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Yissir! Gonna start small and get my feet wet slowly, a few events at DCTC and then BIR. Not sure on schedule yet, workin on that.

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It's worse/better than crack.

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What 4-points do you have? Unless they have some way to prevent submarining under the lap belts it's not the best way to go.

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2.0? Boo. /thread :D

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Schroth. ASM strap FTW.

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I have a pair of Schroth ASM 4-points for sale that I had in the Evo, if anyone needs some.

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What color? Maybe I should do a second set in this car.

By pair you mean one set of harnesses or two full harnesses (enough for one seat or two?)

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Like spazzy said, I got a scroth rallye4 harness. It's got ASM tech on it, I did a bit of research and got Brandon/toothy's approval before pulling the trigger.

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Black. Enough for 2 seats.

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I kinda figured you would have researched it first. Just thought I'd ask.

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So, engine is all assembled, clutch and trans are all sauced up, and while cleaning out the stock IX turbo Ron discovered some excessive shaft play...bearings must have gotten killed with the motor which suuuux...I was really hoping to do STS on this car but oh well. Everything is ready to go back in but now this road block, ugh. I want this thing done really bad now!

I looked around at options...rebuilding this turbo into an ef3 was my first choice but MAP is a few weeks out (it is spring after all). I found a few stock turbos nationally but nothing I could pull the trigger on quickly. So I decided to scoop up a local FP white...it's local, mint (3k miles), comes with a few extras I may need and the price was right.

So close....

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Getting there

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Excited for you Scheides

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Pics pics pics!

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/14_1.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/14_2.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/14_3.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/14_4.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/14_5.jpg

The FP White is a stock Evo9 turbo with an upgraded compressor wheel only, stock TD05H turbine wheel. Compressor is a HTA68 which is a 7-blade wheel the exact same size as a stock compressor wheel but lighter and more efficient. If it performs exactly like a stock turbo, I'll be happy. If it increases spool by 10rpm and/or produces an extra 1whp then...gravy baby :) All will be perfect for what I intend to do with this car.

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/14_6.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/14_7.jpg

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Woo

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You're going to love this setup. You cannot go wrong with the hd's, turbo tuff's, and the exedy twin. Spring is the perfect time to finish a project. Hey I might be tempted to join you in the turn style racing, give me a heads up when you plan on starting.

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Thanks, I'm pumped to get this thing fired up and boosting!

May 2nd is the first event I'll attend.

http://www.evomn.net/forums/showthre...vent-at-DCTC-1

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Looking good. that block looks soo minty fresh.

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So fresh!

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Love the turbo in a bag, ghetto as hell.

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How much was it again, do you owe any favors?

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Wednesday night Drags may 7th?

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"Hello, deep end?"
"Go for deep end."
"It's scheidesball one...he's gone to plaid!"

First off, I'm just gonna start with this:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_6776.sized.jpg

Yahoo! The car runs and drives. I got a good deal on the turbo but today I maybe found out why:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KeBKeIT2I4&hd=1

The car starts runs and drives just dandy, but on decel it smokes. No residue in the exhaust manifold at all so it is very likely coming from the turbo. Checked PCVs and kracka vents and all are nice and clean. Really not sure what to do, everyone I talk to has turbos on backorder. I'm not giving up, this thing is SO close.

Also, these showed up today:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_6778.sized.jpg

I now am the proud owner of *7* sets of wheels and 6 sets of tires. Yeash. These are off of a 2014 GSR from NJ and while they're good and dirty they appear to be pretty straight. I'm going to take the Fuzion ZRi tires off of the black/red tenzos that came with the car and put them on these. Not 100% sure if they'll stay on this car or if I'll swap with the X, we'll see.

Something else showed up today as well! A broken spring:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_6774.sized.jpg

This....will make driving at track events tricky.

Oh, and one of the snow tires has a big screw in it. Freaking love Fridays! :P

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Try to get money back on the fp white and buy a new fp turbo or bbk

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Yea, I would definitely try and get your money back on the turbo. Or maybe swap in a known good stocker just to verify? Good luck figuring it all out!

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Yea trying to find a known-good stocker was what I tried to do in the first place...back to the drawing board on that one. Found some nationally, gonna try and get one here as soon as I can. Maybe I'll have as many turbos as I do sets of wheels soon just to make sure I'm covered? :P

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Woot!! glad it is up and running. Those X wheels will look hot! I wanted a set of those for that car, but black is sexier... fyi.

Bummer about the turbo and the spring though :(...

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Fuckin bad luck!

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Welp, that just happened.

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_6800.sized.jpg

I'll post more later :)

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:woot:

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Baller

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Alrighty here's the story...against my better judgement but in response to what my heart told me I blew off work for most of the day in an effort to try and get this thing on the road. It was a rollercoaster of a day but man I can now say it was WELL worth it!

Ronnie at RS Motors. Holy crap I cannot say enough great things right now...the dude just seriously bent over backwards for me. This build started as a fun project but there were some serious bumps and Ron just took care of me the whole way. Part of me feels extremely bad for not using DB Performance or MAP for this build but honestly for the time, the car, the situation, this just worked out. Ron seriously knows his stuff and he bends over backwards to get cars running right...with a huge smile on his face the whole way!

So I posted above that the turbo was smoking...that was friday. Bummer way to start the weekend but it was what it was. I know everyone is saying, 'have MAP rebuild it!!' but you should remember this: it's Spring, they are selling the hot turbos on the market right now, and even though they will bend over for me too they are 3 weeks away from helping me....first event I want to run this car at is in two! So...I am running all over to try and find a solution and not break the bank. I ended up with this from MAP:

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_6777.sized.jpg

Yup, I was thinking about rebuilding the FP White...maybe myself, maybe Ron, maybe together....idk. Then I was thinking hey, let's rebuild the blown stock turbo! Less risky. Ugh, still, if we had a known good turbo we would be in such better shape troubleshooting-wise.

So then Ron tells me he has a turbo that is known good that he will swap on as a test and that I can borrow it. It's a freaking Evo6.5 TME. Look it up online, these things are not cheap!!! But.....it was known good, it was the best option we had to make sure we had the right troubleshooting step solved. I agreed, and before I knew what to do it was Monday and Ron had the turbo swapped.

Like a fool I was running around back and forth the last few weeks from RS and 'trying to help' I took some of the extra parts home, including the red ebay samco-style intake that Rosey had on the car to begin with. I sent some parts back with Spazzy since he was headed that way anyways and whatever....not the red intake ended up on the car. He had some straight ETS intake on it and while the car started it wanted to stall and dip idle because of its design.

So we have a turbo, an intake, a car that runs and guess what: NO SMOKE! Literally the only thing swapped was the turbo and like a boss the thing ran nice and clean. I met Ron & his crew at El Loro for some lunch and found out that through all of this it was his birthday! Happy 21 Ron! :D So I hop in the car afterwards and head back to his shop and the front left spring situation starts to rear its ugly head...just horrible noises coming as I turn in the parking lot.

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_6788.sized.jpg

Doom and gloom? Nope! While I was at MAP sorting the turbo situation I happened to order up a set of Swift SpecR springs :D :D :D Unfortunately they are being drop-shipped to my house so they won't be in for a few days but screw it! The car runs and drives and I'll be careful in the corners....The snow tires on it are done with life anyways, I'll just kill'em a little early.

So, hop in the car, off we go! Stop at Holiday for some freshy fresh E85 and as I pull up to the pump I hear rubbing the entire circumference of the wheel and a pretty big creeeek. I crank teh wheel left and right and it kinda sits up again but the front left is definitely hanging a little low. Ugh. So, top up, head back towards Ron's shop and then BAM she drops down a good smidge and the noise is back with a vengance. I zip over the overpass, the shop is only a mile...noise louder...LoudeR......LOUDER...Goosh! Tire pops, dragging shit, I pull over. FML!

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_6792.sized.jpg

I am just besides myself. It's not Ron's fault, it's my fault for thinking I could drive it like this. Just dumb. So I get a ride back to the shop, sit in my VW TRUCK STUFF VW and call in for a quick conference call for work. 60 minutes later, ass bleeding, I walk into the shop and there's the Black ValentNine. What? Ron and/or his guys ran over to the car, brought a known good wheel/tire, put it in harm's way, jacked the car up and fiddled with the spring enough to get it back upright. On the side of the road. While I was pouting.

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_6795.sized.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_6793.sized.jpg

Even better? They have a spare GTWORX spring set sitting there. They offer to swap it on while I run home for wheels/tires. Remember, it's Ron's bday. I show back up with these ghey black wheels w/ tires on them and my new set of EvoX GSR Enkei's. '10 minutes, let's do this!' says Ron. He has a tire station on his shop. Wow. I help however I can and 15 minutes later the tires are swapped and we are mounting them on my car. Ron goes off for birthday time with his family and I am just happy as a clam!

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_6794.sized.jpg


Tires mounted, we roll out, stop for a quick photo as I am just DIGGING the new wheel setup....and roll on home. I'm NOT impressed with the POS ETS intake....maybe its fixable with tuning but yeow. Part-load throttle input is just junk, the car falls on its face when trying to even cruise on the freeway.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3700/...292bbe98_c.jpg
photo by spazlicious

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_6801.jpg
photo by rosey mcawesome

Car makes it home NO PROBLEM even with the goofy spring setup...I let it cool down, swap back in the red ebay intake (of awesome) and it idles and drives like a dream again. About 60 miles on the clock and I'm already just making devious, fiendish plans in my head about because race car....

Thanks Ron! Thanks Paul! Thanks RS! Thanks Spaz! Thanks Rosey!!!!

To be continued...I have a pile of parts ready to install and a lot of vacuum pulls to get through :D

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Heck of a journey.

Ron is good people.

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EvoX wheels = sex!

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watch doing with the ghey black wheels. lol I'm a pest. congrats on getting the car up and going

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Cleaning and selling! They'll fit on a DSM perfect. Come get'em, price is flexible. PM me.

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^beer :)

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Wow... sounds like Murphy's law came and slapped the shit outta the car today. Thank goodness for Ron and RS for saving the day. Great story!

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LOLing at that pic of you and the tires. Wheels look awesome.

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That was a tire lubing selfie!

Glad you got it home!! Happy to help out last night.

The X wheels look awesome (I always wanted some)... they just need more.. black! :)