Evo 8 issues.
#1
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Evo 8 issues.
Hello everyone, I am owner of both an evo X and recently a 8. The 8 I got for a good deal, the owner had a bent rod, and the car was in the shop with the motor pulled apart. So I got to inspect the internals before I bought it. It’s extensivily modded. Cams, FP green and all the bolt ons to make it work. I have some experience with tunning the X so I want to attempt to fix this issue as well. Now on to the issue. If I get on the car, regardless of the gear the turbo will spool up to the 26.5 psi max it’s tuned for, regardless of the RPM. and what ends up happening is it cuts out. Like a fuel cut and or a boost dump. I am thinking it’s the tune. Can anyone think of other possibilities?
Last edited by Smoknzx3; Feb 12, 2018 at 10:31 AM.
#3
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you could be hitting a load limit, you could be missfiring the plugs, pretty hard to even speculate without more information. Sounds kind of like your hitting the load limit in your tune though.
#4
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Yeah that was similar to what I was thinking. Additionally, I don't think the boost is matched up, or scaled to the Load and RPM's. I think the plugs are something I want to swap out, just to eliminate them as an issue. I'll have to search around to find the right ones.
I'm trying to figure out how to better explain it. Regardless of speed, gear or load in general if I hit the gas the boost gauge will ramp up to the max setting 26.5 psi and then dump boost in small dumps, not a solid dump. Pretty much the same it would cut for safety. I can steady accelerate and get a little further up the RPM range before it cuts out. But the bottom line, on average I only get to around 4-5K RPMs before it cuts out.
I'm trying to figure out how to better explain it. Regardless of speed, gear or load in general if I hit the gas the boost gauge will ramp up to the max setting 26.5 psi and then dump boost in small dumps, not a solid dump. Pretty much the same it would cut for safety. I can steady accelerate and get a little further up the RPM range before it cuts out. But the bottom line, on average I only get to around 4-5K RPMs before it cuts out.
Last edited by Smoknzx3; Feb 12, 2018 at 10:36 AM.
#5
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Yeah that was similar to what I was thinking. Additionally, I don't think the boost is matched up, or scaled to the Load and RPM's. I think the plugs are something I want to swap out, just to eliminate them as an issue. I'll have to search around to find the right ones.
I'm trying to figure out how to better explain it. Regardless of speed, gear or load in general if I hit the gas the boost gauge will ramp up to the max setting 26.5 psi and then dump boost in small dumps, not a solid dump. Pretty much the same it would cut for safety. I can steady accelerate and get a little further up the RPM range before it cuts out. But the bottom line, on average I only get to around 4-5K RPMs before it cuts out.
I'm trying to figure out how to better explain it. Regardless of speed, gear or load in general if I hit the gas the boost gauge will ramp up to the max setting 26.5 psi and then dump boost in small dumps, not a solid dump. Pretty much the same it would cut for safety. I can steady accelerate and get a little further up the RPM range before it cuts out. But the bottom line, on average I only get to around 4-5K RPMs before it cuts out.
#6
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I am going to attempt that next. As soon as I can get ECU Flash to read my ROM. lol Like I said I have a little experience with the X, just not with this car. I might have to use ECU unlocker I'm thinking.
I have literally been reading for two days on this stuff. And there really isn't any good info on getting the ECU flash to read the ROM. Tons of posts but not a lot of info.
I have literally been reading for two days on this stuff. And there really isn't any good info on getting the ECU flash to read the ROM. Tons of posts but not a lot of info.
#7
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The motor was actually just out of the car, I am going to have to go back and check the vacuum lines for the boost controller. I wonder if something is off? Your right though, if the boost controller wasn't working right the turbo would spool and hit max boost. It wouldn't care what the ECU was doing or the RPM's. Correct?
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#8
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The motor was actually just out of the car, I am going to have to go back and check the vacuum lines for the boost controller. I wonder if something is off? Your right though, if the boost controller wasn't working right the turbo would spool and hit max boost. It wouldn't care what the ECU was doing or the RPM's. Correct?
#9
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It's not the stock boost controller. I'll have to look, I want to say it's a Grimmspeed. Still has vacuum lines though, not the crazy "T" one. I don't understand how it could just stop working, unless the vacuum lines are wrong.... That's one more thing to look up. There isn't anything other than the block and pistons, and crank which are stock. The bent rod was replaced with a set of Eagle rods, the head has been redone, new springs ect., cams, ported intake manni, FP green, and bigger injectors. It looks like it was pretty conservative with the 26.5 psi for the modes. The motor looked really good when it was apart, that's why I bought it. The guy I bought it from thought this was a normal tune, I'm guessing it's the cause of the rod bend. LOL
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It's not the stock boost controller. I'll have to look, I want to say it's a Grimmspeed. Still has vacuum lines though, not the crazy "T" one. I don't understand how it could just stop working, unless the vacuum lines are wrong.... That's one more thing to look up. There isn't anything other than the block and pistons, and crank which are stock. The bent rod was replaced with a set of Eagle rods, the head has been redone, new springs ect., cams, ported intake manni, FP green, and bigger injectors. It looks like it was pretty conservative with the 26.5 psi for the modes. The motor looked really good when it was apart, that's why I bought it. The guy I bought it from thought this was a normal tune, I'm guessing it's the cause of the rod bend. LOL
Last edited by Biggiesacks; Feb 12, 2018 at 12:26 PM.
#11
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I defiantly do not push it at this point at all. I don't think it has any Tephra versions on it. The car was tuned by AMS in Chicago IL, they are out of business at this location now. I don't have the version 7, shoot I don't have anything for the 8, I have X files... LOL I was surfing around trying to find the Tephra file for the car, no luck yet. A couple years ago Tephra offered the stuff free to single tuners like me who didn't tune other peoples cars. The links to the files now are really old and it's hard to figure out what ECU's the versions work for... If I can find a file, at this point I can't even pull the ROM. I remember now how much work this was on the computer for the X when I was tuning it.
#12
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I defiantly do not push it at this point at all. I don't think it has any Tephra versions on it. The car was tuned by AMS in Chicago IL, they are out of business at this location now. I don't have the version 7, shoot I don't have anything for the 8, I have X files... LOL I was surfing around trying to find the Tephra file for the car, no luck yet. A couple years ago Tephra offered the stuff free to single tuners like me who didn't tune other peoples cars. The links to the files now are really old and it's hard to figure out what ECU's the versions work for... If I can find a file, at this point I can't even pull the ROM. I remember now how much work this was on the computer for the X when I was tuning it.
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ec...hramod-v7.html
direct download here:
http://www.tephra.it/v7/
#13
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Damn man, thanks! That saves me a ton of searching time. I get side tracked reading on these places, I built my X and took a two year break. So do the 8/9's have a Rax pack like the X that can be pasted into the XML?
On top of the 8 my son just bought an X, so I have been working issues on that car as well. Who ever tuned that didn't know what the heck they were doing the high oct fuel maps at set in ascending scale with RPM. So at 100 load at 3K rpm its 12.5 then at 3.5K its 12.6.... not sure on their logic...
On top of the 8 my son just bought an X, so I have been working issues on that car as well. Who ever tuned that didn't know what the heck they were doing the high oct fuel maps at set in ascending scale with RPM. So at 100 load at 3K rpm its 12.5 then at 3.5K its 12.6.... not sure on their logic...
#14
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One more question, will my 2.0 Tatrixs work with the 8 ECU or do I need the reflash connector? I'm reading mixed things in the threads. I'm half way through the "Can't flash or read the ROM from your ECU - Start Here!" Thread.