Mishimoto had a ton of new products on display including this full lineup of STI goodies that includes a radiator, oil cooler, intercooler, charge pipes, silicone hoses, coolant overflow tank, and even intakes and exhaust systems.
Mishimoto also had a tank in their booth, which may have been their not-so-subtle way of declaring their intentions to dominate the Ford Mustang Ecoboost market, since they had an impressive display of parts for this car including radiator, oil cooler and lines, coolant hoses, a baffled coolant overflow tank, a cold-air intake, intercooler piping, and even a 3” turbo downpipe and full 3” diameter exhaust system.
Viair had this Liberty Walk kitted Audi R8 in their booth which was pretty stunning, although you can see they had to machine down the front calipers to clear the custom Rotiform wheels. Oops!
This one goes out to our Speed Academy homeboy Ken, who couldn’t join us on the trip this year. He’s a huge Road Kill fan, so we thought of him when we spotted General Mayhem.
Seibon had an impressive booth including this extremely tidy 2015 Subaru Impreza WRX STI in the new Hyper Blue paint.
Turns out this car is the daily driver of our Texan brother from another mother Travis Barnes from Snail Performance. Travis has done a bunch of dyno testing for us at his facility in NorCal, so we were stoked to see him getting the recognition he deserves at SEMA. Love that he kept the ride height at a real world level, and those Volk Racing ZE40’s continue to be the new hotness.
Full-Race continues to work closely with Borg Warner when developing their EFR turbo based upgrades for the Ford Ecoboost lineup of engines, including the new Mustang. 450-hp from a 2.3L turbo-4 sounds pretty sexy to us!
Borg Warner also had our buddy Will’s PZ Tuning 2012 Civic Si Time Attack monster. Will’s set TA records everywhere he’s run this beast and his Limited class RSX, so we’re expecting big things from him at the Global Time Attack x Super Lap Battle event this week. He’s up against some very stiff competition including the Spoon Sports Civic, though, so it won’t be cake walk. Go get ’em, Will!
Spyder Auto (who make killer LED headlights and taillights, including the ones we run on our FR-S) had this Liberty Walk kitted 997 Porsche 911 sitting pretty in their booth, along with this eye-popping Mustang. As you’ll see as our coverage continues, the S550 Mustang was definitely one of the most featured cars of the show this year.
Cosworth had a couple of sweet Subies in their booth including this BRZ featuring their supercharger kit and some pretty wild aero. Cosworth stuff doesn’t come cheap, but it’s always properly engineered.
Racepak had their new IQ3s on display, the s standing for street since it has integrated controls for turn signals, high beams, and even light dimming.
They’ve also made a street version of their amazing SmartWire unit, which we showed you in a recent video and story on our FD RX-7.
The Evasive S2000 is HKS supercharged with the intake sitting below the hood opening on the pass. side