i just picked up that issue last week and only got to read it yesterday. i was totally impressed with shiv's car! my goodness. not the flashiest, but man, it can perform. and his philosophy is still "reliability, drivability" and all that other practical stuff. amazing. i guess i was more impressed than i realized because last night, i had a dream shiv's future "stage 2 for the STi" installed on my car. weird.
my *silly* goal is a car that can accelerate at 1G (i.e. 0-60 in ~2.7s) without nitrous, so i'll keep an eye on what shiv produces. (speaking of sub-3 0-60, did you see that $110,000 EVO!? bloody amazing.)
btw, amdmaxx, nice photoshopping!