What about cusco
I think the version without ACD is different. Could somone verify why and which kind?

 

Gtr: I believe Cusco makes a clutch-type LSD. Maybe Ralliart's are Torsen type LSD?

BTW, all, I think RMR is looking for parts we'd be interested in them developing, not stuff from other manufacturers that they should sell.

 

How about a carbon splitter with a serious brake cooling kit?

Also wondering how adjustable the alignment is? we may need some adjustable arms (rear), camber plates (front), bushing upgrades etc.

An adjustable rear sway bar

Plus all the engine and drivetrain bits already mentioned!

 

All I want is a FLUX-CAPACITOR!!!!!

 

intercoloer pipes , titanum exhaust system carbon fiber hood and trunk, biger brakes like the 6 piston AP Racing , carbon fiber mirrors better front bumper whith more space for the intercooler to suck air . also strut bar (Titanum) . everything that is not heavy is good to me

 

Doesn't it come with an aluminum hood? Would carbon fiber be a big difference?

I also wonder if the stock intercooler pipes are already good (big) enough. I bet they are.

The stock Brembos are about as big as you can fit already aren't they?

As for the bumper cover/front air dam.... I wouldn't screw with that after reading Mitsus press release. It's seems they put a *LOT* of engineering into it for the correct airflow. Something an aftermarket bumper would totally ruin.

In all honesty, the reason your paying $29k for this car is that not much needs to be replaced on it. I bet that stock turbo is good for low 12s. A primitive version of that turbo (16G) is used to propel AWD DSMs into low 12s and a few into high 11s.

But onto the original topic:
How about a short shifter? Some people always like the shifter real short.

 

Remember those dsms running high 11s low 12s on 16g turbos weigh much less than an evo 8

 

How about cruise control??

 

Number 1 S RangeBrew the hood is aluminum but carbon fiber is ligther and stronger,Number 2 the intercooler pipes are not that great , thats why HKS sell an upgrade pipe kit for the evo 7, even a bigger intercooler and pipes that have virtually no internal pressure drop and can hundle 2.5 Bar. Number 3 the brembo Brakes are fairly good but are not up to the job of stopping a tuned car used on track days. A common problem is premature brake fade and brake warping, this is due to many different factors. Insufficient disc cooling due to poor venting at the eye of the disc, poor pad material and restricting backplates all contribute.a lot of Evo owners had this problem in the past.Number 4 are you ever look really carfully a race car at the front bumber, I did and you can see vent houses that runs from the bumper to the disc so thanks to the speed is alot of air mass going streigth to the rotors.
Like you said you pay $30K for the Evo , but there are not perfect cars , you can always make it a little better, don't you think.

 

With this talk of 'hard' IC pipes, I assume that it comes stock with rubber (or maybe silicon) plumbing? If that's the case then at some point I'd definitely be interested in aluminium pipes. It's not the diameter so much as how much they inflate under hard boost.

As for the brake cooling, there's an upgrade (or official aftermarket part I guess) for "brake cooling ducts" or somesuch. I'd agree and rather stick with whatever they've engineered as far as airflow, but those ducts are tempting.

I dunno if anyone does an A-pillar gauge pod for the Evo but I'd be really interested in one of those, assuming it didn't interfere with the airbags. I have one in my Corrado and it's very useful to have the gauges at eye-level.

And best of all RMR is right on my doorstep.. in fact I once came across Rod and Rhys battling it out at my local karting center

 

Having gone through the mods steps with many cars, and considering the stock spec of the EVO VIII here's what I would like to see.


1) Engine management upgrades.
I don't really care if its a chip, a port programmer to re-flash the ECU, or a tuneable port programmer.preferrably in several stages of tune depending on the "package".

From the info I have read to date, it appears that the EVO VIII comes in a state of tune needed to meet the CA emissions and fuel demands. This means that the car has been de-tuned to run safely on the low-octane(91)CA fuel. Many states have 93-95 at the pump, and can handle more agressive tuning. This seems like an obvious method for getting some power back into this car.

2) 3" Stainless turbo-back exhaust system.
The stock exhaust exhaust is pretty high tech, but I just don't like the low-rpm flap restrictor and would prefer to just see a nicely constructed conventional design exhaust with high flow characteristics all of the time!

3) Free-flow intake
This could be in the form of a CAI, a carbon fiber cold air box, or maybe even a simple drop-in filter(ITG/K&N) option.

4)Turbo upgrades

5)Clutch and pressure-plate upgrades

6) Short shifter

7) Gauge Pod(s)
Either center panel or a-pillar.

8) Samco hose kits

9) Harness bar and harness kit.
Someone else mentioned a harness kit that plugs into the rear belts and that would be cool too.

10) Brake upgrade kits
- Slotted and/or drilled rotors F&R
- Stainless brake lines
- Pad/fluid kits

11) Suspension upgrades
- Spring/damper upgrades
- Coil-over kits
- Matched swaybars

 

Don't put in a panel filter that requires oil to keep it clean it gums up the mass airflow sensor wire

 

1) Light-weight bumper beam replacements (front/rear)
2) Evo7 Hood
3) Evo7 front bumper/grille
4) Evo7 red tail lights (for those of us who don't like chrome)
5) coil-overs
6) roll-cage (weld-in)
7) lightened flywheel
8) intake (pref. cold air)
9) IC piping
10) exhaust
11) headers
12) IC
13) Oil cooler
14) clutch

If wishes were fishes, we'd all have a fry...

 

Limey,

Oiled filters only cause a problem if you spray too much on during the cleaning/re oiling process. I have been using them for years(11)in multiple cars (4) with no adverse effects. For what it's worth though...I would not install a factory replacement panel filter (i.e. K&N) in hopes of getting a gain in power. Out of all the dyno tests I have seen, not one made more then a horsepower or two. I use them because they are easy to clean and cheaper in the long run.

Mike

 

Blair, for starters your list of mods are excellent for the standard BPU level!

Things like boost controller and blow off valve I can purchase on my own, but I would be interested in your recomendation for a particular type of BOV and or what flange your IC piping comes with standard??

I would really REALLY like to see some type of data logging software so that I could tune the car myself (I get 93 octane) vs a computer or pre-programed chip that is non-adjustable... with that said if the data logging software (which would be nice if it could be run off of a Palm Pilot or PDA) could change engine functions/parameters that would be even better, if not then I guess I could use an S-AFC or some other type of fuel controller.

This would be of great interest to me, as a 16G is really a small turbo.

Also any 02 housings that would be made to accomedate external waste gates (such as a 40mm Tial etc).


6) Short shifter

Sure.

I would definatly prefer a triple pillar pod on the a pillar.