D1 Grand Prix 2010 Round 6 was home at Ebisu Circuit, Japan on 8^th of August. M7 Racing Team took over the majority of the podium with Youichi Imamura taking first in his Nissan Silvia S15 and Masao Suenaga taking first runner up in his Mazda RX-7 FD3S. The Round 7 Finale will return to Fuji Speedway on 16^th and 17^th of October. Imamura’s victory at Round 6 gives him a good hand to be crowned in Finale.

With M7’s big win, they have also announced EDO Performance as their official partnership in USA and UK.

M7 Japan and EDO Performance is now Official Partner!

M7 JAPAN is proud to announce that EDO PERFORMANCE (USA) and EDO PERFORMANCE (EUROPE) as the sole distributor for M7 products in the USA and EUROPE respectively.

Under the distributorship right, EDO Performance will promote, retail, and wholesale M7 Products under M7 USA and M7 UK for their respective regions. Together with this announcement, websites for M7 USA (www.m7usa.com) and M7 UK (www.m7uk.com) are launched.

EDO will be stocking M7 products of over US$200,000 value to cater all sport compact cars need, such as Subaru Impreza, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, Nissan GTR / Fairlady Z, Mazda RX8, Honda Civic / Integra Type R, Lexus IS250, Mazda RX8, Mini Cooper, Suzuki, and much more.

About M7…

M7 was formed in Japan manufacturing world-class automotive products. Since launching in 2006, M7 has aggressively pushed an ever-expanding line of revolutionary automotive products, focusing on improving performance and operational efficiency in all aspects. Today, M7 is one of the fastest growing brands in the industry.

M7 founder’s philosophy “To use racing to prove M7 products” drive them to heavily involved in world-class motorsports. Team M7 has established which supports championship-winning teams in the D1 Grand Prix Japan and Super GT Championship, other international racing drivers and motorsports disciplines from Drag racing to Formula car racing.

Cypress, California – Tomioka Racing was present during Mitsubishi Owners Day 2010 showcasing our product lines for the Mitsubishi Evolution VIII/IX/X. This was our first appearance at one of the most anticipated Mitsubishi events of the year. From our humble beginning with just one product line, the Tomioka Racing Super Slope, Tomioka Racing has gown its product lines to include exhaust and engine components.

The day started at 7 in the morning for our team to set –up the booth and displays. Within few hours, the lot at the Mitsubishi Motors of North America was packed with manufacturers and enthusiasts. Among the day’s events were the Dyno Challenge and DSport “Best of Show” award. There were also plenty of display vehicles from the first generation Eclipse, the classic Mitsubishi Starion, 3000GT to modern Evolution sport sedans.

To spice the day, Tomioka Racing offered generous Sponsorship prices exclusively for the MOD 2010 attendees on its Mitsubishi Evolution products. Products on the sponsorship offers include the exhaust manifolds for the Evolution X 4B11 and Evolution VIII/IX 4G63, cat-back exhaust and divorced-type downpipe for the Evolution X 4B11, TD06-20G turbocharger for the Evolution VIII/IX 4G63. In addition to exhaust components and turbocharger, Tomioka Racing also brought its signature product, the Tomioka Super Slope, to raise our JDM-themed Evolution IX on display by 3-inches off the ground. We also showcased the TR Performance light-weight batteries. The batteries weight at just 6 lbs with options to go all the way to 21 lbs for those who need serious cranking amperage with some weight reductions.

Tomioka Racing was founded in 2006 with manufacturing of racing ramps to help customers raise the lowered vehicles by 3-inches off the ground to make rooms for car jack tools.  Tomioka Racing ramp has one of the most compact designs in the industry, weighing just 10 lbs for a pair of ramp. Ever since the launch of racing ramps, the company has established network of dealers in USA and international distributors in the United Kingdom, Turkey, Australia and Asia. Following its success, Tomioka launched another compact product, the TR performance light-weight battery in 2009. The battery is 100% made in USA and 100% recyclable.  It utilizes the Absorbed Glass Matt (AGM) technology and offers dual mounting installation positions. 2010 has been exciting year for Tomioka with the release of fuel rail kit for the Evolution X 4B11 and final drive gear set. Please check with your local Tomioka Racing dealers for the availability of Tomioka Racing products nearest to you.

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www.tomiokaracing.com

M7 Japan also announced that EDO Performance is the official partner and the sole distributor in USA & UK region. EDO will stock over US$200,000 of stock for all sport compact cars need. M7 performance parts are manufactured in Japan and has first launched to Asia since 2006.

More detail of the press can be found on this link http://blogs.importtuner.com/6678841/miscellaneous/m7-wins-d1-grand-prix-round-6/

As one of the featured sponsor of S3 event, EDO showcased few great product lines for Subaru enthusiasts such as Tomioka Racing Turbos, exhaust manifolds, racing batteries, and etc. Despite that, we also displayed Zero Sports, Cusco, and Motul products. We offered great discount for all showcase products and Zero Sports selected items for clearance.

The events started on 10am. It was such a perfect day for an event, sunny and breeze as right besides the shore. There were 16 vendor booths setup side to side from the main stage, which EDO booth was just next to it. Jeri Lee, the featured model of S3 event caught attention to the public for pictures taking and autographs signing and DJ with lives music on the event. Sashin & Yukio, the event MC raffled out many cool products throughout the event. EDO has raffled 2 sets of Tomioka Racing Ramps. Almost 400 Subarus attended on the car show and more than 500 public showed up.

The event wrapped up around 3.30pm after the last raffle, and Cobb Tuning access port was given out. With the impressive number of show cars and attendees, S3 was definitely successful with such an impressive results and EDO will definitely attend for the next one!

EDO booth

Look at the Show Cars!!!

Product showcase at EDO booth

Sashin & Jeri Lee

Show car

Pink car & lady

Raffle time!

Tomei has just announced the new release of a new Titanium muffler for Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 7, 8, 9. The completion date will be around middle of May. The muffler will be available for JDM and USDM. Tomei is also making a cat-straight pipe for the same application.

The price range will be similar with the EVO X application, limited quantity for the first batch production.

So, check with EDO Performance time to time for more detail information!

More event pictures can be found at http://shop.edoperformance.com/socal-evo-meetup-n-84.html

This event is for all drifters to compete for the chance to battle at Formula Drift Championship 2010.

MITSUBISHI EVO 5 GSR

CPR 2.0L FORGED 4G63

EVO 8 MR CAMSHAFTS

BOSCH 044 FUEL PUMP INLINE

TOMEI ARMS TURBOCHARGER M7960

3″ EXHAUST

APEXI INTAKE FILTER

APEXI POWER FC DE-JETRO ECU

720CC FUEL INJECTORS

PERRIN INTERCOOLER

Here’re the Dyno Graphs:

Please check with EDO for more detail information and application!

Micro-Lite Lithium Battery

12 Volts Power

▪ Weighted only 3 lbs!

▪ Compact size; can be hold by one hand!

▪ 12 Volts, 300 cranking amps

▪ 8 lbs weight, 40 lbs lighter than other 12 Volts!

▪ Size: 10″ x 3.25″ x 6″ (Half the size of a Group 34)

▪ MAX Amps over 2000

▪ Pulse Cranking Amps 5 sec @ 32F: 900

▪ Reserve Capacity 30 Amps HR

Intensity Lithium Battery

▪ Weight: 12 lbs, almost 50 lbs lighter than stock!

▪ Built-in power button to conserve battery life

▪ OE replacement for Group 49

▪ 1100 Cranking Amps

Super-Sixteen Lithium Battery

16 Volts Power

▪ 8 lbs weight, 40 lbs lighter than other 16 Volts!

▪ Size: 10″ x 3.25″ x 6″ (Half the size of a Group 34)

▪ MAX Amps over 3000

▪ Pulse Cranking Amps 5 sec @ 32F: 1100

▪ Reserve Capacity @ 30 Amps: 39 Minutes

▪ Amps Hour Capacity: 21 Amp HR.