No, Mistubishi doesnt have the money for internet access, how would they know we are flashing our cars. < Sarcasm

 

Concerning Mitsu's corporate mindset on what we are doing. The following is from an article by Greg Schneider of the Washington Post.

"It kind of works both ways. We want them to be excited about the car, and we know they'er going to do some things. But by the same token, they have to be aware that modifications will do certain things to part of their wanrranties," said Janis Little, a Mitsubishi spokes person."

The article this text lift came from is about the new wave in car tunning that rest on a large aftermarket both in hard ware and software. The Scheider indicates that Mistsu realizes that a large portion is its image rests on the performance capabilities of the Evo.

I am with Greg in as much as those of us out here in hot rod land must rely on more than our tools and a shade tree to produce a top performing modified car in this hi tech environment. Dave, you are a clear front runner amd it's great to have you so willing to share your thoughts. There is certainly merit in using the C/D event to show case your products by demonstrating in level playing field of a regulated venue.

 

You are absolutely right, lowering a vehicle's weight has no performance advantages. You better get on the phone and call all of those idiots on Formula 1 teams and warn them before they waste alot of cash!

 

^^^Oh my you told me

 

Some of you folks sound like you are new to the car scene, so I thought that you should know that the reflash has been around for years. Just look in any Summit Racing catalog and you will find lots of "Power Programmers" and the like. They are basic reflashers that change timing a little, quicken shifts on auto trannies and help make a little more power.

Guys have been using these on their trucks and cars for years. The manufacturers know that they are out there and that people are doing it. Having someone write about it in a magazine is not going to put any "secret" info out there that the manufacturers haven't seen before.

David - Build whatever you think will help the entusiast and your business the most. Don't pay attention to those that tell you to hold back for fear of their precious warranties.

EVOlutionary

 

I think if anything the Manufacturer would appreciate all the positive advertising at a time of lackluster sales and poor consumer confidence. Wishful thinking but maybe this could open a door to staged "factory upgrades by Buschur". We may never get the FQ-400, but maybe we could get the BR-500!

 

Many good points. It's funny because most of what I read I go over in my head, over and over and over actually. Do this, no do it this way, not like that etc..........

I am actually talking with Mitsubishi right now about some warranty questions concerning modifying EVO's. I should be able to post some good information in the near future.

dsm95hybrid,
That BR500 might be closer than you think

David Buschur
www.buschurracing.com

 

Awesome! I think that will clear up a lot of questions about modifying and our warranty's

 

Here you go guys. This is the newest thing from us. Not sure if I am ready to sell them yet but I did figure out pricing and they are going up on our website. We can always take them down later.

I should be dyno'ing the RS again this afternoon. I have posted my theory on the problems of high boost and the stock turbo here already (I think). If I am correct than this is going to fix the problem and let the stock turbo hold over my now low of 17 psi at redline.

It is a pretty sweet piece. It is on the RS without A/C right now I will have to check fitment with an EVO and A/C but I believe it is going to fit without any problems. The car lost some additional weight with this too, always a good thing. On the RS I am going to tap the dump from the wastegate back into the exhaust as the car has to stay quiet for the Car and Driver Super Four Challenge.

David Buschur
www.buschurracing.com

 

David - always inovating and leading the pack! Nice job as usual. Looks like it will be a interesting day on the dyno

 

That thing looks nasty Dave. Ha! The first tuner that I have seen work to fix the ****ty boost dropoff. Combined with the wheel clip that reduces the ugly spike and we now can hold on to our stockers for a longer period of time. For some this should totally eliminate the need for a larger unit. I can't wait to see if it fixes it. There have been many to "rig" the wg to hold a bit longer, but this sounds much better than other temporary fixes that have worked only marginally better than stock.

Thanks Dave. If this does not convince you that this man cares about proactively moving forward and sharing info, I don't know what will. He hasn't even installed the part yet, however is so excited about these cars that he had to share his secrets with the community. You're awesome Dave!

 

Does that wastegate come w/ a dump tube? How much better does the external control boost?

 

Thanks guys. I'm pretty excited about this part, I really think it is going to work out well.

Yes, this setup will come with an external dump tube. This will vent the spent exhaust to the ground under the car. We will NOT be building this to dump back into the exhaust as it is going to be too difficult.

David Buschur
www.buschurracing.com

 

Dave I don't think you posted ur high boost theroy (if u did i missed it) How will this help our stock turbo ??

 

Just be careful about the undertrays. Is there a way to route the dumptube short enough not to induce boost creep, but long enough to expel the gases away from the underplastics?