Hey guys, as some of you know I had been sittign on my present setup with only a base tune on the car for a while now. Now I can finally present some very encouraging results with my WR setup.

Late last week I made what turned out to be a great decision in contacting Nick at Precision Dyno to discuss EcuTek mapping for my car. Nick wasn't feeling too well but he still spent over 4 hours tuning my car from scratch taking the time to explain each resulting dyno sheet and after almost 20 pulls and 4 hours the results he came up with absolutely blew me away. He had already made considerable power after an hour or so but still took the time and care in finely tuning this car making considerable power under the curve.

On the road the car feels exactly as illustrated on the sheets below, a HP curve that simply climbs and climbs, responsive everywhere with an incredible amount of useable power on the road. Part throttle and low rpm driveability are also much improved. In general the car is a testament to what a dedicated professional can do with a relatively mild setup.

Thanks to Nick and his staff (Nick and Chris) for going above and beyond in putting the time in to actually make my car and the modifications I had done more than worthwhile. This shop's attitude and work ethic are refreshing and I look forward to working with Nick and his staff in the future.

My setup consists of the following:

FP White Rabbit w/ HP actuator
Perrin MBC
DNP 02 Housing
2.75 HKS DP, 3" UR HFC, 3" RMR Catback
Injen Intake Kit
Greddy V-SPL FMIC

Result:
Tuned on 93 pump/22psi EcuTek Flash

250whp/242wtq - Baseline

283whp/260wtq - EcuTek Tuned

 

Wow, that's really nice. The power is still climbing at 7k rpm.

What's amazing is these numbers are lower than the IX with just the EcuTek and MBC. Whoa...

 

i think the Mustang Dyno plays in here

 

Yea, the IX will be frustrating us 03/05 owners for times to come. They seem to exhibit all the advantages of aftermarket cam equipped EVOs with ECU modifications to the cam timing.

 

I didn't even reference the numbers themselves, because it is a Mustang Dyno. What's important is that this was on the same dyno and tuned by the same people who got higher numbers from the IX with only a tune and an MBC. I imagine with the TBE on there now, it will be even more drastic of a difference.

The downside may come when we get to cams, since they may already be getting big gains from changing the cam timing/profile. It will be interesting if the IXs still see 30whp/30wtq gains from "cams" like the non-MIVEC versions. It's all very exciting to watch unfold...

 

I'm sure the sky is the limit......I just love how far everyone's pushing these cars so far. So many 9 and 10 second Evos lurking. The Z32 community has broken 9's just in the last year, and even at that, its only 1 or 2 vehicles. There are a handful of 10's, but nothing like what I've seen here

 

i'm interested to see where that will lead also. On my personal 8, I'm wondering how much the TBE will pick up, over a cat-back with the mods listed in my profile(@21psi). (The megan system isnt installed yet)

 

I can't justify the $ to power gain still for the WR.

 

10-15whp is standard regardless of mods or year when going from cat-back to TBE.

I personally picked up 12whp/10wtq when I added just the DP and TP.

 

Thank you for the kind words.

I want to express that the WR has certainly changed my expectations of what a bolt on turbo can do with a stock wheel. As many on this board I was skeptical until I saw it in person.
The turbo really spools great , not well, but great. It holds boost better than I expected, so much so that it actually wants to push more all the way to redline.

Please guys keep in mind that this car has STOCK CAMS. The power figure is ok but when cams are added to the equation it will certainly surpass the stock turbo. Just look under the curve of the original flash that was on the car.

So In closing I have to add that FP did a fantastic job on this turbo and it is certainly a worthwhile upgrade for the 8.

 

Was that on just straight 93 octane?

I wonder how much more you'd pick up with 100% methanol.

 

Yes it was on 93 octane.

 

I can't believe the Evo 9 with a boost controller put down so much power. Don't know whether to think that your car is that weak or the IX really that strong.

 

OT: How much larger is the evo9 turbo compared to the evo8?

The IX's are putting down very good numbers with very minimal mods, I wonder how it will do with a tbe.

 

the hotside is the same...the compressor is bigger, not sure by how much. also, I'm not sure if the wheel is the same or not.