I just bought a 03 Blue for you Evo with 42k miles. I was wondering what you reccomend as first mods. I was thinking a tubo-back exhaust, but understand in order to get the best power gains, i must get my ecu tuned for it. What kind of gains would i expect with just a tubo back exhaust, and what is the best sounding and best performing?

What other mods do you reccommend?

What is the purpose of a boost controller if you technically cant run more boost then your ecu is tuned for without risk of damage?

 

Well, you purchase the part first i believe, then you get your car tuned accordingly.

 

Welcome!! Rule #1 is the following!

 

I knew this was coming.... you beat me to the punch

 

If you are a ballin' on a budget like myself you can do the following for a cheap bit of power: 1.)Buy a turbo back exhaust from SSAutochrome on eBay. I got mine for $245 shipped. Fit great and sounds great. 3" all the way through. People on here will bash you for it, but for the money it can't be beat. 2.) Get an e-flash by one of the reputable tuners on here jestr tuning, Dynoflash, etc...

You would be looking at around $400 at the most for both the TBE and the e-flash. But also search.

 

Hahahahaha - that's awesome !!!

welcome to the club.

First and foremost - SEARCH. That'll get pounded into your head more times then you care. Be sure to check out the Evo newbie/FAQ fourm. I've been a member of this board for a long time but i still check out some of the newbie stuff to make sure a question that i'm about to ask hasn't been answered before.

Have fun and enjoy your evo - i know i'll be enjoying mine when i get back from the middle east this fall.

 

LOL, you could have just bought my car. It is fully modded and tuned.

 

LOL @ Smoked. Always the first to taste the fresh meat.

 

LOL too funny...this should be in warrtalons sig....

Change fluids would be my first mod, motor oil, TC, rear diff, Tranny, change spark plugs, do a couple logs to make sure my car is running nice, compression test...et

 

 

cams ,10.5 hot side, TBE ,intake, MBC, fuel pump, ecu flash ,
search you can do it less then $1500.
you will be easy over 300 whp.

 

Surprised WART(Warrtalon) hasn't chimed in yet with...."look at my sig"

 

couldnt of said it better lol thats great.. but search is your best friend on here

 

hahaha that's awesome

 

i have the hot side , but with everything else how much u think ill put out on my IX ?