I think most can agree that while springs, wheels, tires, and clutch aren't engine mods they are mods that help go faster down the track.

And while it may seem to some like they haven't spent much the wheels are over 2 grand, the tires around $700-800, and the clutch $1500 give or take.

Still impressive results regardless.

 

If you follow along in the thread, the clutch and the drag radials didn't come along until late in the game. Before the clutch and drag radials, the car had run 12.0's at 112 MPH. This was on the stock clutch, street tires on MR BBS wheels, Swift springs, shifter bushings, the two mods, tune and 98 octane unleaded gas. Personally, I doubt the springs made much of a difference, so I think it's quite reasonable for Indy and 9sec9 to say that at the least, the 12.0's were done on the cheap.

This is impressive no matter how you look at it.

Tom

 

I also thought it was very impressive until I saw they used a race gas mix. IMO that's what daily driven Evos are mostly about, pump gas, unless you're crazy like Sharkbite. It would have been much more impressive on 93.

 

I agree that 93 octane would have shown the true awesomeness of the combination, but there's really only so much you can do on pump gas, tuning-wise, with so few mods. My guess is that the combination would have still been good for 12.3-12.4 at 109 on pump gas, and that's still nothing to sneeze at!

 

And the Swift springs... I also know that all of these helped get the car from a 12.0x to 11.6x. So yes, with an extra 4k into an engine you could run mid to low 11's with ease. Robert at FP did when the FP Red just came out with a lot of stock stuff. You could do it on the stock clutch but like what happened with them, the stock clutch will go out.

I am not trying to take anything away from them, good job

 

+1 subscribed
Awesome work so far. After reading I'm definitely going to buy an evo now. Totally opened up my mind and learned more. Also, those are badass shifting times. keep up the good work and MOAR with the updates

-Tom

 

Bump for what the hell happened to these guys?

 

This is so sweet I am jealous honestly and filled with ENVY of this car I'll trade ya!!

 

Yeah, this is one of my favorite threads. It was great to see them progress and have their Evo run so good on so few mods.

 

Indy is now a former sponsor and seems to be inactive here?? I too would like an update as this thread is very cool in the aspect of showing what can be done with the right combo.

 

and fabulous driving skills....

 

The car is for sale.

 

I received an e-mail this evening from Jim (Indy Evo) who asked me to post this on his behalf:

2010 Update:







I have not run the car this year as much as I would have liked, but it's safe to say mid 11's are still in reach.

We removed the Volks/245 Hoosier combo and switched to OEM BBS wheels and Kuhmo tires, 93 pump gas, and ran high 11's.

Then later in the year switched to polished OEM Evo IX wheels and 225 Hoosiers, unleaded race gas and went quicker yet with back to back passes in 90 degree plus heat.

The Quarter Master 7.25 twin has worked well, but will be coming out and a new OEM flywheel and clutch or Exedy Single HD will be installed. Switching to the heavier flywheel will make the car easier to launch and daily drive. Since I have run multiple 12.0's and 12.1's before with the original 34,000 mile clutch when I was just learning to launch and shift (slip the clutch, and trying to keep it in boost
between shifts) I think it's safe to say it will be in the 11's easy.

The car is still being tuned by 9sec9, still had the same engine mods: MBC, filter, tune when we ran it earlier this year, but we now have switched to E-85 (injectors, fuel rail, and pump). We have not run the car enough on E-85 to know what the she will do, but when the Fall air comes in we should have something to compare with last years runs.

The car now has 41,890 miles, is still daily driven, and still running 11's.

Engine and supporting mods:
Hallman MBC, Perrin air filter, Wilson D Rail, Precision 1000cc
injectors, Walbro pump, 9sec9 heat block.

Chassis mods:
OEM Bilstein MR struts w/Swift Spec R MR springs, Swift F/R anti roll bars.

Wheels and tires:
OEM BBS wheels w/Kuhmo all season radials. OEM Enkie Evo 9 wheels
polished w/225/45/17 Hoosier Drag Radials

Removed the Volk's and 245 Hoosier's and replaced them with OEM BBS's
and Kuhmo all seasons, 93 octane.
1.696 4.927 7.654 90.54 9.986 11.95 113.59
1.703 4.917 7.649 90.22 9.997 11.97 113.37

Ran OEM Evo IX wheels and 225/45/17 Hoosier's, unleaded race gas.
1.691 4.885 7.583 90.88 9.889 11.84 113.75
1.730 4.916 7.608 90.73 9.921 11.88 113.27

The car is NOT for sale!

Thanks for following our thread, Indy

 

great car with a great tune... to Tom. This would be a great car for someone to buy...

 

I read somewhere in the last week or so that he was spotted at soem event running 12.8 . Dont' shoot the messenger