Evo X upgrades

[mlomker]

I'm just curious is all, I didn't mean to say or infer you're doing anything wrong.

I didn't take it that way from you. The X's max a single Walbro pretty early.

I'm just thinking if you're not going for huge power and the stock sending unit isn't complete garbage it might be simple and less of a headache in the end to try a boost a pump.

The stock X hanger does have fuel pickup issues during left-hand sweepers at a road course. I don't think it's quite as bad as what I'm currently seeing with the Full Blown hanger, but it's enough that most road course guys end up with surge tanks.

It also wouldn't be hard to make your own surge tank, just finding a generic one and mounting it would probably be the hardest.

I've linked to the one from MDR a few times. It's nicely located on the X so I think it'd be a winner.

http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/ae80/mlomker/Car%20-%20June%202010/TrunkView.jpg

Good luck though, thing should be fun when you're all said and done.

I could see me going to an FP Black or similar in the future but the car is going to be done this year, as far as anything important goes. My credit cards are almost 'done' so that'll decide it, eh?

[mlomker]

Just got off the phone with LJ. They're swamped preparing cars for this weekend, of course. He said they have everything that they'd need to fab a sump/surge tank setup for me. Said they could design something next week. :)

[mlomker]

I think I'll pick up the Evo today and bring it back to FB on Monday. I'll gut the trunk, pull the wing, change the oil, and install some small parts that have been piling up at home (crank vents, lug nuts, hood vents).

The car is drivable so I will take it up to Brainerd (for spectating) on Sunday if it is behaving well.

Should be a fun weekend! Valleyfair on Saturday, BIR on Sunday, get drunk Sunday night and crash in a Baxter hotel. lol.

[mlomker]

Got most of the work in the last post done today. Rexpeed shipped the front hood vents without screws and I'm nervous that water could get into the air filter at the car wash or when it rains. I've seen water-proof covers that you can put over conical filters but I'm not sure how much they screw up flow. In the meantime, I've put off installing those. The center one does look better.

I'm heading up to Brainerd on Sunday. Hope I can get some good pics and footage while I'm there!

[mlomker]

The crank vents had a huge effect on the car. I also discovered that the in/out ports were reversed on one of the cans. Before the vent install the car had a noticeable 'hit' when it came into boost a little after 4k. That's gone now...the car is creepy smooth. So smooth that I was looking for boost leaks under the hood. I assume it's fine but I've started getting use to the car's power level.

[FattyBoomBatty]

By hit, do you mean something like a hiccup? Or boost came on harder before?

[mlomker]

Or boost came on harder before?

Exactly, it seems more calm now. The BOV is still doing its thing. I'm going to get a boost gauge on this car as soon as it is home on a regular basis. It's heading back to Full Blown on Monday.

[mlomker]

The amount of bullshit I'm dealing with in getting an intake made is getting out of hand. CBRD and ETS batted me back and forth on it so I sent a PM to Primo. Just now ETS emailed and said they'd see if they could get it on the schedule.

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[Murlo26]

Yea I think that ETS is really busy now, but they said it would only take them 3 weeks when I asked and I told them to go ahead and do it for me.

[slowbubblecar]

I have a 4" aluminum elbow that could probably be made into an intake. How big you looking to get one?