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

[Murlo26]

For sure. I'm not the only guy that has suffered from 'upgrades' that weren't.

Like I said, my car is still coming together and I was surprised that I hadn't had any issues yet...this would be the first one really.

I think I will come pick up the magnus one you have after work. Then if we need it I have it, otherwise I will bring it back to you. If I use it I will order you a new one for sure.

[mlomker]

I was surprised that I hadn't had any issues yet...this would be the first one really.

Umm, they haven't even started the car yet. The cam cap thing that I had was freakish. There's normally not a lot that can go wrong during assembly.

[scheides]

Also, I don't see your rosey fork stopper on there!

[Murlo26]

Also, I don't see your rosey fork stopper on there!

I don't think its really an issue...I haven't heard of 1 evo X person complain about something like that....I can always do that over the winter.

[Kracka]

Nice insurance for ~$50; X is still a pull-style clutch.

[Murlo26]

Nice insurance for ~$50; X is still a pull-style clutch.

I agree, I will get around to it eventually...if my luck is that bad it is that bad, but I don't have money to spare on the build, already way way way in the hole. I just want it running.

[Murlo26]

Big thanks to Lomker, stopped by his place and picked us his Magnus MC that he had sitting on a shelf or something (he should open a store for his unused parts :))

Anyway, here it is, I am not holding up my build for something as dumb as an MC, so if they can't get my SSP working i am ditching it for this.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b252/Murlo26/1827fa06.jpg

[scheides]

Ooh shiny.

[Murlo26]

Ok, so just stopped by DB over lunch to drop off the MC (Lomker's Magnus one) and me and Danny checked it out and compared it to an Evo 9 one on the 1000whp Evo 9 at DB. It is in fact an Evo 9 MC retrofitted onto a plate of some sort.

We then looked over the recently posted Magnus install instructions and of course, the install is not what Danny was hoping for...basically a complete start over on the MC involving some grinding to get it to fit as well.

So I had to decide...wait for the new gasket from SSP and hope that seals and if it does seal...pray that it will not fail in a month or two of driving.
Or on the flipside have DB spend a few hours installing the Magnus and also buy Lomker another Magnus to pay him back...honestly both choices seemed to suck...but I am sick of worrying about it, so I said Fuck it and told him to put the Magnus in.

The shitty part is this ended up being the bottleneck on getting my car running.

All they have left to do it looks like is the CMC and also the ECM bracket and wires and intake.

The intake mani, throttle body and fuel stuff are all back on, so this is holding it up which also made me think, screw it, i want my car back!

So, hopefully they can knock out the Magnus today and maybe Monday they will get to idling the car :)

[Kracka]

Reinforce the stock cylinder with some Mighty Putty :)