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  2. Injector cleaning

    in Passing Lane

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    I think Slowmotion Motorsports can also clean injectors IIRC.

     

    I had them do my FIC 2150s and they found one that was bad and replaced it for me. I went to get tuned at TPG and they found one was sticking open, so they were sent to FIC this time to get checked. FIC called me with news that one of the 4 of my injectors was a completely random injector that wasn't theirs, so ya i have no idea what slomo replaced my bad one with, but im about to be out $300+ to make it right

  4. EPA vs. Aftermarket Industry

    in Passing Lane

    Posted

    I feel like the EPA is trying to make an example out of Evans. It's almost like they are going after the little guy they know can't afford to lawyer up, and take them on.

     

    Tom

     

    Ya for sure, they are saying litigation to even try to fight this is going to be 6 figures, and what really seems unfair is they are going after the individual and not the company, so filing for bankruptcy wont save him from the 1 mil+ fine

  5. EPA vs. Aftermarket Industry

    in Passing Lane

    Posted

    Didn't see this posted here yet, really sucks for a well known shop and tuner

    The EPA is apparently going after Evans Tuning/Jeff Evans for 298 counts of breaking the clean air act and millions in fines. Its a long read but interesting

     

    http://www.vtec.net/forums/one-message?message_id=1314153

     

    Something that stood out in the first post was

    "If the EPA's action against Evans succeeds, they will have, in one fell swoop, made illegal over 90% of the products and services provided by the aftermarket in the United States. Any modification that does not undergo California CARB certification or a US FTP emissions cert, would be de facto illegal for use on any vehicle made after 1971, regardless of the usage or venue of usage for that vehicle. No longer will you be able to custom tune a race car, unless you are willing to spend $10k to custom certify the emissions of that vehicle. And all production based racing series (see World Challenge, for example) would be required to use factory catalysts (which will not last in a race environment of course).

     

     

    Discuss

  10. I did a bad thing at Mid Ohio

    in Passing Lane

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    Just an update for those that care haha, car is pretty much fixed, should be picking her up in the next few days

     

    http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll154/ihockey123/Evo%20Repairs/received_10210356480329006_zpso663d3pa.jpeg

     

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    the rest are here there's a bunch

    http://s287.photobucket.com/user/ihockey123/library/Evo%20Repairs

  11. I did a bad thing at Mid Ohio

    in Passing Lane

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    why only 6k? did they use any estimates or send out an adjuster to look it over?

    Save

     

    So adjuster came out and looked it all over, wrote his est for 6k. I tried to fight it because he wrote to repair everything and replace nothing, so i called to ask for a new rear quarter and new rear bumper. The answer was if they add any more to the estimate then i have to accept the car getting totaled out. Luckily i found a shop that a good friend works at that quoted me 6k with rear quarter replacement, new fender and new rear bumper. So im going that route, and they are allowing me to get the big parts and just providing labor and the little odds and end. Normally I wouldn't go out of my way and spend money on appearance mods, well because race car lol, but this seemed like a good time to do a couple things outside just replacing things with the same new parts. So some money is coming from my side to get the parts I want, but not a lot thankfully.

  14. I did a bad thing at Mid Ohio

    in Passing Lane

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    IDK who you are with but there's no harm in filing a claim here, just be honest and up front about what you were doing, where you were and the setting for the environment (HPDE).

     

    Assume the claim will be denied as most all insurance companies have written exclusion clauses into their policy language now that will exclude anything on a race track at all even if it's a school. Ultimately it's going to come down to the adjuster you get and their interpretation of the policy. No harm in trying though.

     

    The instructor in me wants to break down what went wrong. Do you know what happened and do you know how to avoid it next time. "going slower" isn't necessarily the answer. It sucks to dwell on an incident after the fact but it can be part of the learning curve.

     

    I spun there last year and thankfully kept it off of the wall. At the time I didn't think I did anything wrong. I went back and broke down the video and I was late on entry and wide of apex and I lifted just enough to make sure I was going to make the corner and that's when the car swapped ends. Funny how video doesn't lie and I had a completely different perspective of my spin until I really looked at the video and data.

     

     

    That's roughly what happened plus a little too much speed, my instructor said if I hadn't instinctively tried to correct I would've just gone straight into the grass instead of the wall. Just one of those things that happens so fast that its hard to say exactly what I did wrong, but i have a good enough idea on what not to do next time. So live and learn, I still plan on continuing to attend events in the future.

     

    I filed a claim this morning, explained that I was at a drivers school with an instructor and shit just went wrong and I spun out into the wall. Gave her Jason at Auto Interests contact info and she said they will send someone out to look at it, so I'll know my fate by the end of the week hopefully. Jason has the signed incident report, so there's no reason to even bother trying to twist the story at this point. The events that transpired on Sunday are obviously more detailed on the report so there's still a chance they could deny me, seeing as she never asked where it happened nor did I mention Mid Ohio lol

     

    Also Andy I've met you at Auto Assets lol, the brown kid that came by one night after hours and drank beers :)

  17. I did a bad thing at Mid Ohio

    in Passing Lane

    Posted

    Was this at a HPDE? I know quite a few insurance companies will cover "educational driving events" and not "timed speed events", meaning a HPDE should be safe.

     

    Ya I'm going with I was at a driver's school with an instructor the entire day learning car control, things went wrong at the worst part of the course at the end of the day and I ended up against the wall

  20. I did a bad thing at Mid Ohio

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  23. Summer Photo Shoot

    in Passing Lane

    Posted

    Definitely fine with roll cages, not an issue there.

     

    And that CTS-V looks like a fine example of the breed, is that one of Crucial's turbo rides?

     

    Well I can pm you his contact info if you'd like and iirc it has Lingenfelter 650 parts.

  25. 2006 Civic Si Coupe

    in LBTS GLWS

    Posted

    Selling this for a good friend of mine, he just got his wife a newer Rav4 so he's trying to get rid of the extra car they no longer need

     

    Anyone interested pm me and I can get you his contact info

     

    2006 Civic Si coupe

    All stock except for a short throw shifter and red emblems, decent tint and lip kit.

    Asking $4,800

     

    The car had a newer engine put in by Germain Honda when the previous owner blew the stock one prior to me buying. The engine has about 30k less miles than the rest of the car. About 138,250k on the odometer.

     

    The body is a little rough all around, the roof paint is faded which is common for the year and color. Interior is clean, non smoker but previous owner smoked in it, no smell at all at this point but a couple small burns here and there.

     

    Air conditioner is a little spotty but works for the most part, you can charge it but it will leak out in a few weeks, all components do work though. Few other little things but the car is priced accordingly.

     

    Newer Yoko YK580 all season tires, recently bought all season mats, newer front brakes and stock suspension. Also recently replaced intake and cabin air filters. Steering wheel was also replaced recently with a new oem one since the original was well worn and in overall disrepair

     

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