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Injector Dynamics 1600cc Injectors Now Available!
Feb 25th
Following the incredible injector line up from Injector Dynamics the new ID 1600cc/min is nothing short of amazing! The ID 1000cc’s changed the injector market hands down. Response, control and repeatability are the key factors that make the ID 1000cc’s work so well in comparison to other brands on the market. The ID 1600cc’s follow suit!
Typically anything in the 1000cc/min range are tolerable for a street car in other brands such as Precision and RC. While the car is not nearly as smooth as with the ID’s, they are functional and can usually idle/cruise in the 13.5~14.0:1 a/f ratio without misfiring. Once you step above the 1000cc/min size range drivability goes down hill quickly.
A “cheap” way to go fast on most drag cars is the old Bosch 1600cc/min peak and hold injectors. They’ll deliver ample fuel for set-ups in the 800-900 whp power range, but have absolutely horrible idle and partial throttle quality. They can literally be a “on/off” switch to tune, creating horrible lean misfiring under 2 millisecond range (where most of the idle and light throttle driving is done).
The ID 1600cc/min injectors changes everything. They will idle, partial throttle drive and run exactly like the ID 1000cc’s. If you have been in a car with the ID 1000cc’s you know how well they run, so imagine that in a 1600cc/min injector! No compromises for big power set-ups that see street use anymore! Another great thing about the ID 1600s is that they use a OBD-1 style injector clip, so if you have a OBD-1 honda or clips currently on your car they are a 100% drop in fitment.
Like the ID 2200 injectors the ID 1600′s are not compatible with MTBE based racing fuel such as Q16 or VP Import, but can be used with any alcohol or pump gas.
Get Them Today!
We are offering plug and play adapter clips for all applications that require them. The ID 1600cc/min injectors are available for purchase here: http://www.evans-tuning.com/ecommerce/injector-dynamics-1600cc-injectors.html
The Evans Tuning 2011 Yearly Outlook
Jan 10th
Happy New Year! Last year was full of exciting news and updates from Evans Tuning and we certainly have plans to stay on that same exciting path in 2011. Everything from eTuning (our hottest new addition to the tuning services lineup) to our brand new Dyno Database (currently made up of over 670 dynos – it is the world’s largest online dyno graph database) has kept us extremely busy. As one of the most cutting edge tuning shops in the country, we always make improvements and advancements over previous years, and we feel we really have some new and exciting things lined up for this year that will blow you away. Although there are too many things coming throughout the next 12 months to list in detail, we wanted to take a moment to give everyone just a small sampling of what’s to come.
Hybrid EMS
Perhaps our most exciting new development for 2011 will be our new Hybrid EMS! The Hybrid EMS will be able to retain full OBD-2 functionality when tuning with a standalone (more details coming soon). There are endless possibilities to where this can lead; and needless to say, we are very excited. Production will begin with the AP1 S2000 and hopefully branch out shortly to many other makes and models.
Technical Support Updates
For years we have been providing the industry’s best email-based technical support. We respond fast (usually within 24 hours) and effectively to virtually every email we receive (that’s upwards of 15,000 emails in 2010). Because of the burden that email support places on some of our customers, we’ve been working on a better way to help service everyone. We’re creating new internal systems and although we are not ready yet, we will soon be offering limited technical support over the phone.
Dyno Database
If you’ve been following our posts on Facebook and Twitter you have undoubtedly seen all of the updates in the brand new Dyno Database toward the end of 2010. In 2011 we have many more updates planned for the Dyno Database. For starters, we’ll be breaking down more sorting options and adding a video of dyno runs!
Labor Services
Toward the end of 2010 we added 3 new labor services. We are now offering Performance Modifications, Transmission Builds, and Corner Balancing & Alignment services. Although we have been performing these services on a very limited basis for several years, we are now offering them to all. In 2011 we have a few more services we plan to add – details to come.
Web Site Updates
Last year we made huge strides in our web site design and online presence. This year we are starting off with redesigned page layouts and updated information in our Dyno Tuning section, and creating an entirely new set of pages detailing the Hybrid EMS system. Later this year we plan to revisit our home page and make some updates to the more static sections of our web site.
Consultations
Sometimes it’s just easier to bring your car to the shop before you build it. Later this year we’ll start offering personalized recommendations for your setup when you schedule a consultation at our shop.
The Evans Tuning Race Car
Late in 2010 we started building a new shop race car. We’re pretty excited about it and hope to have it done very early this year with dyno numbers and then track times once the tracks open up!
Garrett GTX Turbos
Jan 4th
Garrett has just released their new line of GTX (also called GTX-R) turbos that are a drop in replacement for the current 3071R and larger sized turbos!
The new GTX line up boasts 10-15% increased compressor efficiency which results in huge power gains. The key to the GTX compressor wheel is the increased efficiency without increased size (inducer/exducer) in a billet material configuration, so the turbo is able to move more airflow (CFM) and retain the same spool characteristics as the same size GT equivalent turbo. The new GTX 3071R is now able to offer 50-60 hp more from the same size turbo, with no other changes being made! The larger GTX turbos such as the GTX4202 can offer an additional 200hp+ in gains with no loss of spool!
While there are other companies offering billet compressor turbos, they are far from reliable. Get the same high quality and reliability you expect from the Garrett GT line-up, but with more power. We are offering the GTX line up in a wide array of turbine housing options, and even have a 72mm specific drag race “special” GTX turbo that is able to support 1200whp+.
Insane Civic Si: 535whp @ 13psi Pump Gas! (video)
Mar 26th
From time to time I get some very impressive cars through the shop. Many times I have no extra time in the day to document these cars, and always wish that I took the time to do so. I was lucky enough to be part of my customers super big build with the EFI tuning aspect. I headed into the shop last Friday (3/19/10) and thought I was tuning a stock Si with a Full Race Turbo Kit, but little did I know I was going to be greeted with a complete sleeper and insane build! The build list is long and impressive, but the overall installation quality and attention to detail was the most impressive. Anyone can buy good parts, but I often see poor installation work, and the car is not reliable as a result. This was certainly not the case with this car!
With the 2.2 liter displacement, ported head, larger cams and 9:1 compression I knew it was a potent combination to make some serious power. Off of the wastegate spring (~8-9 psi) the car made 450whp on 93 octane! I was floored to say the least. I bumped up the boost to 13 psi and the car made 535whp on 93 octane! I have never seen such an efficient set-up to date. We moved onto doing a 100 octane tune, and yielded 580whp at 18psi. The turbo was out of breath (backpressure induced). Here are the dyno graphs: More >
24-Hour Tuning in Phoenix, AZ!
Mar 12th
I’m frequently asked to travel to tune cars. There are other tuners that can easily pick up and travel to tune cars, but when you have a big shop (I mean square footage – it get’s expensive) with cars to constantly wrench on and tune, traveling is just out of the question! Geoff from Full-Race Motorsports has been asking me to make the trip to Phoenix, AZ for a while to retune his Nissan R14 (http://www.full-race.com/r14/) with the new fuel, turbo, and v-mount intercooler setup.
As a personal favor to Geoff, I decided to bite the bullet and fly out there for a day. To justify leaving the shop for a trip to AZ, Geoff arranged for some local cars to be tuned as well. Besides Geoff’s R14, I had three 06+ Honda Civic Si’s to tune. Two of the Si’s were equipped with the new Full Race Stage 2 GT Kits (GT3076R), and the other Si had a CT Engineering Stage 2 Supercharger Kit. My flight plans gave me a solid 24 hours in Phoenix to get everything done, which I didnt think would turn into a tuning marathon… I was wrong!
Sick Evo 8 Break-In Dyno Tune!
Feb 14th
So as everyone knows, we primarily tune Honda/Acura cars, but dabble in pretty much everything/anything out there. Any given day I could be tuning a Subaru, Nissan, Toyota, injected domestic, etc. With the addition of the AWD dyno this past year we have slowly been getting more AWD cars in for tuning, including Evos. I have tuned a handful of Evos now with the OEM ECU “flashed” based tuning, as well as several AEM EMS equipped. A good customer of ours recently bought and built a low mileage Evo 8 with a serious set-up for street and track domination! A break-down of the set-up is as follows:
Hondata S300 Price Reduction!
Feb 1st
The best OBD-1 Honda/Acura EMS system just got even better as Hondata has decided to drop its pricing on the S300 from $590 to $490! All of our S300/tuning packages have been reduced in price, as well as S300 and S300 packages. If price kept you from looking at the S300 system, look again! We have S300′s in stock ready to ship!
eTune vs Dyno Tune
Jan 26th
Anyone that has been running KPro or FlashPro is probably familiar with “eTuning”, or tuning done through email. If you are not familiar with the concept it is pretty simple. You give an “eTuner” your list of mods, he generates a basemap and emails it to you. You take datalogs during idle, partial throttle driving, and full throttle driving and email those datalogs to the tuner. Adjustments are made to the map and emailed between the customer and the tuner until the set-up is optimized.
Since we have decided to start eTuning, I decided that a write-up was needed to clarify when an eTune or Dyno Tune is needed and the pros/cons of eTuning.
Evans Tuning 2010 Yearly Update
Dec 23rd
2010 promises to be a year full of new and exciting developments for Evans Tuning. We feel that we are one of the few tuning shops that are constantly evolving and making adjustments to better suit the needs of our customers. In 2009 we put a ton of effort into the redesign of our website. The best part is that we have many more revisions coming on that front to make it easier to navigate and more useful.
Here is a quick look at what we have planned for 2010: More >
Two S2000′s surpass 700whp on stock blocks!
Oct 20th
I have been tuning more and more forced induction S2000′s in this past year than anything else. Supercharged or turbo, people are starting to realize the huge power potential and fun factor of the Honda S2000′s. With price tags dropping below the $10,000 mark the affordability factor is there as well. I have been consistently pushing the stock F20C and F22C engines into the 500-600whp range on 93 octane reliably with a properly designed turbocharging system. Now that the bar has been raised as “what to expect”, these same pump gas monsters are starting to get tuned on racing fuel. Case in point 2 of our local customers with bone stock F20C engines using InlinePro 3mm thicker headgaskets (lowers compression to around 9:1) were just recently tuned on VP Racing Q16 race gas. The results are nothing but extraordinary! More >
