Do you have an 05 or an 03-04?

 

03, but it doesn't matter. I have a TME, IC, 93 octane, test pipe, cam gears, and cams in addition to what that car has and still don't have that kinda torque.. Even if you have an 05, they're all getting destroyed by that reflash+exhaust Mivec car in this thread.

 

Have Nick tune your car then, that might chance

 

It won't. I'm sure Nick is great, but VIIIs don't make the power IXs will with light bolt ons.

 

Im thinking the IX turbo will be a great stealth mod for many a VIII owner.

 

I'm thinkin I want a IX in my driveway quite soon!!

 

Is the IX cat the same as the VIII, or could it be freer flowing?

 

Congratulation on your work Shiv !

I'm amase at the Trq curve you could get out of this motor on such mods.

I also received an e-mail from EcuTeK Japan about cams for the EVO9, Jun is doing some development work and they should come out by the spring.

They also said that EVO8 exhaust cams gave some very good results on the EVO9.

 

Not sure, it is different cosmetically in that the o2 sensor is attached to it vs. after the cat on the VIII however.

 

My new IX MR will be here tomorrow! Now I'm know who I want to tune it!

 

Now that the car is finished... Final Tally?

Terry S

 

Off-topic, but..
That's incorrect - the 02 is attached to the pipe after the cat on the IX. The cat is exactly the same.
The exhaust is nearly the same as the VIII (Bends, mounting points, etc) Some downpipes will have to be clearanced slightly to make room for the larger center diff. Also the turbo elbow has a larger exit whereas some donuts wont fit over the flange.

 

On 91oct, it comfortably made anywhere from 290-295whp. On 93oct, it made 305-310whp. I have some more IX to tune during the next 2 week introdructory special so I'm eager to see how much tweaking is necessary to adapt the map to different cars.

Cheers,
Shiv

 

I have an IX MR sitting in my garage that I installed a Greddy Ti cat back on it and had to plug the O2 housing built into the cat back because the IX no longer uses that location.

And to quote Buschur:

The
> exhaust fits BUT there are two slight modifications that have to be done
> to
> the car itself. They are quite simple but the new EVO9 has two new parts
> the old cars did not. No way around making a 3" exhaust fit without doing
> these mods to the car. The car has a new small heat shield around the
> carrier bearing right behind the cat. This has to be removed. The car
> also
> has the 02 sensor right in the cat now, so there is a bracket the bolts to
> the catback flange that will not work with 3" diameter tubing

 

Do a search for exhaust + IX + cat and you will find tons of references to the o2 in the converter for IX change.