MalibuJack's Evo..
Originally Posted by wingless
Jack car looks good! I have been reading your posts and learning for three years now although, it looks as if more recently you have turned to the dark side of giant turbos!
In my experience springs = noise, bottoming out and the sh*ty guilty feeling of compromising the stock ride for a lower stance. I must have taken them in and out 6-7 times chasing different squeaks, clunks and other unsavory noises and vibrations. Waste of $ and a line-up IMO.
I found the PSS9s to be as good or better on the street than the stock set up with a moderate drop.
In my experience springs = noise, bottoming out and the sh*ty guilty feeling of compromising the stock ride for a lower stance. I must have taken them in and out 6-7 times chasing different squeaks, clunks and other unsavory noises and vibrations. Waste of $ and a line-up IMO.
I found the PSS9s to be as good or better on the street than the stock set up with a moderate drop.
Thats one thing I don't want to do is compromise the handling..
Originally Posted by justchil
Was just curious. I need to get a flange and have mine welded on. Where did you get the braided hose covers 
In a few weeks It'll have to vent more air than what the current flange can handle, so I'll be running dual HKS SSQV's.. Its cheaper for me to add another 1G flange since I already have two SSQV's with 1G flanges on it.. If I swap UICP's then I'll go to a TIAL, but the bigger valves with really high spring rates hurt part throttle drivability.. Dual smaller valves seems to have less bad traits..
Originally Posted by Nez136
Jack how do you plan on running a sheet metal intake mani w/o problems on the stock ecu? I was under the impression that the ECU will have a fit w/o a EGR valve...
I want to eventually run Ethanol (e85), so I am retaining things that help cold start and cold weather drivability, heated throttlebody like stocker (though ported), EGR, etc..
Last edited by MalibuJack; Jul 31, 2006 at 08:12 AM.
looking good... love the engine bay and the all go no show mentallity that you have... your insight to what people have to deal with is a big help to us all... keep up the good work...
I have to say after driving my car at low boost for the past few weeks, that my fuel mileage has improved (no boost when driving without load) and the lag really isn't as bad as people think. I was shocked, I did it to prove you can make over 600whp with a stock ECU, but in doing it I realized that the drivability on a CORRECTLY RUNNING car isn't hurt at all.. Boost is a downshift away so it requires a change in driving style, but I also have an EBC which does alot of the work for me, I have it set to keep the wastegate closed as boost ramps which improves the spool a little..
Originally Posted by wisocrazy
looking good... love the engine bay and the all go no show mentallity that you have... your insight to what people have to deal with is a big help to us all... keep up the good work...
It really is partly my budget, and partly my desire to use technology that is more reasonable for people to do one step at a time.. Plus wait until all those cars have to go through an inspection with OBD-II or sniffer testing.. My car passes both with 280 cams, 1000cc injectors, a big turbo, etc... It retains a cat, but I will be upgrading to a 3.5" setup soon with no provision for the cat.. The car was built SPECIFICALLY to run E85 when it becomes widely available, hence the 35% larger injectors than I need.. Although an E85 conversion isn't legal at this time, I want to prove it can be done and still make power and be clean.
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Originally Posted by MalibuJack
To each his own.. I don't care for most of the wheels I see on other cars so I understand.. the gap, well, I guess you missed the part that said I haven't done the lowering yet.. I have a set of springs, but have been on the fence if I want to use them, or go straight to coil-overs.
Understand that my car is purely function, nothing on that car was done for appearances.. Even the braided hoses were done for a reason.
Understand that my car is purely function, nothing on that car was done for appearances.. Even the braided hoses were done for a reason.
Originally Posted by Eggy
I say go coilovers, since you're going for a completely performance oriented set-up. Springs offer more show than performance, and since you don't really care much for the former I say just hold out a bit for the coilovers. Good luck man.
good luck on the build... and the springs aren't that bad... i personally went with the eibach springs and don't have any complaints and no regrets... it's what was available to me without having to spend the extra money for the full coilover setup...
Mr. Jack:
How is the Karman Vortex generator translator/converter as far as transparency with the stock ECU? I have always been smitten with the idea of blow-through MAF vs. MAF on the intake to the turbo. At what point is it practical to consider converting to one...only with a big turbo conversion? Easy to tune for? Anything else you would like to add?
How is the Karman Vortex generator translator/converter as far as transparency with the stock ECU? I have always been smitten with the idea of blow-through MAF vs. MAF on the intake to the turbo. At what point is it practical to consider converting to one...only with a big turbo conversion? Easy to tune for? Anything else you would like to add?
Last edited by WhiteEvo05; Jul 31, 2006 at 08:41 AM. Reason: Dern my poor spelling and grammar...
Smogrunner made over 550whp with a stock MAF, I know vishnu and a few other shops have easily gotten over 500-550 out of the stock maf.. For me it was preventative planning, It may not be totally necessary, but it is more accurate once its set up and running.. I am convinced the ECU can handle whatever you put through it, so I chose to remove the maf as an "Excuse" knowing what my goals were.
The conversion is totally subjective.. Once its set up and running, the drivability is as good as the stock MAF, and has none of the shortcoming.. Is it truely necessary nah, probably not essential for most modification levels.
The conversion is totally subjective.. Once its set up and running, the drivability is as good as the stock MAF, and has none of the shortcoming.. Is it truely necessary nah, probably not essential for most modification levels.
Originally Posted by Rez90
one more time........
