Evo X upgrades

[mlomker]

I decided to order Boomba motor mounts and a few other billet bits from them. I'm now thinking about their 75mm throttle body...at that point I'll have everything but their fuel rail. They seem to offer a good value in the stuff that they sell.

I wish I'd gone with a twin disc clutch but I'll just make do until it needs to be replaced. Motor mounts should help control engine movement but I'm not sure what the NVH trade-off is going to be.

http://www.maperformance.com/products/boomba_EvoXMM.jpg

[Matt D.]

To be honest, if you aren't completely happy with your clutch I don't see how those motor mounts are going to help the cause at all.

[mlomker]

To be honest, if you aren't completely happy with your clutch I don't see how those motor mounts are going to help the cause at all.

It might not but the tech at RS suggested it. I just don't like the sounds I get when I put this thing in gear...not sure if the clunking is coming from the driveshaft or under the hood. I can live with the chatter but it feels like the engine is moving.

I may need to put the car on a dyno and watch while it goes into gear to see what is actually going on. The car will need to be tuned when cams go in, anyway, so it might just have to wait.

[4g63tcrazy]

Well now instead of feeling the engine moving you're gonna feel your ass moving. :p

[mlomker]

Well now instead of feeling the engine moving you're gonna feel your ass moving. :p

Nice car dude, when did you have the seat massagers installed? I agree that anything I do is just heading further down the hard-core path that I hadn't wanted to go.

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For the next round of upgrades I'm debating whether or not I want to open up the motor. I'll be doing the cams and realistically I'll never have another chance to do anything with the rods/pistons if I don't do it now...whether that is just rod bolts or doing drop-ins.

Buschur sells the Manley rods and custom JE pistons. It seems to be what the X owners are doing when they dive into the motor.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/jrod@buschur/EvoXPistonSetrelease.jpg

[4g63tcrazy]

I don't remember who it was, maybe AMS. But they put down 600whp with a completely stock X engine. I think cams would be a great idea. Other than that I'd just leave it be.

[mlomker]

Other than that I'd just leave it be.

It's definitely overkill for what I'll be doing with the car, but sometimes I do things anyway. The only genuinely weak part of the X motor is the valve springs--you can't rev over 8200 or so without replacing them. Buschur toasted a motor going to 8500.

[mlomker]

I decided to order the pistons & rods. Who knows, I may eventually end up with a 3586 and actually need a semi-built motor to hold it. Hard to think that far down the road right now since I'm breaking the bank on 'round 2'.

The six puck seems to have smoothed out a bit now that I have 100 miles on it. Either that or I'm learning how to drive it. heh.

[FattyBoomBatty]

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[goodhart]

If you don't mind telling, how much have you spent on this thing now?!?!? This thing has an insane amount of expensive parts on it already for how new the car is.