Mark's Evo IX MR Winter Projects

[Goat Blower]

Gotta love the simple fixes.

[Mark Leasure]

Well I took my evo to bir for the 4th of july. First pass down the track and I poped the clip out on the clutch... no good, I was running an exedy hd twin disc. I never expected to run this clutch with the power I make but is been holding well to this point. I just got the car back on the road, changed the clutch out for a qm gear drive. l also ripped apart the transmission to install a billet output tube.
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[Mark Leasure]

I forgot to review how the car drives with the new clutch. I had a dsm qm for many years, and it made so much noise it wasn't even funny. The new gear drive is barely noticeable and is slightly louder than the exedy. driveability is very similar too. I'm super happy.

Oh and I needed to machine some of the throw out bearing to get it back in spec. It was like 0 clearance, it should be around 0.144 of clearance. Others have commented about this too, and some have toasted thrust bearings due to not measuring!

[evotuner]

Thats shitty about the TOB, good catch though sir. What did she run at BIR?

[turbotalon1g]

I love this car.

[cmspaz]

Those Hoosiers... Which car you bringing to PG2?

[MorningWood]

Something must be wrong with mine. It's so loud it's embarrassing

[scheides]

Wahoo! Rip it son!

[Mark Leasure]

Up at pg on Friday I made a pass to check trap speed, not launching the car, went 10.6 @ 142. I'll only get 1 more chance at a full out pass, as I was warned by track officials. Got the 2 step all dialed in and I'm going to try to launch it. If the 60 feels good I'll run it out. It would be crazy if it went 9's!

[turbotalon1g]

I love this car.