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As a supporter for Slammed Navigator, we are proud to announce that the app has been released for Android, and shortly for the iPhone.

For those who have not heard of this app before, their website sums it up nicely for you. 

"Slammed Navigator is a navigation application specifically built for lowered vehicles who have difficulty getting from place to place while avoiding potholes, uneven roads, bumps and more."

You should be using the Slammed Navigator app "if you've ever scraped going over a speed bump, bottomed out, or possibly caught your frame and gotten stuck then you know how difficult it can be to plan out your route to a destination while avoiding all the imperfections in the road along the way. Slammed Navigator attempts to ease your navigation worries by providing you with real time information on local road conditions, potential road hazards, and more."

Slammed Navigator is a free app developed from multiple platforms by a group of enthusiats in the Seattle area.  The app is free and does not have advertisements.  

Here are some of their other supporters,

Whether you have a lowered car or just want to help out the community, the Slammed Navigator is a must have app.  Download it on your phone and start helping the slammed community today.  

Congratulations goes out to Justin Pawlak for his second win in a row in the Formula Drift series.  He follows up his win at Long Beach with a win at Atlanta.  

Above: 1st Place: Justin Pawlak, 2nd Place Fedric Asabo, 3rd Daigo Saito.  Photo courtesy of Larry Chen for Speedhunters.com

We are back at it again, tuning another Nissan with the UpRev Osiris system.  This time it is not a 350Z but a 2012 Nissan Frontier.  

Above: Justin drifting at PARC.

Justin Shreeve is one half of Tandem of Die.  He was out at Pat's Acres in March drifting, while Joe Ayala, the other half of Tamdem of Die, was taking some photos.  

Here at PSI, we work on all types of engines.  From turbocharged inline 6's to large displacement V8's and  some that are a lot smaller.  

Like this .56 hp Nitro RC boat engine.  

This last weekend Andrew went down to Portland International Raceway for the Drift Crown series.  He wanted to get in a little track time before his next professional event.  We recently installed a one-way differential to replace the spool one from last season.  

Above: Spool on the left and one-way on the right.

Andrew also had the chance to use his new dual brake caliper setup.  

This past weekend, we were fortunate to have nice weather.  A few of us from PSI made it down to Woodburn Dragstrip for Woodburn Drags 2012 - Round 1.  We were there to support one of our own.  Ken, our engine builder, machinist, and consultant, competes in the Sport Compact Pro class.  He normally drives his twin-turbo Toyota Supra that runs 10s.  

However, his car was not ready for Round 1 because he has been busy working on engines for us.  

As many of you know, those who keep up with Formula Drift that is, Robbie Nishida's new Lexus SC was not ready for the Streets of Long Beach but he drove the Nissan S13.5 from last season.  

Above: Robbie Nishida in the Achilles Radial Nissan S13.5 at the Streets of Long Beach.  Photo courtesy of David Karey for MotoIQ.com.

On the dyno, we have not one but two Nissan 350Z's.  These Z's came in for tuning with UpRev Osiris.  We have been tuning several cars with the UpRev Osiris system lately but this is the first time we had two on the same day.  However, with the increase in the popularity of UpRev tuning, this probably won't be the last.  

Each of these Z's had a few upgrades but were running the stock tune.  

Recently, we had a pair of Lexus ISF's from California stop by the shop.  One of the owners was a good friend who moved back to California last year.  We built and tuned his previous car, a turbo Honda S2000.  He now owns an Lexus ISF and he wanted us to install a set of Sikky Headers.  

On The Dyno, we have a 2010 Nissan 370Z.  This Z has an aftermarket intake and a Fast Intentions exhaust system.  After the installation of the parts, the Z was tuned with UpRev Osiris.  After tuning, this setup produced 305 whp and 248 ft-lbs of torque.

Here is the dyno run video,

The UpRev Osiris system works on many Nissan and Infiniti models.  Feel free to contact us for more information about having your car tuned.

This upcoming Saturday will be Round 1 of the Evergreen Drift ProAm Series at Evergreen Speedway.  

The Evergreen Drift is the Northwest's only sanctioned Formula Drift Pro-Am licensing series.  Evergreen Drift was the starting series for ten Formula Drift licensed drivers.  Five of those ten drivers had their cars tuned at PSI.  

On The Dyno, we have a 2010 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1.  A stock ZR-1 is a pretty impressive car with its supercharged LS9.  However, this is no ordinary ZR-1 but has had a few custom upgrades.  

Above: The ZR-1 on the dyno.

Check out the latest installment of Kyle Pollard's Journey to Drift.  

"Kyle finishes his VVL head swap in time but blows his transmition at Nissan Fest 2 weeks Before Formula Drift Long Beach, what will he do?"

Don't forget to check out the rest of the series and support Kyle Pollard on his Journey to Drift.

One of our clients is an avid autocross driver and competes in his Mini Cooper S. For the past several seasons, he has been running a modified supercharged setup. This past year, John Reed installed and tuned a ViPEC V88.

In case you missed Formula Drift's 2012 season opener on the Streets of Long Beach, the major online media outlets have got you covered. Part of our team made the trip down to Long Beach, but they were busy working on the cars and did not get many photos. Working in the pits, gives you a different perspective on the event. We were searching our favortie online media outlets and found these great articles about the event. We wanted to share them with you.

We have added a new gallery to our website to showcase the cars that have graced our lobby/showroom.  We try to change the car that is in our lobby often, so you never know what you will see.  Here is a link to the gallery of previous cars that have been showcased.  We will continue to add photos to this collection as more cars go through our lobby.

Here is the current car that sits in the lobby,

We are proud to announce our upcoming Summer Cruise-In.  

This will be our third annual cruise-in and will be held on June 30th, 2012 from 9am to 6pm.  We had a great turn out the last two years and we would like to continue that this year.  We expect a wide variety of makes and models of cars, so there should be a little something for everybody.  Here are some photos from last years event, taken by Trevor Stevens of Celerity Photography,

Did you miss the Portland Roadster Show?  Then you missed seeing "Whiplash", a '32 Ford 3-window and a Portland Roadster Show Hall of Fame Inductee.

On the dyno we once again have the Matt Panic's 1973 Toyota Celica.  

Congratulations to Justin Pawlak for winning Formula Drift Round 1: Long Beach, in his Falken Tire Ford Mustang. 

Above: 1st: Justin Pawlak, 2nd: Daijiro Yoshihara, 3rd: Daigo Saito

Justin is a close personal friend of PSI and we are all really excited to see him win at Long Beach for the second year in a row.  Jason Oefelein and Justin go way back. 

Above: On the wall at Evergreen Speedway.

We look forward to watching Round 2 in Atlanta.  The 2012 season is shaping up to be the best one yet. 

Formula Drift Long Beach qualifying is over. The top 32 is set. Congrats to Ryan Tuerck for qualifying first in his Retaks' Nissan 240.

Formula D Long Beach qualifying is going on now.  At PSI, we have the live driftstream going on 5 screens since all of us were not able to go to Long Beach to watch it live.  

Above: One of the tv's playing the driftstream at the shop.

Brian Hartsock and Jason Oefelein go down to Long Beach, CA for Formula D Round 1.  Brian drove down Kyle Pollard's Nissan Silvia in the PSI with Kyle and Loren.  

Jason flew down the following day.  Our regular photographer did not make the trip down, so Brian will be filling in.