On this podcast, Scott and Rich are joined by Peter from Speed Academy! The guys talk about OEM+ mods and what does it really mean to them to be OEM+ and is it worth it to make the upgrade?
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On this prerecorded episode of Konig’s Behind The Wheel Podcast (Live Now!), Scott & Jared sit down with half of the Speed Academy duo and discuss the progress on their various project cars as well as where Dave & Pete go for new nuggets of automotive knowledge! There’s plenty of joking around between the three and, with Dave’s Zoom call background, would you expect anything less?
Also, we apologize in advance. As you can tell, when this was recorded we were still working out the kinks of recording these podcast, but the convo was so good wanted to share! We hope you enjoy!
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On this episode of The Hype Is Right, Dave Pratte from Speed Academy, Gregg Bucell from Koruworks, Paco Ibarra from 2F Performance, and Dakota from Fitment Industries tell us whether or not they think that these arguably terrible cars – the Dodge Neon SRT-4, Nissan Sentra SE-R, Mitsubishi Eclipse (4G), Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart, and Saturn Sky – are “Under Hyped”, “Just Right”, or “Over-Hyped.”
“I’ve never heard a more pissed off 4-cylinder in my life!” – Dakota on the SRT-4 “The Eclipse is that poor car that started out so cool…and then they made this car.” – Gregg on the 4G Eclipse “Way over-hyped…because, frankly, those things were kinda hot garbage.” – Dave on the Sentra SE-R “…this was a German roadster that somehow made it to America under Saturn’s brand, and it’s a great car!” – Paco on the Saturn Sky
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In this episode of the Behind The Wheel Podcast we caught up with Pete and Dave from Speed Academy at the SEMA Show to talk upcoming builds, cars being featured at SEMA and more!
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On the latest episode of Speed Academy’s DRIFT CAR BUILD OFF, Peter and Dave hook the 350z up with some Konig Dekagram Wheels as well as other accessories! Make sure to tune in and let us know what you think…
Speed Academy is running Konig Dekagram in 18×9.5 front et 25 and 18×10.5 et 18 rear. The Konig Dekagram is Flow Formed.
On this episode of the Konig BEHIND THE WHEEL PODCAST we chat with former editor-in-chief of Modified Magazine and current co-mastermind behind the online and YouTube automotive content source Speed Academy, Peter Tarach!
After the closing of Modified Magazine in 2014, Peter was at a stand still. In this podcast he gives us his journey onto how he co-found Speed Academy with Dave Pratte. As well as gives us insight on being a YouTuber, the automotive industry, the marketing world and much more!
Stay tuned because this one is for sure a good one! You can head to the podcast page below and see the timecode cheatsheet to jump around!
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Peter Tarach, former editor-in-chief of Modified Magazine and current co-mastermind behind the online and YouTube automotive content source Speed Academy, lends us his time to talk about cars, the automotive industry, magazines, losing his job after the closing of Modified Magazine, car features, being a YouTuber, turning out content and so much more!
Pete was the written voice behind some of the most memorable car features over the past 15 years. In 2014 his time as Editor-In-Chief of Modified Magazine came to a halt as Source Interlink (the then owner of Modified Magazine) made a decision to close the magazine. After leaving modified magazine Pete brought his voice and love of automotive forward by co-starting Speed Academy with Dave Pratte. Tarach’s knowledge and love of the automotive industry and cars, in general, allows an extremely unique perspective. If you have the time, this is a great listen and even offers new Youtubers some extremely vital tips in growing their channel.
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CONTENT CHEAT MENU (podcast audio): 0:18 | Intro 0:27 | 10 Question Quick Fire 5:52 | Meet Peter Tarach 6:53 | Don’t have time…use our cheat sheet! 7:15 | Praise! 8:15 | Ran its course [leaving Modified Magazine] 9:14 | You had the fortitude 10:20 | Originally Speed Academy was going to be a blog… 12:04 | Dave Pratte 14:00 | Modified Magazine was born in Canada 14:45 | What brought you to cars? 16:00 | DSM beginnings 21:35 | Becoming a magazine editor 23:58 | Does film school help with Youtube? 24:13 | What else besides a magazine editor? 25:13 | What do you do for a living? 26:51 | The Modified days 30:01 | All about car features 36:50 | What did Modified mean to you? 40:05 | More content, NOW! 44:53 | About more than followers 46:00 | Work hard… have faith! 48:36 | Long-term plan for Speed Academy 51:25 | What does your day of work look like? 53:20 | The struggles… the planning 01:01:06 | Planning current builds 01:02:28 | How many builds 01:04:00 | Plan for the cars 01:05:59 | Cool build for the future 01:07:08 | B is for build vs. Speed Academy 01:10:27 | Do comments ever get to you? 01:12:07 | Modified comes to an end 01:14:36 | Between “jobs” / Starting Speed Academy and starting a YouTube channel 01:17:24 | Speed Academy doubts 01:18:20 | What would you do in another life? 01:19:45 | Branding vs. Production 01:21:00 | Looking for more help 01:24:54 | Shooting schedules 01:26:17 | Disagreements 01:27:00 | YouTube scene in 1-3 years 01:31:30 | Facebook / Facebook vidoes 01:34:52 | Tips for new YouTubers 01:37:40 | Final thoughts / 5 years from now 01:38:53 | Wrap up
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Thank you to everyone that has followed us and signed up for the Speed Academy Hot Lap Club. People who did this were automatically eligible to win a set of Konig wheels! We enjoy being able to hook up our fans especially those that support our partners.
Did you see who won? Was it you? In the video below the boys at Speed Academy make the big announcement on who won the giveaway! We appreciate you all for participating and stay tuned for more giveaways like this soon!
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Last night Chris from “B is for Build” was hard at work on the widebody RX-7 project he has been working on. Racing against a deadline, Chris started thrashing away on the final assembly of the RX7 after finishing the paint.
We’re avid fans and supports of the B Is For Build content and love helping projects out where ever we can. Chris added a set of the NEW Konig Dekagram’s into the mix with 18×9.5 et25 up front and 18×10.5 et18 out back. Make sure to check out the episode and let us know what you think!
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Giveaway ends on March 31st. Speed Academy will be doing the winner selection from their email list and verifying that they do in fact follow both Speed Academy and Konig’s Instagram accounts. Good luck and thank you for your support!
