When you think of Estonia, you might think of small villages, VW Polo’s, Renault’s, and little old ladies crossing the street.  But this Northern European country on the Gulf of Finland is home to some of the most BA cars for street and rally.  Virgo’s Mitsubishi EVO IX is definitely built for a purpose.  This

One of our long time customers and online ambassador for Vivid Racing put together this well detailed installation of the KW Sleeve Kit on his 2009 Nissan GTR.  Thank you John for the hard work and great information.  Very long but detailed post! Introduction These are pictures and notes from the installation of the KW

Just had our long time customer Tamer forward me photos of his Porsche Cayenne Turbo S and some videos.  We have equipped his SUV for the Saudi power needs with a Softronic ECU flash and Fabspeed 2nd cat bypass pipes.  If you were unaware, Softronic flashes all the 2008 and up Cayenne vehicles through the

If you are into Subaru’s or Mini Coopers, you may have heard the name Alta or Perrin Performance over the past decade.  Alta Mini Cooper Performance parts have been a key player in the Mini Cooper market.  Recently, Alta teamed up with tuning giant Cobb Tuning to offer and exclusive AccessPort tuning device specifically for

Wanted to share this good comparison between the Quaife (Gear) LSD and Carbonetic (Clutch) LSD. Here is some information I gathered from each manufacture. CARBONETIC is a clutch type LSD which means it locks up 100% both of the axle shaft. If both axles do not lock up 100%. The car can not deliver power

Another Porsche 997 Turbo customer is now super happy with the huge power increase that his 997 Turbo is running with. The 2007 6speed car was stock and simply added the flashed 60+ wheel horsepower in less then 24 hours! Customer tells us: “Process was super simple, just followed the directions to the letter. After

One of our customers from Australia just sent in these photos of his 2009 Porsche 997.2 Carrera 3.6L.  The car was equipped with the new Agency Power cold air intake and a Softronic ECU Flash.  Softronic in partnership with Durametric has the ability to flash the ECU via the OBDII port.  This means no warranty

Vivid Racing just had the pleasure of working on this 2009 Porsche 997.2 Carrera PDK car.  The new 2009 and up Carrera is DFI (Direct Fuel Injection) and is available in the PDK (paddle transmission) or 6speed gearbox.  It is also available in the 3.6L or 3.8L version.  The particular PDK, 3.6L, Cabrio was our

This 2005 Subaru WRX Wagon came to us in need of a tune. It was equipped with an intake, up pipe, turbo back exhaust and an Agency Power unequal length header. On a Stage 2 WRX (turboback exhaust, up pipe and intake) we usually see around 220 AWHP on our Mustang II AWD dyno. Making

Vivid Racing’s employee’s 2004 Subaru WRX took to the dyno to test and tune a prototype WRX throttle body by Agency Power and freshly refinished 17 inch wheels. The car was already equipped with a turbo back exhaust system, up pipe and Agency Power air intake system along with various suspension mods. The new throttle

As we mentioned previously, we have been working to improve our dyno facility and provide our customers with the best available solution when looking to test or tune your vehicle. Over the years, Vivid Racing has had a unique selection of cars ranging from sand rails to multi million dollar Koenigsegg CCX have had their

Softronic is proud to offer their custom Launch Control software for the Porsche 996 Turbo vehicles. This Launch Control will work on any K16, K24 X50 or GT2, as well as custom turbo applications. The Launch Control is exclusively for Softronic customers as an add on to our ECU Flashing. This is a great modification

This car came to us last week with a turboback exhaust, upper and lower intercooler pipes, a front mout intercooler and an intake. When tuning the EVO X, we need to pay special attention to a few different maps inside the ECU.  We need to adjust things such as air fuel ratio, ignition timing, boost, and

Vivid Racing has spruced up its Dyno facility in Gilbert, Arizona and that includes the ability to tune alot of popular vehicles.  Our in-ground dyno is designed to work with AWD, FWD, or RWD cars.  This dyno has rollers to allow even the longest of diseal trucks to get dyno tuned. Dyno tuning requires experience, expertise, and the

Last week we dyno tuned a customer Mitsubishi EVO X here at Vivid Racing.  The car was equipped with the Agency Power catback exhaust, Agency Power cold air intake, and Agency Power suction pipe to the turbo.  Tuning the car on our Mustang AWD Dyno and on 91 octane, the car put down a respectable