle of the woods. !en spend all day talking, chopping and loading wood into the truck. Once we #nished stacking the wood sky high we would climb into the truck covered with wood chips and tree sap. Not worrying about making a mess, because a$er all it was the “Old Truck” and drive on home. We were proud of all the hard work and the satisfaction of knowing our family would be nice and warm all winter long.

When the winter rains would cause the rivers to "ood and "ow over onto the main stretch of road, we could always count on the truck sputtering through the water to get us to town. It would always make it through even with my sister and I hoping it would get stuck….no school! We would squeeze in next to dad with our school bags on our laps crossing our #ngers we wouldn’t make it to the other side. Of course that was not an option for dad and he would slowly creep through the water to dry ground. !e truck…like my father wouldn’t give up……it had a job to do and it would get it done, we would get to school.

A good 12 years ago the “Old Truck” saved my dad’s life. He had driven up to a clear cut

STORY BY HEATHER JEDERLINICH

The Old Truck...

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on our property to chop some wood. Hours passed my mom and I were busy doing dif-ferent things when we heard the truck com-ing up the driveway. We were greeted with the sound of a panicked honking of the horn. !inking that he was being dad and trying to get our attention we didn’t think anything of it. !at was until the honking didn’t stop, sensing something was wrong my mom ran down to the truck to #nd my dad in the midst of a heart attack. Being a good 45 minute drive to the hospital, that truck "ew like the wind and delivered my dad safely to the emergency room door.

My dad still has the “Old Truck” and it still runs like a champ. It is used more for those “special events” such as towing his boat or driving precious cargo…my mom, to town when the conditions are not safe.

He has since graduated to a pellet stove and no longer needs to use it for #rewood.

!e last time I went home however my dad and I jumped into that truck drove to the lumber store and loaded the bed up with pellets. Maybe a little less dirty and a little less tired but, still drove home having the same feeling of another winter spent warm and cozy.

Jay Leno and his 1917 Fiat Botafogo Special 22 Liter WWI Aero Aircraft Engine at Supercar Sunday. A very special “Thank you” to Jay Leno for sharing his 1917 Fiat with all of us at Supercar Sunday.


When Brian from the Supercharg-er Connection and Shant from

Western Collison got to talking about the status on the SCS/DW project car, they both agreed: Pull the engine and trans. If the entire car is restored and not the #rewall, the car would not be show qual-ity. So we coordinated with Je$ from Cen-tury Tow, he picked up the car from Shant, brought it to Brian and we had one night to pull the drivetrain and pull everything o$ the #rewall.

We planned to do it on a !ursday night a"er hours. We were all exhausted, but when Brian, Je$ (Brian’s Partner) and I got to work, we pulled it apart in record time.

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!e engine, trans, drivesha" all removed and other parts removed from the #rewall, it was ready to head back to Western Col-lision Center. In the morning, like clock-work, Century Tow pulled up, put it on the %at bed and back it went.

As you can see, the engine bay is a night-mare. It is dirty, disorganized and the wir-ing is a disaster. All that is going to change. Shant is going to work his magic on the #rewall, along with the rest of the body. Brian has already planned how we are go-ing to run all the plumbing and wiring to keep the #rewall organized and clean.

From the pictures, you can see there are some really nice parts on the car. Up to

this point, the car has been a “Sleeper” or a nice way of saying unrestored. I took the angle of making it fast, able to handle and stop before making it pretty. A Magnuson Supercharger sits on top of a 6.0L Cadil-lac Motor, mated to a T-56 with a McLeod Twin RSX Clutch to handle the power. A full Hotchkis suspension is quietly sup-porting the car and a big Wilwood Brake Kit on all four corners. Soon, this “sleep-er” will be a show stopper! For more info on the build:www.drivenworld.comwww.Westerncollision2.comwww.superchargerconnection.comwww.centurytowguys.com

1. Getting ready to remove the LQ9 6.0


2. Having pulled off the Supercharger, we are disconnecting all of the hoses and lines.

4. Blower, headers, driveshaft removed, getting closer.

6. Engine is out in record time!

9. Ready to send back to WesternCollsion Center for restoration. 10. Stripped in under 3 hours.

3. Jeff and Brian, planning the removal of the drivetrain.

5. 600+ HP, you need the best clutch. The McLeod Twin RXT can handle that and more.

7. The SCS Project CamaroDoesn’t look like much yet, but hidden are some great parts like a full Hotchis Suspension. 8. WHAT A MESS!

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Welcome to Leon’s Transmission Car Culture column! Each month we will focus on certain items that have been invented to enhance our automotive needs. All of the items profiled in this column can be seen at the Murphy Auto Museum in Oxnard, California. This month we will look at Drive-in theatres. The first drive-in theatre was opened Tuesday June 6th, 1933 in Camden, New Jersey. The price of admission was 25 cents per car plus 25 cents per person. The Drive-in was the creation of Richard Hollingshead. He worked at his dad’s “Whiz Auto Products” store. Richard had a hankering to invent something that combined two of his favorite interests: cars and movies. Originally, sound was provided by large speakers mounted around the parking area. Later, in the 1940’s, RCA developed smaller speakers that would hang on your car window. Further inventions were a clip that you would attach to your car antenna allowing sound to play through your car radio. This design accounted for many dead batteries at the end of the movie, and no doubt, a good excuse for teenagers to tell their parents as to why they were late. Thus, the

nickname “Passion Pits” was born! The 1950’s were the height of the drive-ins popularity. Families could pack in the car, kids in pajamas, mom’s need not get all dressed up, and off to a night out. The 1970’s saw the decline of the drive-in. Many became swap meets and others were torn down. The Automobile Club reported only 19 drive-ins in California showing movies in 2011. Many of us have fond memories of the

neon-lit “Van Nuys Drive-in”, “The Reseda Drive-in”, and the “Winnetka 4 Drive-in”, located in Chatsworth.

Mallory and Rebecca Llewellyn in a 1961

Cadillac waiting for the movie to start.

See this beautifully restored drive-in speaker and

more car artifacts at the Leon’s Transmission

“Car Corner” display at the Murphy Auto

Museum, located at 2230 Statham Blvd, Oxnard.

Open Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 am – 4:00pm


STORY BY HUNTER FEIL

Corvette Fever ForThree Generations.

Make no mistake, I am obsessed with cars. When I get bored and

have nothing to do, I o"en park near busy intersections and just wait for something interesting to drive by. Sound is what re-ally does it for me, looking at a parked car is great and all, but I can’t truly appreciate it until I experience the exhaust note #rst-hand. !ankfully, Woodland Hills is a hell of a place for car watching, any day of the week.

It is common knowledge that they [cars] interest most guys, and quite a few girls too, for that matter. !ere is something about them that appeals to us, whether it be the aesthetics, the technology, the sound of the engines, or just the sheer enjoyment we get out of driving them.

If you are reading this, chances are you have an overwhelming passion for auto-mobiles which, most likely, trumps that of the average Joe. What is it that sparks this interest and sets us apart from everybody else? What is it that gets us out of bed on a Sunday morning before the sun rises so that we can congregate in a parking lot and indulge in our fervor? Well, it seems to me that an infatuation, such as mine, can in many cases be traced back to a single event in ones’ life.

I’ve been exposed to cars my whole life. I owe this to my father who was a car nut long before I was. He has always gone out of his way to take me to all sorts of auto-motive events. I have memories of being “dragged” out to Willow Springs before I was old enough to appreciate it. We attend-ed the Long Beach Grand Prix, and vari-ous road racing events. We would frequent the Pomona Fairplex drag strip whenever there was a race being held. I remember trembling in awe as the Top Fuel dragster’s would come out, holding my hands over

my ears, which were already #lled with ear-plugs ( I was admittedly not the brav-est youth). I used to beg him to take me to Ogner Motorcars at least once a week, just to get up close and personal with the exotics. I knew I enjoyed the spectacle of horsepower at a young age, but it had not yet metamorphosed into true mania.

!is did not come until much later. You see, despite all of the incarnations of mo-torsport I have observed, I still had not experienced it #rst hand. !is all changed one fateful day. I was at home when my phone rang, I answered it, and it was my dad. !ere was an air of mischievousness in his voice. He said something along the lines of “Guess what I’m brining home”. Now being a car guy, he has brought home a plethora of interesting things in my life-time, but I could tell this time was di$er-ent. He gave me a hint “ It starts with a Z”. A %ood of preposterous notions went through my mind. Zonda. Zephyr. Zagato. !en I suddenly remembered that one of his coworkers owned a black 09’ Corvette Z06. A wicked grin formed across my face. He quickly con#rmed my suspicions, and for the next hour I had not known such anxiety. He #nally arrived, and I had never seen such a beautiful sight in my entire life. !e car itself was hard to make out in the darkness but I could easily discern the chromed ten spoke wheels and red brake calipers. Christmas had come early this year.

As for the Z06 itself, I don’t really have to describe it. In fact many of you own one. At least 6 or 7 show up every week at Supercar Sunday, and most people don’t pay them much attention. ‘Most’ people that is, not me. !at night I gained a newfound respect for a car that the majority of attendees walk past as they crowd around the McLarens


and Ferraris.We were on our way to the track to expe-

rience the car the way the designers meant it to be. A closed course, lots of turns and a some straigts, lets open this baby up! I knew all the performance numbers, 505 horsepower, 470 "-lb of torque, a curb weight of roughly 3200 lbs; however, noth-ing could prepare me for what happened next. We entered the track and my dad %oored it in second gear all the way to, what I assume was, the 7000 rpm redline ( I have no clue, as my head was pinned to the seat). !e LS7 didn’t roar or snarl but instead gave a deep, earth-churning rum-ble. I had never seen anything so far ahead of me disappear behind me so quickly in my life, nor have I since. We had easily accelerated to 100mph before we hit turn one. A"er slowing down to enter the turn, I exhaled and just started to laugh. At that moment I decided that this is what I want-ed to do. I didn’t care what it took. I wanted nothing more than to have a car like this at some point in my life. !e rough ride or pitiful ground clearance didn’t matter to me. !ese were sacri#ces I was willing to make.

It wasn’t until a few weeks later that I realized the signi#cance of this event. My dad loved to tell me a certain story about when he was a kid. My grandfather woke him up once in the middle of the night and called him out to the garage. Waiting there was a black on black 66’ Corvette Stingray, equipped with a top of the line L72 427 cu-bic inch big block. Any Chevy guy could tell you how closely our two experiences parallel each other, nearly 45 years apart. Upon realizing this I couldn’t help but get the chills.

From father to son to father to son, the passion runs deep in our family.

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A submission by Hunter Feil. Hunter is a regular at Supercar Sunday and this is his first submission to the magazine.



BMW Marque

The February 26th BMW Marque at Supercar Sunday was another huge

hit! It was the #rst ever BMW Marque and we had over 150 examples. We had an M from ever series as well as everything else BMW. A very rare example of a M1 was a showstopper! !e Z8 Club was in full at-tendance and everybody enjoyed the Ger-man inspired morning.

As is the case with Supercar Sunday, you never know what is going to roll in. We had six McLarens arrive together. SIX! !ese ultra-rare supercars felt right at home and they commanded one heck of presence. To our knowledge, that is the most McLarens MP4-12Cs ever together to date!

Our good friend and long time sup-porter Jay Leno stopped by to share a very special Fiat with the crowd. Jay, in classic Leno style was simply “one of the guys” and spoke about the car as well as taking photos with fellow enthusiasts. It was another per-fect day at Supercar Sunday! !ank you!

Super cars at SuperCar Sunday! This was one of six McLarens!

Ultimas showing off.

1980 BMW M1 AHG


From Carbon Fiber wheels to wood wheels, SCS has it all.

Race Buggies too!

Have you ever seen one of these before?

HOT! HOT! HOT!

The most McLarens ever! Only at SCS!

You never know what to expect!

BMW Z8 Club in full attendance.

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Can a car be cursed? Where do I begin? About 4 years ago I purchased a 1970 Mus-tang convertible to drive for half of sum-mer then sell. Sounded like a great idea. !e car ran, looked good so what the heck. !en the rear tire blew and took out the rear quarter. Some of you may remember the previous story about the car being in bodyshop prison for 2.5 years, some of you have been there and feel my pain. So I get it released from the bodyshop prison, the car in pieces and I was basically screwed. I luck out and get the car to David at One Day who restores the whole car in record time and under budget. !e car is BACK! We drive it a few times and then what hap-pens? !e transmission goes out. Not a normal C4, but a more modern and hated AOD trans. Why is it hated? !e AOD has a TV cable which if not adjusted just right, not only will the transmission not function correctly, but it will fry the trans. DAMN! Now, I have to replace the transmission on a car that I do not want to put money into. I can’t sell it if it not running so, out come the trans.

!is car is cursed. I think I have regis-tered it 4 years and driven it a total of 20 times. It actually has turned into a very nice car, but, the transmission. I send the trans out to get rebuilt which takes a couple weeks. !e trans comes back and intimidated of the TV Cable, I send it to get installed at a local shop. !en another shop. !en another shop. Nobody can get this damn car to run properly. CURSED! CURSED! CURSED! !is car is CURSED.

I cannot begin to tell you the frustration I have had with this car. Do I pull out the AOD Trans and put in a C4 or C6? !at means I just threw away a lot of money. !e car had bounced from shop to shop.


1970 Mustang

Nobody could get it right. I was about to give up when I was referred to another shop. “Call Johnny at Paci#c Transmis-sions” he can get it done. So, I coordinate with Johnny and send the car. I never met him in person, I don’t know him, at this point, I don’t even want to look at the car. So, o$ to Johnny it goes. I explained to Johnny, that he could take his time, I explained my frustration and he said he could get it done, “no problem”.

A little time goes by and knowing that this car has been a headache, I #gure it is going to sit at the shop for months and months. Whatever. Damn Mustang. !en Johnny calls and says it is ready. Skepti-cal, I head over to the shop and there she sits. I actually forgot what a pretty car it is. Johnny explained that the trajectory of the TV Cable, brackets and related compo-nents were o$. Further, there was an issue of a bracket on the car that kept “slipping.” Johnny, decided to fabricate some of his own parts at his shop and just as he said, he got it done.

I guess it takes a racer. Johnny’s history is that of a drag racer. He grew up racing cars, breaking parts and putting them back together. He has that “get it done” attitude and he “got it done.” Johnny’s niche is race applications although he does just about everything. From installing go-fast parts to the transmission on your daily driver, Johnny has got you covered. For more info on Johnny and his shop:

www.paci!ccoasttransmissions.comJohnny AcevesXtreme Transmissions1911 Paci!c Coast HwyLomita, CA 90717(310)714-3869

2. Johnny made a custom bracketfor the TV Cable fixing the problem.


1. Bracket fixed, cable run, we are in business.

3. Johnny putting on thefinal touches. 4. Johnny to the rescue.

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