this morning i got a call from a friend of mine whos a BMW tech, and i guess he test drove an 04 evo with 7k miles on it, and he said it was a really bad drive. now i have driven an 03 and i loved it. he said the engine was what did it in for him. said it spools at 4700-5k. that seems a little off to me, just a bit... as i have a larger than stock turbo and still spool at 3200 in colorado...haha. hes a smart guy but i know evos dont lag that horribly. only explanation i could give him is something was causing the car to pull timing. does that sound about right? let me know cause i wanna let him know whats really up...
Ryan

 

yeah should spool a lot lower... very bad tune... pulling timing... something

 

boost leak?

 

mine spools arount 3500 rpm full boost

 

somewhere early in the 3k range........ 4.5 to 5 is definately wrong....something is wrong there........

 

who cares what it spools at... as long as it's making power...

 

Well, maybe on a bigger turbo. Not the stocker though, right?

 

with my mods i spool up around 2800

 

yes this is a totally stock evo. who cares what it spools at? i wouldnt want to drive around with 2k rpm's of useable powerband. would you?

 

i bet if you let 10 people drive the same car you'll get 7 different answers about where it is spooling up.

 

Uh huh, and mine spools at 1800...

 

Mine spools before I even touch the accelorator, beat that. Sheeeeet, mine spools before I even turn the car ON!!! I friggin look at it sideways and it blows off at me.

 

lol

 

haha good one

 

I wanna say 3.5k...im not 100% sure though, thats what it feels like at least.