Hi everyone 1st time posting,

This is so embarassing. Can anyone give me some pointers on how to drive this potential beast of mine.

Just got it 2 weeks ago, 9 silver mr with 200 miles on it now.
BTW it's my first time driving manual awd turbo. My previous car was an automatic honda accord of 8 years.

I already learned the basics of driving manual even though i try not to, stalled about 10-15 times already. The gas pedal seems very sticky.

The big problem I have right now is getting the car to go fast on 1st and 2nd gear from stop. The turbo meter doesn't even budge at all on 1st and 2nd gear when I release the clutch at 1500 rpm and gas to 4000 rpm. Isn't boost suppose to kick in at around 3500 rpm? My car would only make it halfway through a 3 lane intersection until I upshift to 2nd and gas to 4000 rpm again without gaining much distance and all these cars on my left and right are passing by me. But 3rd gear to 6th I can really feel the turbo kick in when gasing it and the boost needle goes pass 1.0kg something. For now I've been getting by with upshifting from 1st to 2nd at around 1700 rpm and 2nd to 3rd at 1900 rpm for smooth start but I'd be in 3rd gear before I'm even out of the intersection which is still slow.

I researched for hours on this forum to see if it was me or the car. Found other answeres to my other questions like loud annoying ticking coming from the engine which was suppose to be normal and squeaking brakes although mine grinds against something at low braking speeds idk if thats normal. Some members also mentioned you have to rev the engine in neutral and engage 1st gear. Would this be like mini-launching it everytime and it's ok for your clutch. Someone also said they use all the boost in every single gear while they drive. My boost isn't even working on 1st and 2nd.

I hope everyone understands what i'm trying to say. Don't know if it's a big problem and should be looked at by the dealer or small one easily fixed. Thank you in advance.

 

ur boost isnt working huh? do u stop WOT @ 4000rpm or do u go up 5k?

 

OK. Well, your turbo isn't controlled by the rpms, its controlled by your throttle(gas pedal). The harder you press the gas, the faster the turbo will spool up. I'd take it easy anyway for at least the first 1,000 miles to break it in. As far as starting out in 1st goes, you should feather the gas and let up the clutch, it'll grab. It won't hurt the car any. As far as shifting goes, you can shift at 2500-3000 rpms and still have smooth transitions into the next gear. I hope this helps out. Trust me, in a month you're going to be asking how to increase you redline because you can't get enough of the power. Happy motoring!!! Welcome to the board.

 

Wow, what a huge mistake buying a IX without even knowing how to drive a manual transmission. Shifting below 2k rpm???? Holy cow, I don't even ever go less than 2500 rpm in any gear at any time, haha. You have to go full throttle to build boost, and you have to hold it longer than the 4k rpm mark.

If you've stalled 10-15 times already, then you are probably killing the clutch, too. You will have a $1500 clutch bill in a month or so at this rate...

 

well that pretty much sums it up doesnt it lol, i agree 2k is 2 low to shift...jst for the purpose of explaining turbos>turbos make power by the exhaust spinning the turbine on one side making the other push more air into the intake...the harder the exhaust pushes out the engine the harder the turbo will cram air in...try accelerating with the gas pedal to the floor until 5000rpm, i think youll see a difference

 

in 1st gear rev the engine up to 2k RPM with the clutch engaged then slowly let off the clutch and you will roll!

 

Poor silver IX MR....
She deserves a better owner..
You should've learned how to drive stick before you bought it.

 

I don't see any problem with learning to drive stick on his evo. I learned to drive stick on my SRT and its still fine after 52k miles!

 

Man, you're annoying. Could you please leave us alone and stick to your SRT boards. Good gracious, you're always getting in the way. Learning to drive stick on an SRT is not the same as learning to drive on an AWD Evo with another 40-50whp, an extra 300lbs, and an intentionally weak clutch. Also, just because YOU (yes, just one random person who camps out on Evo boards while owning one of the many wannabe cars out there) managed to learn without harming anything, it doesn't mean that's the norm.

 

Reading the other post made me laugh Mike, welcome aboard. You wouldn't have bought an Evo if you were not a fellow car enthusisast. Learn, Learn, Learn! I can't imagine what an adjustment going from an automatic to a stick, especially in an Evo. Here is my 2 cents. Like others stated, you need to get used to giving a little more gas when pulling out. If you try to ease out the clutch and feather the gas, I can see why you have stalled a several times. Some of it just goes with learning a stick. As far as your boost question, You can go all the way to redline without hitting boost if you feather the gas. You need to just stomp the pedal down to the floor (you'll get a feel of how much throttle to make it kick eventually). You'll feel the boost then and say wow! Now you don't have to rev up to 3-4K and launch every time you pull out, but you'll learn to give a little more rpms than your average stick (especially with your a/c on!). Once you get rolling in first (rember your break in first and boy is that another debate entirely), bury that gas pedal, then you'll feel it and be ready to shift pretty darn quick. Again, if this is your first stick, get comfortable with releasing your clutch, where it grabs, then you'll be ready to play with the boost. Now, once you get used to driving this beast, you'll never be happy with anything else. This is just Hillbilly 101 Again, welcome aboard!

 

Well you will build boost but you have to gas it. You can't just slowly accelerate to 4k rpm and expect boost. You want to "mini launch" to get going, rev it to about 1500 rpm and slowly let go of the clutch until it grabs and than gas. You can safely rev to 5k during the break in process. You should shift no earlier than 3k rpm. I'm sure once you get the hang of it, you will drive it non stop.

 

well give the guy a chance lol, everyone has to learn sometime thankfully i learned on my mom's old hyandi but a evo is a completely different story with its clutch, mike916>start saving for a new clutch+possibly have someone teach how to drive your new car...

 

i have the same problem THe evo will probably be my first stick car, but I'm going to ask my causin to teach me on his Pickup,

he told me when I get my evo and him his G35 skyline edition, and my other causin his STi they he wants to go to the track and race, I told him I will probably loose because I'm new to driving stick.

 

^probably jk^...i first learned to drive like @ 11 or so on my moms hyandi elantra 5 speed which she got rid of like 4 years ago...the next stick i drove was 05 srt4 lol=big diff, i stalled like one tyme whn gettin started then it all came back...jst take the driving easy for a bit unless u can afford a new clutch and i think u and ur evo will b fine

 

Awesome, wasn't expecting a lot of responses that fast. I guess I came to the right place.
I feel bad too, treating her like that. But hillbilly8r is right i'm a fellow evo enthusiast. I was gonna buy an 8 when it 1st came out but held off cuz I knew a better Evo was gonna come out eventually. Everyone I know has an automatic. They recommend that Evos are impractical and should spend that $35,000+ on Euro cars/suv instead. Sure they're nice but Evos looks just as good with way better performance. And I wasn't gonna buy an old manual car to learn on while I waited (hmm $1500 for a clutch, maybe I should have after all).
My cousin who use to drive stick helped me for a while but he too didn't know about turbo cars eg. more throttle for boost and not rpm. I thought it was gonna be easy (read all the how to drive manual cars website I could find), like your first time learning how to ride a 2 wheel bicycle. Once you get the hang of it then you can ride hands free or ride on one wheel for a mile. Was I wrong.
But now I understand about the throttle in relation to boost and not rpm. I'll try it out and to take it easy until i'm done breaking it in.

Thanks again everyone for all your help.