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August Issue of Practical Performance Car Magazine out Now!

This month's Practical Performance Car magazine is out now! Hurry down to WHSmiths, Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, Sainsbury's or a good local newsagent. When you've picked up your copy you'll be able to read all about:

  • The Hayabusa-Cappucino. Hayabusa motorbike engine + Suzuki Cappucino + B&Q plywood = very clever, very fast race car. Banned from the championship it was built for, it's skulking menacingly in the front of this issue.
  • A bright yellow Rover P6 racer with fewer doors and more V8.
  • Trying to beat a train to Cornwall on the same budget as a Virgin return ticket.
  • Budget Blaster is back with another article on how to buy a noisy French hatchback, this time a Peugeot 106 Rallye.
  • The buyers' guide Clarkson should have read before buying a Merc CL for small car money.
  • Preparing the Scimover for being on the telly and the XJ-S for being in the PPC challenge.
  • Staff cars: Will resorts to pouring Coke into his BMW, Kev's XJR takes some steps towards working, James gets his BMW into road-legal condition, Matt replaces a diesel Alfa estate with a diesel Alfa estate and Charlie makes a new aluminium radiator.
  • Readers' cars: They're all German this month (except for a Jag). Highlights include a home-brewed M-car and a period VW Golf racer.

 

PPC is the definitive technical performance tuning magazine, with:

  • How to guides on fitting your own ECU and putting an Audi five-cylinder engine in your car.
  • Dave Walker's workshop
  • Answering all your technical questions with Tech Talk
  • Ever wanted to roll or tilt? Be sure to read our product test on rollers and tilters before you do.
  • More bits of 560SEL make it into Will's 280SE. This month, the subframe gets plumbed in, under the pretence of fuel economy.

Practical Performance Car (PPC) is a monthly magazine aimed at real car enthusiasts interested in affordable performance tuning. At PPC we pride ourselves in providing the most entertaining, informative and inspiring features for petrolheads everywhere. Each month we feature an eclectic mix of affordable performance cars, great driving adventures and world-class technical features for the DiY tuner. Our editorial team is headed up by well known Will Holman who has a deserved reputation for 'stick a V8 under the bonnet' attitude to life. His editorial team is stacked with experience including Dave Walker (speciality engine management), of the sadly missed Cars and Car Conversions (CCC) magazine, David Vizard, the legendary engine tuning guru, and Kevin Leaper - ex technical editor of Practical Classics.

Have a look at the online Staff Cars section to give you a flavour of PPC but for the real thing go to your local newsagent, WHSmiths, Asda, Tesco or Sainsburys - PPC is on sale the last Thursday of every month. Better still visit our subscriptions page for the latest offers and discounts to have PPC delivered direct to your door at a fraction of the cost.

Examples of magazine features: brakes uprating, suspension improvements, engine transplants, buyers guides, ECU management, kit car builds, car event coverage (including PPC's own show, PPC in the Park) and much more. Examples of some of the staff's cars: 27 litre Rover SD1, 5 litre Capri, track day Rolls Royce, MK1 Transit and more.