I was going to just run my stock turbo but....

[scheides]

I guess another OEM one will do! This is an OEM Evo IX turbo:





Just for fun, I set this next to a small 16G I had on my 2G:





See why running the stock turbo on an evo is so much fun? I also got a stock intake manifold and TB for cores for my porting project!

Any Evo 8 owners reading this, if you're looking for an upgrade, I actually have a second IX turbo on its way to me, kick ass upgrade, especially for 03-04 guys! I will let this second one go cheap!

[User Name]

Wow. That is actually pretty large. Atleast you can say you're still running a stock turbo! That's what I plan on doing with my FP18G, thank god my 18G is the same size as a 14b.

WTF size is your VIII stocker? That thing is huge compared to that 16g.

And in the first pic, is that the Six Million Dollar Man's boss in a glass thing?

[Halon]

Pshhh, after all that HTA boasting, this is the big upgrade?

[GsXtUrBo98]

Holy crap! I knew that there was a difference but I didnt know it was that much..

[turbotalon1g]

thats insane.

[scheides]

Originally Posted by User Name

WTF size is your VIII stocker? That thing is huge compared to that 16g.

And in the first pic, is that the Six Million Dollar Man's boss in a glass thing?

Stock VIII is just slightly smaller, I'm hoping for another 15whp or so out of this one. The thing on the wall is a boba fett figure I got for xmas a year or two ago, it never made it in the house

Originally Posted by Halon

Pshhh, after all that HTA boasting, this is the big upgrade?

IX turbo will end up costing me a couple hundred bucks and I'm gunning for 375whp. The HTA is $3200 or more, depending on the kit. I don't need 450whp, much less 600whp on the stock block, this will be plenty of fun!

[X Factor]

Fun!

[FattyBoomBatty]

grind away. Should be fun. You should get a gram scale and see how much matierial you are removing.

[scheides]

The IM & TB are being sent to Buschur Racing for their port job. Same as they run on their 650+whp shop and customer cars with good results, and the price is right

[TkrPerformance]

nice

[turbotalon1g]

Nice one.

[A//// Guy]

Sweeet. Cant wait to see results.

[sleepydsm]

Wanna sell that 16G for CHEAP?

[scheides]

Sure, it needs a rebuild though $50 and its yours!

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

It still baffles me how they can justify calling the Evo turbos "16g"

[YiNYaNg]

damn what a difference

[scheides]

I was going to wait until next week when my hand was fully healed, but the outside of the cut is 90% healed, and discovered a bunch of spare time this weekend so I went ahead and slapped this little toy in.

I kept it simple and left the exhaust manifold, downpipe, and hotside (previously ported, already a 10.5 since I have an 05) all bolted up:


IX turbo on the left, VIII turbo on the right:


VIII turbo next to that same small16g (see previous post)...looks a little closer in size, but I made ~330whp on this sucker!


Instead of spending $100 on a new buschur outlet pipe, I opted to make a piece of IC pipe to fit in the missing space....very nice option in my opinion, with zero compromise in performance:



Thanks kracka for your help cutting this! Pipe came from an old dsm j-pipe I had....a little JBweld around the end of each one to keep the couplers from slipping off


In place and ready to rock!


Also, just as a reminder to everyone, DO A BOOST LEAK TEST! Time and time again people show up at dyno days and tuning sessions w/o doing this. This is a huge factor in making consistent power. I also took the time to check my tire pressure as well, all were low. With temps as cold as they are, its not uncommon for tire pressure to drop.

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

That reminds me Schiedes, Can I borrow your boost leak tester? I just wanna double check that my new BOV flange welds are good.

[scheides]

Yup, I'll bring it on tuesday

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Sweet. Thanks! Don't forget the spacer thingy so it'll fit in my 4" coupler.