I went to the track the other day for the first time, i was very dissappointed with my times, but it makes me feel as if thier is something wrong with my car. any feedback would be great. I had trouble launching. its an 05 so it has the launching rev (5K) i basically pinned the gas and quickly, but not dumping) released the clutch. here are my three runs.

I have Meagan TBE (no cats), Meagan Exhaust Manifold, Injen intake and upper intercooler piping, Greddy lower intercooler piping and front mount intercooler, Turbo XS Recirculator valve, and MBC(19-21psi)

Temp. 73 63 60
Barometer 29.41 29.55 29.55
No Humidity

1st 2nd 3rd
R/T .804 .560 .857
60' 2.382 2.067 2.052
330 6.292 5.830 5.818
1/8 9.441 8.923 8.949
MPH 80.05 81.49 80.84
1000 12.111 11.575 11.630
1/4 14.354 13.777 13.886
MPH 101.21 102.35 100.31

 

those are pretty low times for your mods, your 8th and 1/4 mph are ver low.. What rpm are you shifting at? Also gota work on those 60fts!

 

Poster child for how NOT to mod the Evo.

That's a lot of money spent to go slower than stock.

 

So do you have any sort of tune? If not then that could be a big part of the problem. E.T. 's are very low but could be improved by a better 60'. Your mph however indicates that something is wrong.

 

I am shifting at 7K, prolly not the best of shifts, i dont have any sort of tune.

 

A tune is the most important mod - far more important than any other mod you currently have, and certainly far more valuable than the FMIC or IC pipes, which were about $1000 down the drain.

Get tuned, and you'll see a drastic difference, but also be sure to do a pressure test to check for boost leaks:

http://vfaq.com/mods/ICtester.html

 

Get a tune before anything else. A mail in flash is very cheap and would give you huge gains.

 

DO YOU THINK I AM LOOSING POWER BY HAVING THE FRONT MOUTH. iTS PROVIDING COLDER AIR, BUT IT TAKES LONGER TO BUILD PRESSURE SO IT WONMT RESPOND AS FAST

 

IF ANYTHING I WOUL;D THINK THAT THE INTERCOOLER ITSELF WOULD BE THE ONLY UNNECESSARY MOD. hOW IS CHANGING THE INTERCOOLER PIPES A BAD MOD?

 

Wow, turn off the caps

You wont be loosing power with the intercooler but you probably didnt gain anything either. More than anything its the fact that you bought and installed these mods with no tune. All of those mods, expecially the intake are probably hurting you more than helping you right now.

 

sorry bout the caps.,,, laptops.........

Well the way i was going was to get all the these mods, and then get flashed at once. I thought it would make sense to get one flash insteads of three., but if anything my time shouldn't be any worse than high 12s... Right??

 

After seeing it in person, I'd say the intake is making you lose power. I saw someone during our tuning meet dyno 40whp less than stock because his walbro fuel pump + intake was making him so rich that it was killing his power. I believe his a/f was in the high 8s up top.

 

you just need practice and some pointers. was this at etown?

 

yeah, I'll be there this weds.

 

Are you going to run? You should really get a tune first or you can do some serious damage.