Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog

[Murlo26]

What about having the valve at the end of the hose somewhere that is accessible without taking the bumper off?

Sorry to hear you won't be racing at PG this weekend, are you going to come up to watch/party anyway? I'm sure you could even hitch a ride with someone if you didn't want to drive. I will have a seat open if you're available by 3:30 or so.

I have considered putting a line with the valve on it as well. I am still debating it, we will see how creative I want to get when it comes time to fix it.

PG is more about time/money over my car. I think the car is running well enough to do it but I am way too stretched financially. I need to start saving money and there are countless things on my house that need attention as well. So until I catch up on chores and money I am just letting the evo sit in the garage basically.

Honestly, I have even been thinking about selling the evo again lately. Mainly just because its such a huge amount of money just sitting there that I don't feel I use it enough. If I did that I would be able to actually do landscaping and a deck and fix up my yard and house and pay off a bit of debt. It's nothing I would need to do but I think it would be a smarter investment lol. But then I think how much money I would lose on the car and go back the other way.

If I sold the evo I'd sell the kizashi too and get a semi fun normal car. I'd probably get a WRX or something and actually have a goal/plan. Or maybe a ralliart. Or maybe go semi classy and do a BMW or something who knows. So many ideas bouncing around in my head I don't know what to do.

For now I am just pacing myself and still plan to keep the car. I still want to get a few solid passes at the drag strip, so until that happens i am keeping it :)

[Kracka]

What clutch do you have? ACT HDG6?

[Murlo26]

What clutch do you have? ACT HDG6?

yep

[JET]

I think I saw you in the Kizashi on 65 the other day. Is your head shaved? I better not take you for a ride in the 335, we might have another convert :P

[Murlo26]

Yep, shaved/bald head, silver/grey kizashi :) Good chance it was me.

[bramagedained]

Valve at the end of the hose would be just about as simple. The valve I have is just 90 degree 1/4NPT to 1/4 compression hose. You could use the same valve, along with soemthing like a simple NPT-Compression fitting at the can and put the valve at the end.

It's really not much work at all, and would save you lots of time in the long run. And maybe $20 in parts.

[Halon]

For comparison sake I was running consistent low 11's (11.0 - 11.1) when I was trapping right around 137. I'm obviouslly not a pro at the track, my area's for improvement were the launch/60' and nailing 2nd gear clean. I did finally run a 10.9 though. So if you're trapping 135, even at a noob track level you should still be able to hit very low 11's. Get your 60' dialed in and I'd think mid 10's would be achievable at some point.

Then again I'm comparing my DSM experience with your X, so who knows.

[JET]

Yep, shaved/bald head, silver/grey kizashi :) Good chance it was me.

Yep, that was you. I will honk next time. I tried to get you to look over but the exhaust isn't loud enough on the bimmer :P

[turbotalon1g]

I think I saw you in the Kizashi on 65 the other day. Is your head shaved? I better not take you for a ride in the 335, we might have another convert :P

Yes!

I have considered putting a line with the valve on it as well. I am still debating it, we will see how creative I want to get when it comes time to fix it.

PG is more about time/money over my car. I think the car is running well enough to do it but I am way too stretched financially. I need to start saving money and there are countless things on my house that need attention as well. So until I catch up on chores and money I am just letting the evo sit in the garage basically.

Honestly, I have even been thinking about selling the evo again lately. Mainly just because its such a huge amount of money just sitting there that I don't feel I use it enough. If I did that I would be able to actually do landscaping and a deck and fix up my yard and house and pay off a bit of debt. It's nothing I would need to do but I think it would be a smarter investment lol. But then I think how much money I would lose on the car and go back the other way.

If I sold the evo I'd sell the kizashi too and get a semi fun normal car. I'd probably get a WRX or something and actually have a goal/plan. Or maybe a ralliart. Or maybe go semi classy and do a BMW or something who knows. So many ideas bouncing around in my head I don't know what to do.

For now I am just pacing myself and still plan to keep the car. I still want to get a few solid passes at the drag strip, so until that happens i am keeping it :)

Yep, that was you. I will honk next time. I tried to get you to look over but the exhaust isn't loud enough on the bimmer :P

I did something like this years ago and it was the best thing ever, but you will actually be putting the money into a lot more than I could and then when you do come back to a weekend car it will be a lot better than your X.

oh BMW ftw! E46 M3 would be perfect or newer one like Jet's would be pimp.

Good luck in whatever you decide to do, but I'd say try and get some numbers on it before you sell it. I know a bit of me wishes I would of with my car.

[JET]

335i will smoke a M3 with just a couple of mods (even around a track). M3 is more exclusive and cooler though. M3 is very difficult to mod too. Let me know if you ever want a ride Murlo!