With my 05 EVO, I'm wondering if I should just stick with the stock turbo if I just wanna build a fast/fun street/highway car....

EVO 9 20G sounds interesting but I dont know if the extra $$$ would be worth it.

 

I would stay with the 10.5 till some track times start popping up before you go out and spend 1500 on a turbo.

 

I want the same thing as you man. What I plan on doing is staying with the stock turbo for now and going with the traditional exahust/cams/supporting mods route. If the new Evo 9 turbo or 20G-9 prove themselves to be worthy upgrades (and I have a feeling they will) then I will get that as well. I think this combination with mild cams and no alchy will give me the reliability, driveability, and general OEM-like driving perception that I am looking for. (the loud exhaust is going to kill that somewhat, but o-well).

Dont jump on the badwagon yet, let the people who have ordered the 20G-9 them test them out. Im also going to wait until I know how the regular Evo 9 turbo works on the evo 8. It will happen sooner or later.

 

This is exactly the samething i want. I plan on doing everything i can before upgrading the turbo that way we can see some hard numbers that the 20g-9 puts out and my car will be able to handle it well.

 

Thanks for responding guys....we'll have to keep our eyes open and see how the 20G-9 turbo does.

 

I so want to do this to but i rhink im just going to do cams next and wait and see what the 20g-9 does on the Evo 8's.

 

I say get a ecu and a few bolt on's and give it a killer tune you should be good to go.

 

I know you are not posting your mods but I know that you just install the SMC. Anyway, know your limits, take your car to the track and/or to the dyno and see your improvements. This is a good way to see where you are and compare with other Evo owners. You might find out that keeping the stock turbo is not a bad idea, you just need to maximize the stock turbo and see what is capable of doing.

 

yep thats true.....and thats what I'm gonna do maximize the power output of the stock 05 turbo.... hopefully I can see #'s like TTP's MR