Unreleased – www.meilinkvision.com https://www.meilinkvision.com Home to the photography of Keith Meilink Sun, 08 May 2016 18:45:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Unreleased: Evans Tuning Part 2: The Evans/Bader 2001 Honda s2000 https://www.meilinkvision.com/2016/05/08/unreleased-evans-tuning-part-2-the-evansbader-2001-honda-s2000/ Sun, 08 May 2016 18:44:41 +0000 http://www.meilinkvision.com/?p=2154 Only three months after the initial post do I bring on part two. I guess it’s not that bad with my track record lately.

The s2000 here was built by Evan’s Tuning for Bader Dashti of B-Tune Performance in Kuwait. It was another shoot scheduled for a Honda Tuning (RIP) feature. The car has made consistent 8 second passes and at the time of the photoshoot it was making over 1000 whp. These kinds of numbers were achieved with a Borg Warner 72mm s400sx with an 87mm Turbine wheel, a 90mm accufab throttle body, a full race turbo manifold all attached to an 87×91 black with 10:1 CP pistons and Inline Pro billet stage 3 cams.

Putting the power to the ground is a Gforce 4 speed dog box transmission, a competition triple disc clutch and competition flywheel. The rear end is a Ford 8.8 with a wavetrac LSD with a custom driveshaft shop driveshaft and their level 5.9 axles.
Bader has been a Honda man for many years, building mostly FWD chassis, like many of us. In Kuwait he has helped build all kinds of s2000s for street, autocross and strip, some with forced induction and others naturally aspirated. The goal with this s2000 was to build an s2000 that looked mostly factory in appearance both in the interior and exterior while producing impressive power and being able to compete with six cylinder engines in the super street class in Kuwait.

 

In no particular order, the s2000:

s2000_turbo s2000_turbo_manifold s2000_trunk s2000_tial_wastegates s2000_taillight s2000_switches s2000_skunk2_coilover s2000_shifter s2000_setting_up s2000_setting_up_2 s2000_setting_up_1 s2000_rim_wide s2000_rim_portrait s2000_rearcage s2000_rear_window_sticker s2000_rear_threequarter_wide3 s2000_rear_threequarter_wide2 s2000_rear_threequarter_wide s2000_rear_threequarter_tele2 s2000_rear_threequarter_tele s2000_rear_suspension s2000_rear_stickers s2000_radiator_fill s2000_pushing s2000_pushing_2 s2000_pushing_1

s2000_profile_wide2 s2000_profile_wide s2000_profile_wide_portrait s2000_profile_tele s2000_personal s2000_parchutehandle s2000_parachute s2000_m-t s2000_kirkeyseat s2000_kinsler s2000_hood_quickrelease s2000_hood_exhaust s2000_headon_wide s2000_headon_tele2 s2000_headon_tele s2000_headlight s2000_headlight_1 s2000_front_threequarter_wide5 s2000_front_threequarter_wide4 s2000_front_threequarter_wide3 s2000_front_threequarter_wide2 s2000_front_threequarter_wide s2000_front_threequarter_tele3 s2000_front_threequarter_tele2 s2000_front_threequarter_tele s2000_front_threequarter_lowwide s2000_flags s2000_flags_tele s2000_flags_1 s2000_exhaust_through_hood s2000_exhaust_through_hood_2 s2000_exhaust_through_hood_1 s2000_engine2 s2000_engine s2000_dash

s2000_bader_sticker s2000_ati s2000_and_civic3 s2000_and_civic2 s2000_and_civic jeff_and_andrea evansteam

]]> Unreleased: Evans Tuning Part 1: 1998 Honda Civic Hatch https://www.meilinkvision.com/2015/12/23/evanstuningcivic/ Thu, 24 Dec 2015 00:46:20 +0000 http://www.meilinkvision.com/?p=2036 Of everything I shot for Honda Tuning that got cancelled after its demise, this shoot, almost two years old now, is the one I wished had made it to print the most.

Jeff and the team at Evans Tuning have been around for a long time. They are one of the few shops that I ever leave my ITR in the hands of and as a customer I’ve known Jeff for a number of years now. Of anyone, they were the most deserving shop I know to get a feature. Everything that comes out of there, from just a tune to a full build is nothing but quality. Many OG Honda owners know the Evans name as Hondas are where Jeff started. While Hondas still make up a huge core of his business, especially the s2000 community, he has branched off to pretty much every make and model. Just take a look at his instagram (@evanstuning)to see what I mean.

Today I give you part one of two, with part one being the unreleased shoot of the Evans Tuning Civic drag car.

civic_andrea5

To begin, this is their 1998 Honda Civic Hatch making 1020 whp and 660 wtq with 44 psi of boost. To make that much power they relied on a b18c5 block with an 83×87 setup, 11.5:1 CP pistons and Kelford 176t cams. Attached to the motor is a massive Borg Warner s400sx FMW 67mm with an upgraded 87mm turbine wheel. Helping release all of that pent up exhaust and boost are a Full Race manifold with a tail 60mm waste gate and an Evans Tuning custom four inch up pipe. Something this powerful of course needs a lot of fuel which is provided by a dual bosch 044 fuel pump setup and eight, yes eight, 1000cc Injector Dynamic injectors. The primary fuel rail is a skunk2 while an edlebrock is used for the second rail. The fuel of choice is VP Racing c85.

civic_engine

Getting all that power to the ground are Bogart wheels with 24.5×9 front slicks that are attached to Driveshaft shop pro level axles. Those axles are spun by a transmission with a PPG 1-4 drag gear set, tilton carbon twin disk clutch and tilton flywheel. On the suspension side of things are skunk2 pro c coilovers, skunk2 front and rear camber kit and an Evans Tuning custom front triangulated strut tower bar.

civic_rim

Evans Tuning is also a place that does a ton of fabrication, which this car is a rolling showcase for. Besides the mentioned up pipe and front strut brace, the intercooler and charge piping is all custom, the Edlebrock manifold was modified to support the eight injectors and they converted the B-Series to a coil on plug setup using an Evans Tuning mounting plate. Then comes the chassis itself. The shock towers are reinforced, the engine bay has been stitch welded and they did the roll bar themselves which is a 10-point NHRA 8.5 second approved cage.

The brains of this motor lies within a Motec m800 ECU that has of course been tuned by Jeff himself.

While this car may have been built by the full crew at Evans Tuning, there is one driver and that is the other half behind the Evans Tuning name, Jeff’s wife, Andrea. She has been the owner of this car since 2001. She used it through her college years and a short time after college. Her dad then drove it for a bit, then even Jeff used it for a while. Following the crash of their True Street Integra at the World Cup finals at MIR in 2011, the two decided to take everything they learned from the Integra and apply it to the civic. Six months later and the civic was completed. And the fruit of their labors? A 9.18 @165 quarter mile pass.

Some may be upset to hear, but the car was recently parted out and I believe the shell is still for sale. However, they are still out there racing as they develop another Integra. This time its powered by a V6 with individual throttle bodies.

 

Check back soon for part two which includes their s2000. Now on to the rest of the pictures in no particular order:

civic_andrea_windshield civic_andrea3 civic_andrea2 civic_andrea civic_andrea4

civic_enginestart civic_dash civic_attaching_bumper civic_attaching_bumper_1

civic_et_sticker civic_hood civic_headon_tele2 civic_headon_tele civic_front_threequarter_wide civic_front_threequarter_wide_low civic_et_windshield_sticker

civic_kirkey civic_kirkey2 civic_moving_1 civic_moving civic_parachute civic_peekboo civic_profile_tele

civic_profile_tele2 civic_pushing_1 civic_pushing_2 civic_pushing civic_rear_headon_tele civic_rear_threequarter_tele_low civic_rear_threequarter_tele

civic_rear_threequarter_wide_low civic_rim2 civic_seethrough_bumper civic_seethrough_bumper2

civic_turbo_closeup civic_valvecover

]]> Unreleased: Andrew’s 2001 Acura Integra Type R https://www.meilinkvision.com/2015/12/10/unreleased-andrews-2001-acura-integra-type-r/ Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:53:51 +0000 http://www.meilinkvision.com/?p=2012 Before the PA Meet, I met up with Andrew and his 2001 ITR. This too was scheduled to be a Honda Tuning feature, but never found its way in before the magazine shut down for good. At a casual glance it looks like a simply mint, stock ITR, but hidden within is an 85.5mm x 89mm B18C5 with 15.5:1 compression pistons. All said and done, it puts down 281 to the wheels with 115 octane.

Now take a look at this previously unreleased set:

 

profile_tele front_threequarter_tele itr_sticker black_and_yellow engine_baybdl_fuel_rail laskey_sticker centerconsole cluster rear_badgeshiftknob profile_wide rear_threequarter_tele acura quarter_panel_sticker front_threequarter_wide2 rear_threequarter_tele2 front_threequarter_wide rear_badgerear_end_telerear_end_wide

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