Guys - this car is amazing

This guy bought the used stock IX turbo from the 512 TQ Evo IX 2.3 L

This memeber has the following mods

Buschur intake only - stock rubber black pipe
Buschur 3 " full TB exhuast
Hks 272 cams
Stock fmic pipes
TX fmic
Forge MBC
Forge RS BOV
680 injectors and walbro pump

This was our dual stage pump gas flash with 28 psi peak on race gas mix

 

this was from a evo ix turbo? does it bolt right up to the x evo 8?

 

Sick Torque

 

I have the same question...

 

im pretty sure u would need whats supplied from buschurs kit or oem parts from a 9 like coolant and oil lines and the outlet pipe

 

As long as you have the black oulet pipe from the turbo it'll bolt right up. I should be getting mine put on in the next couple of weeks.

 

Yeah you need the coolant and oil lines but the outlet pipe Buschur sells is only for their IC.

 

Damn! Torque is sick!! It looks like the Evo IX turbo is that good after all and it seems its 95% repsonsible for the gains on the IX Evo!! Hey Al was this an 05 VIII?

 

Awesome torque!! As far as horsepower I would think that a stock EVO 8 turbo could make that. As for the torque that really is amzing what the 9 turbo can do!!

 

Hey Al, any chance you guys have a before dyno pull?
+1 to EVIL EVO VIII said

 

what were the numbers on pump?

 

+1

 

The max torque is very impressive.

But why does the hp level off and taper at ~4800 though? I realize this is a factory turbo, so I expect that to happen at some point, but from your other case studies on that dyno, it usually doesn't happen until after 6k with a stock turbo.

If you were racing this car, it looks like you would have to shift at 5.5k or less, otherwise you're losing significant power. It seems like kind of waste on a car that can rev to ~7000 stock IMO.

I'm sure all that torque feels awesome on the street though.

 

This car was having some ignition problems at higher boost, its a medium mileage 03 and may need coils or spark plugs - this is why the car is loosing some power at 6,000

Also - the stock lower fmic and upper fmic pipes are hardly ideal

Its tough to draw generalizations about a turbo from one or two customer cars

However, I see in this turbo that the TQ pulls over 350 from 3500 to 5500 which is very broad

There is no doubt that the IX turbo is a great upgrade

However, the IX 20 G is an even better upgrade and from a perspective of sheer economics it would make no sense to buy a IX turbo - the IX 20G from Buschur is the same price or chaper if you upgrade your current turbo

The main point why this "case study" is of intesrest is that we see that the IX turbo spools VERY well on a 2003 evo without any MIVEC

I think it is safe to conclude that 05 of the power gains on a IX come from the turbo - for what it is worth

I drove this car on the road and it feels more like a IX than a 8 - the TQ on a IX is much flatter and holds longer - less of a spiking feeling than on the 8's

 

What turbo is going on the car this came off of, and how much tq do you think it will lose?

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