Berk Technology – Project 135i gets some carbon fiber goodness from SEIBON

BMW’s are known for their legendary chassis balance, superb handling, and the driver’s experience. BMW is not known for being lightweight unless you own one of the M3 CSL models. Seibon Carbon steps in an helps us shed quite a few pounds off the car by replacing the hood and trunk lid with lightweight carbon fiber composite pieces. Although it took two guys to carry the OEM stamped steel hood up the ladder we were sure glad to put them away for long term storage.

Coming out of the packaging.

There’s nothing more frustrating that receiving damaged goods from freight companies. Good thing that Seibon carefully packed everything and inspects every single part with two pairs of eyes before anything leaves the warehouse. Our parts arrived in perfect shape!

This hood was absolute cake to install. We were done in 15 minutes flat. Everything aligned perfectly just like OEM. Once again BMW over engineered their trunk latch mechanism and we fumbled a bit transferring the stock hardware over to the new Seibon carbon trunk. Once we had everything moved over it was easy installing the trunk. Just make sure to have a couple of washers handy to get the trunk sitting exactly where you want it.

Here’s the before:

And the after:

Notice the perfect lines between the carbon fiber Seibon bits and the OEM BMW panels. If you want to go full stealth the Siebon parts are fully paintable and no one would be the wiser that you just lost about 30lbs of dead weight.

SEMA ‘09

Excited to say that we are going to be attending SEMA Convention this year. Hopefully we will pick up more sponsors for the 1er, talk to new companies about future products and most importantly win lots of money! The Berk Technology 135i will be on display so be sure to come by and check out the country’s fastest 135i and maybe take a peek at our top secret brake ducts in person. Unfortunately we can’t bring the new funnest member of out team out there but I’m sure he understands.

Hot cars, hot girls, and the Berk Technology. What more could you ask for?

Superlap ‘09

Yes it is here once again. We are all signed up and almost ready to go for this years upcoming SuperLap on November 11th. We have couple more parts we gotta put on the ride but here at Berk we are very confident for the event, not only in speed but making sure that it looks super sweet while taking the prize. See you all there and if your competing we’ll be gunnin for you… In a good sportsman type manner.

At the last Time Attack event hosted by Redline the Berk Tech 135i was by far the fastest BMW at the event.  Couldn’t quite catch the 1000hp cars though.

Redline Time Attack MR2 sponsored by Berk Technology

We met Jeremy Croiset’s back in 2008 when he had picked up an MR2 for $1000 with a blown head gasket and some funny looking wheels. Fast forward a year later and after Berk Technology performed some Berk GT3076R Twin Scroll turbo magic, custom trunk mount intercooler, and custom single exit exhaust the car takes first place at it’s first event! The Redline Time Attack event at Willow Springs was the track for all of the high horsepower big boys to come out and play. Shows you what these little MR2’s can do with some well selected components and driving talent from Jeremy. For the upcoming Redline Time Attack Jeremy has upgraded the MR2’s aerodynamics heavily in hopes of even better lap time results.

Vegas Baby! Berk Technology heads out to Formula Drift!

Berk Technology had their BMW 135i race car on display at Formula D for the Round 4 event in Las Vegas NV! The BMW was part of the J-Tuned Autogallery car show and was a big hit among the sea of Japanese imports at the event. The 135i will also make its appearance at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale CA for Formula D’s round 7, Judgement Day! See you then!

Berk Technology Sponsored S2000 – John Nguyen

One of our Berk Technology sponsored S2000s dominated the track at Joilet, IL during a Redline Time Attack. John Nguyen’s car has not only been featured in Super Street magazine but sweeps the show classes at Hot Import Nights. But Nguyen is not one to be called a show queen, he puts all of Berk Technology’s products to the test and his results prove just how well they work. Here is a summary from John Nguyen:

“With new parts from GT Motoring: Bridgestone RE11’s and Challenge Coilovers and Bryan from Berk Technology with a last minute high flow cat installed, it helped us place a solid 2nd place in our very first Time Attack Series race! Curt from Tracktime Performance did a fantastic job aligning the car “blindly” without seeing the track and setting the car up for tires that weren’t currently on the car during the alignment. The car is scheduled to be on display at Gillman Honda in the few weeks and we look forward to represent everyone’s name out there.”

Congratulations to John Nguyen on a job well done and we look forward to his future outings with this beautiful S2000.

Berk Technology Big Socal Euro Meet

Later on in the month, Berk Technology headed down to the massive Socal Euro Meet at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego with their 135i and 335i project.

This past weekend Berk Technology was out in full force at the annual BIG SoCal Euro Gathering at Qualcomm Stadium. The event drew over 1600 European cars with everything from old school BMW’s to the exotic Ferrari and Lamborghini’s. Thousands of enthusiasts were in attendance to soak in the sights of the show and watch the drifting demo in the parking lot.

On display was the Berk Technology BMW 135i race car and the Berk Technology BMW 335i street car. The Berk 135i debuted at this event with some new stopping power with a new set of 6 piston 355mm big brakes from Rotora. The Berk 335i street car was one of the show favorites with its clean body work and unique gold and black Work VS-XX wheels shod in Dunlop rubber. The Berk Technology booth was very busy at the show as we were again handing out our free posters of the Berk BMW race car.

The event was the perfect opportunity for us to interact with a targeted group from the Euro segment. The year is half over but Berk Technology will still be at more shows & racing events throughout the year. Thank you for all of your continued support!

Berk Technology – Spocom 2009

We apologize for being a little bit behind on our blog updates. We have been hard at work R&D’ing new and exciting products for the Nissan 370Z and BMW 135i/335i/535i. Here are some updates on shows that we have been attending in the recent months.

In late June, Berk Technology packed up their 135i car and headed out to support the Spocom show in Long Beach, California.

Berk Technology made their way to the Spocom 2009 show, the nation’s largest sport compact automotive trade & consumer event. The event took place at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center just minutes away from the beach. Berk Technology was able to setup in a great location near the front entrance with heavy foot traffic and plenty quality face time in with show attendees.

The next stop is the BIG SoCal Euro Show at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego CA where Berk Technology will have our vendor booth with the Berk BMW 135i race car and Berk BMW 335i street car on display.

Thank you again for supporting our efforts and allowing Berk the opportunity to represent your company and products. As always let us know if there is anything else Berk Technology can do for you.

Berk Technology: SoCal Euro Gathering 2009

Berk Technology will be at Qualcomm Stadium on Saturday June 27th, 2009 from 11am to 3pm at the So Cal Euro Gathering. The west coast’s most exciting European automotive enthusiast gathering will bring thousands of California’s nicest Euros to one spot. Berk Technology will be bringing their 135i and 335i cars for display and will also be handing out free posters to anyone that stops by the booth. So don’t be a stranger and make sure to stop by the Berk Technology booth to see our product offerings for the BMW platforms and to say hello!

For more information on the event, please visit http://big.socaleuro.com

Berk Technology / Redline Time Attack Round 2

Berk Technology headed out to Willow Springs Raceway for Round 2 of the Redline Time Attack series. We headed out with Jeremy Croiset and his Toyota MR2, the Berk Technology S2000 driven by Charles Ng, and the Berk Technology 135i driven by Jeff Tyler. All competing in the Street RWD class, we had great success on the 2.5 mile course capturing first, fourth, and fifth place in Street RWD class. Jeremy Croiset’s MR2 took top podium spot with a 1:32.399, Charles Ng ran a 1:33.850, missing third place by a mere .111 seconds. Jeff Tyler and the Berk Technology 135i clocked a 1:34.241.

We would like to thank all of our sponsors for continuing to support our race endeavors throughout 2009: Dunlop Tires, Enkei Wheels, V-Fiber, KW Coilovers, Burger Motorsports, HP Autowerks, Vivid Racing, Tomic, and APR.

Full coverage from the event can be found at http://www.tunerzine.com.