2nd time to the track with new Evo IX...
Well it sounds like you are there more or less then. Full pipes will help (LICP & UICP) but like Warr pointed out we arent talking 30hp or anything. Other weight that can come out (but makes DD status somewhat questionable) is the passenger seat (40#), the floor mats (5#), wing weighs 7# so its more about aero than weight, bumper beams (if you are crazy like me, 30#), and the strut bars front and rear (7# for the front, obviously stock there is no rear).
More advanced stuff like switching to coilovers (isnt needed but if you are gonna do it anyway) can shave up to 10# or more. Making sure that you are racing with an almost empty fuel tank is important as well. 14 gallons (full) x 6.5 = 91 lbs versus 2 gallons weighing 13, or 78 lb reduction.
More advanced stuff like switching to coilovers (isnt needed but if you are gonna do it anyway) can shave up to 10# or more. Making sure that you are racing with an almost empty fuel tank is important as well. 14 gallons (full) x 6.5 = 91 lbs versus 2 gallons weighing 13, or 78 lb reduction.
Nah, man, don't go crazy. John gets a little bit nutty about this stuff. He's new and young and a bit more loose in the screws than most of us, but he's a good driver.
You CAN achieve 11s in a IX on pump gas and stock cams. You are on 91oct, though, right? It's much tougher with that 91pisstane, and I bet if you had 93, you'd already be very close. You can keep the weight as-is, and you don't need race gas. Do the o2 and LICP, then be sure to run some aggressive boost. IXs make gobs of power with few mods due to the turbo being a little better, but also because they can run more boost on pump gas than all previous Evos. 91 limits you some, but you can still run more boost than 8s.
How much boost were you running with the 112mph traps?
You CAN achieve 11s in a IX on pump gas and stock cams. You are on 91oct, though, right? It's much tougher with that 91pisstane, and I bet if you had 93, you'd already be very close. You can keep the weight as-is, and you don't need race gas. Do the o2 and LICP, then be sure to run some aggressive boost. IXs make gobs of power with few mods due to the turbo being a little better, but also because they can run more boost on pump gas than all previous Evos. 91 limits you some, but you can still run more boost than 8s.
How much boost were you running with the 112mph traps?
Nah, man, don't go crazy. John gets a little bit nutty about this stuff. He's new and young and a bit more loose in the screws than most of us, but he's a good driver.
You CAN achieve 11s in a IX on pump gas and stock cams. You are on 91oct, though, right? It's much tougher with that 91pisstane, and I bet if you had 93, you'd already be very close. You can keep the weight as-is, and you don't need race gas. Do the o2 and LICP, then be sure to run some aggressive boost. IXs make gobs of power with few mods due to the turbo being a little better, but also because they can run more boost on pump gas than all previous Evos. 91 limits you some, but you can still run more boost than 8s.
How much boost were you running with the 112mph traps?
You CAN achieve 11s in a IX on pump gas and stock cams. You are on 91oct, though, right? It's much tougher with that 91pisstane, and I bet if you had 93, you'd already be very close. You can keep the weight as-is, and you don't need race gas. Do the o2 and LICP, then be sure to run some aggressive boost. IXs make gobs of power with few mods due to the turbo being a little better, but also because they can run more boost on pump gas than all previous Evos. 91 limits you some, but you can still run more boost than 8s.
How much boost were you running with the 112mph traps?
You can get 93 in San Francisco? i didn't think it was available. Those Cali guys are always complaining about that...we only get 91 here, too.
On 93, you should try 24psi. That might put you over the top.
On 93, you should try 24psi. That might put you over the top.
25psi is probably the maximum limit that you can run on 93. It requires a careful tune but I managed a 12.09 with some spin, and less parts than I have now or you intend for that matter. Car weight at the time was 3330 with me in it and I have it down to 3270 now (Warr the seats are still in the car, I just am missing bumper beams right now) with some "possibly" excessive weigh reduction. For reference, the same trip there were 2 other Evo's that ran 11's with the same mods (but more weight than me, I apparently suck). One ran an 11.99 @ 109 with a 1.65 60' and the other was an 11.98 @113.65 with a 1.81 60'.
Definitely no 93 octane at any gas stations here in California. BTW, great times for pump gas!! You'll be in the 11's in no time.
Nice times for sure George. Keep bangin them gears.
WOW great times. What turboback did you get?
I am trying to figure out how you did all that for $900
Tune from turbotrix (Different tuners I know) = $500 for the first time
Drop in = $60
MBC = $80
TBE = $800 starting
Great times, great driving, keep up the good work
I am trying to figure out how you did all that for $900
Tune from turbotrix (Different tuners I know) = $500 for the first time
Drop in = $60
MBC = $80
TBE = $800 starting
Great times, great driving, keep up the good work
