EPIC Motorsports: First off, Robbie and Jason are the heat. They do absolutely everything they can to help me reach my goal. Laid back guys, yet hard working, they have a real passion for motorsports. Jason has done quite a bit of slaving on my car. The day before the shootout drag day my clutch TOB clip popped out of my Exedy Twin and he was all over it immediately. That night he and a few others labored until 1AM to get my car done. A real determined group!

The facility has a Mustang Dyno and it doesn't lie. I say this because there are Mustang Dyno's out there that post numbers that are attractive, but don't equate to real world performance. If you take your car to EPIC, you're going to get HP and TQ numbers that are real and accurate. For example: My car made 460WHP and 400WTQ, then we made a drag pass on it and ran a 11.25 @ 123MPH. The day before the track day, we made 10 more WHP and ran a 11.23 @ 125MPH. That, my friends, tells you the dyno is actually creating load and simulating track conditions just like the real world. It was crazy how close the dyno was at predicting our times.

Bobby@EPIC (Crewdawg130): Quite simply, he's done everything for me. He's been my friend, my mechanic, my tuner and my drinking buddy. Upon meeting him, you'd think he's your average C-130 Aircraft technician in the airforce, but after seeing his Evo VIII he tuned, seeing the 500+WHP engines he's built and tuned, seeing his 9 Sec. beetle and seeing his skills driving down the dragstrip, you'll see there's more to him than just serving the country. Bobby is a highly talented man who has a high value of loyalty toward his peers. I don't know what else to say. You can't go wrong with this guy.

STM Tuning/Motorsports: The whole crew from STM showed up at EPIC and blew everyone away with the quality and craftsmanship of their "Ricer" Evo. It's one thing to see pictures, but it's another to see a passionately built Evo in person. The pictures don't do it justice, ladies and gentlemen. It is a finely crafted automobile.

Anyway, Emery and the rest of the STM staff were great. Very humble and professional people. We all had a great time, but when the track day came around, everyone meant business. This is proved by the times that the STM cars posted. Everything from a built semi-drag car running 9.75 @ 150MPH to a real street, stock block, Evo VIII RS running 10.79 @ 130MPH (which is my goal, btw ).

I bought STM's Exedy clutch stop for less than $100.00 and we ran my car all day without a single problem. Before, the clutch clip popped out on the first pass we made on the dyno. I refused to continue running that clutch unless there was a real solution out there that would prevent me from having to spend money on repositiong/replacing the TOB clip. That solution was STM's Clutch Stop. I couldn't be happier with it. Thanks STM.

Force-Fed Performance: These guys are local, and I don't know what I'd do without them. For me it all started with James@Force-Fed. He took care of my transmission swap from an OEM 6MT to a Shepherd Racing built Ultimate Ratio 5-Speed. He changed that, added stainless steel brake lines, changed my clutch, and serviced all my fluids in one day! James is a hard worker and has excellent customer service etiquette. He's just a great guy to deal with.

Justin@Force-Fed has also helped very much in my car's progress. Saturday, he was there advising me (Along with STM and EPIC) on what to do to get my car running Sunday and was invaluable in our progress. He put some elbow grease into getting my car done and with that, I can say for sure that Force-Fed Performance has earned my future business. They are a professional, yet humble, easy to deal with group of guys. I will continue working with them.

Tweaker41: Thank you so much for helping with my car. I kept telling you, "You're not getting paid for this, you know." Yet you kept on helping. I know my car wouldn't have ran Sunday without you. Thanks a lot brotha' not only for that, but for spotting me those $80 to buy my clutch stop! LOL.

Okay, so with that, here are the pictures:

Here's me launching into an 11.80 @ 123MPH on street tires, 93 octane:



Emery launching the Ricer. Notice the slicks warping!



More pics of the Sexy Ricer:






And... more pics of my car (Notice bobby going sideways in the pit!):








An insanely fast Civic:



...And the guys:



Here's my timeslip too. Still room for improvement on the setup. Remember: Full weight, GT30, Stock Block/ECU, VP110 (I'm on the left):

 

Thanks alot Christian and awesome write up.
BTW i never saw a slip but 7.2 in the 1/8th is pretty good for making the power you make and being full weight man. You can tell from that, that the small 30 is keeping you back on the big end.

Once those slicks get some wear on em they will stick nicely!

Glad we could get her done in time for the race, wouldnt have been as much fun.

-Justin

 

Very nice review man...Your car was hauling...getting closer & closer to 10s!! Hopefully well see some 10s out of it once you guys figure out exactly how the car likes to be launched and it gets a little cooler out...Hopefully ill be there to see it too...

 

Thanks guys. Don't forget. I'm on chrome FD rims with full brembo's and a flip-out DVD player headunit, son!

 

what a professional and organized write up!

 

Thank you cristian.
10s coming soon

 

Nice Write Up Christian

 

Thanks alot Cristian! Cant wait to see you get in the 10's. I'm glad we could be a part of your build.

 

Agree with this review. These guys are all a class act

 

thanks Adam.. wish you coulda made it out this weekend

 

Car looks and runs great! We had a blast down there. The people are so nice and its making me want to move south for sure.


-Em

 

Nice times, just get the most out of those QTPs and lower that 60ft! The FD wheels just touch the top of the caliper I hear? Nice setup

 

we got em to clear with ALOT of spacing. the rear with no spacers just does clear the trailing arm

 

We need to do some more dialing in for sure as we only got 4 passes in that day. They're working out okay but a 1.7 60' isn't what I want out of the Hoosier's. Of course it's easier said than done.

You have to come back man! You guys were a hit around here!

 

yea remember he only got them to leave that one time without boggin remember and that was with the tires at 22psi AFTER we raised the 2 step. I think the 2step where we had it before around 6400 and lowering the tires to 18-20 would be about the right setup for yours