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:

So today I give you the last PA meet to happen back in 2013, which was the 9th annual one. It was one of my last items in Honda Tuning and now here’s the rest. The PA meet has always had two aspects to it. The first was the actual meet part, hosted by Derek at Innovative MotorWorks. The second half was the meat part, a BBQ with tons of meat, at a local’s house. This year Jon D graciously hosted everyone. As rumor spread that it was going to be the last one, confirmed attendance went up and a lot of old owners even showed up.

And in case you missed it, here’s the original Honda Tuning article.

Over the years former Honda owners almost always upgrade to something more refined and Anselm was no different as you can see here with his M3.

Steve and Nate chatting it up.

Bernie picked up an NSX and surprised a lot of us with it. The Iroc-Z stickers were there just for the meet as a stab at Steve and his former NSX.

Another shot of Bernie’s NSX.

A bunch of shot’s of Bob’s “Tiffany” Integra before he sold it.

Bob, the man himself.

“Tiffany” again.

Brandon giving a little wave. Unbeknownst to Brandon, coming to ITR meets constantly, makes you want one. Yup you guessed it, he now currently owns one

A shot of Brandon’s AP1. Our s2k’s were pretty much twins. On this particular day we actually traded seats and those are my old black ones sitting in there.

Melanie and Chris pulling up.

Bob, our local traffic officer.

Always a happy man.

Some Mugen goodies.

Dave gets confused sometimes.

It wouldn’t be an official PA meet without finding out something is wrong with my car. We tossed it on the dyno only to find out my clutch was slipping. Fast forward a couple of weeks later and after swapping the clutch and final driver the B blew. And well now K is the way.

Some shots of Derek’s Turbo K civic.

Edwin rolling in.

Erik pulling up.

Erik’s ITR powered LS parked up.

Everyone chowing down on some pizza behind Ramzi’s old 4 door.

Expo numbers never come off.

And the expo spirit never dies.

Can you spot the fellow New Yorker in this line up?

Bernie and I.

Taking over the streets.

Yes that S4 avant does belong to me now. It does look a bit different these days.

Group shots.

These two pictures are a bit out of order. I brought that roll bar from Long Island for them as it fit easier in the hatch of my R better than Anselm’s M3 sedan. They decided to install it that night. I think when I finally crashed back at my hotel later that night, they were still out there working on getting it in.

Everyone loves a good bacon weave.

Another shot of Joe’s 97 ITR.

Jon hanging out of his barn.

Jon was going through his old ITR memorabilia and sharing it with everyone.

Jon delivering the pizza for everyone preBBQ.

Here is Jon D’s old ITR. It was shipped out by the new owner Mark for the meet who also joined in on the fun. This car and the story behind it was also featured in Honda Tuning. All of those shots will be released soon too.

Myself on the left, R Kelly in the middle and Tom at the end.

Mel and Chris working on that roll bar install.

Some more shots of my R.

Another path a lot of ITR owners follow, including myself, is picking up an S2000. Here’s Nate’s CR.

A couple of OG’s chatting, Opie, RKelly and Jim.

Americaaaa.

Ryan and Nick catching up.

Steve is so dreamy.

Tom and his track list.

Yup more of the install.

Turbo GSR if I remember correctly.

Well that’s it. See ya.