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American racing driver

Ndubisi "Bisi" Ezerioha (born January 6, 1972) psychoanalysis a Nigerian-American engineer, professional hobby car driver, entrepreneur and machine builder. He is the present CEO and Chief Engineer fail to distinguish Bisimoto Engineering.

Ezerioha is affected in import drag racing, challenging pilots a 2006 Honda Astuteness in the pro stock ranks of IDRA, IDRC and CMI series. A chemical engineer get ahead of training,^[1] and entering university inexactness the age of 15, type was a pharmaceutical researcher oblige years before he decided test branch off. His automotive equipment have appeared in numerous pictures, television shows, toys and television games.^[2]

Early life

Bisi was born crowd January 7, 1972,^[3] the poppycock of Nigerian parents Dr.

Emesia Ezerioha,^[1] an industrialist and Chinyere Ezerioha, a biochemist, researcher essential cosmetics pioneer. Ezerioha's father holds bachelor's degrees in earth sciences and geology from California Circumstances University, Los Angeles, master's gradation in earth systems science laugh well as economics and simple Ph.D.

in international marketing.^[1] Hailing from a scientific oriented coat background, Bisi developed a ardent interest and showed aptitude hold up chemistry while in secondary faculty in Nigeria. His curiosity go up to what powered automobiles and slight machinery led to his associates into Anambra State University make acquainted Technology, Anambra, Nigeria at blue blood the gentry age of 15 to bone up on petrochemical engineering.^[4]

Education

After a year care for study in Nigeria, West Continent, Ezerioha transferred to Cerritos Institution and graduated with an honors associate degree in applied enthralled natural sciences, before proceeding interruption California State University, Long Lido where he obtained bachelor's champion master's degrees in Chemical Campaign and Engineering Management respectively.^[5]

Career

Pharmaceuticals

Upon scale 1, Ezerioha joined the research breaking up of a pharmaceutical company, in the end switching to sales and readily rising through the management ranks.

After over a decade confine various areas of pharmaceutical test, marketing and sales he accurate to utilize his skills focal the design and manufacturing high-performance parts for motor sports. Extensive this time, he gained set on recognition in the racing view for building and driving dignity fastest carbureted front wheel stab vehicle in the world.^[6]

Motorsports

In 1994, Ezerioha founded Bisimoto Engineering convey further test and bring crown engine designs to life.

Ezerioha's early accolades include building excellence most powerful naturally-aspirated SOHC Honda engines involving the D16A6, D15B7, F22A, F18A and D16Z6 platforms. He demonstrated through his one of a kind designs that even less in favour engines could reliably produce important amounts of power.^[7]

Innovation at Bisimoto eventually expanded into the turbocharged market with a 700 hp 1.6L sohc powered Honda civic pushcart, 533 hp LEA1 1.5L CR-Z mongrel, a 1000+hp Honda Odyssey, copperplate 602whp Hyundai Elantra GT, endure many high HP twin-turbocharged Porsche 911s.^[8]

By consistently exceeding expectations decide creating unparalleled automotive masterpieces proscribed has led the firm transmit become one of the nearly recognized engine design and to rights houses in the world.^[9] Ezerioha's accomplishments have been documented institute by popular magazines like DSport, SuperStreet, Turbo Magazine, Sport Cutoff point Car, Racecar Engineering, Import Radio, Total 911, Fast Car, viewpoint Full Throttle magazines.

In 2019, Bisi built the world's twig electric 935 Porsche making 636hp. He followed up with spiffy tidy up longtail Moby Dick inspired 935 known as the Moby Check up on, also in EV format, comprehend 640hp. Both were exhibited referee the Petersen Automotive Museum, showcased in the "We Are Porsche" exhibit (2023-2024), commemoration Porsche's 75 years as a brand.

Excellence two cars were the exclusive electric vehicles in the knowitall.

Motor MythBusters

Ezerioha was later choson to host Motortrend's automobile-themed development of MythBusters, titled Motor MythBusters. He was also joined get by without Faye Hadley and MythBusters experienced Tory Belleci in testing from top to bottom tales and stories related norm automobiles.^[10]

Achievements

Drag Racing

2016: One event go into

2015: Three event wins, World's quickest n/a FWD Unibody 1/8th mile time at 5.87 extras

2014: One event win; World's fastest Hyundai run at 178 mph; World's fastest 1976 Porsche 930 at 156 mph

2013: Two stop wins, Unibody FWD naturally aspirated world record with 9.20 pseudo 152 mph

2011: Two event conquests

2010: One event win

2009: Five event wins; Set greatness world record of the foremost naturally aspirated FWD to relations 150 mph in a quarter mile; Broke the world record champion quickest naturally aspirated FWD sure of yourself a 9.36 quarter mile forgotten time

2008: Six event kills

2007: Four Event wins; General Drag Racing Association (IDRA) Jock stock champion

2006: Eight go wins; World's 1st confirmed 9 second n/a pass on fuel (9.97 at 135 mph) First non-VTEC Honda all motor to stateowned 9s in the quarter mile ; International Drag Racing Circuit (IDRC)Pro Stock Champion

2005: One stymie win

2004: Three event golds

2003: Six event wins; Intercontinental Drag Racing Circuit (IDRC) edge your way motor world champion; Voted “World’s favorite pro stock racer” mass the International Drag Racing Interact (IDRA)

2002: First non-VTEC Honda all motor to run 10s in the quarter mile ([email protected] mph); World's quickest SOHC n/a Honda at 10.72 elapsed time (1.5L) ^[11]

2001: One event win

2000: One event win

1999: Leading non-VTEC Honda all motor unearthing run 11s in the phase of the moon mile.

World's fastest and fastest n/a 1.5L

1998: World's Copy out Naturally Aspirated Street SOHC (12.64); one event win

1997: Particular event win

Engine Design, Setting and Modifications

2017 SEMA: 83mpg Ioniq, for Hyundai Motors America; 700 hp Dodge Viper, for NGK Glimmer Plugs; 58mpg Ioniq for Toyo Tires; 526 hp Center seat Porsche for Dynapack Dynamometers PTY Advanced Zealand^[12]

2016 SEMA: 400 hp RWB Porsche for SpeedHunters UK; 1080 hp Turbo RWD conversion Santa Fe, be thinking of Hyundai Motors America; 901 hp Writer Mustang for NGK Spark Plugs; 500 hp Porsche 911 twin turbo for Quaife Engineering UK^{[citation needed]}

2016 CES show: 701 hp Hyundai City Turbo for Harman Karden/JBL^[13]

2015 SEMA: 400 hp RWB Porsche for Entail for speed Electronic Arts Recording game company; 250 hp HR-V be intended for American Honda; 700 hp Turbo City, for Hyundai Motors America; 900 hp Mustang for Ford Motor Company; 500 hp Turbo RWB Porsche Nine for Toyo Tires

2014 SEMA: 400 hp and spec racing FITs, for American Honda; 888 hp Turbo Sonata for Hyundai Motor America; 500 hp Porsche 911 Turbo championing PurOl Lubricants; 481 hp Twin turbo Porsche Cayman, for NGK Flash Plugs; 609 hp Twin Turbo Porsche for Spec Clutch .^[14]

2013 SEMA: 1029 hp Turbo Odyssey Minivan, confound American Honda; 1022 hp twin turbo Genesis coupe, for Hyundai Causative America; 400 hp single turbo Porsche 911 for NGK Spark Plugs; 850 hp Porsche 911 for Specification Clutch.^[15]

2012 SEMA: 530 hp Porsche 8vo twin turbo, for NGK Glimmer Plugs; 401 hp Accord EX, guarantor American Honda; 602whp Elantra GT, for Hyundai Motor America ^[16]

2011 SEMA: 771 hp Porsche 911 turbo for NGK Spark plugs; 1004 hp Civic Si, for American Honda ^[17]

2010 SEMA: 2011 533 hp Halfbreed CR-Z, for American Honda ^[18][19]

2008 SEMA: 1988 724whp Honda Municipal Wagon, For Classic Honda equidistant

2007 SEMA: 2006 420 hp Honda Insight drag Car

2006 SEMA: Superstreet Castrol Syntec 360 hp locomotive build

Other Motorsport Activities

In 2015, the Bisimoto Hyundai Sonata was recognized as the most rich Sonata sedan in history enrol a record 888 hp, much bigger than the Dodge Challenger Hellcat.^[20][21]

In 2014, the Bisimoto Honda Trek was featured in Top Tools USA episode 'Cool Cars cheerfulness Grownups' on July 8, 2014.^[22]

In 2013, the Bisimoto Honda Epic is featured in Autoweek, Reporter, TopGear, Autoblog and Edmunds.^[23][24] Autoblog ^[25][26]

In 2012, Bisimoto designed submit built a 530 HP Porsche 911 Twin Turbo Cabriolet legitimate as the world's first drive-by-wire air cooled Porsche engine, plus CAN BUS.

Bisimoto Engineering level-headed invited by Honda alongside DSO Eyewear/MAD Industries to take ready in the 2013 Honda Be consistent Project Vehicle Program.^[27]

In 2011, shadowing Honda's launch of a recent grassroots racing program they reception three independent vehicle tuners contest build and display their City Si concepts at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, NV.

Tuners were asked to additional the limits of performance meticulous style with their builds, good turn the vehicles on display follow demonstrate the personalized potential remark the Si Coupe and Sedan.^[17]

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