Re: Anna made me do it!
 

No need to become a tree hugger now! Just gut that cat and let your car breath! :D

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

Hey, if I can make kick ass power with an environmentally friendly exhaust, then I will! :) Really, I just want something a little more tame at speed, as I'll be driving a lot in this thing! There are other options, but I thought I'd go this route first.

This is the Buschur 3" turbo back exhaust, with their new 'bullet' muffler. I bolted on the cat and cat-back tonight, and it sounds VERY nice! Definitly a power bump, but the stock downpipe is gonna be a restriction. I ran into some trouble with the downpipe-to-o2 housing bolts are weird, they have a sort of spring wrapped around them. Anyways, I stripped one of the bolts. :(

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

Yeah, seems those springs are a pain in the ass. Notice how a lot of manufacturers are going to a flex section in the DP so you can eliminate the springs.

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

Look who's got a EVO in his Avitar...should be yellow though:D

Really not that many of the DP manufactures are going to flex sections, it seams it just the no-name companies. Although I'd prefer the extra security of a flex section. And my car came without the spring dealies:rolleyes:

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

Hrm, looky looky what showed up at my doorstep when I got home tonight:

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo8/DSC00596.sized.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo8/DSC00598.sized.jpg

So, I cleaned up after a long-ass day at work (14 hours or so?), hung out with Anna and turbo for a bit, and then got busy. I didn't take off the front bumper yet, but I got the mini-battery kit in (this is all I *was* going to do tonight...), the upper and post-intercooler lower piping, forge bov, and the intake pipe all installed. Took a little longer than I thought it would, but then again I don't want to have to tighten anything while on the side of the road tomorrow (knock on wood!)

I officially HATE the stupid plastic clips that hold the ffing undertray on the car, what a ffing pain in the ass. They are teh ghey. If anyone can come up with an alternate solution to mount that undertray securely and that can be easily removeable, they would make a fortune off of all evo owners.

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

Here are more pics, sorry they are kinda shyte:

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo8/DSC00606.sized.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo8/DSC00602.sized.jpg

These are all Buschur Racing parts, btw.

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

Wow, very nice. Whats next 10cm hotside or a whole different turbo all together?

Moving along nicely though. I'd give you a thumb up but there isnt a smilie for that yet:rolleyes:

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

The car is an 05, so it already has the 10cm hotside ;)

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

be careful of the tabs breaking off of that frontmount. Where's the after pics? Did you mount it straight? Next step, 280 cams, and aem?

-A. Swift

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

Don't expect the new FMIC to do much of anything until you get a big turbo on there.

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

Way to rain on his parade!

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

At least it looks good!

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

FMIC is not mounted yet, maybe next week? Gotta get some time to rip the front end off yet. I'm not expecting huge gains from the FMIC, just preparing for the future, just like with my Eclipse :) Cams, fuel pump, and injectors are next.

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

Beautiful, Scheides. I'm jealous.

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

now now shane, the front mount, along with 280 cams makes the car sound super mean, like chers! couple that with blacked out headlights, and tails..powder coat the wheels..and that's a BAD-ASS whip! It will be like chers, but not bright blue. get the cams and aem!

-A. Swift

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

Cuz Cher's is like the most awesimo evar! Not hatin' but you do sound like you are swinging from Cher's nuts with posts like that. I'll take Nash's EVO.

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

Get 'er done!:eek:

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

Time for a Cher vs Nash race.

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

I was actually hiddenly following along with shane's comment on the front mount not doing much, cause cher's is the same front mount, and exhaust as sheides. That's why. Nash's is stock( fmic-wise). Therefor, I can't use him to compare. I also made semi-fun of cher's car, being the front mount on his car prolly isn't doing much either on the stock turbo. But, whatever. Cher has no nuts for me to hang from anyway. You ate them.:)

-A. Swift

Re: Anna made me do it!
 

Got the FMIC and Downpipe installed last night: :)

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo8/DSC00620.sized.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo8/DSC00622.sized.jpg