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.

In no particular order, the s2000:

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.

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.

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.

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:

Anyways back to the meet stuff. The meet was only open to s2000s and preregistration was required to attend. I forget the exact count, but I think it was 43 s2000s were in attendance, which was pretty much everyone that signed up and it was great that everyone came considering how the weather was looking. The week leading up to the meet it was supposed to rain all day Saturday. Come to the Friday beforehand and it’s raining, but the weather is saying it’ll clear up by 10am Saturday. I woke up the next morning to of course what other than rain. I kept hitting snooze for the next hour debating if I wanted to get up and take the drive. Justin (jst2878) hit me up by this point and I was convinced to go. We scheduled a meet up spot with the other LI guys and I headed over. There was a bit of confusion and I left without them thinking they left without me. Eventually we all caught up about 20 minutes away from Evans Tuning and decided to wipe our cars down. It had completely stopped raining before we left the island and the sun was coming in and out.

The Long Island guys I rolled with. Habib’s (beeb05sti) NFR AP2 with new RPF1’s in the SBC finish, then my AP1 on my new gold RPF1’s, Justin (just2878) with his AP2 being blocked by my car, and then John (topplayer) with his BB supercharged AP1.

A shot of the full line up.

And one more before we finished the last 20 minutes of the trip.

Being that we were the late comers to the meet, we were the first to start a new row on the unpaved section. The other group of LIers, that left much earlier than us, came over to greet us all.

A group shot of all the s2000’s in attendance.

Another group shot.

This car belongs to Stan (s2kslav). He’s running the amuse front bumper, concave ce28s, mugen hood and an interior I just love…

An overhead shot of Stan’s interior. It’s very well put together and carries the red and black theme through out. He has the red Recaro pole positions and everything else has been finished black with red stitching; the door panels, center console and shift boot.

Here’s a shot of John’s (ivtecallday) turboed ap2 on ccw’s.

This AP1 is going in a great direction. I really like the yellow/gold, black and grey theme going on. All it needs is a set of wheels and it would be awesome.

Joey’s (hows2kru) AP1 with an ap2 conversion and sitting on Championship White Rpf1s. If you haven’t noticed Rpf1’s are the go to rims for s2000 owners. They’re a great wheel, that isn’t a knock off, light weight and comes in a variety of sizes to get great fitment.

Jeff Devo’s (minitoyota) Honda Tuning featured s2000. Jeff now works with Jeff Evans at Evans Tuning. I got some time to catch up with Jeff D for a bit and as you’ll see it’s had a bit of a front face lift since I shot it for his Honda Tuning feature. He still has a lot to do with it and told me this was the first time in two years it had seen sunlight. Either way the car will definitely be something to look out for.

A couple of line up shots.

Interesting color choice for this AP1.

Like the color choice for the wheels here.

A couple of AP2s.

Exterior and underhood shot of John’s AP1.

Justin’s Ap2 rocking the hardtop and some new advans.

A shot of my AP1.

A little time after the catered lunch they started brining in cars to dyno. Here’s a shot of Jeff D getting this AP2 ready.

Another AP2 rolling on the packs. We didn’t stay to see the finish of the dynoing so here’s where the coverage ends. Next up in the coverage list will be the the grand opening meet at Elite Motorsport, check back soon.