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It is coming together nicely :)

Got the Evo IX turbo and HKS 280 cams in a short while ago, will be heading to DB Performance this Wednesday to get tuned. I'm excited to see where it's at now and where it will be after Shane works his magic.

nice! It'll be interesting to see what you put down!

So what numbers did you put down?

MattD had a rough time today *hug*

Been there though, we'll help ya fight through it and find the problem!

What the problem be?

He told me he still has 3 auto x's to blow the sucker up. haha

Car looked fuggin mean though!

Hit the rollers yesterday afternoon at DB Performance. With the first pull Shane knew right away something was up when it only mustered something like 238HP. He played around a bit and got it to 250-something but with the mods I have done it should still be more than that. We discussed things a bit and decided to do a boost leak test and take off the valve cover and look around.

Boost leak test was perfect. Took off the valve cover and all the rockers were in place, so we inspected the cams. I bought them used off of evolutionm.net from a reputable guy with a 900HP Evo that he delivers pizzas with and has been on the cover of Turbo magazine, didn't think anything of it, when I got them they said HKS and that was good enough for me. After installation my car didn't sound any different than stock. Thinking I had installed HKS 280s I was expecting a deep lope at idle. It kind of wanted to lope and did sometimes when it wasn't fully warmed up, but it wasn't consistent. Shane and I got the part numbers off the cams and looked them up online. Sure enough, the intake cam is definitely a 264. We weren't able to pinpoint the exhaust cam, so don't know what it is. Needless to say I was bummed.

Put the valve cover back on and did a compression test while we're at it. Came out with 160-170-160-135. Bummer. There have been people with valve issues so I'm hoping that's what the issue is and it isn't the rings. Put new plugs in, buttoned it all back up, added a little more boost and Shane played around some more.

Got it consistently to around 270 after a few more pulls and called it good. Here are the goods.

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6120/hptq.jpg

Black line was the initial pull.

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1180/oldvsnew.jpg

AFR

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7246/afr.jpg

Boost

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/1521/boostw.jpg

Shootout mode (lame...)

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/1728/shootoute.jpg

I've sent a message already to the guy to try and get a refund or some sort of compensation, but I'm already looking for some different cams. I have a dyno day at MAP this Saturday and an autocross on Sunday then will need to do a leakdown test. Two more autocrosses before the season is over, then who knows what the winter will bring.

Big thanks again to Shane at DB Performance for going above and beyond. When people say he's the man they aren't lying. :biggrin:

Hopefully things work out with the guy you bought the cams from. What cams are you looking at as an replacement?

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Originally Posted by Kracka (Post 307912)

Hopefully things work out with the guy you bought the cams from. What cams are you looking at as an replacement?

I'd like to stick to HKS 280s because they're proven and they work with the stock valvetrain. I haven't done enough research to justify changing my mind yet, but I also don't want to reinvent the wheel in the process. If it isn't broke, don't fix it.

Bummer about the cams! good luck with the seller!

on a side note... how does the car feel now, compared to when you brought it in?!?

Sounds good about sticking with the HKS 280's.

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Originally Posted by rose0529 (Post 307915)

on a side note... how does the car feel now, compared to when you brought it in?!?

It feels better, doesn't fall on its face so bad up top. The addition in power is noticeable. I sort of merged onto 35W sideways this morning in the rain...

Leakdown test should let ya know if its the problem or not. Then its time to start swapping parts and find the problem. FMIC, piping, turbo looked ok....exhaust plugged/bent/dented somewhere?

If it is the head, then look at it as an opportunity to upgrade; valvesprings, valvejob, maybe some porting, and bigger cams...all it takes is money, you've got lots of that, right?

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Originally Posted by scheides (Post 307918)

all it takes is money, you've got lots of that, right?

Who doesn't?

Thank God for money trees.

I want one of these so called money trees. Hell i'd take a money bush right now. Bummer about the cams. My 264's lope alright, I suppose dsm's are different though.

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Originally Posted by Constant_Project21 (Post 307925)

I want one of these so called money trees. Hell i'd take a money bush right now. Bummer about the cams. My 264's lope alright, I suppose dsm's are different though.

Hell I'll take an Orchard or two of em!!

Suck about the cams and compression, how bout some Kelford's? Scheides seems to love his..

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Originally Posted by goodhart (Post 307928)

Suck about the cams and compression, how bout some Kelford's? Scheides seems to love his..

Scheides loves everything that has good marketing. ;)