View Poll Results: Where do I go from here? (now that all of the children have grown up...)
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Build the X
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No one wants a $60k evo with high monthly payments, get out now and buy a 9.
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12-05-2012
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#2401
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flips McGee
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
I'm with hughes, there's better ways to spend the money...I think that golden donkey manifold looks like shyte compared to the stock X mani....unless someone shows some crazy awesome dyno numbers from it and then like 10 more people do to I officially give it a 'meh.'
MAP Rev3, mil.spec TB, aluminum driveshaft, and some misc weight savings would be a better investment...and less impactful on teh entire setup.
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I need to listen to Scheides more often i think :)
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...I realized that I can't keep up my shit talking without anything to back it up.
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Originally Posted by JV
S2000: For those of us that know the Miata is the best car on the planet, but also want extra power and to not have to turn in our man cards.
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12-05-2012
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#2402
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: MN
Drives: four tires
Posts: 1,608
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Small brakes is a terrible idea.
So is changing the mani/turbo etc.
Touch stuff you haven't already.
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NSX - S480/Built motor
GSX - 571whp/490wtq
Sienna
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12-05-2012
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#2403
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Transmission destroyer
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cambridge
Drives: G37, 91 TSi
Posts: 7,150
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
I vote two piece rotors, alum driveshaft, and other rotational weight mods.
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I swing from the nuts of cold hard data. Anything less is a guess.
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12-06-2012
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#2404
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Hastings, MN
Drives: 08 Evolution X
Posts: 482
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Dave,
Don't make me have to slap you in the nuts... Seriously let's try to drive this thing this next summer. Also, you forgot the most important mod to to invest in... the driver mod.
Sincerely,
Shawn
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12-06-2012
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#2405
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: stillwater
Drives: cbr 1000rr repsol
Posts: 1,451
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
I agree. just drive the car and stop modding it.
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12-06-2012
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#2406
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Is funding Exxon.
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Ham Lake
Drives: like a bat outta hell!
Posts: 7,983
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
I say drop some weight off it too. Makes it more reliable and faster, win-win!
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Is burning corn and stayin' warm!
My motorcycle is stock and reliable, my Talon is neither!
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12-06-2012
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#2407
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Prior Lake
Drives: Icarus
Posts: 1,375
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
DAVE!!!! ............ STAHP.
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12-06-2012
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#2408
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N17r0U$ br4D
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Any actual dyno results showing a power gain?
I know dsm's usually picked up some decent power with a SMIM. If there are proven results and you got the money laying around I say go for it! If no results don't be the test dummy and wait it out, intake manifolds can be swapped out pretty quickly so there wouldn't be much down time besides maybe modifying your upper intercooler pipe.
Light weight stuff would help you go faster too as others have stated though.
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My rice rocket best times
Pump Gas: 8.85 @ 152.3 in 2016
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12-06-2012
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#2409
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Lino Lakes
Drives: 17 Honda Accord
Posts: 4,041
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Ok, seems most people agree on the rotational weight stuff, that is easy and safe I think.
I was just toying with the idea of a full t3 kit but it seems like most people agree to stick with the EF4 haha.
Zero results from that intake mani, so I will stick with the idea of doing the MAP rev 3 and milspec 64mm TB, those are proven.
Shawn, driver mod is #1 on my list and in order to do that I do need the car working so I guess you win, no more "big upgrades". Intake mani and tb I'll do in spring before I pull the car out of storage.
Seats are also on the list this year though. People have dropped almost 70 lbs from doing lightweight seats. Then after that I'll just workout more to lose some more weight maybe
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12-06-2012
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#2410
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formerly ecoli
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: On the dyno
Posts: 4,892
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
If you can pull just 100lbs out of the car, it will be like gaining 15-20whp at your power level/vehicle weight.
Shawn, no driver mod needed. It's an X.
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12-06-2012
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#2411
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R U DTF bro?
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Oak Point, TX
Drives: C8 Stingray Z51
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
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Originally Posted by Shane@DBPerformance
Shawn, no driver mod needed. It's an X.
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LOL Right on!
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12-06-2012
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#2412
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Lino Lakes
Drives: 17 Honda Accord
Posts: 4,041
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
I just saw Ryan Gates post on FB that he now has his X down to 2550 race weight...jealous, that is like 1000lbs less than mine, I hope to get mine in the 3100 area so about 300-400 lbs less.
I haz no driver skills so I guess its good I have the X.
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12-06-2012
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#2413
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R U DTF bro?
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Oak Point, TX
Drives: C8 Stingray Z51
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Losing that much weight gets expensive.
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12-06-2012
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#2414
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Lino Lakes
Drives: 17 Honda Accord
Posts: 4,041
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
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Originally Posted by Kracka
Losing that much weight gets expensive.
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Depends on how much weight I want to lose and how I want the "street car" to remain. I could gut the car easy and cheap enough but then its straight race car.
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12-06-2012
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#2415
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N17r0U$ br4D
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
I've got a nice light Kirkey for sale....
From previous experience trying to save weight cheap, unless you're going for a full out race car leave the creature comforts, it isn't worth it in a street/track car
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12-06-2012
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#2416
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R U DTF bro?
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Oak Point, TX
Drives: C8 Stingray Z51
Posts: 20,620
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Things I love:
-factory Recaros with airbags
-cruise control
-Bluetooth
-Sirius radio
-extra sound deadening
-auto climate control w/A/C
-navi
-SAWC
I'll keep my weight
The only places I would consider losing it are with a lightweight driveshaft, BBS wheels, and 2-piece brake rotors.
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12-06-2012
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#2417
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: MN
Drives: four tires
Posts: 1,608
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
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Originally Posted by Kracka
Things I love:
-factory Recaros with airbags
-cruise control
-Bluetooth
-Sirius radio
-extra sound deadening
-auto climate control w/A/C
-navi
-SAWC
I'll keep my weight
The only places I would consider losing it are with a lightweight driveshaft, BBS wheels, and 2-piece brake rotors.
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Something to consider, if you take out too many of the creature comforts, if/when you ever plan to sell, you just made your target market that much smaller. People like myself and most others as we all age will want them.
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NSX - S480/Built motor
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12-07-2012
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#2418
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Lino Lakes
Drives: 17 Honda Accord
Posts: 4,041
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
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Originally Posted by Speedfreak
Something to consider, if you take out too many of the creature comforts, if/when you ever plan to sell, you just made your target market that much smaller. People like myself and most others as we all age will want them.
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I still have all the creature comforts that came with the car. My car doesn't have navi or bluetooth, just the Rockford sound system, spoiler and HIDs (SSS package).
So far all I have done for weight that would affect anything really was strip my trunk out, which did get rid of the sub. But I can put all that back in.
The only thing I might do would be going to lightweight seats which could potentially bother another buyer but i will keep the stock ones.
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01-29-2013
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#2419
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Lino Lakes
Drives: 17 Honda Accord
Posts: 4,041
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Super bored, waiting for new black ops maps to download....so doing a throwback!
Found my old evo pics that I had to take for the lawsuit. I was like 21ish at the time, total noob, even worse than I am now if that is believable. Bought a 2005 evo with like 30k miles and paid 22.5k or so. Found out from a friend it had issues. Had to sue the dealer because they sold it as a clean title, clean carfax (found out carfax is worthless) and stock etc. I had no idea what to look for sadly, it looked ok in the back of their shop in the shaded area they showed it to me. NOte to self, never impulse buy a car!
Just for reference, it looks as though it was rolled, the front clip is from a GG car if you can tell and there are no VIN stickers on any panels (which all should have them).
I did eventually win in arbitration after 2+years. Never buy anything in Illinois, no consumer laws to protect you.
Even given all the crap I had with this car, I miss my 8, seemed so peppy even for stockish.
Edit: you will also notice on the exhaust mani heatshield, its dented, the radiator was pushed back that far. Wish I wasn't so dumb, could have a good evo 8/9 now and not sunk into an X
Last edited by Murlo26; 01-29-2013 at 11:05 PM..
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01-30-2013
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#2420
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R U DTF bro?
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Oak Point, TX
Drives: C8 Stingray Z51
Posts: 20,620
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Buy my old IX, it's getting passed around down here like an underage sorority chick.
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I agree with Kracka.
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