It was my first time at the track with the GT35r running at California Speedway inner track together with those Nascar cars but they're running the outer track (afraid of getting beat by the evo JK). I was running 91 map with mixture of 100 fuel for safety. Beginning, not so good with all the corners enter and exit due to the lag. But as times went by, I was getting better and better that I went from beginner group to intermediate and started beating other cars.

The car is handling so well with RRE swaybar (setting at neutral hole) and alignment, Eibach springs. The power of the turbo helped me sometimes by pulling my butt out when enter the corner a little hot and understeer but it was also almost harm me when I was oversteer when exit the corner trying to passthe slower car infront by pulling violently that caused me fishtailing.

When I entering a corner, I have to down shift to 2nd even with the speed above 40 to keep the turbo in the boosting range hence my power band was narrow so by the time I'm hitting the rev limited and need to shift to 3rd, there's another corner so I cannot shift into 3rd since it'll pull like a rocket and causing to enter the corner too hot... Basically, dealing with all those lag and shift slowed me down a lot into the corners so some other cars were on my butt. But once exit those corners and went to the straight away, I'm simply left them behind including my fellow evos, stis, porsche carerra 911 4s, boxster s... I was almost lost it because the speed build up so quickly that I was under-braking into the corner.

There's one car that can hang with me on the straight away is an AMG C55, that car is fast. He's also a better driver so I lost in the corner.

At the second half of the day when I learned how to drive the car, where to start the braking, the apex of each corner, it became a wonderful experience. Simply hold the line entering the corner, keep the car in boosting range, punch it when exit and the car haulass... One of the guy asked me what I did to the evo that it was too fast on the straight pass...

So, it's not as bad running the track with the GT35r as it seem to be from some of the posting here. It's different and a little harder than the stock turbo due to lag into the corner but to the straight away it's an experience that I want to feel again and again. Now, imaging there's a turbo that fully boost into the corner and straight away power like the GT35-r. I have not experience it so I don't know if there's one.

Here are my mods together with the GT35r: RNR GT35-R w/ equal length, downpipe, intake and intercooler, 780cc, 264/272 cams, fuel-pump, SAFC-II tuned for the turbo on top of stock Dynoflash with 91 and 110 maps, RRE swaybar and alignment, ACT clutch, Ferrodo 2500 brake pads and stock tires.

Now times for new brake pads and maybe rotors.

Good Sunday to you all.

 

Awesome, thanks for the write up.

 

with a s-afc and flash. thats great!!!

 

I'm assuming that this was your 03 evo, not the 05 MR, correct? I wonder how the 6sp would compare with this turbo.....easier to keep in boost maybe? Too bad it's not easier to change the trannies and compare back to back at the track

 

I assume this isn't primarily what you built the car for with the choice of turbo?

 

thanks for sharing!

 

I love both drag and track so it's for both. Originally I was thinking of the MR for the track but it's so refine that I leave it alone for daily driving eventhough I took it to the track one but not pushing it too much.

Of course the GT35r is harder at the track than the stock turbo when enter the corner but it's not terrible or untrackable like some posts mentioned. You just have to learn the way it works.

 

Yes, it was my 03 not the MR.

 

Wilson! How are you? Been to any track lately?

 

Hello, yes, last wk.