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:

4×6 – $5
8×10 – $10
8.5×11 – $12
13×19 – $35

+shipping for all. If you’re going to be ordering a bunch, we can work on the pricing. If you would like to order you can pm me on any of the forums, message me on facebook or email me keith.meilink@gmail.com

And if you haven’t seen part 1 yet I suggest you check it out.

There weren’t too many crazy tape jobs this year.

Patrick coming by. If I remember correctly, he needs to take the front bumper off to get it on his trailer and then he forgot to toss the bumper in the truck before leaving. So that’s why every picture he’s missing it.

Shawn getright was another waiting patiently for these pics to drop.

There were a bunch of DC5’s out there.

Brad ripping past.

Liking the look of the yellow film.

There’s also always a handful of BMW’s at Expo.

One of two red jdm front integra’s out there. They were both extremely similar looking to one another, the major difference was one had Pro Function stickers on the rear quarter panels.

This one series unfortunately hit something during the weekend.

Andy rocking out. If I had to guess, I’d say he had some Motley Crue playing when this picture was taken.

Jack again. No one tell him I took all these pictures of him.

Clean oem look to this Civic coupe.

An ap1 s2000 that puts in some serious track time.

Dr. Hegg giving a ride to one of his students I believe.

Jack again.

I’m pretty humble when it comes to my photography, but in my opinion, this is what a track photo should look like. Wheel blur and background blur showing that the car is moving. I can’t stand seeing “track coverage” where the “professional photographer” is using such a fast shutter speed it just makes the car looked as if it’s parked. /endrant

Another ap1.

Mel, who makes the trek from Arizona every year.

I believe this was the only 4dr 92-95 civic out there for this event.

I don’t think I’ve ever been to an HPDE that didn’t have a swarm of Miatas.

Tom had some tape stuff going on for the caravan. Some remnants of it can be seen in this image.

Jason’s ITR, before the crash. On the second day he hit something, unfortunately crumpling the whole passenger side I think it was.

Kevin in his k-swapped coupe.

Tony from Eibach flew out to the event. Steve, itrsteez, shared his ITR with him for the event, but I can’t tell whose driving in this picture.

Another shot of Tom.

Ryan, coolhandluke, rocking the USDM front these days after having the JDM front for a number of years.

I believe this was a LeMons built CRX.

A real CTR was on hand too.

You’re always guaranteed to see a train in the novice groups, as seen in these past few pics.

Instructors getting their instruction on.

This was the first lap of an Advanced session. These four guys were going back and forth warming up their tires down the straight here.

I think Tony’s driving in this one.

Going to close it out with Jeff chasing down Ashley in the STI. I should have part 3 up tomorrow, so check back in.

I had run into problems with my R and did not have enough time to try and diagnose it myself. After trying for a few weeks on nights and weekends I decided it was time to just have someone take care of it for me. I brought the car to Jeff Evans over at Evans Tuning to figure it out for me. We were unsure if the car would be ready in time for Expo. While I had recently picked up an s2000 around the same time, immediately after that purchase my job situation changed drastically, leaving me unemployed. Trying to get the s2000 ready to use instead was out of the question too so I had decided to relinquish my driving spot. While I really wish I got to drive Mid-Ohio, attending just as a guest allowed me to enjoy the social aspect at night more and I was able to concentrate on the coverage for Honda Tuning during the day without worrying about missing track time.

My ITR ended up being ready a week and a half before expo, allowing me to bring it to Wekeast and ITR Expo. The problem ended up being my brand new OEM oil pump, turned out it was DOA.

I’ve only just recently started updating the site more regularly and these pictures were taken back in August so unfortunately most of my coverage is just the track stuff. Future events you’ll see some more behinds the scene stuff and caravan photos. Until then though, here’s the first set of pictures from the event. To keep load times down for everyone looking I’ll be posting about seventy pictures for each part so it’ll create about five parts total as there are a few hundred photos.

Click on any picture for a higher res version (1600×1067). As always, I will also be offering prints of any photo you see, but you may want to wait until all parts have been posted to make sure you’re getting your favorite photo. Prices and sizes are as follows:

4×6 – $5
8×10 – $10
8.5×11 – $12
13×19 – $35

+shipping for all. If you’re going to be ordering a bunch, we can work on the pricing. If you would like to order you can pm me on any of the forums, message me on facebook or email me keith.meilink@gmail.com

On to the coverage:

A shot of the paddock on Sunday. It was raining for a bit while we were all hanging out at the hotel, but cleared up just in time for tech inspections.

Female owned/driven STI chilling on the trailer. She looked awfully fast out there and from what I heard from some of the other guys, should would surprise people by coming out of no where.

Shawn, Erik, Ali, Jay and Dave chit chatting it up.

Ed taking his R off the trailer.

Lyda was at Expo again this year representing the west coast. Yes he drives from Washington to attend.

My ITR back up and running and still getting 30+mpg on the trip with ITB’s and rolling with the North East crew who all have heavy feet.

Not sure who this belongs to.

Ryan aka coolhandluke’s ITR rocking the OEM wing off of Bradstard’s graffiti ITR.

Jack, the man who doesn’t let you take pictures of him.

Anselm stepping it up. After having so many problems with his Integra, he’s now rocking this lovely M3.

A female driven ITR. Never met her, but I know she was a novice with Mel as her instructor.

Joe aka Doespike rolling in.

Yes that is a woman’s jacket RTW Ryan is wearing on the right.

These past are the lineup for tech inspection. That was it before the event. Now onto Day 1.

Patrick pulling out of a garage.

Believe this is Dr. Hegg about to head out for the first session of the morning.

Erik heading out for his first session. Can’t tell whose in the passenger seat.

Mel lining up.

Jack in his JDM RHD EG.

A couple of s2000’s preparing to head out.

I believe this ITR had a b16 in it. Either way it was loud as fuck.

Andy heading out.

And here we start the track action with this Miata.

Mark coming around the turn sans wing this event.

Andy pitting in.

Patrick leaning in hard through the turn.

An E36 M3 lifting up a front wheel.

Erik coming right through with his splitter inches from the tarmac.

I can’t tell who was driving this one, but whoever it was must have been three wheeling here since that back wheel doesn’t seem to be in motion.

Fellow photographer Kevin Spanier blasting away in his k-swapped coupe.

I believe this was the only CR out there.

Dave-ROR’s BRZ.

One of many JDM fronts out there.

Turbo RSX.

Very clean midori EK out there.

Rene flying by in his TSX.

Bernie’s Realtime ITR. Yes this is an actual Realtime race car. Bernie is in the process of fully restoring it to it’s former glory.

Kramer, always hidden behind that metallic looking visor.

The man who has wanted to see these pics more than any other, Brad.

Ending part 1 here with this EG getting chased by two ITR’s. Check back tomorrow for part 2.