beaterX project thread

[Murlo26]

Originally Posted by scheides

More communication is better, Murlo. A quick email/IM/phone call earlier in the day before you head over (I usually swing by after work or over lunch) makes worlds of difference. They're expecting you, keeping you on their radar, etc.

Next steps: autoX (driver mod!), another drag event (let's get this thing into the 12's!), tuning time (power), miles (I have over 1000 miles on the new clutch already!), and enjoyment!

If I come up with some cash I'll look into doing an o2 downpipe (kinda want the MAP recirc'd) and one of their rev 2 exhaust manifolds. This should really help with the midrange and peak power throughout the powerband and start to make the most of this turbo.

That's honestly it for the scope of projects I had in mind with this car. I have some life and myself to focus on for a while, as well as helping other people with their cars, so the X will just be old faithful (hopefully!). We'll see where I end up after the above projects are done and go from there, one step at a time, no need to rush.

Yea I gave them the heads up last week and again today One thing I do well is email shops in an effort to manage my build in some fashion even though it doesn't help a ton and might just bug em, I try to line things up in advance

Maybe you want to buy my ported exhaust mani when i go tubular

[scheides]

Originally Posted by Murlo26

Maybe you want to buy my ported exhaust mani when i go tubular

Maybe baby! LMK when ya make the move.

I wanna see more dyno data out of the tubular manifolds vs a MAP full Rev2 mani, I think they will be closer than everyone thinks! That's a whole other discussion though.

[mlomker]

Originally Posted by scheides

I think they will be closer than everyone thinks! That's a whole other discussion though.

Not sure if you've followed the SteedSpeed manifold saga but they custom CNC manifolds that are shaped like the stocker. They've tried a handful of designs so far but haven't even been able to outflow a stock manifold yet. There are some aspects of the 4B11T where Mitsu did a pretty fine job.

That said, it may just do with the amount of space they have to work in. I have yet to see a post saying "I gained 30whp from a ported stocker." We've seen a fair number of posts from Full Race and CBRD showing such gains.