Evo X upgrades

[turbotalon1g]

That's awesome. Car looks good. Your wing is bigger than his.

[mlomker]

Originally Posted by turbotalon1g

That's awesome. Car looks good. Your wing is bigger than his.

There was a black E30 track car with a pretty impressive wing. It was flat and wide, whereas my APR has a curved design. A good driver/fast car.

There was a red Evo 8, the STi next to me, and at least one GTR. The 8 was moving pretty good, obviously cammed. The gentleman introduced himself as Peter and was there to show his teen son how to drive it. Didn't really get a chance to chat with him...hung out with a couple Porsche owners most of the day.

[scheides]

Awesome man! Maybe you could look into a small pop-up tent (with some good weights on it) that you could put up over your parking spot. I always feel more comfortable leaving a pile of stuff like that under a tent, looks more established and people are less likely to just walk up and rummage. Plus, gives you(or your car) a break from the sun if need be.

[slowbubblecar]

Originally Posted by mlomker

need to learn heel-toe asap.]

Hopefully your pedals are set up well for it. It appears to be impossible with the stock pedal configuration in my car. The brake pedal is much further ahead of the gas pedal. I talked to a few other local viper guys who go to the track and they have had issues trying it as well on a GTS. I haven't practiced it or tried to apply it at the track. So far, my gear box has held up.

I would be more worried about the tranny than the motor.

[mlomker]

Jesse told me yesterday that my intake was being polished and would be ready today. Their bead rollers came in this morning so they decided to use them on my intake...it didn't go so well. Would have been nice if I'd known that before driving over.

Situation normal.

[311evo]

You have some crazy luck man.

How long until they get another one done up for ya?

[mlomker]

Originally Posted by 311evo

How long until they get another one done up for ya?

They are going to cut a piece of it off and weld on another one. Jesse was working on it when I came in. I assume it is going to suffer cosmetically but maybe he has some mad skillz. I told Mike I'd come by on Friday to pick it up.

I still love my Evo despite all of this (it's a fucking blast on the road course) but I'm leaning toward a Porsche next time. Buy something that I can rock stock.

[GG_9_SE]

Originally Posted by mlomker

Buy something that I can rock stock.

I thought your evo was stock

[mlomker]

Originally Posted by GG_9_SE

I thought your evo was stock

scheides' car is mostly stock.

[mlomker]

Not exciting, but a video that starts with Peter's car, then the Boxster owner that I spent much of the day talking to (Oster?), the nice BMW with big wing, and I think the last car was Todd's.


http://vimeo.com/14467835

[mlomker]

Time to go put some of Shawn's detailing wisdom to good use. I got the wheels nice and dirty at the track last Monday.

Primo intake...bead rolled!

[Kracka]

Very nice! Amsoil filter?

[GG_9_SE]

Wow Props to Primo that piece looks AMAZING!

[Murlo26]

It's an AFE, i got the same one, copied him

[t-revzr]

Get some in car video with you driving!

[mlomker]

Originally Posted by Kracka

Very nice! Amsoil filter?

I stuck with aFe. I liked the quality of the drop-in that I use to have and you and scheides think highly of them.

http://afepower.com/shop/details_new...artno=21-35010

The oiled filters would have matched my color scheme better but I feel better running the Pro Dry S to avoid any MAF problems.

[mlomker]

Thank you for everyone that voted for me at the Cookout. I know it's no big deal to win 1st out of 5 cars...especially when most of the other contestants are friends that spent 1/2 the money. lol

It feels good anyway. My build was always intended to be 1/2 show and 1/2 track. This small bit of validation is appreciated!

I look forward to going to Factory MOD in Illinois next month and thanks to those of you that have helped me get to this point.



I didn't take a whole lot of pics, but here is the album.

http://s959.photobucket.com/albums/a...ut%20-%202010/

[goodhart]

^^ Nice pic.

[123abc]

Seeing your car in person says more about it than the pics I've seen. Looks very clean and every part was thought out.

[mlomker]

When I was on the stock tune I had bolted on the AMS 3" intake and drove it to DB to drop it off...no big deal. I installed the Primo intake and drove it to DB tonight and the car was really pissed off. I guess I should of just thrown it on in his parking lot but I knew I wouldn't be getting there until fairly late.

We'll see what he can do with it tomorrow. It's a lot of work so I wonder if he'll have enough time. He'll be scaling the 3.5" MAF, installing the ID2000's, and doing two tunes that can be map switched. One will be similar to what it has now -- 25psi and 400whp or so. The other tune will be whatever she's got at 30-32psi. I asked him to give psi-based boost control a try if he has the time.