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Murlo26
05-05-2010, 02:22 PM
Even the X when i had it running perfect, still felt heavy.
I love the car, but i don't want to push another stock motor on it and i don't want to have a stock motor setup on one.
So i am faced with...sell the car and go something else or build the motor to handle the power i want out of it.
I just think that a nice 9 on e85 stock motor/turbo would be the perfect setup of fast and it would probably be able to get that for a wash of everything I have right now with selling parts etc.
I am still not set on anything, but this is what I am leaning towards. If I get a buyer for the X at a price I feel comfortable with, it will be gone.
Speedfreak
05-05-2010, 02:37 PM
I'm definitely not in the market, but what's a range you'd be comfortable with?
Murlo26
05-07-2010, 08:30 AM
I think the stock Evo alignment is done by a blind guy with a hammer.
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Put 150 miles on it yesterday getting my Dad's car back to him. Next oil change today.
The additional lag makes 5th gear easier to deal with.
I agree with both these statements.
Sadly I just got my car aligned by jeff last friday before my motor blew, it felt great at the time:(
scheides
05-07-2010, 09:07 AM
I agree with both these statements.
Sadly I just got my car aligned by jeff last friday before my motor blew, it felt great at the time:(
Just think, you'll be able to enjoy this alignment once you get your motor back together :)
Murlo26
05-07-2010, 09:10 AM
Just think, you'll be able to enjoy this alignment once you get your motor back together :)
I am leaning towards letting someone else enjoy it:)
scheides
05-07-2010, 09:26 AM
FWIW, far more 4G63's have broken than 4b11's, so I hope you're not planning on gaining a bunch of reliability by going that route ;) Just get a longblock from mitsu, have shane put some drop-ins in it(like our man mike here), your cams, and some valvesprings, and get back on the road!
Murlo26
05-07-2010, 09:28 AM
FWIW, far more 4G63's have broken than 4b11's, so I hope you're not planning on gaining a bunch of reliability by going that route ;)
We should take this discussion to my thread;)
Not as far as pushing the limits...but i plan to be satisfied with a 9 stock turbo e85 setup.
And if I did want more, before i went to a bigger turbo i would build the damn thing. No more pushing limits for me. Longer safer route from now on.
mlomker
05-07-2010, 09:35 AM
but i plan to be satisfied with a 9 stock turbo e85 setup.
Excuse me while I laugh. I've never seen you satisfied before.
scheides
05-07-2010, 09:37 AM
We should take this discussion to my thread;)
Done :)
I put 20k miles on my evo8 @420whp on the stock bottom end, and I'm planning on doing the same with my X. Still, there is a line that gets crossed, and its not obvious until you've seen the wrong side of it.
I still think there is something to blame other than the tune/power/torque man. A bad injector, a line or two coming loose (did you check the FPR line yet?), a loose coupler, etc.
Murlo26
05-07-2010, 09:38 AM
GOOD GOD...AM I THAT TIRED FROM IRON MAN 2 Last night?
Scheides did you move stuff from Lomker's thread to mine or am i going crazy? I am really tired btw.
Excuse me while I laugh. I've never seen you satisfied before.
I know, because the X just never impressed me damn it. That is why i had 180 dyno runs on it. It was getting close with my last setup but I still wanted more. Very close.
But honestly, since Scheides had a 432whp lighter 8 with the 4g63 and drove mine at it's peak.
Do you really feel that my car felt as fast Scheides? I personally feel the extra weight is very noticeable.
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