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Winner !!! All Motor Pro Class Winner at IFO Gainesville

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Everyone loves a winner.

The IPGParts.com Race Team travelled to Gainesville Raceway this past weekend (February 12th, 2012) for the Import Face Off Drag Racing event. Running in the All Motor Pro Class the competition was stiff and the team ran a best pass of 10.54 @ 134 MPH during the 2nd round qualifying session. This was the best MPH for the IPG All Motor Civic since being raced.

Unfortunately there were no times to write home about ET wise for the weekend but in the end that doesn’t matter. Going rounds and doing whatever is necessary to win is what matters and that is exactly how Innes managed to take home the win and the bragging rights.

Thanks to all of our friends and fans for the support. We look forward to a successful racing season.

Gotta Love the New IFO Winner Trophies -- "I Talk Shit and Actually Back it Up"

And what race weekend wouldn’t be complete without some truck maintenance at the track. The water pump on our 5.9L Cummins decided to expire on the way to the track. Luckily the local auto parts store had the parts needed to fix it and the job wasn’t too terribly difficult to do at the track. (Thanks Louis and Wray)

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Mugen MF204 Racing Engine

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

I like the history of Honda Performance and Racing. Undoubtedly Mugen is one of the premiere Honda Tuning agencies and with their long standing ties they have built up quite a bit of history.

The Mugen MF204 F3 Racing Engine was developed some time around 1988 and ran in the F3 Racing Cars.

(Information Courtesy of www.Mugen-Power.com)
“Following F3 regulation requiring use of commercially available engine blocks and heads, B20a mounted on Prelude was modified into it. (Mugen MF204 Engine) Due to regulated exhaust limit, development was extremely difficult, however, MUGEN won the Japanese F3 constructor’s Championship for 3 consecutive years, and the engine was used in European F3 and won many times.”

Name Mugen MF204
Type B20A DOHC 16V
Displacement 1997ccm
Performance * 125 kW/170 hp at 5000 rev / min *
Torque 235 Nm at 4500 r / min
… Weight 91 kg
12.5:1 compression

* The power of 170 hp is a factory specification from Mugen, the engine rather scattered upward
it is a power of about 190 -200 HP realistic.