Help a Newb out! (Dyno and pics attached)
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Newbie
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 36
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From: VA
I am currently only running the exhaust cam, which at this point in my setup, is the only one that I wanted to run to free up exhaust flow. The cam works great and really helped out in the mid range of my powerband. You are not able to tell whatsoever that I have a cam in my car at idle, there are no ill effects. I would highly recommend these cam/cams to you. Are you running an VIII or a IX??
i wouldnt take the owners word on the tune or the mods at all. its a used evo he coulda threw it back to stock with a more aggressive tune involving bigger injectors/turbo and who knows. Word from the wise. Get a safer retune.
The Injen Catless TBE is extreamly quiet. I love mine it keeps the cops away. Ill take the couple HP loss for the muffler neck down as my car still makes 350whp with it.
As others have said man your car is making great power but is a time bomb. You keep running that thing that lean at 25 psi and its going to pop sooner than later
As others have said man your car is making great power but is a time bomb. You keep running that thing that lean at 25 psi and its going to pop sooner than later
Evolving Member
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 229
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From: Winter Haven Fl
There are NO TRUE 3" tbe out there that sound absolutely stock. Any exhaust that sounds stock is either stock or it has some serious neck downs or restrictions. That being said. I do own the RRE stealth exhaust and do agree it looks more sleeper than the stock exhaust. But it IS definately noticeably louder than the stocker. Even took the rally cat off and threw in the stocker, NOPE, still louder. It is the quietest true 3" catback but it is still loud as *****. Sounds mean when you step on it too. All the guys on SoCalEvo that said it is just like stock are all on crack!!! I hate noise and if I drove my Evo every day, I would have pulled the RRE off already and sold it.
And to the OP, if you were really running on pump gas with 25 lbs of boost and 13+:1 afr, unless you had negative timing throughout the entire power band, I don't expect your car to last too long. In fact, it may already be on it's last leg.
And to the OP, if you were really running on pump gas with 25 lbs of boost and 13+:1 afr, unless you had negative timing throughout the entire power band, I don't expect your car to last too long. In fact, it may already be on it's last leg.
I have RRE Stealth Turbo back, and I really don't think it is loader then stock. My wife hasn't even noticed the difference, and she is sensitive to that kind of stuff. Its Even quite when I floor it.
I ran HKS 272 cams on my stock Evo 8 turbo (2003, so it had the smaller 9.8 hotside) and didn't feel the need to go larger. Now with a bigger turbo on my car, I feel like the HKS 280s I have on there aren't quite enough.
However, there is no doubt that between an exhaust and a good set of cams, your car will pickup a good chunk of power.
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