My fun and frustrating Evo IX.

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Hahahaha that's awesome!

[bramagedained]

I have too much free time, and I spend an unreasonable amount of time reading car related stuff.

If I don't go on a cruise in March, I think I'm either going to buy (new) Bilstein shocks+swift spring+whiteline swaybars or... a... turbo.

Whenever I get my per diem check from being deployed, I'll probably do the suspension stuff anyway.

I know how that is, I payed for aloooooot of labor while I was overseas.
Heh, it's just sort of annoying. I'm confident in doing pretty much anything if I have some sort of instructions. Tuning is about the only thing I'm completely unwilling to do, since I know absolutely nothing about it.

Ft. Campbell has a shop with lifts and tools that you can use for like $20/day and secured temporary storage for $3/day. But, only one of the lifts fits under my car, lol.

[bramagedained]

My Dad picked the car up from Mitsu the other day and drove it back to DB.

Mitsu is pretty proud of that solenoid, the part was ~$460. Labor was like $100 something. I don't know for sure... when I asked my dad how much the bill was to send him money through paypal I got told it was free.

Just waiting for Shane to get back and have a chance to get it on the dyno again. I'm not in any hurry now as my Dad wont drive it in the winter and it's just going to go from DB->storage anyway.

Some friends of mine here in Astan are trying REALLY hard to convince me to buy a turbo when we get back. Especially the one that's determined to get a used Porche 996 turbo.

[bramagedained]

Well. Two-Three days out from being back stateside for good.

I found out I was single on X-mas eve, so I spent the money I was going to use on our trip for a ported FP Red+Speed Density intake. Have an ETS UICP and TiAL BOV coming too.

Though, there was another problem...

FP Turbos are backordered apparently. The original plan was to have it sent to MN, then have Shane put in the Red and tune it.

Instead, Shane is just going to do a 93 and E85 tune with the stock turbo, this way atleast I'll have baselines before the turbo swap.

Once Shane is done with it(again, lol) my dad is going to have the car shipped to me in KY since he doesn't want to tow or drive it down to me.

Probably going to end up having AWD Motorsports do the turbo install and retunes while I'm on leave in March. I'm going to be about 20 minutes from their shop visiting some family of mine anyway.

Just sort of hope to have similar numbers to Zivman.

Sent from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Hopefully tomorrow I can randomly get on from Manas, Kyrgyzstan... then "home" a day or two later.

[Goat Blower]

Thanks for your service over there. Sounds like a good setup when it's finished. I'm kinda partial to the Red myself. :D

[goodhart]

Nice. You should do a BBK-B instead if the red is going to take that long :D

[scheides]

Dude a bbk or bbk-b can be available in liteally a couple of days! Worth checking out :D

LMK when you are headed to AWD, I am buddies with diiirk there; he is an SD wiz!

[bramagedained]

Dude a bbk or bbk-b can be available in liteally a couple of days! Worth checking out :D

LMK when you are headed to AWD, I am buddies with diiirk there; he is an SD wiz!

I ordered the Turbo+Intake from AWD already. I waited too long to change my mind now, I was trying to get my car by my birthday on the 10th, but I don't think that's going to work out. Turbo is supposed to ship within a week, and I have to wait till March now either way to get it put in.

Unless I go to Mardigras I'll be at AWD the first week of March. But, being single. I think I might have to go to Mardi Gras, then chase spring break around FL. Just sayin'...

[t-revzr]

Why a red and not a black?

[goodhart]

Mardi Gras > any car. LOL. I went to New Orleans about 2 weeks after Mardi Gras on a 4 day pass before going to Iraq in 2007 and it was amazing. Spend $3000 in 4 days haha