Tag "Walkinshaw"
Herrod Motorsport XR8 vs Walkinshaw W507
It doesn’t seem that long ago that to wrench better than 600 horsepower out of a street engine, you had to supercharge a big-block V8, take it right to the edge and then cross your fingers, making sure nothing fragile
Read MoreWalkinshaw unleashes 880Nm Commodore V8
When Holden and HSV raise outputs on production Commodore V8 models, tuners Walkinshaw will only take them higher – in this case to 547kW and 880Nm. Tagged the W547 kit, referencing its power figure, the VF Series II tuner package
Read MoreWalkinshaw WP507
It’s said that the greatest artists know when to step back from their work and declare it finished. Whether it be music, or painting, or simply renovating the house, the temptation is always there to keep fiddling and refining to
Read MoreWalkinshaw Racing Edition
A 1984 Rover Vitesse might seem an unlikely place to find inspiration, apart for perhaps a trip to the local wreckers or re-enacting an old episode of The Bill, but it’s that very vehicle that led to the creation of
Read MoreVIDEO: Walkinshaw’s V12 Jaguar meets The Mountain
For our third ‘Lap of the Gods’ episode we visit a pair that were a little less synonymous with Bathurst. In 1985, however, Tom Walkinshaw and his shrieking V12-powered Jaguar XJ-S etched themselves in to Bathurst history. After having
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