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New Performance Exhaust Options at eEuroparts!

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Adam Goral

Performance exhaust systems are the perfect upgrade for any vehicle, converting the mundane commuter to something that can be fun to drive. A little rasp and grumble lets you know “Hey! There’s an engine up here, give it a rev”, which can be just what you need to spice up the monotony. eEuroparts knows this all to well, and have been working hard to bring everything from subtle and tasteful sport cat-back systems to roaring 3in turbo back pipes to our website. With a long history of selling piles of OEM Exhaust parts to those that live with the unfortunate reality of road salt, we wanted to let our customers know that if you are looking for the next meaningful performance upgrade for your car, we have some polished stainless steel for you to check out. Of course if you ever are looking for serious power enhancements, always match a

drtuned Racing gets back on track!

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Daniel Routley

June 10th hosted our second drtuned Racing Time Attack event of the year, and both the weather and performance were all that we could have hoped for. Previous events have all ended in pouring rain and miserable timed laps, so we were anxious to set some fast official times with drier weather. We’re fairly confident the only thing that prevented our car from snap-oversteering into a wall at our previous races was a background in rally racing. It was like driving a large, heavy, FWD Toyota MR2. All the sliding, none of the Toyota-ness. The lead up to the event was somewhat tightly scheduled, but relatively stress free. We knew our brake pedal was feeling very soft, and definitely needed to be bled, but we were waiting on getting the car back from our sponsor and the incredibly skilled team at Herbert’s Autobody. After weeks of delay, we were finally

The first four 2017 PHA events- RED’S 5th year

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Gary Reider

Well PHA is still alive and my RED 86 notchback is still competing in the 2017 PHA Hill climbs and Time trial events, governed by the SCCA. After braking lots of parts last year, I decided to build a really solid motor and transmission. I bored a 2.1 block to 94 mm, ordered custom forged pistons, had the skirts and piston tops “Swain” coated and used Toyota H beam rods with a few modifications. I lost 13 ounces of weight from each rod / piston assembly and added an eEuroparts 14 lb. flywheel. I built a 4 speed S&R non synchro gearbox and reused my Quaife limited slip. The combination has been great. No more loose pistons with blow by and I can shift the transmission and always find a gear. No more destroyed 2nd gear synchros or stripped off gear sets! The first event of the 2017 PHA series

Climb To The Clouds 2017 – Apogee Motorsport Takes on Mt Washington

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Kelsey Stone

We have just returned from running in the oldest automotive race in the United States. Climb to the Clouds is a hill climb, similar in nature to Pikes Peak, but steeper, narrower, and more technical. It has attracted a number of big names in motorsport, including Carrol Shelby, who set the record on the hill in 1953 in his Ferrari 375. His time then was 10 minutes and 21 seconds on the all dirt road at the time. The most recent record holder during the last running in 2014 was David Higgins in his Subaru Rally Team USA STI, with co-driver Craig Drew. His time was 6 minutes and 6 seconds. This year, the record was on the minds of two drivers in particular; David Higgins and Travis Pastrana, both driving Subaru Rally Team USA rally cars with 600HP motors swapped in and stripped of over 500lb of weight, as

New England Forest Rally 2017 – It’s Almost Time

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Adam Goral

Every year, a number of eEuroparts sponsored teams take a few days off, pack up their tires and fire suits, and head up to Sunday River Resort in Newry, ME to throw the dice at the New England Forest Rally 2017. Being an extremely tight knit community both online and from other related events, the teams have already scoped each other out long before they arrive in front of the Ski Resort lodge with their machines, prepped for battle. Previous NEFR‘s have had their share of drama. With crashed cars, points upsets, and even a car hauler fire, you never know what is going to happen. One thing we do know for sure is that many of our pals are preparing to catapult through the rocky forest stages this weekend July 21 and 22. The following teams will be coming back again: Downey Dirty Racing #142: With Dan Downey behind