Do you need to Drive the Evo HARD?
Originally Posted by LilyK
I felt like this is true, because eveytime after I let my friend drives the evo, the car instantly feels faster. (felt like there's more torque)
Do you come out of 1st gear, you do know that you need to shift, right?
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Originally Posted by AzBlackEvo8
Not Technically true but this theory goes the same for every performance car, you gotta push it to the limits every now and then for them to get use to it.
I do it almost every time I drive... lol
I do it almost every time I drive... lol
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Originally Posted by LilyK
My friend keep telling me I have to drive hard (rev high). The reason is that if I don't the ECU will re-adjust itself so the car will be slower and slower 
Is this true? I am not in the boost range too often when I am driving on the street.
I felt like this is true, because eveytime after I let my friend drives the evo, the car instantly feels faster. (felt like there's more torque)
Is this true? I am not in the boost range too often when I am driving on the street. I felt like this is true, because eveytime after I let my friend drives the evo, the car instantly feels faster. (felt like there's more torque)
I've heard this about Subaru ECUs, but the way to get more aggressive timing out of them (or make them "learn") was to do runs from 3rd or 4th gear from 3krpm to redline. I haven't heard that about Evo ECUs yet. (I also haven't looked because I don't seem to need help on doing that without advice!)
Originally Posted by Silk
Cars always feel faster from the passengers point of view compared to the drivers. Thats why when you let your friends drive it feels faster.
I didn't realize how easy I drove my car until I put my boost gauge in. Day to day, I rarely boost over 10 or 15 psi. Now that I can see the boost, I try to tap 20 at least once a day. Ok, maybe twice. Maybe more....sometimes....most of the time.
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Isn't the performance the reason you bought the car in the first place? I know traffic has a lot to do with it but surely you have a favorite road you can hit from time to time to remember why you got it in the first place.
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Originally Posted by Silk
Cars always feel faster from the passengers point of view compared to the drivers. Thats why when you let your friends drive it feels faster.
Originally Posted by XK120
My Volvo S40 has a "smart" ecu...it actually sucks cause after some conservative driving to save on gas, the car goes limp cause it thinks that a grandma bought the car...then it takes a few tanks and hard driving just to get her "happy" again...be thankful the evo doesn't have this
Same here with my Audi A4, even with a chipped ECU it gets progressively slower when you don't boost. You can always just reset the ECU to get it fast again.
The only reason to drive your evo hard is to wear your tires uniformly. Drive it e-z and the inside shoulders will wear faster than the outside shoulders. Thats the only legitimate reason to drive it hard that I can think of.