And they turn them into real masterpieces of automotive art. Jason Whitfield was the author of one of these cars — the hero of an unusual construction site Chevrolet Aveo today.
When confer the title of «fastest», then talk about the talents that someone or something is. So Jason Whitfield had already become famous, and his car became the owner of the title. Built his efforts Honda CRX was the fastest car in the world with an engine volume of only 1.5 liters. Many even consider it one of the fastest cars of all representatives of the automotive industry.
Jason began to gain popularity in the world of drag racing since engaged in building cars in his shop Rage Imports in the city of Upland (CA). In 2005, the company General Motors released the Chevy Cobalt and wanted to find a tuning studio to create versions with enhanced performance.
They took a few shops and thanks to what he saw by chance in one of the journals of their car choice fell on Whitfield Racing's Rage Imports. GM were delighted with the work done tuning studio work and entrusted them to build Cobalt. Created car brought success as a GM, and Whitfield Racing.
As a result, we established a strong working relationship between them. Three years later came the Chevy Aveo, a tiny hatchback, made of carbon fiber (carbon fiber), equipped with an MP3 player and still has modest fuel consumption, to challenge peers from Japanese manufacturers.
GM wanted to break into the market and take its place among cars such as the Toyota Yaris, Honda Fit and Scion xD. They felt that the revised Aveo will do it and make note of its standard counterpart. GM wanted to build a show car based on the hatchback version of the Aveo and show it at the SEMA show in 2007, so they once again turned to Whitfield Racing, to translate ideas into action. Jason knew Whitfield Racing team will be able to not only do all this, but exceed expectations.
«Initially, they just wanted to show the car show —. Coolest cars from the TV screens in the headrests and all that is characteristic of such equipment they even talked about the extended body I could build a show car, but did not think about it I am very worried.. specifications, for me it was also important as it looks. So we just picked up and completely built show car, which would correspond to the wishes and made GM happy. »
But the work on the building was non-standard, Jason tried to expand the range of its activities: «When we started to work on the car, we found a lot of things over which wish to undertake further work in cooperation with Wilwood we have developed a unique brake, which could in the future become one. from standard parts. in addition, we would like to change the engine mounts for ease of engine-swap procedure. at Honda and Nissan is so popular and is more common. I wanted to and GM could have a similar opportunity to the same chassis as that Aveo, to facilitate the process as much as possible. So, we have created a support of the engine and still a number of details that can be purchased directly from the dealer. Our goal was to build a car for a small amount of money or else create a vehicle whose construction will cost at all comparable to the Honda Civic „.
When the construction was just beginning, it was terribly pessimistic, because its creators a little hard to believe that the Aveo is worthy to become a car that will purchase for further tuning. And Jason's task was to create a version of the hatchback that can really ignite the potential buyers.
And now tell you about a «monster» Jason built and so riveted interest in the Chevrolet Aveo.
Under the hood of the «baby» two-liter engine turbocharged by Chevy Cobalt LSJ, all the internal parts with GM production, Whitfield Racing has produced various works on it, Aveo and now produces 298 horsepower with a torque of 292 Nm.
As for the suspension, the front and rear Eibach springs rigid mounted, front stabilizer bar and shock absorbers Ohlins front and rear.
The brought a number of changes to the brake system through collaboration with Wilwood.
By car are the 17-inch Konig wheels, and it is equipped with rubber for the drift — Falken Azenis.
On each of the sides of the car, right from the back door exits the exhaust created Frakture Industries.
Inside, racing seats installed on the Status Racing with glossy case of Kevlar covered with ultra-suede. The steering wheel has been replaced by a special sports from Sparco. The panel has got a coating of carbon, James Lin hooked up a special audio wiring and set the interface for iPod.
Most of the car is covered with paint Sikkens Candy Green, a safety cage painted a golden color, tint, which he picked up Jason.
Now, Jason is ready to share the joy with other motorists. If someone comes into his shop, you can get a full range of works on the Aveo hatchback, making engine-swap, replacing the suspension, brakes, exhaust system and run. All together it will cost between $ 8,000 to $ 10,000 (roughly the cost of a new car), but just a few weeks can become the owner of a unique car. No less important point that almost all parts are from Chevy dealer, and Jason has GM support. If we add from $ 5,000 to $ 7,000, the Aveo owner will be able to make more number of improvements, mainly related to car design. Among them — the rear seats, theater-style seats, dual exhaust, walking right out the door, or an upgraded sound system.
