i was at the track last night and ran a best of 13.4@103 mph , now thats with an apexi intake ,rs*r catback , manual boost controller, and a street tune from al dynoflash, thats stock downpipe and cat on the car , i need some opinions, here is the timesheet broke down,,,, 1.95-60ft, 8.65-1/8mile@81.69, 13.47@103.04-1/4mile

 

Those times suck for being tuned! You're a disgrace to the evo community! J/K man. At least you run your car, I'm still afraid to try mine.

 

whatsup brian , i still think it has a little more in it man

 

With a downpipe and cat delete it will only get better.

 

a better 60' will definately help your times

practice practice practice

but then again so would spending 400 on a downpipe and testpipe

 

Absolutley the 60' times are the one clear indication to why I have noticed soem people have had times that could easilly be a half second or so better.

Remember, one of the main reasons the evo is able to attain solid times is because of there Awd and ability to launch well and have a 1.7-1.8 60'

 

Hey, good job on getting out there and seeing what your Evo can do. Since you asked, I will give you my opinion. Hopefully, this will help, because I agree that there is more to be had, but you're really not far off, so don't fret:

1) 60' 60' 60'...I repeat, 60'. This is the most important factor in obtaining a good time and to ensure maximum mph. Get to where you can launch hard enough to obtain a 1.7x 60', or at the VERY LEAST a low 1.8. This will drop your ET anywhere from .2-.4s and probably give you 1-2 mph depending on other factors.

2) Was the custom tune done after the intake/catback/mbc installs? Just want to make sure.

3)Yeah, replacing the catback and downpipe always helps, but it's best to maximize your current state instead of trying to fix it by adding mods. When you do that, you're still always below your potential. Don't think for a second that a cat-back is not good enough to get good times. My best time below is with the same mods you have except for the higher octane. On pump gas, I did 12.64 with 107-108mph. I have the advantage of the larger hotside, but you can probably get to 105-106mph and maybe a 12.8 or 12.9 with your current mods and some practice.

 

yes i was tuned after my mods

 

Great job and having a set of cajones for taking your EVO to the track!! Follow Wartalon's advice work on the launch and shifting and then go from there.

 

bump

 

There's really nothing else to say...

Ok, maybe your shifting could use help, too. In stock form, I had the same 60', but hit the 1/8th .25s faster but at a lower mph. That points to the 1-2/2-3 shifts, but some of that may be from the 6spd gearing.

 

i dont powershift i lift and clutch in to the next gear banging it as quick as i can and shifting about 7600 to 7800 rpm , launching around 5000 rpm i think watching that tree i need to pay more attention to my launch rpm and not get caught up on the actual race against the other car

 

I don't powershift either...I don't think many people do. 7600-7800 is far too high, so maybe that's another problem. You should shift around 7200-7300, because the hp/tq drops like a rock after this point. Yeah, your flash allows you to go to 7800, but that doesn't mean you make good power to that point.

7000rpm shift = too early
7500rpm shift = too late

This is on a car with stock turbo and stock cams only...

On the launch, completely ignore the other car. It doesn't matter what he does when you're just doing test 'n' Tune. Once you get launching down pat, then you can start worrying about reaction times and beating your opponents.

 

what rpm do u think i need to launch at to get at least a 1.8 60ft

 

the last 1/8th mile isn't bad (once you get going, your car moves well), but the 1st 1/8th you could easily drop .4-.5 sec and .2 from the 60'. In other words, like everyone is saying the launch could improve, and I think from the 1/8th time it looks like the 1-2 shift could be better too. When you're going WOT from a stop, the car goes through 1st gear pretty fast, so it takes a bit of practice to be ready for the "perfect shift" into 2nd. You should definitely be in the 12s with a better start