Yes it is still alive, no it did not blow up, and it might have set another couple records... the highest selling Evo 8 to date, most talked about during and after it was sold.

 

I heard that NASA bought this car to use as a prototype for the next shuttle. Is this true?

 

ICS bought this car back in the spring of this year. The car was running perfectly when he bought it. This rumor you are trying to restore is old and been put to rest 10 times.

 

Sorry to bring back a thread from the dead but just installed my DI Intake.

Same dyno, same tuner. About 15 degrees warmer and less humidity I made the same HP and LOST 15 ft lbs of torque????

Go figure. I'm at a loss for words especially after losing a few chunks of my fingers trying to break the nuts on the bottom of the stock manifold...

 

what's surprising about that?

 

Sometimes the Buschur's and AMS's of the world unintentionally make power gains seem so easy that everyone expects to get those same easy results from their setup. Unfortunately, it rarely works that way - it takes time to dial in any combination. Give it more time, work on the setup as a whole and you'll start seeing gains.

 

Yea, I'm trying different things with the same setup to try to get the most out of it. Forged internals are next with some more boost.

Technically I made more power since I made the same HP in warmer weather. How much? Who knows? I'll be going back to the track tonight to find out.

 

binh, I don't know what the problem is. You dyno'd on different days, how far apart were the tests done? There are a hundred things that could effect the power the car was making from one tune to the next. You said you made the same power with a loss of torque. I've clearly stated there is a loss of torque with nearly every single after market intake built, actually I think all of them.

 

This was on a dynojet about 2 weeks apart. As you said there are a hundred things that could have affected the final income. I'll probably never know. Comparing the graphs its seems like I made a tiny bit in the midrange but not much at all.

I'm going to do some track testing tonight to see if I can muster up any more MPH.

 

Perhaps some other part of your setup is holding you back. What FMIC do you have? What is your full mod list (power)? Share and we can help compare

 

Stock Block
AEM EMS
Comp 280's
Manley Valve Springs and retainers
FP HTA 3076 .63 hotside/2.5" o2 housing
Buschur Race FMIC and piping
Tial BOV
Tial 44mm wastegate
Full Race Manifold
Driven Innovations Intake Manifold
1000cc injectors and Walboro pump
SMC meth kit with size 7 nozzle
3" Turbo Back Exhaust

I found out that my oil pump balance shaft isn't in phase. I wonder if this is creating any false knock. I'll be tearing that down tonight to re-time it but it was that way for both dyno tunes...

 

Also, I've been getting a new problem.

After I get on it and let off the gas pedal and get on the brake the pedal is stiff for about 2 seconds then goes down.

If I leave my foot on the brake pedal while shutting off the car the brake pedal rises.

Is there a restrictor or one way valve on the manifold? I just took the vacuum hose from the booster and connected it straight to the manifold....

 

There is a check valve in there, take the hose all the way off and clean it out, make sure its operating correctly (should let air be sucked out of brake cyl but not go into it).

Fix the timing and you should be a lot happier. Also remember that just bolting on parts does not always equate to more power instantly. Often tuning is required to extract the full potential out of your combo. The only thing that is a bit sub-par on your setup is the SMC alky kit. It's old-school and does the job, but this is 2009 and we have much better technology now Upgrade to the Aquamist HFS-1 (I did about 1.5 years ago and am way happier!) or the new HFS-6 Also, might be time for some bigger cams.

 

After some seat time I take it back. The intake reintroduced the "heart sinking into the stomach" sensation that I lost after getting used to my new found power.

The car pulls so freely, effortlessly, and smoothly to 8000 rpms. No gains on the dyno must have been negated by the warmer ambient air.

 

Binh,

I completely missed this thread!

I'm glad that you sorted out all of your issues and now your happy with the way the manifold performs.

Good Luck.