We have our shifter bushings done for the car. The stock ones SUCK. I was surprised how bad the shifter felt in the car, it was like trying to shift with a wet dishrag. We put our bushings in the car and it is a MAJOR improvement. Much more so than the bushings made in the EVO8-9's. The kit is $35.

We also have the air filter kits/mounts ready to go, they are $65.

 

Does the shifter bushings help with the 1st-2nd notchiness that people are complaining about?

Btw, you didn't respond to my post on improvements to the head..

 

Here are the bushings David was talking about in post #226.

 

weight of exhaust, weight savings versus stock??

 

OK, we also finished up the FMIC today. I am surprised at the results from the testing.

Since we do not have inlet/outlet temps and a way to datalog the changes in AIT's we simply used our laser pyrometer on the FMIC tanks to get an idea on the cooling.

Last time we dyno'd the car we had our BR True Dual exhaust, BR upper i/c pipe, BR filter kit and BR manual boost controller.

Today we installed the FMIC kit. The results were very shocking. We put the new BR FMIC on the car and loaded the car on the

We made 3 runs back to back with each intercooler. We used no fan on the dyno as we were measuring surface temps and did not want the fan to mess with our measurements. I will list this with air temps and HP/Torque.

BR FMIC

1st run, 295 whp/256 torque
Start inlet temp 49 degrees Starting outlet temp 48 degrees
Inlet after pull 52 degrees Outlet after pull 48.5 degrees

2nd run, 294 whp/256 torque
Start inlet temp 52.5 degrees Starting outlet temp 48 degrees
Inlet after pull 54 degrees Outlet after pull 49 degrees

3rd run, 284 whp/246 torque
Start inlet temp 54 degrees Starting outlet temp 49 degrees
Inlet after pull 57 degrees Outlet after pull 50 degrees

So you can see from the above that the power/torque was consistent and the intercooler stayed cool. In three back to back pulls the inlet tank went from 49 degrees to 57 degrees and the outlet tank went from 48 degrees to 50 degrees.

We then took the BR FMIC off the car and put the stock FMIC back on the car. We made the change on the dyno with no other changes.

1st run, 274 whp/240 torque
Start inlet temp 54 degrees Starting outlet temp 52 degrees
Inlet after pull 82 degrees Outlet after pull 64 degrees

2nd run, 271 whp/231 torque
Start inlet temp 79.5 degrees Starting outlet temp 59 degrees
Inlet after pull 93 degrees Outlet after pull 77 degrees

3rd run, 264 whp/230 torque
Start inlet temp 85 degrees Starting outlet temp 63 degrees
Inlet after pull 100.5 degrees Outlet after pull 84 degrees

Very shocking to see the stock FMIC inlet continue to raise temps. I had the peak boost set at 24 psi with our FMIC kit. When we put the stock intercooler back on the boost dropped about 1.5 psi. So our FMIC has 1.5 less pressure drop than the stock core does.

The HP gains are nuts. On average the FMIC gained 21.3 whp and 19 ft lbs of torque.

Here is a picture of the FMIC on the car with the fascia off. We need to make a few more changes but this is the basic design. The upper i/c pipe works with the stock FMIC and our FMIC. The lower i/c pipe (stock) also works with our FMIC and the stock FMIC. We are trying to keep the modification path very simple with the car and make everything work together to save all of you money on mods.

 

I have not weighed the exhaust we built yet as I have not taken it off the car. As soon as I do, you guys will be the first to hear about it.

Until I flow bench the head and cut one apart I won't know what other improvements can be made. Right now, a bunch are very apparent though.

 

david,

Those are some really awesome results! Whats the dimensions of this intercooler? It looks a good amount smaller than your BR Race IC for the 8/9 (at least length wise).

 

Very very interesting R&D..

Edit: Did you see similar temperature rises with the stock 8/9 intercooler?

 

Awesome Gains.

Could we see the new Chart?

 

I can print off dyno charts tomorrow. I was way behind today from working on the RS, the EVO X, helping Fuller with alignments.............hectic day.

I did not measure the EVO8-9 intercooler temps like this back when we were testing them.

The intercooler core pictured is 18x3.5x12. This is smaller than all of the current intercoolers we offer for the EVO8-9. The room to install a FMIC in the EVOX is very restricted compared to the 8-9. Without cutting there just is not a lot of room.

I'd like to use a larger core and we are going to work on that next week. I am pretty suprised by the performance of this one at the power level.

 

Great numbers, keep up the good work! I was just wondering if (and possibly when) you might be creating a BR package (ie 330/350) for the Evo X? Once I get my MR, I probably won't wait long to start the modding process, and I think a kit with an air filter, exhaust, fmic, piping, etc would be a great way to start. Please let us know if you plan on doing something like this! Thanks again and good luck.

 

We are working on a BR350 kit for the car, just deciding the route we need to take as we build all of this. The BR350 kit is only available on a new car though through a dealership.

I can however sell you all the parts you are looking for.

 

Excellent work & results guys

 

Wow smaller is an understatement, crazy gains, that is awesome. I cant believe as busy as you are that you can still get all this done, it helps to have a great team. Cant wait to see your O2 housing adn the results.

 

Great job Dave and Trent, man that car is looking real clean on the install's... DAMN!