Originally Posted by Warrtalon

The Buschur TBE is a great unit, but there's no proof that it makes more power than the MEgan or any other 3" pipe. It is designed to be very straight, it is PROVEN to be very light and PROVEn to always make great power, but trying to choose an exhaust based off which one makes the most power is mostly fruitless. Base it off which one fits, has a good value, is light, sounds ok to you, and looks ok to you. I always say to get the Megan first, but since it's not 100% certain that it will fit your IX, my top suggestion is Buschur. With the Buschur TBE, Forge UNOS MBC, pod+gauge, and mail-in flash, that would be like $1250. For a Megan+UNOS+Dynoflash+gauge/pod, it would be $985 with a little extra for shipping maybe (included on the Megan price from Zeus).


1) "I read on here that the IX accepted the Walbro easier than the VIII, and didn't need some of the 'kit' that's needed on the VIII" I don't know where all this crazy info is coming from - this is what is scaring me. Maybe I'm missing these strange posts somehow? The VIII doesn't need a kit either. The Walbro 255 fits right in with no extra parts and no hassle other than getting the retaining ring out, since it's about the same size as the opening. That's unrelated to the FP itself.

2) The last month or so has been full of threads talking about cams in IXs. We've had multiple tests to include a regular IX street car and a IX with stroker who both used the same exhaust cam. Regardless of testing or not, the fact that cams aren't available for the IX has been said countless times.

3) You keep saying you've read this stuff on the site, but I don't know where you're reading it or who is saying it. If I could find these inaccurate posts, I would respond and refute them. Like the fuel pump, maybe 1 in 100 people would say the JDM MR DV can only hold 21-22psi, but the vast majority of us know and state otherwise. However, don't mistake what the BOV can hold for what's safe to run on pump gas. Those are 2 completely unrelated aspects of boost. You shouldn't run more than 22psi on 93oct, and maybe even lower depending on your other mods. The stock IX DV will hold all the boost you can run on pump gas, but that doesn't mean you can run 25psi without damaging your engine...

5) I don't know why you think you'd need to live near a dyno or whatever. Al travels all over the country doing custom road tunes. A dyno is never needed, and frankly he prefers NOT to tune on a dyno - he prefers true road conditions. To answer your question, he has tuning trips to Atlanta, Raleigh, and Charleston (SC) coming up in the next 2 months. You can also just get a mail-in flash if 12.0s on pump are ok with you, but of course you won't even be racing the thing, so I don't know why I bother. I'm not sure why you think we are all out here doing 7k clutch dumps...it would be dumb to do that. Plus, that wouldn't hurt your clutch anyway, it would damage the drivetrain. You can launch right off the 5k limiter all day. If you don't ever launch, then you're not even making use of your biggest asset - AWD.

Originally Posted by Warrtalon

Well, for whatever reason, no one can figure out the basic search features I guess. The very first time I tried to search for "cams IX" in the advanced search looking for topics with those words, I got 6 threads:

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/se...archid=1994849

Then, when I did the same search with "cam ix," I got 3more, one of which is someone who tried the exhaust cam in his IX but with no noticable gains (in my opinion):

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/se...archid=1994877

Originally Posted by number 8

Well you could be the first person in the US with the new HKS Evo 9 cams with adjustable in cabin controller. Special order from Japan only at 1500 - $2000. If you don't mind being the guinea pig.

Originally Posted by number 8

Cams (plural). Sorry I don't have a link, but you can contact HKS directly for more info.

Originally Posted by Fluid1

but as I won’t be racing the IX, I’ll go with comfort…a little.

-Tony

Originally Posted by silverEVO8

I don't understand why you are doing so much research on performance upgrades if you will not race the car..... FWIW, some of the mods you are considering are likely to affect your driveability in a negative fashion. Some of the others will result in loss of comfort, and all of them will result in pretty good expense of perfectly good money.

From what you write, after sorting out the oxymoronic questions/statements, I'd suggest you get the IX MR and leave it alone for a while while you get an idea of what the car can do in stock form. Later, I would suggest a XEDE piggy back with custom tune which will prolly be good for a 10% power increase. If you are bound and determined to modify the hell out of your car, you'll be surely contributing to the income sources of the various tuners you'll be visiting. Oh yeah, if you choose one of the travelling tuners, you'll be at their mercy forever and you got to either wait for them to come to your area or drive forever to where they are every time you add another modification.

Oh yeah, you probably already know this based on your experience, but just in case, you really should consider an incremental path to upgrades so you can sort out the issues that will inevitably arise one at the time....

Good luck

Originally Posted by Fluid1

Honestly, 90%+ of the people that drag race their EVO's don't get anything from it other than timeslips. I won't have those, but I also won't have the wear and tear of drag racing. Why would it be amiss to want the best power mods for my daily driver?

Originally Posted by Fluid1

I most degfinitely want to do mods in stages. If you'd notice in my original post, I mentioned that I was trying to get together a good idea on what I want to do for "stage 1" and my first flash. "WT stage 1" (warrtalon) is good, but I want a little more than that. MBC & TBE & flash &......what else?

Originally Posted by Warrtalon

Um, do you not understand the importance of the timeslips? They show you whether or not all those mods you've added do a damn thing or not. Just adding parts, even parts known to work, does not mean your car is fast. It's hilarious seeing people who buy used Evos without having a clue how fast it's supposed to be only to find out the previous owner had an MBC that he returned to stock only to use the wrong boost lines (only OEM works), which means the new owner had been driving around at base wastegate pressure (11psi) the whole time. These people would have found out well in advance if they ever actually used the car by doing a few drag runs. You don't have to kill the car to get a few timeslips...it's just a measuring device. You don't have to compete just to get some baseline runs and see if you actually have power and actually know how to drive. Yes, you already have driven an Evo (or Evos), but you still won't know anything for sure unless you hit the track before and after. Adding power mods just to tool around on the street is pretty lame, but there's a bunch of people who do that unfortunately. It's not like you ever get to use the power nor drive the car to its handling limits.

Originally Posted by Warrtalon

Then do WT stg2. Stage 1 is just a cheap starter kit to get new Evo owners prepared for the later power mods. Stage 2 puts you at the point where I ran 12.26 on pump gas and 12.000 on race gas. On a IX, it would equate to 12.0 on pump gas and...who knows maybe 11.7-11.8 on race gas, but no one has tried it yet.

Originally Posted by Warrtalon

Um, do you not understand the importance of the timeslips?

Originally Posted by Warrtalon

They show you whether or not all those mods you've added do a damn thing or not. Just adding parts, even parts known to work, does not mean your car is fast. It's hilarious seeing people who buy used Evos without having a clue how fast it's supposed to be only to find out the previous owner had an MBC that he returned to stock only to use the wrong boost lines (only OEM works), which means the new owner had been driving around at base wastegate pressure (11psi) the whole time. These people would have found out well in advance if they ever actually used the car by doing a few drag runs. You don't have to kill the car to get a few timeslips...it's just a measuring device. You don't have to compete just to get some baseline runs and see if you actually have power and actually know how to drive. Yes, you already have driven an Evo (or Evos), but you still won't know anything for sure unless you hit the track before and after. Adding power mods just to tool around on the street is pretty lame, but there's a bunch of people who do that unfortunately. It's not like you ever get to use the power nor drive the car to its handling limits.

Originally Posted by Wartalon

Then do WT stg2. Stage 1 is just a cheap starter kit to get new Evo owners prepared for the later power mods. Stage 2 puts you at the point where I ran 12.26 on pump gas and 12.000 on race gas. On a IX, it would equate to 12.0 on pump gas and...who knows maybe 11.7-11.8 on race gas, but no one has tried it yet.

Originally Posted by silverEVO8

The guy is not interested in racing. I guess he just wants to own a high performance EVO... I guess he can get the thing dynoed and use the sheets for bragging rights...

Originally Posted by BBYBruno

Please dont waste your extra 7k on bilsteins, 6spd, & an aluminum roof!!

Originally Posted by silverEVO8

Warr, I don't want to just argue with you or carry the contrary viewpoint, but you make a lot of assumptions about cars and ppl that are just plain wrong. Your WT stg2 might work for you but it will by no means work for everyother's car in the same way. There are not that many people out there running in the 12's with the few mods you have, let alone get into the 11's. Do some reading of past threads and posts and you'll see that even the hot shot tuners of today did not get into the 12's so easily. You are obviously a hell of a driver and you have a particularly strong car. I'd be willing to bet that over 50% of EVO owners out there will be lucky to get low 13's with your WT stg2. Even if their EVOs would develop the 250+ whp (Dynodinamics) required, they probably would not be able to launch and shift well enough to achieve your results.