After a special report done by ABC News BMW has voluntarily recalled roughly 130,000 vehicles. The vehicles in question run the N54 Twin Turbo engine which includes the 335i series from 2007 to 2010, the 2008 to 2010 135i, 535i and X6 xDrive35i Sports Activity Coupes and the Z4 Roaster sDrive35i from 2009 to 2010.

For years BMW owners have been complaining about problems with these vehicles. There have been hundreds of complaints that the cars suddenly lose power, shake, backfire and feel like they are out of control. The problem stems from a faulty fuel pump.

BMW insists the vehicles are still safe and that they are only going into limp mode or safe mode. Really, this can happen on any make and model of cars Limp mode comes into play when the computer receives certain error codes at which time the computer limits power to prevent any further costly damage and for driver safety.

Although complaints have been piling up for years BMW chose not to recall the vehicles. BMW admits they have been struggling to fix the problem and have been replacing the faulty fuel pumps as they came in. With the latest recall they estimate 40,000 of the effected vehicles may require a new high pressure fuel pump.

What makes this an interesting recall is that it came hours after the report by ABC. BMW says the report caused them to act sooner rather than later.

The month long investigation was spearheaded by 20/20 anchor Chris Cuomo and began when a viewer approached him on the street to tell him of his car problems.

Along with this recall BMW also announced a recall on 20,000 2008 X5 Sports Activity Vehicles. These vehicles use a low-pressure fuel pump that will need to be updated.

Videos and the full article can be read at: ABC News

Last month Hurst proved the benefits of a solid turbo kit when they announced the Redline Series Hurst Camaro.  Teaming up with BFGoodrich they took a 2010 Camaro RS V6 and turned it into a beast.  The heart and soul of this monster V6 is the STS Turbocharger mounted at the rear of the car to Hurst’s modified exhaust system. According to Hurst this turbo provides a 50% power gain pushing the car to 360 rear wheel HP at 6800 RPM.  As if that wasn’t enough the Redline also boasts 30% better fuel economy than the 2010 6.2L V8 Camaro SS.

Along with the STS Turbo Hurst and BFGoodrich added the Hurst/Detroit Speed coil-over suspension, sway bars, BFGoodrich Radial T/A Spec Redline Edition tires and included the Hurst Hard-Drive “Pistol Grip” shifter.

To highlight the mechanical changes the Camaro was given some aerodynamic enhancements, a Hurst Air Speed spoiler, five spoke 18 inch Hurst T1 alloy wheels and a custom paint and graphics package.

Hurst plans to build a limited quantity of these bad boys allowing for only 50 a year.  Price is estimated in the low to mid $50,000 range and a few extras are available such as gauge package and Hurst/Katzkin leather seating.

With this car Hurst really demonstrated the strengths of a good turbo kit.  They took a 3.6L V6 and pushed it close to the power output of the much bigger 6.2L V8 and they did it with better fuel efficiency.  That’s what a turbo is all about.

With the help of a Turbonetics Turbocharger Suzuki America was able to take the land speed record for Blown Gas Coupe with their first-ever attempt with a car.  The new record holder is a Silver 2010 Suzuki Kizashi 4 door sedan dubbed the ‘Kizashi Bonneville Racer’ driven by Road & Track’s Sam Mitani.  The turbo Suzuki ran an average of 203.720 miles per hour (327.9 km/h) on two passes at the Bonneville Salt Flats taking the record at 8:40 am MT on August 18, 2010.

With help from engine builder Richard Holdener the Suzuki team was able to push the 2.4 litre four cylinder 16-valve DOHC engine to produce 513 HP @ 7,700 RPM with 515 lb-ft of torque @ 5,500 RPM.  Changes to the stock engine included disassembly, flowed and ported cylinder heads, an intake manifold, forged rods and pistons, tuned ‘long tube’ header and ACT clutch and pressure plate.  The kicker was the Turbonetics Turbocharger which pushed the boost up to 16 pounds on a 3.5″ exhaust.

Also added to the Bonneville special was a roll cage, rear aluminum bulkhead, racing seat and harness, window nets, air dam to keep the front end down, steel wheels with welded seams, 15 x 7 inch Goodyear Front Runner® tires, hood pins and a parachute.