AJP Rebuilds Oscar’s Motor

Oscar was addicted to the bottle - the nitrous bottle, that is. But what to do with his dead stock motor, which was destroyed by numerous 100-shot nitrous? He decided to build the motor and install an AJP turbo kit with an AJP ported and polished intake manifold. Plus an AEM Fuel/Ignition Controller on top of the standard Hondata reflash that will give him more than the normal 8.5 psi.

Oscar’s motor went from dead to solid muscle. Check out the pictures of the motor, turbo exhaust manifold, pistons, wastegate, head, downpipe and injector wiring.
Read the rest of this entry »

Nitrous Gone Wild, Part 2

It was a happy day for Oscar from Miami when he bought a brand new Honda Civic SI, all gleaming red. However, Oscar had some big intentions. He raced anyone and anywhere. He was a nitrous junkie, installing a system in his car at only 1,000 miles. In a 2-week period, he went through 6 bottles. At one point, he averaged a bottle per day.

The only problem was that the Miami-based shop was not competent and the installation was not correct. After repeated 100-shots, he blew his motor.

Read the rest of this entry »

Jorge from Port St. Lucie, FL Gets a Checkup

Our friend Jorge, winner of the AJP 2007 Dyno Day Forced Induction category (click here), came by the shop yesterday. He wanted his car, powered by our AJP turbo kit, checked out and tuned up to make sure it was running in top condition.

All it took was a set of new spark plugs and an adjustment of the fuel and everything was set. On a hot South Florida afternoon with temperatures hovering in the low 90s, he was happily surprised to get 384 whp.
Read the rest of this entry »

Extreme Nitrous Damage

I stopped by a shop that specializes in building and rebuilding motors - Russ Racing. They’ve been around South Florida since 1958. That’s five decades of experience. I got a tour of the place and took some pictures of motors they were repairing. They’ve seen it all.
Read the rest of this entry »

AJP Calls Police After Seeing TV News Coverage of Hit-and-Run Car

It wasn’t the usual way to get new customers, but then again, it wasn’t business as usual. When Ron opened the shop yesterday, he happened to catch the 8:00am news story about a hit-and-run only 4 days before. Surveillance video caught a fuzzy outline of a silver or gray car hitting a pedestrian at night.

Ron had just taken a car on Saturday, a silver Mercedes-Benz, with damage that resembled that of the car he saw in the video. He called police and soon the place was filled with not only cops but reporters and cameramen. Helicopters buzzed overhead.

The car was towed away by the police and Ron was left to wonder about the owner of the car, whom he had just seen on Saturday. The customer had been coming to the shop since 1999 and never came across as one who would hit a pedestrian at non-trivial speed and then take off.

Ron gave interviews both to the police and the media. See local Fox News coverage (click here) and local CBS News coverage (click here).

Then things got interesting. The policemen took a liking to the shop car and the dyno. They were interested in bringing their cars in. A few wanted him to rev the shop car - they couldn’t believe it had over 700 whp. What a way to pick up a few more customers!

AJP Shop Car Flexes Its Muscle

With a belly full of Thanksgiving fixin’s, Ron decided to kick off Black Friday by shopping for horsepower.

He didn’t have to look far.

They were in abundance underneath the hood of the shop car, just waiting to come out. With a cool breeze blowing through, the beast motor roared to life. Felito sat behind the wheel, Ron watched the computer and Papo helped with the adjustments and tweaking.
Read the rest of this entry »

Wheels on the Civic Go Round and Round

The AJP car is finally on the move, taking its first few steps. Its full-throated roar, with a new low-frequency rumble complementing its higher-pitched engine sound, gives hint of massive power. But high rpms and insane horsepower are still weeks away. For now, it’s like learning to walk all over again.
Read the rest of this entry »

Shop Car Gets Its Motor Back

The AJ Performance shop car finally got its motor back and work has picked up the pace.

Enjoy this round of pictures. Read the rest of this entry »

AJP Shop Motor Picks Up More Hardware

The AJP motor inches toward completion. Portworks Racing Dynamics has finished work on their first K-Series motor, having worked on many other types of motors from four cylinders to eight. Since the last post, the motor had some important add-ons installed, such as the intake manifold, exhaust manifold and the massive turbo. Read the rest of this entry »

Beast Motor Going Into AJ Performance Car

Almost 1200hp. When the AJ Performance shop car starts up after a long hiatus, it will have an engine block that is rated for almost 1200hp. Shortly, the engine will go back into the car, and the car will be put back together.

The goal? To leave 510 whp and the 11.966-second quarter-mile in the dust.
Read the rest of this entry »