Mike headed down to the NC DSM track day at Fayetteville Motorsports Park yesterday to get some passes in. The progress of the car may not be as fast as Mike wants as he’s been dealing with a bit of bad luck parts breakage the entire season that has slowed his progress down. He has run a number of mid to low 9’s this year only to have the weekend end early due to some shit luck. Well this weekend it all came together for him and he got his first 8 second pass. The promising part is there is a lot more to be had out of the car. The 60′ times keep dropping as Mike gets used to the car and gets it dialed in more and I’d guess to say that this car has a 8.2-8.3pass in her the way it sits.

Congrats Mike! I hope that your dedication and perseverance are starting to pay off as your goals are achieved. We’re proud of ya brother!

I’m excited to annouce that Shearer Fab is teaming up with SAM Racing for the buildup of a twin turbo 2010 Camaro SS build. The goal of the project is build a drag radial class car capable of running mid 7 second 1/4 mile passes. The progress of the project will be followed by Hot Rod Magazine as well! Here’s a copy of the press release from SAM…

“The School of Automotive Machinists is pleased to announce its latest project, a 2010 Camaro.

The School ordered a 2010 Camaro after the 2008 PRI show and it arrived in Houston this summer. Our Camaro 2SS/RS is victory red with white racing stripes. This Chevy came equipped with an LS3 paired with a manual transmission.

As you can see from the pictures below, the newest SAM project is a Hot Rod Test Car and the build-up will be followed by Hot Rod Magazine. SAM’s new Camaro will compete in the True Street class at the 2009 LSX Shootout in Memphis. For the Shootout, we will run a LMR cold air intake, a Comp Cams hydraulic roller cam, American Racing Headers, and LS3 Chevy Heads ported at SAM.

After Memphis, Ron Shearer with Shearer Fabrications and Brian Nutter with Wiseco will drive the car to Ohio where Ron will custom fabricate a twin turbo system. This will be the beginning of the Camaro’s transformation to a 7 second drag radial car. Although we have had much success with our naturally aspirated Camaros and Mustang, SAM is excited to have its first power adder join our team of high performance cars.

While the car is in Ohio, the SAM instructors and students will be working hard on the Camaro’s new engine, an ERL sleeved 440 ci aluminum block. We look forward to keeping you updated on this exciting project. For more information about this project, please visit our website at www.samracing.com or follow the project in Hot Rod Magazine.

www.samracingtv.com/video/10734“

Mike wanted to try out a new intake manifold from DV/DT and went up to P&L Motorsports to use there dyno. He’s still using the Borg Warner 74mm on the T4 set-up we built him a few years back. For 40psi this is a spectacular amount of power. The exciting part is that we have built him a new set-up for the car. It’s something a bit unconventional and IF it works the car should make another 200-300hp more.

We’ll be heading out to Georgia DSM’s Import Showdown event this weekend. If you’re in the area stop by.

Import Showdown

Here’s another manifold that I’ve been wanting to build for a while. It’s not for the ultimate horsepower junkie but intended to provide a very wide power band, lower torque peak, and improve low RPM response & power. Auto-X, Road Race, and street car guys may find this manifold to fit there particular interests very well. It is built off of our EVO T3 fixture and fits up exactly the same as our extremely popular manifold T3 Manifold.Price is the same as our standard T3 manifold and is available for order immediately.

As usual with our product the attention to detail is the highest in the industry and the quality is second to none. One feature of this manifold that I feel makes it stand out from “the rest” of the small runner manifolds is the transition from the larger oval cylinder head port to the smaller diameter primary of the header. The entry to all of our headers feature the same large oval port size. The transition from this large port size to the smaller primary is achieved using a unique process to create a proper transition from the smaller runner to the larger port size. This is just one example of what makes our manifold stand out from the rest of the competition. Most companies offer an oval to round transition machined in the head flange. This transition takes place over the thickness of the head flange which is typically a distance of 1/2″, this creates a radical transition and is not optimal for exhaust flow. One manufacturer’s entry into the runner is actually SMALLER than the cylinder port and most definitely robs power. Cutting corners such as this isn’t acceptable in our eyes to make manufacturing easier/faster, or to make a few extra bucks.

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We just finished up our 1g DSM Intercooler prototype and thought I’d share some pics. It is based off of Garrett’s 24×12x4.5 core, this is a big ass core and is not for the meek!

Improving yet and to add to the sex appeal the production units will have 1 piece CNC bent .125″ thick Endtanks and CNC turned billet 3″ inlet & outlet Hose Connections. We built another intercooler a while back for a customers car using the same Garrett core. The car makes a little over 1050hp to the wheels and typical intake temp increases are ~15deg throughout a 1/4 mile pass with nearly 50psi of intake manifold pressure. We find that very impressive for a car making such ridiculous power!

Sean Ivey brought his EVO out to Atco last night to make a few passes. His previous time at the track he found the clutch to be slipping and addressed the issue for last night. The car is a pretty basic build and is very much a near complete street car weighing in at 3050lbs. It is using our standard Divided T4 Manifold with a GT4294, E85 fuel, AWD Motorsports driveshaft, AMS intake, a few AMS lightweight goodies, has a full interior, all functional glass, and of course features an IVEY Tune on a HKS FCON.

Visit www.iveytune.com to check out Seans services. There isn’t a finer EVO shop in the New Jersey/New York area to get your work done at.

I’m a little late in getting pics up and most of you have probably seen pictures of our EVO Replacement o2 Housing already. I thought I’d throw some pics up real quick of the 2nd prototype that we built and add a quick blurb. This is VERY similar to our production unit and will have pictures of one up shortly.

People have been asking for this item for a while. I heard them but pretended not to hear.  Until the latest revolution of upgraded stock frame bolt on turbos I thought messing with stock frame turbos was a futile exercise. While I feel these stock frame turbos can not provide the power and acceleration of our Shearer Fab Turbo Kits, they do fill a nice niche for those looking to make a bit more power than the stock turbos can provide. This is where our new replacement o2 housing comes into play and provides a nice solution to add up to 30whp to your bolt on turbo. After seeing some of the junk o2 housings that have been marketed so powerfully onto the plate of EVO owners I thought some might appreciate a properly built piece that is built to perform, constructed properly and won’t fall apart, fits properly, and looks good. This o2 housing in constructed ENTIRELY of Stainless Steel and brings the quality to the table that you expect in every Shearer Fab product.

The EVO o2 housing presented a couple unique challenges to build it properly. First was the tight confines between the turbine outlet and exhaust inlet flanges, there was not much room to make a proper bend and left zero room for error. Second was the large and oddly shaped outlet port of the internal wastegate. The first issue was easy to resolve. The second issue was addressed by having a super sweet turbine outlet flange made that has a 3d machined transition for the oddly shape internal wastegate port.  The other o2 dumps commonly feature a simple round entry hole into a 1.75″ diameter dumptube. This is hardly adequate for proper flow and causes the wastegate to perform insufficiently. The 3d machined transition in our flange allows the wategate gas to flow smoothly into a large 2″ diameter dumptube and allows the wastegate to work properly. Also please review the test results from Prototype #1, http://forums.evolutionm.net/vendor-announcements/433677-shearer-manifolds-02-dump-released.html.

Price is $442.14.

This has been on my things-to-do list for a LONG time. A customer who is currently serving over in Iraq contacted me about getting a Forward Facing Manifold built for a GT42 and I figured there is no better time than now to get it done. I am extremely pleased with how the final product came out. It’s designed to take advantage of the fresh air getting getting rammed into the compressor inlet as the car accelerates down the track. Gains of up to 7mph have been seen by switching to a manifold of similar design. This manifold is designed to fit GT42/45 or smaller turbos and fits perfectly inside the core support of a 1g DSM. It hangs twin TiAL 38mm MVS gates off the side of the collector pointing towards the drivers side. This is available as of 9/1/2009 and the price for the manifold is $1375.

2:30pm August 14^th came, it’s a Friday afternoon and we were in a rush to close shop and hit the road to make the journey to downtown Wakeman, Oh to attend Buschur Racing’s 17^th Annual DSM Shootout. For some it’s just another race weekend. For others it’s a gathering of friends from across the country, who may only see one another once a year, at this annual event. This year marked my tenth year attending the shootout and it’s the first year that I’ve felt “old”.  There has been a lot of disparity in the community over the last year and the enthusiasm from this new generation of DSM’ers was quite refreshing.

Despite the sun and blazing heat the weekend was a blast from start to finish. Saturday’s Dyno Day and Car Show packed the small town of Wakeman from one end to the other. The village put on an excellent BBQ with chicken and ribs for the taking. Some impressive machinery filled the grounds from Scott Glassbrook’s RWD Talon, Yusuf’s 9 second EVO 2 street car, to AWD Motorsport’s 8 second EVO, Buschur’s 9.0 EVO 8 street car, CBRDs road race car, and the list goes on.

Race time came too early Sunday morning as we rolled into the track with just 3 hours of sleep. The day quickly got HOT and the temps were in the mid 90’s most of the day. The cars were down on power from the extreme heat and the track temps were through the roof. In typical Norwalk fashion the track crew didn’t let the heat get in the way of delivering a top notch racing surface. The track was packed with racers and spectators and everyone was in great spirit as lots of excellent times were popping up on the score board. All classes had fast fields and the competition was tight in several of the rounds that I saw. Every year this race gets bigger and this year was definitely the largest to date.

I like to give a big thanks to all of the Shearer Fab Q16 competitors for making it out. There was an excellent turnout of competitors as over 21 cars tried to qualify for the field in hopes to take home the big payout put up by Shearer Fab and AWD Motorsports There was some excellent competition as the class got closer to the finals. Big congrats to Jared Early for taking home the $2500 top prize and also for running his first 8 second pass in the finals!

Shearer Fabrications/AWD Motorsports Quick 16
Winner, Jared Early, 89 Conquest, 8.961@154.26. $2500 cash
Runner -Up, Allan Friedman, 03 EVO, 9.784@145.75. $1500 cash
Semi-Michael Wohler. $500 cash
Semi-Nick Abele. $500 cash

I saw our product all over the grounds this weekend and I’d like to say THANK YOU to everyone who runs our product! The continued support is so appreciated that I could never attempt to put it into words. Also I’d like to give special mention a couple customers that finished in the money over the weekend, if I forgot anyone I apologize as this is coming off the top of my head.

*Al Friedman in his ’03 EVO took home 2^nd place in the Q16. Al drove his ass off in the last two rounds on competition and he brought home a well deserved finish.

*Mike Wohler for taking home a 3^rd place Q16 finish. I was routing for Mike as he had a very good shot at taking home the big prize money. Hopefully next year!!

*Eric Oberdorfer for taking third place in DSM Eliminator

*Curt Brown for running mid 9’s all day long until an axle failure took him out of the running. Curt street car is among the nicest examples of a DSM around. To top it off the car is fucking fast and drove it from Pennsylvania to race

*John Shepherd for cleaning up in EVO Eliminator. John 2003 EVO is a pure street car and he drove it to a multitude of 9.9x passes throughout the day like it was a bracket car.
*AWD Motorsports for cleaning up in the dyno competion on Saturday with a killer 800+hp on there T3 set-up. That’s an excellent number considering the size of the turbo and the number was made on Buschur’s “heart breaker” dyno.

Can’t wait to see everyone next year!!