Hey Guys,

So, I've just had my Evo IX tuned by AMS just before I got it shipped up here to Northwestern Canada.

The only mods it's got is the tune, full 3" Turbo back exhaust, upgraded FMIC and a drop in K&N air filter. It's pulling 340AWHP on their dyno.

Unfortunately, being in a semi-isolated Canadian city where no one has ever seen an Evo (besides Evo 1s), let alone worked on one, the nearest tuning shop is hours away.

What I'm looking for are some suggestions for mods that will increase the performance of the car that don't require a tune. Obviously fueling and cams and such are out of the question, but what other options are there?


All I've come up with thus far, is bigger intercooler piping and a full cold air intake, as well as possibly a fuel pump upgrade.

Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much!

-Devan

 

i wondered the same thing in the past. when i asked around most people said that upgrading the headers or turbo manifold wont require a re-tune.

 

Well anyone will tell you that any mods that effect air flow or fuel will require a re-tune. I slapped on an intake and gained 33whp but I was running a little leaning so I got it re-tuned. By the way, how are you legally registered in Canada? I thought VII, VIII, IX's weren't allowed there.

 

By the way do you have a Boost Controller? I can't see AMS tuning you without it. I mean they could but I would thinks it's a waste when a simple boost controller and some more boost would net you significant gains. Then again judging by your whp you must have one.

 

Well i have an evo 9 and the mods are pretty basic.. i have an BR intake, BR MBC and a Turbo back Exhaust. Ur in canada - im in Kuwait no tuners no reliable garages! Its all a risk while getting parts n having them work on it!

What I wud suggest is, get the fuel pump first coz our stock pumps are known to max out with basic bolt ons.. then get the intake and a nice boost controller if u dont have one yet.

Well about tuning issues.. i got a kick *** deal from 4WS Tuning. Just get him the logs and trust me.. he'll help ya all the way...

Best of luck!

 

genrally, on a stock car that hasn't been professionally tuned there is some room for basic bolt-ons that the computer will learn. for us this means an intake exhaust, etc can generally be put on without "tuning" if the computer is reset and then the car idles for about 10-15min for the ECU to re-learn the air/fuel settings. However, since you have already had your car professionally tuned, I would say that this probably isn't possible for you. When it is tuned by professionals, they try to squeeze every bit they can out of it, leaving no room for ECU self-learning (someone correct me if I'm wrong here). Therefore, my answer is that for anything you change now, you will probably need a re-tune if you want to maintain the most power from your setup.

As a side note and answer to Import Junky's question: the only way I know of to get an evo VII, VIII or IX into Canada is to have bought and registered it before the change of import list takes effect. Since most manufacturers offer their cars in say Sept or so of the previous year (so sept 08 for an 09 model), this means there is a small lag where the DMV in Canada hasn't updated their import list (which they tend to do at end of Oct or Nov). So in Oct or Nov 08, they will update the list with what cars cannot be registered in Canada including 09 models. This is done again in Spring for any half-year models. Therefore, if you purchased say an 08 evo in sept 07 and then registered it, they wouldn't have updated the import list yet and they will register it for you since it's not on the deny list. OR, you can do it the illegal way of putting Lancer VINs on an Evo and hope to get away with it, but I wouldn't reccomend this to anyone since it's illegal. And of course, you can wait for the 15year grace period, which is why we are seeing lots of pre-93 Skyline R32s and such now in Canada.

You CAN register any car as a race/track car for race purposes only and it is fine. What this means is that it has to be trailered to/from events and is NOT road legal on public roads.

 

They are legal in Canada now.

 

Yeah, sorry, I forgot to mention I do have a manual boost controller, set to what I would consider a very conservative 22psi.

Also, Evo VIIIs and IXs are now legal in Canada. We finally relaxed our bumper laws to bring them on par with the U.S. I have (as far as I know) the first Evo IX in Canada, and definitely the only newer Evo in my area.

My friend bought an Evo I two weeks before the VIIIs and IXs became legal. He's quite jealous, but unfortunately has much deeper pockets and is already significantly quicker than me....

 

E-flash tuning works wonders =-) You only have to go as far as your nearest highway.

Cheers!