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That's why I bought them...my 3rd set and I got sick of upgrading with every round of mods. Shane says that the X is missing some tables that makes them easy to dial in on the 8/9's.

I'll be giving him another stab at them soon. Dave says that Primo is done with our intakes (well, his at least).

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Did anyone look at that vid of my car idling on the previous page? Is that ticking the injectors?

Yep, intake is done, not sure on yours, they probably tried to do mine first since i bug them a lot, lol. I am a persistent SOB when i want something, i go for it!

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Anyway, new intake is done, looks great, thanks Primo!

Old AMS on the right, new Primo custom on the left, lil bigger :)
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...6/b7ad7e3c.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...6/8c67b62a.jpg

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Do it yourself. User CP, Edit Profile, Custom User Title.

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Did some very necessary clean up in preparation for the Evo's return...i got pretty lazy with the garage lately...before and after pics...man feels good to have this done.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...6/7825b210.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...6/86161d85.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...6/5df4b4ea.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...6/f8112151.jpg

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Less cleaning updates, moar car updates.

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I have no other updates though :)

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Nice cleanness! I went through my garage last weekend and got it all cleaned up and reorganized too.

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Thank you Kracka :)

I borderline wanted to mop the garage too, or hose it out to get it really clean...then i remembered, it's a garage :)

Threw away a lot of stuff...

Have to find ways to occupy my time with no Evo, it's getting harder to do, watching the twins and having rum and cokes helps :)

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I leased a parking spot a month before I needed it, so I feel ya. :)

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HEY! No bad ju ju from you...it will not be another month, lol...hopefully :sex2:

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Well, I had a two week detour to Full Blown.

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Good deal! I need to get mine organized too, it just feels like I hardly put wrenches away before I take them back out lately. I'm doing my 5th brake job this month tonight with spaz. I'll prolly let him do most of the work though :)

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I hear that, you are a busy guy when it comes to wrenching. I need to buy a workbench or build one and get some shelves etc in there so I don't need to have all my tools and stuff inside, that is to come after the car is done. For now I just needed space to fit a car.

I have been putting this off for a while now, it felt good to finally finish it and it is highly satisfying to look at the cleanliness.

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Maybe Tom can lend a hand when it comes time.... I hear he builds nice sturdy work benches!

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._4332356_n.jpg



Nice work cleaning the garage btw... feels good when its finally clean again, I need to clean mine again.

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^x2.

Good job on teh cleaning, I did the same kinda yesterday the floors had some oil on it and I couldn't take it anymore.

My wife designed our workbench, stop by and take a look at it.
From your pics I think you live close by.

So whats the eta? give us a timeline.

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When I get my car back I will swing by to give ya a ride and check it out :)

Timeline...no timeline...I know that there is a 50/50 chance it starts by next friday...I am assuming it won't since that is a week away but hey, miracles can happen :)

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clean garage indeed. I'm jealous, I wish my garage was that clean...it's a wreck.

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want to put rotors on my 300 then?

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Holy fuk you still exist!

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Go on :)

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I think HB speed was one that tested the downpipes and they said hands down that each time the AMS produced a better powerband.

If you really want I can try and dig up a thread where they say this...the whole downpipe thing is very convoluted from what I have found trying to search for the "best downpipe".

I am not convinced any way what so ever. The fact that AMS used casting to get the bends exactly how they wanted and maximize the use of the free space for the US model cars made me believe that theirs in theory should provide the best overall gains.

Like I said, if you really want I can try to dig up some of the "Best Downpipe" threads where a lot of this is discussed, but it won't be until later, there seems to be one of them each week on EvoM or Evoxforum.

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Since this is the life of Dave as well.... You been gettin some ass as well?

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I went on a complete cold streak as of late...I was on a hot one before...been shut down lately, even my normal booty calls...sad days.

Booze is the only thing that has kept my mind off of the evo, lol :)

I think the lady tanking situation might be directly correlated to my brother getting my back into World of Warcraft, that bastard..

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lol stop playin video games and go creep!

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I did stop for a while, then I had free time that would normally be filled with car stuff, but then no car led to boredom and then...the evilness of wow, lol.

I like how the life of dave blog is either cars or chicks...good topics :)

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Trevor = :mj:


hahahahahaha jk

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Another thing that is nice about a cast piece also is that it will hold the heat better, and in theory, should spool the turbo a hair better because of that. Might also keep under hood temps down a few degrees? Probably not enough to notice, but thought I'd throw that out there.

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So here is the first fully tuned Evo X on a black, this is a very mild build on 26psi...peak torque is actually earlier on this than my red was, but that is probably because I was boosting 33psi instead of 26 :)

Regardless it looks like the black will be pretty similar spool wise to my Red and torque should be a few hundred rpm's later.

http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/o...redvsblack.jpg

This is actually Vs. a similar modded car with a red.

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That shit looks fun.

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So I asked Shane if the Evo would be done for this weekend's cookout...his words were something along the lines of, Danny will have to make some magic happen for the car to be ready, lol. Classic Shane response I'd say Smile

I am gonna assume it won't happen so if it does i will be happy.

Hopefully end of next week though if no magic happens..i need magic to get it in time for the 11th of Sept drags.

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Another thing, it appears that AWD is saying that the black will spool nearly identical to the Red for the X...with that in mind, if it does, and it has similar flow capabilities to the 8/9 black...this could be a very good thing...maybe the bigger hotside is helping with spool on the X, who knows.

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^Yea, just like they 'proved' that the BBK Full and the Black spooled the same, which is absolute horse shit. Dyno plots do not tell the full story about how a turbo behaves on the street.

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LOL, i wouldn't believe that for a second for sure. The BBK is nothing like the black, I will admit that.

I was simply relaying what they said :)

If there is any truth to it, then sweetness, but I would expect at least a few hundred rpm lag increase. However, Danny said he thought on the street it would feel the same as the red.

Only time will tell this story, I think it will be very interesting to see how the X stacks up to the 8/9 one though with Jakes build, just to see the differences.

I expect the same thing I saw with my red vs 8/9 reds though. Faster spool than the 4g63, less midrange and better top end. But who knows.

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lol@ all this pointless wondering BS.

Don't worry your head about it, just wait till it happens. The best way is to drive or get into these cars that have these turbos, even though every setup will be different.

Glad to hear the end is near.

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Well, I probably should've just made a thread about the FP black instead of posting the thoughts rattling in my brain here, haha.

I need to listen to Scheides more often i think :)

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Quoted for truth! :)

I may have a new sig I think....

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^lol.

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Bought a few things today...

-Another new set of OEM plugs
-AMS lightweight battery and tray :)
-Synapse BOV

The battery is me thinking ahead I guess and something I kind of wanted to do anyway. After sitting for 4 months, I am guessing my battery is probably not the happiest right now as it barely started the car before. Had to swap it at the dealer once, the panasonic batteries suck so figured I would knock of 15 lbs and get a better battery :)

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I'm sure the $185 racing plugs would have worked $100 better. :sex2: