Formula Drift Long Beach, Round 1
April 12th, 2010
Photo Credit to the worst photographer ever Ron Bermudez!
On February 10th we had a stock Dodge Challenger 2010 sitting on the drive way to ES Motorsports shop in Riverside California.
At that time we did not have much time to get ready to start building a whole new Drift/Race car.
So we had to find a engine builder, carbon fiber supplier, wheel sponsor and many other partners to make this happen.
With a lot of hard work from Team SHR-Dodge/BFG, ES Motorsports, Stack Performance, AIT Carbon and all the others that stepped up to the plate and believed in me. We ALL made this happen in a period of two months.
With only a few hours of testing at Adams Motorsport park two day days before the event, we qualified 8th and finished 6th over all in the championship chase. That is something we are very proud of.
Now we know what we need to start to work on to make the Challenger even faster to keep up with the smaller and lighter cars out there on the FD field.
The car was so much faster right out of the box then I expected. The cool thing with the Dodge Challenger is that it feels so much smaller when you drive it. And with the performance upgrade from the BFGoodrich KDW 335s in the rear it really helped me with the forward and sideways grip we needed. When you get out on a track surrounded with cement walls you really need to have trust in your “only contact” with the ground and that is the tires.
Now we will re group and start to prep for next weekends Long Beach GP demo.
It will be ACP, Pheiffer and myself for the team drift. ACP did great in the Viper he just need some more seat time and he will be golden. So the GP will be good for him because you get a lot of driving during that weekend.
As of April of 2010, Stack Performance has had the great opportunity to work with Samuel Hubinette and the Dodge Drift Team. Having the pleasure to be involed with the drift Challenger build has been an awesome experience and great product display for our Chubby Pro Sway Bars, Stiffie Strut Bar, and Race End-Links (all ran on Samuel’s Drift Challenger).
Here are some shots of the Dodge Drift Team in action
Stack Performance “Bullet” Pre-Filter – 01-125
Pre-Filters are designed to keep out larger particles of street debris such as rubber, dirt, and sand from getting into and clogging the pleats of air filter elements. Premature clogging of an air filter will result in loss of horsepower and an increase in service intervals. Pre-filters are uniquely designed to protect your engine and the performance air filter investment without sacrificing airflow or horsepower. Particles as small as .005″ are filtered out extending filter life. Even in harsh conditions including heavy moisture, a pre-filter will enhance your filter’s ability to continue flowing the necessary air required for maximum performance while reducing the possibility of water ingestion into the engine. Proper use of a pre-filter will save money on filter cleanings or replacements and extend engine life. Customers are reporting increased fuel efficiency.
Pre-filters are used and recommended by top professional engine builders and race teams worldwide. Pre-Filters will help prevent needless engine wear and tear, which will be obvious upon engine analysis during rebuilding.
- Protects engine and air filter
- Keeps out larger particles of debris down to .005″
- Prevents debris form prematurely clogging filter pleats
- Reduces service intervals and extends filter life
- Saves Money
Stack Performance has done it again with the release of their new ”Bullet” Fresh Air Intake system. The TRUE cold air intake system!
We have taken time to design our cold air intake system to perform to “our” standards. Our intake system is designed to draw actual cold air from a source outside of the hot engine bay.
Cold air provides more oxygen for the engine to burn. Cooler air has a higher density (greater mass per unit volume), thus cold air intakes generally perform by introducing cooler air from a point outside of the hot engine bay.
The term “cold air intake” is often used to describe other methods of increasing oxygen to an engine, which may even increase the temperature of the air coming into an engine. The true name for these intakes is “Ram Air Intake”. Do not be fooled.In designing and engineering our cold air intake system, we have used these strategies to obtain our required level of performance:
• Increased the diameter of the air intake, providing increased airflow.
• Smooth interior of the intake tube, reducing air resistance.
• Engineered tube shape to offer a more direct route to the intake manifold.
• Tuned the length of the intake tube to provide maximum airflow at certain engine speeds and RPMs.
• A more efficient, hi-flow air filter with open end element.
• Cold air provides more oxygen for the engine to burn.
Our tube uses 3.5″ inlet, then gradually increases to 4.18″, (just over 90mm) then kicks to 4″ at the throttle body. This design increases velocity, which increases HP/TQ and throttle response.
This system is plug and play.
”Former NHRA Pro Stock and Sport Compact racer Shaun Carlson died Oct. 4. He was 35. Carlson previously had been diagnosed with Brugada syndrome, also known as Sudden Unexpected Death Syndrome (SUDS), a genetic disease that is characterized by abnormal electrocardiogram findings and an increased risk of sudden cardiac death, but it is unknown whether that contributed to his death.
Carlson, a talented fabricator who is the car owner for former world drifting champion Samuel Hübinette in the Formula Drift series, had been ill the last few years yet continued to field his team.
Carlson, owner of NuFormz Engineering in Ontario, Calif., had been racing since 1999 but first came to national prominence on the sport compact scene where his front-wheel-drive machines were strong and innovative runners; he built the first sport compact drag car with a tube chassis.
Carlson set NHRA Xplod Sport Compact Racing Series Pro FWD records for e.t. and speed in May 2003 in Gainesville, the same event in which he captured his first NHRA victory. He finished third the standings on the strength of four semifinal finishes. He also scored a victory at the inaugural Palm Beach NHRA Sport Compact Nationals in Florida in 2005 and also drove to final-round appearance at the 2004 K&N Filters NHRA Sport Compact Fall Nationals at Englishtown. He also was the No. 1 qualifier with at Texas Motorplex in August 2004, a season in which he finished fourth. Outside of the NHRA, he was the 2002 Xbox Cup champion in the Pro Outlaw class.
Carlson got his first taste of NHRA professional racing in 2004, subbed for an injured Darrell Alderman on Pro Stock at the Winternationals , where he grabbed a first-round win and nearly advanced to the semifinals in his debut.
Two years later, he piloted the Team Mopar/SRT Dodge Stratus R/T for Don Schumacher Racing in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Pro Stock Class for the 2006 season. He competed at 15 events but only qualified at one, in Las Vegas in the Spring, and finished 25th in the standings. Carlson used his mechanical skills to assist Allen and Roy Johnson, owners of J&J Racing, in tuning friend Richie Stevens Jr.’s Team Mopar/Valspar Dodge Stratus R/T during the latter part of the season, helping Stevens Jr. earn two late-season wins in 2006.
After leaving drag racing, Carlson became involved in professional drifting. NuFormz Racing maintained the Mopar Viper Competition Coupe that Hübinette piloted to the 2004 inaugural Need for Speed Underground Formula D Drift Series championship. Hübinette earned two wins for NuFormz Racing in 2005 and scored a runner-up finish in the Formula Drift standings then won the 2006 Formula D championship on the strength of three wins. Hübinette captured a fifth-place finish in the final 2007 Formula Drift points standings and finished second again in 2008 on the strength of three podium finishes in his NuFormz Racing-prepped Mopar Dodge Viper SRT10.
Carlson was named as one of the Top Ten Innovators of All Time in the sport compact and drifting scene, by Super Street magazine.”
-by Phil Burgess, National DRAGSTER Editor
The testing phase of our new carbon fiber hood scoops is almost over. After a few small modifications and some finishing touches, we should have these on the site and ready to go. We are currently taking pre-orders if you want to be one of the first to rock such an amazing piece. Call Ryan @ 714-630-5055 for more info and order details.
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Hey guys, we’ve just released our end links. These are full billet, completely adjustable end links with German heims. A must for any of you road racing or just looking to get you car to really handle.
Fronts: $289.99
Rears: $259.99
Here are some installed pictures of the end links:
Recently completed, this Challenger is set to be one of a kind! The detail and time that went into Jeff’s car if above and beyone the average build.
It was a great pleasure to deal with Jeff and to have the opportunity to be a part of his vehicle.
Here are a few before and after pictures:
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After:
Diffusers work in conjunction with other aerodynamic components of a car to help produce downforce. Because a car displaces air as it moves forward, the air molecules in the rear of the car get disrupted causing a vacuum of low pressure air.
To help channel the high speed air flow coming from underneath the car, diffusers redirects the high speed air flow to transition smoothly transition into the low pressure vacuum in the rear. This encourages a smoother flowing air flow underneath the car and allows better performance from other aerodynamic components such as aerodynamic spoilers.
We have designed all of our spoilers for track use and to out perform your competitors not running a true spoiler.
Our diffusers are made of 100% Carbon Fiber. All of our Carbon Fiber products are made from 1st quality Carbon Fiber, not 2nd or 3rd quality like our competition. This is a direct carbon fiber replacement, not an overlay on top of factory parts, like our competition.
Stack Performance “Stiffie” Strut Bar – 10-108
Stack Performance “Stiffie” Rear Strut Bar – 10-115
During high speed cornering, the strut towers of a vehicle’s chassis have a tendency to flex, making the vehicle less responsive. The Stack Performance “Stiffie” Strut Bar reduces the flexing of the strut towers by keeping the towers in a fixed position. This allows a vehicle turn-in to be sharper and an overall improved responsiveness of your vehicle.
The “Stiffie Strut Bar was engineered and designed to capture as many mounting points as possible which forces a solid, strong and stiff construction.
Unlike other aftermarket strut tower bars, The Stack Performance “Stiffie” Strut Bar has a unique design. The construction is very solid. A side by side comparison with other aftermarket bars shows the difference in strength and rigidity.
