Xtreme Imports Spring Kickoff

After some hard work and long nights we were able to iron out the issues we were having with the trans and clutch. Last week we trekked down to Maryland to visit with our friends at Charm City Tuning and to attend a track rental at MIR with them. We were psyched to get to Maryland on Sunday and be greeted with gorgeous weather! After lots of rain in New York we were very pleased to get to sunny, dry Maryland. We were also very excited to share some Maryland crabs with the Charm City crew!

Sadly, Monday did not greet us with the same weather as Sunday did! Luckily, Jason Miller of Maryland International Raceway was gracious enough to allow us to hang out in the tower and of course some friendly competition on the tree followed! Chris actually had some great reaction times on the tree practice! Now let's get him to harness that in at the actual events!

So we left Maryland with no testing having been done and no true insight as to wether or not our trans/clutch issues were truly a thing of the past.

This brings us to this past weekend, where we attended the Xtreme Imports Spring Kickoff at Atco Raceway in New Jersey. Team Puerto Rico came up to battle against Team USA.

Saturday began qualifying rounds. We had two great passes in qualifying! First round qualifying was 8.72 @ 171 and second round qualifying was 8.74 @ 176. Chris was able to nab top qualifier for both rounds and, more importantly, he finally had the seat time he had been waiting for all week. The trans and clutch issues seemed to be non-existent and both passes were clean and sharp.

Sunday came and so did the rain. The rain finally did clear up but not in time - the event was called due to weather. While it was very disappointing, safety is always a top priority and unfortunately the weather left much to be desired in terms of track safety and conditions.

The upside to this event, aside from getting in some great passes, was meeting many of the members of Team Puerto Rico. These guys are true racers! They love the sport and are great guys. We cannot wait to have another event with them and get to race with them.

In addition to meeting the racers of Team Puerto Rico, we have found yet another great racing forum! Too bad we don't speak Spanish but for now we will have to just look at the pics!! If you haven't already, check out our friends over at www.SpeedClubPR.com! Also, check out the great pics they took of Chris' car at Xtreme Imports - http://www.speedclubpr.com/scforum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=8270

Become A Fan On Facebook!

Many of you are already "friends" with us on Facebook and we truly appreciate your support of our business and race team. Unfortunately, Facebook has a 5,000 friend limit and we have recently hit that mark. We are unable to accept anymore friend requests. With that in mind we have setup a Fan Page for NRG Tech Racing. We will still be using the original account until we feel that we have made a seamless transition to the fan page.

The Fan Page is a great way to really get in touch with our supporters, customers and fellow race enthusiasts. There is a discussion board we will be posting on in the near future. We would love to hear any questions you may have or topics for debate that you would like to discuss.

Additionally, there is also a "fan picture" feature. This allows you to upload pics onto our page. We really enjoy seeing pictures and videos of the events we attend. Due to the craziness at events we rarely get a chance to walk away from our pits, so to see the events through your eyes is lots of fun.

Finally, this new fan page is yet another way for us to inform you on specials, sales, new products and events that are coming up. Become a fan today! http://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Babylon-NY/NRG-Tech-Racing/118826068139200?ref=ts

REconstructing Chris' Motor - Part 3

Yesterday and today have been two crazy days, so here's a quick update on where we are at with Chris' car!

Chris, Pepsi and Gio are currently going on about 36 hours of straight working. There were two scheduled tunes today for customers so we lost some time on Chris' car there. The last tune of the day is pulling off the dyno as I type this and now it's right back to Chris' car.

He says the car is about 80% done and should fire up early this evening. A few last minute issues came up last night that made it not possible to finish. Now that the rest of the world is back open he can get the parts he needs. The car still needs about 2 hours of assembly, a tune and, last but not least, a scale and align. Ohhhh, a new windshield may be helpful as well!


We are all keeping our fingers crossed that he can get the car up and running tonight in time to head out to Spring Nationals tomorrow.

REconstructing Chris' Motor - Part 2

Last night was a late one and Chris is back at it again, working on the engine. All the machine work is done on the shortblock and everything is balanced and blueprinted as well. The final steps of the shortblock build should take place this evening and into tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed it all goes smoothly, as we are set to leave for Englishtown late Friday night!


Next up on the agenda we have one final check of all measurements and clearances along with a final cleaning. Then we will proceed onto the assembly of the shortblock.



We have been in time crunches before but these past two weeks have been super hectic! With the ENTIRE motor going we were basically starting from scratch. Add to that some collateral damage and we had a pretty big up-hill battle against time. Late nights, persistence and skill played a part in the reconstruction, however without the help we have received from some people this reconstruction would still be at stage 1!

We would like to thank the following people who allowed this rebuild to be possible:
-John & Ron from Race Engineering
- Vince Tiaga for the Arias Pistons on super short notice!
- Zeek from Ferrea
- Chris Harris from Xenocron for coming through with the head studs a few other much needed miscellaneous items
-And last but not least, Lars from Scorpion Race for being the baddest f*cker around!

HOPEFULLY (!) by this time tomorrow, in between the general work schedule, Chris should be degreeing the engine and getting it ready to be dressed.

REconstructing Chris' Motor - Part 1

Before we get into the motor update, we would like to thank everyone who has sent words of encouragement and support our way via facebook, email and calls. We are truly honored to have so many people interested in the happenings of the car. Your words of encouragement and positivity are definitely pushing us to come back better than ever! So now onto the progress of the car...

The head is fresh out of the CNC and all of the parts for the head have arrived from Ferrea. Be sure to keep checking this blog for the exclusive drop of the NEW NRG Tech CNC Cylinder Heads coming very soon!


It's 1:30 pm and Chris is about to start cutting the valves and setting up the shims for the valve train. Between his daily work on customers projects he believes he should have the head all together and setup sometime later this evening. Customers projects are first and foremost always, so Chris has had to walk away from the head numerous times in the past few days.

After the head is together, the transmission will come apart and be inspected, along with the clutch.

Along with updating you on the status of Chris' car, we will be featuring information on the parts and products he is dealing with throughout the rebuild. Please feel free to email us any questions you may have about the products mentioned here. Also, if there is a specific product or service you would like to learn more about, drop us a line and we'll write up a post about it!

14th Annual Spring Nationals - May 1 & 2

The 14th annual Sport Compact Spring Nationals event is quickly approaching. The two day event held at Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ is always packed with fast cars, great teams and tons of excitement. Along with the regular classes, we have Team Puerto Rico vs Team Dominican Republic vs Team USA competing for $8,000 in the Q32 class. An estimated $30,000 in cash prizes will be paid out.

Along with some great drag racing, you can expect to see a fully loaded car show, both Saturday and Sunday. This is an event not to be missed! We are hard at work on Chris' car and will be there ready to put down some serious numbers.




Check out the NYCE1s trailer for Spring Nationals 2010 (and our customer Alberto Rodriguez's cameo interview!)

Deconstructing Chris' Motor - Part 1

As many of you know, Chris hurt the motor pretty badly at Honda Day this past Sunday. Within the next 2 weeks he will be rebuilding and getting ready for Spring Nationals at Englishtown. We would like to share our progress with all of you for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, we've had many inquiries as to what happened and what will be remedied. We would like this blog to serve as a means to answer your questions. Secondly, we feel that in this industry you must constantly learn in order to grow. We are more than happy to share our knowledge and findings with you all.

In yesterday's blog we discussed what happened on the run at Honda Day. Here is a great picture sequence of the run.
















That brings us to yesterday, Chris got the car completely apart last night and after inspection of everything it seems as though it was simply fatigue failure. The rod seemed to have let go. As we have mentioned previously, this motor has been through the last two previous seasons with NO problems. The poor thing simply gave out! Along with the rod problem, the piston hit the head and collapsed the chamber. So, long story short, we need an entirely new engine!





Chris was here till 2:00 am last night going over everything with a fine-toothed comb to make sure that this does not happen again. He really feels as though it was just a parts failure and that the engine had a long and happy life :) This short block had about 200 hits on it between the track and the dyno testing over the past 2.5 seasons.

Next up for Chris and the car are a few late nights, some overnight shipments and most definitely a few more records coming up. Stay tuned for more info on the next stage of the build!

By the way - To see ALL of our photos from Honda Day follow this http://nrgtechracing.com/galleries.htm