Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog

[Murlo26]

I spoke to Shane/Danny and Michael at ETS and they all said the Evo heads in general didn't really have the lifting head problems the DSM's did...I am not saying the Evo X is better than the 8/9's at that but for sure the DSM's.

Also, AFAIK, the stock X has COP, the 8/9's don't so I guess I assumed it was better I could be wrong...

But Shane said high boost on E85 requires some pretty crazy ignition, he said it won't necessarily break up but boost might go up and power won't he said.

No one on the X has done super high HP on E85 aside from Gates. I wonder if he is on the stock ignition still. He has slowly gotten rid of most stock stuff.

[mlomker]

Originally Posted by Murlo26

No one on the X has done super high HP on E85 aside from Gates.

Have you read the threads on Gump's build? He's E85...retarded power level, regardless of how dynos read.

[Murlo26]

Originally Posted by mlomker

Have you read the threads on Gump's build? He's E85...retarded power level, regardless of how dynos read.

I don't think so...pretty sure he is on Race fuel, c16 or vp or something.

He only has 1300cc injectors, don't think that would support 800whp. I could be wrong though.

Just checked he was on sunoco 117.

[Kracka]

Originally Posted by Murlo26

X has COP, the 8/9's don't

This is correct. The 8/9 has what I guess you could call a half COP setup with 2 cylinders having coils and the other two having plug wires leading from the coil to the sparkplug. The two coils did seem to be lacking though, the Denso ones that people upgrade to (Spoolinup and SparkTech kits) are much stronger. that being said, I ran my stock plugs out to .027" gap on the stock coils/boots/wires with no misfires at 26psi on pump gas, I then switched to the Denso coils and ran Denso plugs out to .031" gap with again no issues or misfires.