Skunk2 Racing
Skunk2 Racing's goal is to build the highest quality and best performing aftermarket parts for today's sport compact cars. Skunk2 Racing products are designed for enthusiasts by enthusiasts. Drawing on nearly a decade of experience in the sport compact industry, Skunk2 Racing are able to create products that cater to the needs of the true enthusiast. As part of Skunk2 Racing's commitment to continually build the best products, Skunk2 Racing remains actively involved in various forms of motorsports. Racing provides them with the data necessary to produce high performance parts utilizing innovative design, advanced metal alloys, cutting-edge manufacturing methods, and stringent quality control measures. All Skunk2 Racing products are carefully planned and designed using the latest computer simulation and modeling techniques, followed by careful testing in controlled laboratory environments using state of the art equipment. Furthermore, each product is subjected to rigorous road and race testing to ensure proper performance in the most extreme conditions. For these reasons, top street cars and race cars around the world rely on Skunk2 Racing products. Skunk2 Racing are driven by the desire to make things go faster. Their staff is composed of enthusiasts and racers that are passionate about what they do; and understand what other enthusiasts want. Skunk2 Racing's perspective is shaped as much by real world and racing experience as it is by practical science; that is what makes them so effective at what they do. Firmly grounded in their understanding of engineering, they make every effort to embrace advanced technology. Skunk2 Racing's goal is to make performance and high-technology accessible for other enthusiasts through the use of creativity and innovative manufacturing techniques.
Since 1995 Skunk2 Racing have been developing and innovating high performance engine parts. Such notable innovations include being the first US based sport compact performance company to offer CNC billet machined timing gears for Honda engines. · 1996 They developed parts for several championship touring car teams in Asia; supplying them with racing cams, valvetrain, and various suspension parts. · 1997 Skunk2 began supplying parts to Honda touring cars in the USA, racing in the Speedvision World Challenge series. Also in 1997, the decision was made to build Project Beta (aka the Skunk2 Integra), a road-race car converted into an All-Motor drag race car utilizing the parts they had developed for touring car racing. Little did they know that Beta would help pioneer the All-Motor class and revolutionize import drag racing. · 1999 Skunk2 continued in drag racing with a perfect season. · 1999 The first US based performance company to use "chill cast" billet camshafts on Honda engines · 2000 The Skunk2 Integra was the first naturally aspirated car to run 10 seconds; it would take another year and a half for the competition to do the same. 2000 also marked the beginning of their active involvement in World Challenge racing. · 2000 The introduction of the first "cast" high performance aluminum manifold for Honda engines · 2000, 2001, and 2002 All Hondas finishing on the podium in World Challenge utilized Skunk2 parts or Skunk2 engines. · 2003 Skunk2 moved to a new state-of-the-art facility in Southern California that marked the birthplace of the potent Civic RR and SiR. The introduction of Project Delta and K-Power engines marked the return of Skunk2 to the drag racing; as they finished the year with 4 wins out of 5 races with 4 new records. · 2005 Marked the return of Project Beta and the Skunk2 Team once again redefined the standard of speed and performance by smashing its own records. · 2006 Skunk2 introduced the M3 Killer TSX, the 650 whp RSX-T, the race bred Civic SiR2 Time Attacker, and the wicked Fit R. · 2007 Skunk2 unveiled several new and exciting project vehicles. Skunk2 want to thank all the people that help make these vehicles possible, especially their sponsors and their team members. They also want to say thank you to all of their loyal fans and customers! Today Skunk2 are continuing their tradition of innovation by introducing a new line of engine components made from a proprietary aerospace thermo-polymer and also developing camshafts utilizing their Amax and Fast Ramp technologies.
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