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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 01:04 PM
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The numbers are strong and quite impressive.

I'm just curious how aggressive was the tune to get these numbers?

In your best estimation, how reliable would the Evo X be with this tune during daily driving? How about reliability on a roadcourse? Or on an autox course? Or at a drag strip?

Are there parts of the vehicle that could be likely to fail at this power level?

I realize you probably haven't had much real-world testing to this point, but your professional insight and opinions to the reliability would be great for the forum to consider.

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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by adambl03
The numbers are strong and quite impressive.

I'm just curious how aggressive was the tune to get these numbers?

In your best estimation, how reliable would the Evo X be with this tune during daily driving? How about reliability on a roadcourse? Or on an autox course? Or at a drag strip?

Are there parts of the vehicle that could be likely to fail at this power level?

I realize you probably had much real-world testing to this point, but your professional insight and opinions to the reliability would be great for the forum to consider.
How can he give any accurate estimate on reliability when the main factor that governs reliability is time? We have to wait...
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 01:42 PM
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The "Main" reason yes, but not the ONLY reason. There are other ways to determine reliability.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by BOOSTEZ
How can he give any accurate estimate on reliability when the main factor that governs reliability is time? We have to wait...
Let's wait for them to answer the questions before we decide they can't answer any of them. They may have done some extensive testing already. They may not have. I'm not asking for answers with 100% certainty. And, I'm not bashing them. I'm just asking questions that are valid for someone to ask when evaluating a tune from any tuner for any car.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:00 PM
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Time to prep the new X for OLA '08.

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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by adambl03
The numbers are strong and quite impressive.

I'm just curious how aggressive was the tune to get these numbers?

In your best estimation, how reliable would the Evo X be with this tune during daily driving? How about reliability on a roadcourse? Or on an autox course? Or at a drag strip?

Are there parts of the vehicle that could be likely to fail at this power level?

I realize you probably had much real-world testing to this point, but your professional insight and opinions to the reliability would be great for the forum to consider.
I tuned our car just as I would have tuned any customer car. Not especially aggressive. And judging by the run to run consistency, the engine is happy as we could want. I haven't even begun to think about mechanical limitations, to tell the truth. Right now, I'd say the first constraint is octane and turbo capacity. Not the mechanical integrity of the engine.

Shiv
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:36 PM
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im glad to see tuning on the evo x but get more and more pissed off when i look down in the corner and see my very expensive vishnu xede thats not worth any more than a vcr or a black&white tv..

but congrats on the tuning, x shows alot of potential
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by shiv@vishnu
I tuned our car just as I would have tuned any customer car. Not especially aggressive. And judging by the run to run consistency, the engine is happy as we could want. I haven't even begun to think about mechanical limitations, to tell the truth. Right now, I'd say the first constraint is octane and turbo capacity. Not the mechanical integrity of the engine.

Shiv
Thank you for your insights. I think it's good news to hear what you've mentioned. Especially hearing that the tune isn't aggressive to get the numbers you produced. Nice work. Keep the updates coming as you guys do more testing
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:45 PM
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The "Main" reason yes, but not the ONLY reason. There are other ways to determine reliability.
So who wants to tear down the motor?
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:46 PM
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So, the Evo X has a smaller turbo the the VIII or the IX's 16g? What's it using?
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:53 PM
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So, the Evo X has a smaller turbo the the VIII or the IX's 16g? What's it using?
15G. I believe the diameter is ~1.8 vs. ~1.9 on the compressor side.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 03:18 PM
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Will the PROcede be able to control the transmission as well?
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by shiv@vishnu

I haven't even begun to think about mechanical limitations, to tell the truth.

Shiv

Y’all will want to pay attention to that… you blow the motor, gearbox or diff while the car is modded, it’s your dime.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 03:51 PM
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slap on a 20G with some meth and lets see what kind of numbers you get
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 04:15 PM
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I wonder how much HP the stock block can handle?
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