http://blog.tunedbypsi.com what's going on at PSI Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:17:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A new vehicle has broken the highest horsepower record for naturally aspirated engines.  The V8 in this truck puts out over 700whp.  The truck is a Pro Stock 1956 Chevy Truck.  With a parachute and wheelie bars, this is a very fast '56 Chevy.  The owner/driver hopes to break into the 8s ... http://blog.tunedbypsi.com/new-highest-horsepower-naturally-aspirated-v8/ Today, September 3, 2010, Radium Engineering brought down their turbo Lotus Elise to Portland International Raceway, PIR.  They were attending a Lotus Track Day.  Their Elise had their stage 2 turbo kit installed.  This was their first track time with this kit on the car.  Their kit is in the ... http://blog.tunedbypsi.com/supporting-radium-engineering-at-pir/ The 1967 Chevelle left on a truck to the east coast today.  After two and half years working on this complete frame off restoration and modification, it is a sad and happy moment seeing it leave.  It is sad seeing a car leave that you have spent many hours working on over ... http://blog.tunedbypsi.com/leaving-on-a-truck/ One of our clients who recently moved back to Cali, was featured on HellaFlush/Fatlace's website.  Here is a link to the feature, http://fatlace.com/hellaflush/hellaflush-invades-the-paddock/ His car is the third car, the silver S2000.  Here is a link to a write-up about Eric's S2000 on our blog, http://blog.tunedbypsi.com/turbo-s2000-pt5857/. It also includes a video of his car ... http://blog.tunedbypsi.com/hellaflush-featured-s2000/ A 1955 Chevy Bel Air is a beautiful car from the 50s.  The unique lines and curves set this car apart.  The owner of this Bel Air has been restoring it and modifying it.  He is making this Bel Air into a hot rod.  The original V8 was replaced with a ... http://blog.tunedbypsi.com/big-block-bel-air/ Portland Speed Industries and John Reed Racing are coming together to bring the automotive performance community something special.  They haven't been collaborating on a new twin-turbo system or crazy engine swap, but a way to share knowledge.  PSI and JRR want to offer a resource that can benefit the industry as ... http://blog.tunedbypsi.com/coming-soon-iap/ For some, a 3.5L V6 is just not enough.  A client of ours wanted more horsepower and torque without relying on forced induction.  This client has a slightly built LS1 to drop into the now vacant engine bay. [caption id="attachment_1557" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Empty 350Z engine bay"][/caption] This V8 produces more horsepower and ... http://blog.tunedbypsi.com/ls-powered-350z/ Two clients brought down their 1970 AMC AMX's.  Upon first glance, these two cars look almost identical.  They are both a deep green color with 390 cid V8's. It is rare to see an AMC AMX and even rarer to see two of them.  These two fine examples are owned by two ... http://blog.tunedbypsi.com/a-pair-of-amc-amxs-at-psi/ Yesterday, we had a client bring in his 2009 Porsche GT2.  This was no ordinary GT2 but had Evolution MotorSports' EVT640 kit on it. Of course we strapped it to our dyno to see the power it puts down.  A stock GT2 is rated at 523 hp and 500 ft-lbs of ... http://blog.tunedbypsi.com/2009-porsche-997-gt2-at-psi/ A client came to us with his 2008 Infiniti G37S.  He talked with Jason Oefelein to see the direction he wanted to go with his car.  The client wanted to have an increase in power, while maintaining the reliability.  A Stillen supercharger was chosen for this project, along with Stillen ... http://blog.tunedbypsi.com/supercharged-2008-infiniti-g37s/