Invidia Exhaust install on a 09 WRX Sedan!

We don’t get many 09 WRX’s around, especially sedans. It was a treat when a good customer came in asking for the best exhaust for the car that didn’t have a drone or was loud. He also wanted to make sure that he didn’t want a melon shooter style canister. Enter the Invidia Q300 exhaust.

To tell you the truth, the stock exhaust is pretty sad. It’s an eye sore, heavy, and the piping is very narrow. We will change that.

We pulled the exhaust off. We unbolted this and it was quite easy.

Mufflers came off with no problem.

Big difference in the size of the muffler. You can see the Invidia muffler is smaller and it was lighter. The muffler tip was nice and rolled for great looks.

A high quality resonator is going to reduce the drone and the large diameter piping is going to help the flow. Horsepower please!

Even the piping to the mufflers are larger diameter that increases the flow.

You can notice the difference right away with the piping. The customer was super excited at this point.

Here’s the catback on the car. Looked amazing!

The mufflers are great looking but doesn’t draw too much bad attention. The exhaust sounded quiet but had the rumble.

 

Well, hello! Where have we been?

So it’s been a while since I’ve posted any updates on our blog. There’s a few reasons why and none of them have to do with Charlie Sheen (does anyone talk about that tool much any more?). We’ve been busy planning, moving, and setting up our new shop location meaning we had to literally shut down operations for about month and move customer cars, all of our equipment, tools, parts, and set up new racks in the back.

I took the liberty of taking crappy iPhone teaser pics of the shop. Here’s Danny with his luxurious hair in the customer lounge. See that on the right? That’s the restroom. You no longer have to walk through the garage to our bathroom. You can sit comfortably sit in the lounge and listen to people drop deuces.

The boss man himself at the front desk looking up some stuff on the computer. I wish I could tell you what he was looking at, but it’s probably top secret.Ya know, like ways to take over the world.

Our buddy Aaron dropped by to check out the shop. Yep, he’s THE Aaron that drives the Fontana Nissan Silvia (don’t call it a 240sx). He drove with his baller G37 Sedan. So here are the teaser pics of the shop. We’ll have more info tomorrow including phone number and address to our new shop!

We made it on the cover of Performance Business Magazine!

We are proud to announce that our friends at Turbo By Garrett helped us get on the cover of Performance Business Magazine!

Our first small cover image! Yay!

It’s been a while… sorry. We’re going Global! (Time Attack)

It’s been a while since I’ve updated. Sorry. Things at the shop have been normal when it comes to customers and parts that we’ve been receiving. We’ve got couple new sponsors and we’ll announce them shortly.

What we’re totally stoked about is this weekend. Global Time Attack has personally invited us to compete in their series. Yep, it’s one of those series where you have to be invited to compete. Why? To keep out the riff-raff or cars that don’t really meet the requirements of a higher level of racing / time attack.

Do yourself a favor and “like” them on Facebook. We’re also going to have Clint Boisdeau drive our WRX again and he’s also going to be competing in the Ford Focus, looking to break the Front Wheel Drive record with it. He’s telling me that the 1:26.xxx lap time that our friend Thomas Smith drove at Willowsprings last year (record lap) is going to be a tough one to go against but he’ll try!

Make sure you guys are linked in our Facebook page for the latest updates during the event. Thanks guys!

A blast from the past

Check out what I found when I was going through the computer this morning:

Man, this car has gone through some changes haha

MotoIQ features our win at Firebird International Raceway

Our friend Laura Heng from MotoIQ / Berk Technology (BTW, totally awesome person!) wrote the recap from last weekend at Redline Time Attack round 2 at Firebird International Raceway!

Clint Boisdeau was able to break two records in one event.  The street AWD & FWD records now belong to the Apollo Performance Subaru WRX & Ford Focus.

In the Pro Time Attack series 2009 and 2010 Redline Time Attack Champion, Clint Boisdeau in the Apollo Performace Ford Focus and Apollo Performance Subaru WRX broke both street FWD and AWD records in the same event.  A feat that has never been done before.  Hats off to Clint and the crew at Apollo Performance who have really paid their dues to get to this point.

Clint Boisdeau in the Apollo Performance Subaru WRX was able to break the Street AWD record with a time of 1:07.482.  The Apollo car has come a long way since 2010 and now has two back to back wins in Street AWD. 

Clint does it again in the Street FWD class in the Apollo Performance Ford Focus.  Taking home 1st and the new record with a 1:09.499.

Next stop, Willowsprings International Raceway in a few weeks. We’re going to make our way to history.

The Red WRX Time Attack car, is now a TV Star.

Our friend Jason Noren, from Jason Noren Fabrications (he does our metal work / roll cage / drinks Coors Light) snapped this picture of our red WRX Time Attack car on ESPN2 through their coverage of Global Rally Cross!

So I guess our WRX is gonna need an entourage and a limo where ever she goes now.

Apollo Performance Breaks Track Records and Makes History at Round 2 of Redline Time Attack in Phoenix, AZ

Apollo Performance Breaks Track Records and Makes History at Round 2 of
Redline Time Attack in Phoenix, AZ

(Upland, CA) For Round 2 of Redline Time Attack, the Apollo Performance team, leading in points in the Front Wheel Drive Street Class and All Wheel Drive Street Class, packed their Ford Focus and Subaru WRX on their trailers and made the 600 mile trek to Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, AZ. However, just a few hours before their departure, the Apollo Performance WRX seemed to have sealed its own fate as there was mysterious mechanical issues that almost prevented the team from leaving the state.

“We fired the up the car one morning and notice an obscene amount of oil leaving the exhaust system” said Danny Reyna, crew chief of the Apollo Performance team. “We were worried that the turbo might have been damaged so luckily, our turbo sponsor Turbo by Garrett was able to source out their new amazing GTX3528R Turbo for us and it replaced our previous GT4088R Turbo.” Danny Reyna continued. However, with the new turbo in place, there were still mechanical gremlins in the system. Thursday, only two days before the Time Attack, there was another issue with more oil coming out of the system. Luckily, our friends at FSR Motorsports in Montclair, CA and Outfront Motorsports in Buena Park, CA solved the issue with their extensive knowledge and we topped it off with a strong tune from Ian at FSR Motorsports turning out 550whp at only a modest 24psi of boost. An amazing tuning session from Ian and the team packed up with loads of confidence that the track record can be broken with the Subaru.

The team arrived on the track early Saturday morning to a wet and damp paddock area. “I don’t know if I can really get much practice today in the rain especially at this track. I’m pretty confident that I can get some solid laps later on when the track dries off.” said the Apollo Performance Driver, Clint Boisdeau. “I’ve been looking at track records here and I’m pretty sure that we can get close to those with the set ups on both vehicles.” Later in the day, the water dried up and Clint didn’t disappoint as the current points leading Apollo Performance Ford Focus unofficially broke the Front Wheel Drive Street Tire record and the Apollo Performance Subaru WRX got closer to the All Wheel Drive record. Sunday looked extremely positive for the Apollo Performance team.

On Sunday, the weather cleared up with a positive outlook as Clint was able to tear up the track with both vehicles early in the morning practice sessions. An hour later during the Redline Pro Time Attack sessions, Clint scorched the track with two record breaking lap times. The Ford Focus clocked in at a 1:09.499 which broke the previous record by 5 seconds and the Apollo Performance WRX broke the All Wheel Drive street record with a lap time of 1:07.482. History was made as Clint broke two records in the same category (street) in one event!

We could have not done this without the support of our gracious sponsors: Turbo by Garrett, Bridgestone Tires, Buddy Club, Chargespeed USA, Clutch Masters, Outfront Motorsports, Odyssey Batteries, Motul, APR Performance, Jason Noren Fabrications, Sparco USA, Brian Crower, Turbosmart USA, California Torque Solutions, UsVsThem Clothing, Drift Motion, FSR Motorsports, Koyo Radiators, Cosworth, KW Suspensions, Whiteline, Full Race, and Subie-Life.com

 

Written by: Yukio Taira / Subie-Life.com

 

 

 

Here are some crappy pics from Danny’s First Magazine Photoshoot

So an old friend of mine, Eric Eikenberry contacted me about shooting Danny’s STi for international magazines from Australia and the UK. Now, I didn’t have my crappy point and shoot camera with me so instead I took pictures with my super crappy iPhone and here’s what they looked like behind the scenes. Of COURSE, Eric’s images were FAR better than mine and when he showed them to us we were blown away. I can’t wait to see them on my screen!

I know, some of you guys are shocked to see stickers on Danny’s Car. Luckily, we put them on when he wasn’t looking and he gave the whole “eh, oh well” look so I guess that means he’s cool with it.

Our friend, Ryan aka Kettle knows people. People at the local Airport… so he got us in without any hassle. Eric, in the red hat, scoped out some nice spots around the airport.

Danny’s car looks amazing. The background of the mountains made the shoot much nicer.

Engine bay shots that will look amazing later.

During our shoot, this guy in this hot tercel kept on staring at us. Maybe he was looking at Danny’s luxurious hair.

I leave you with this image of Gino in a classic phone booth. I didn’t know that these things existed still.

Apollo Performance Displays the Time Attack WRX at the First Ever Global Rally Cross in Irwindale, CA

Apollo Performance Displays the Time Attack WRX at the
First Ever Global Rally Cross in Irwindale, CA

(Upland, CA) Apollo Performance was recently invited to the first ever Global Rally Cross in Irwindale, CA at Toyota Speedway. Although there was a motorsport event, the WRX wasn’t on the track but it was displayed under the Clutch Masters’ booth in the vendor alley in front of thousands of fans within two days.

“We are very lucky to have a sponsor like Clutch Masters that displays at an event like this and gives us an opportunity to showcase our Apollo Performance WRX in front of Rally Fans.” Commented Yukio Taira, marketing manager of Apollo Performance. “We talked to many motorsports fans here through out the event, answering questions about our car.” Continued Yukio Taira. The two day event saw many people coming by and taking pictures of the Apollo Performance WRX.

As always the Apollo Performance team would like to thank our sponsors and supporters: Turbo by Garrett, Bridgestone Tires, Buddy Club, Chargespeed USA, Clutch Masters, Outfront Motorsports, Odyssey Batteries, Motul, HellaFunctional.com, APR Performance, Jason Noren Fabrications, Sparco USA, Brian Crower, Turbosmart USA, California Torque Solutions, UsVsThem Clothing, Drift Motion, FSR Motorsports, Koyo Radiators, Cosworth, and Subie-Life.com