Things you regret
Evolving Member
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 114
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From: carlsbad ca
buying a 3076, buying S1's, buying magnus mivec delete for no real issue, replacing my head only to find out a $1.87 cam bearing was the culprit
- should have just gone to a EFR/s2's. but hey, doing that now!
- should have just gone to a EFR/s2's. but hey, doing that now!
Evolving Member
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 101
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From: Fairfield
This car sucks money
I have really enjoyed my car mostly but I should have done boltons and a tune much earlier.The cost of ownership is high for a 40k car also it would probably have been best to have purchased new instead of at carmax for 30k. Also the Cobb AP is worth it people knock it but this is my first real tuner car and having the AP is very useful.
I've got the Torque Solutions Carrier Bushings and didn't notice anymore NVH from them. I got a lot more NVH from the Beatrush Rear Differential Spacers for sure. But they both stiffen the drivetrain to reduce slop and makes me feel better about not banging things around on hard shifts. Then again, I don't daily my Evo, so the NVH doesn't bother me on weekends I drive it.
Why do you regret installing those? Just trying to get your view on them.
I've got the Torque Solutions Carrier Bushings and didn't notice anymore NVH from them. I got a lot more NVH from the Beatrush Rear Differential Spacers for sure. But they both stiffen the drivetrain to reduce slop and makes me feel better about not banging things around on hard shifts. Then again, I don't daily my Evo, so the NVH doesn't bother me on weekends I drive it.
I've got the Torque Solutions Carrier Bushings and didn't notice anymore NVH from them. I got a lot more NVH from the Beatrush Rear Differential Spacers for sure. But they both stiffen the drivetrain to reduce slop and makes me feel better about not banging things around on hard shifts. Then again, I don't daily my Evo, so the NVH doesn't bother me on weekends I drive it.
For whatever reason, I got significantly more NVH after my install. It is/was weird, the worst was when I was stopped with my car on a downhill slope. I could feel pulsing on the brake pedal, and I could actually hear a strange pulsing noise. It would be there in neutral, in gear, with or without my foot on the brake, with or without the e-brake, and always went away when I turned the car off.
When I got my new 3" intake installed and got re-tuned, the noise mostly went away, maybe the new bushings settled in a bit during the dyno runs. It was never a noise I could necessarily replicate, so when I had my car up for the install it never happened lol.
Anyway I've thought about biting the bullet and looking for another set of OEM bushings to re-install. I still get some odd NVH I attribute to the new bushings.
Originally Posted by jakgal04
I saw a post on another forum with the idea. So what's yours? I'll start!
Competition Stage 3 clutch - lasted 10,000 miles, DD no launching
Lightweight Flywheel - makes DD'ing a tad more difficult
Cobb AP - High cost, low functionality
Prosport Wideband + Boost - very difficult to log with
eBay catch can - Have DrivenFab v3 now
Competition Stage 3 clutch - lasted 10,000 miles, DD no launching
Lightweight Flywheel - makes DD'ing a tad more difficult
Cobb AP - High cost, low functionality
Prosport Wideband + Boost - very difficult to log with
eBay catch can - Have DrivenFab v3 now
Newbie
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 57
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From: California
Are you talking about the failsafe? If so what happened because I am thinking about buying one.
Yes, nothing happened as its been a reliable gauge. I changed turbo setups along the way and was boosting 30lbs so with the failsafe with AFR in the middle I couldn't tell if i was overboosting as it only went to 30.