What to do next??

[Perkul8r]

So i have been replacing just all the little things on the car that needed it. And i have been doing some of the free mods. So far, i have hacked the maf, removed emissions, egr block off, and will be doing the fuel pump rewire. I need to replace the upper and lower intercooler piping, its cracked pretty bad, but i have those coming.

I jsut dont know for sure what to do next, so thought i would ask.

There is so much i want to do, but not sure which way to go now.
Thanks for any advice.

[turbotalon1g]

Hacking the maf is one of the worse things you could do, its not 1998.

vfaq.com

replace broken stuff, do maintenance, then mbc, exhaust, FMIC, save for tuning software.

[talonite]

x2 on the maintenance you can do all the mods in the world but if you dont take care of the simple stuff it will hurt you

[Perkul8r]

I have already done all maintence that i can think of. I just replaced head, timing belt, timing components, water pump, oil changed, filters. replaced vacuum lines, etc. Besides replacing the intercooler hoses. And i already have the exhaust taken care of, megan downpipe, custom side exit exhaust, and i already have a MBC. Sorry, I didnt mean to say hacked. I just removed the that little silencer filter on it.

Is a fmic really nessecery? i am not looking to make tons of power.

As for tuning, i was looking into a DSM link. My only question is will the new V3 lite be fine? i actually have enough to get that right now. I am very new, to say the least, to tuning. And actually have never done it. So i dont really trust myself.

[123abc]

Is a fmic really nessecery? i am not looking to make tons of power.

I think it is. At least get a bigger one than the stock sidemount. My friend's stock sidemount was not doing anything even with a 14b at 16psi.

[TkrPerformance]

link light will do just fine. it works great on the evo 3 just the light vr. running a set of 1600cc and e85

[turbotalon1g]

Get a small FMIC and you won't have to worry about it, but a stock sidemount will even heatsoak with a 14b at 15+psi.
This should work, even up to 16G on E85:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs302.snc4/40454_10150239203130323_696730322_13677471_7550720 _n.jpg

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27513

[Perkul8r]

you have a pm sir.

[Perkul8r]

So i finished up one thing today, and that was the emission removal. My only question is now that i did that, at idle the car runs very rich according to my wideband. At idle it is in the high 16's low 17's. But if i give it gas it richens out right away. Is this normal? I read that one of the things i removed was a fuel pressure solenoid, and that all it did was increase fuel pressure on start up.

I went by the taboo speed shop diagram except on how to run the MBC and wastegate.

Thanks for any help.

[asshanson]

You probably have a boost leak after removing the emissions. Maybe you forgot to hook up a hose or there is a leak in one?