beaterX project thread - Page 52

**v8klla** · 11-14-2011

Are you able to post a VDR comparison before and after?

**goodhart** · 11-14-2011

^LOL I asked the same on EvoMN

**scheides** · 11-19-2011

el-oh-el-- I ordered some vinyl baseboard molding from mcmaster.com for $3, and while the car was in the air today to swap on the stock rims/snow tires I made a template with some cardboard and slapped this thing in to fill the hole where the front lip is broken. A new lip is $250 so this will get me by till I spring for one :P

http://www.mcmaster.com/#vinyl-trim/=f0aike
#1778A14

**goodhart** · 11-19-2011

Haha a true dsm'er!

**Murlo26** · 12-06-2011

Have you ever logged mivec at idle? Target vs. Actual? I got a call from John from Akuma motorsports today about his mivec going all the way to -35 at idle and was curious if you were seeing this at all. I don't think I am but not sure really and I can't test it on my car.

Sparky2211 · 12-07-2011

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Originally Posted by Murlo26

Have you ever logged mivec at idle? Target vs. Actual? I got a call from John from Akuma motorsports today about his mivec going all the way to -35 at idle and was curious if you were seeing this at all. I don't think I am but not sure really and I can't test it on my car.

I should log mine for a while. At idle it is good when cold, but once the car is warmed up, it gets really choppy and AFR's jump to 15-16+. Eventually it will even itself out and it will idle smooth until it dips down low again. Unfortuantely, I don't know a ton about the tuning, reading of the tables.

**scheides** · 12-06-2011

I have not logged that, what is the reason for bothering with this? Smoother idle or more lop lop lop lop?

**cmspaz** · 12-07-2011

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Originally Posted by scheides

more lop lop lop lop

Definitely a reason to fiddle with it.

**Murlo26** · 12-07-2011

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Originally Posted by scheides

I have not logged that, what is the reason for bothering with this? Smoother idle or more lop lop lop lop?

In a way smoother yes. I guess some people have had oil pressure issues at idle, or what they think are oil pressure issues. Apparently below like 1200rpms the car goes all the way negative on the exhaust cam and all hell breaks loose. Just curious if you have had any issues.

**scheides** · 12-07-2011

Heh, I'll look. My idle is rock solid, probably around 700 or 800 rpm. I've been having some surge issues with the new TB but it's only when the car is moving, it's weird.

**Murlo26** · 12-07-2011

Strange about the surge...hmmm. Leak maybe?

Yea I guess if you get a chance just let me know, just curious.

**Murlo26** · 12-08-2011

Here is what I was talking about Scheides:

http://forums.evolutionm.net/evo-x-e...mivec-fix.html

Honestly I don't think my car has these problems but I don't know for sure.

**scheides** · 12-19-2011

xmas update.

Installed some weatherTech floor mats this weekend:

These things are really nice! They fit like a glove and are already nice and dirty from use

Speaking of dirty, I found this on my intake ports/valves when I had the IM off recently:

After a bunch of research, I've taken the advice of aaron @ ER and Shane @ DB and just switched back to pump gas for a few tanks. I added a bottle of chevron fuel injector cleaner to the first tank, hopefully this cleans things up! Switching back to pump was dead easy on my setup: turn down MBC 3 full turns while filling the car up with BP93, fire it up on the e70 lingering in the lines and then hold down cruise control button after about 20 seconds. Car runs mid 11's AFRs and boost just touches 24psi in 2nd and 3rd, 25.5 in 4th. WGDC is set to zero across teh board so this is pure mbc, taper and all. Not ideal but the car still rips pretty good!

The car had a handful of CELs that would come and go but the last month the CEL has been on solid. po300 (random misfire), po365 (exhaust CAS), and p3000 error. po300 and p3000 are now gone after 1 tank, and I discovered that my exhaust CAS plug was loose--it had slightly melted from the tubular manifold before I put a heat shield and heat wrap tape (thanks again lomker! RIP!) over it. The pin was also bent really bad from when I was swapping manifolds on the dyno back in feb so idk, maybe the sensor is bad, maybe it just needs more TLC. I've seen people reporting po365s as a result of a misfire so I'll fiddle with the plug some more and probably try some new plugs after the holidays and see if that helps at all.

**goodhart** · 12-19-2011

is there any patches to disable the p0300 and others like there is for the 8/9? My car would get that all the time before I disabled it, even with a good tune and no noticeable misfire.

**scheides** · 12-19-2011

I'm not sure, it seems to have gone away though...and considering the other CEL, I might want to know when it's actually doing this...I had zero CELs all summer so this is def an indication of some issues. Nothing major though.

**Murlo26** · 12-19-2011

I spoke with Tephra about a p0300 disable he doesn't think its necessary on the X's. He feels like it still serves a purpose but who knows. I get it still sometimes and from what I have researched its from the clutch. Essentially it pops up in traffic like conditions or riding the clutch to get moving slightly. Mine is the worst backing into my 3rd stall of my garage, seems to happen there as its a slow process to get it in there snug.

Still sounds like everything is going pretty well though. Let us know how the pump gas works out as I am going to check my valves this summer to see if this is happening to me.

**scheides** · 01-24-2012

Well after a week down, car is back on the road thanks to Ron@ RS Motors!

Started off by installing my walbro 400 pump:

Switched back to e85 and did testing since the weather was so nice and the car just RIPS:

I'm *very* excited about having more fuel, the car will at the very least see more boost this year (on the BBX) and I'm hopeful to put a larger snail under the hood if the rest of the car holds together.....That was fun for about a week and then I found a huge puddle on the floor of my garage, a crack in the trans case. Diff pins decided to eject themselves:

They wore a hole through the case, thus the puddle on my floor:

Four new pins from Shep and a few fresh bearings later, the trans was re-assembled. Ron banged this out lickity-split for me and I am very thankful! It would have been much faster if we didn't have to wait for parts but that's the nature of issues like this.

All four pins were broke, but luckily all pieces were found and NO damage to the rest of the trans! If I hadn't noticed that puddle that night I think I would be out an extra $3k for a trans, weeks of downtime I'm sure, blah I don't wanna think about that! It shifts like buttah now though so I'm confident that everything is indeed healthy.

The car also got a fresh ACT HDG6 clutch as the old one was worn down to the rivets. Last summer at Proving Grounds the clutch was slipping baaaaad at the end of day 1 and I discovered my fork stopper needed to be adjusted to accommodate for plate wear. I think it was too late though, the damage was done. I did get another 6k miles out of it and probably could have gotten another 5-10k of DD but since it was already apart, I made the investment to do it right...I plan on doing more drag and a lot more DD with this thing.

Time for more miles and smiles!

awd-drifter · 01-24-2012

Nice! Good thing the trans didn't go boom like you said though.

**Kracka** · 01-24-2012

Damn...you had what, barely a year on that clutch? How many miles?

rose0529 · 01-24-2012

Glad your back up and running!