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Honda Civic Si on the Track with Help from Vivid Racing

Cole Kelly — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:44:59 +0000

A customer of ours sent in photos of his 2008 Honda Civic SI with a variety of mods. Under the hood you will find an Injen Cold Air Intake, Skunk2 Mega Power R 70mm Exhaust, Strup Race Header, Strup Angled Defouler and tunned with a Cobb AcessPort.

One of the most over looked and most beneficial aspects of preparing a car are the brakes, wheels and tires. This customer has it all figured out with Hawk Pads, Rotora Slotted and Cross Drilled Rotors and Konig Daylite 17″ wheels wrapped in a 225/45/17 Yokohama’s S Drive rubber. Now power is to the ground and able to be stopped properly. The last step in a build is appearance. A HFP front lip for style and performance finished off with factory tint to keep you cool in the Arizona heat.

No matter you car, Vivid Racing has a solution for you. Check our online catalog here of give us a call at 1-866-44-VIVID

New Dyno Run Update on Project BMW 135I

Dan — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:27:24 +0000

We just did a new dyno with the current mods on the car to see how it reacted. It is very nice outside with an ambient temperature of about 80F. The car is running Agency Power Catless Downpipes, Agency Power Exhaust with Ti Tips, Agency Power Intercooler, JB3 ECU, Riss Racing Intake. We run a Mustang Dyno which reads a bit lower then some of the DynoJets runs out there. We were running pump gas of 91 octane. The made an impressive 322 rwhp and 375 ft/lbs of torque. Once we remove the center pipe and run race gas, I bet we see 350 wheel horsepower. More info coming up!

View our N54 Turbo BMW 135I, 335I, and 535I Performance Parts Here.

New Performance Parts from Blitz and Alcon

Cole Kelly — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:45:47 +0000

New to the Vivid Racing catalog are some familiar manufactures such as Blitz, as well as a little less known company Alcon.

Alcon, however, is not new to the game, they have been providing brakes for IRL IndyCar Series, NASCAR, Daytona Prototypes, Australian V8 Super Car Series, Grand Am, WRC, Trophy Truck Series, Bentley, Brabus, Citreon Sport, Jaguar, Land Rover, Raybestos, Audi Sport, and more. With that type of following, you can be sure the Alcon Big Brake Super Kit for the Nissan R35 GT-R is top notch. Featuring the biggest available disc of 15.75″ up front and a 15.16″ rear all squeezed by a “mono-block” caliper that has been machined from solid billit aluminum. The brake kit will fit behind the stock 20″ wheels and utilize the OEM actuation system. If your GT-R is seeing any track time, the Alcon Super Kit could assist you with your times.

Blitz has just released an intake manifold surge tank for the Mitsubishi EVO X. This Blitz combo is perfect for stock cars looking for an upgrade as well as cars with heavy mods ready for a little extra power.

And for a few more parts, you can always check the New Product section of the homepage on Vividracing.com

997 Turbo Intake Plenum Project. Air = Power

Dan — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:56:38 +0000

A long long time ago far far away I had tested a plenum with the stock throttle body on my car with mods consisting of an exhaust and ECU flash as seen here. The plenum made torque and horsepower but lost up top. After retesting and reinstalling as well as questioning the issue, no further improvements could be had. Almost a year later I now have GT3076 turbos on my car and I want to continue to maximize the potential of the car and improve inefficiencies. I learned that the Porsche intake manifold system works off of engine pulses so the airflow pattern of the plenum is not important as improving the restriction of the airflow. You can only get as much airflow into a system as the smallest opening. So I took it old school…

For those older then me, you just bored out the throttle body. For those my age, we took our first tuner car and purchased one of those JG throttle bodies for more air. Wouldnt you know, it made a difference. The same is true for the Porsche 997 Turbo. The more air flow you can get it whether on the stock VTG turbos or on my GT3076 monster, the better performance you will get. So we went to work.

First thing needed here was a bigger throttle body. Imagine the cost to make one from scratch . So we spec’d the Cayenne TT throttle body which will work with the 997 Turbo drive by wire system. Because the Cayenne TT part comes in at 78mm, it will not bolt up to the stock plenum. This is where Agency Power comes into play. Our fabrication department had this CNC machined flange designed and built with a inner cut for a rubber o-ring. We then used aluminum tube the same size as the throttle body to make the T-Plenum. A straight piece of aluminum with fittings was welded to the back side of it to accomondate the factory hoses.

The factory part inlet is only 76mm which gives the overall surface area about a 3% increase which is quite alot of volume. Because of the increased air flow, we will be retuning the car to get a before and after dyno run. Softronic is about to release a new product exclusively through Vivid Racing so you 997TT owners will not have to take your ECU out .

Anyways stay tuned for the testing and leave your input.

1 Sweet 997 GT3 Stops by Vivid Racing

Dan — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:46:07 +0000

Today a new customer came by with his beautiful Porsche 997 GT3 in red. The car is absolutely amazing and only has 3000 miles on it. The customer was interested in a better intake system and doing an upgraded exhaust. Looks like we might have a new project car on our hands. I had to take a couple of snaps to show how amazing the red color looks.

Stay tuned! View other GT3 Performance Products Here.