Thanks....Have you seen it since I put on the new wheels, tires and COBB cat back???

 

i think we need to get regular evo meet going....

 

Set something up. Location that is allowed, time, and date.

Many of us would prefer something like a park so that our children can play while we talk shop.

 

A park would work, but I own the UNO's on Union Center, so that is also an option.

 

That might just work too. I didn't even know there was an UNOs there? Then again I havn't been up that way in a long time.

Owning the UNOs is great, but do you own the land too???? I ask because I planned meets before with local vendors only to have the land owners tell me no.

So we have a location....now we need dates and times.

 

I used to have an 05 OBP STi but I recently switched to the dark side. lol. I havent really started posting on here yet because Im new to the evo world and have just been reading as much aas possible. I was all over that strecth of road that night and considering I havent seen any other black x's, it was most likely me. I noticed in one of the replies that there is another black x in independence , which I wasnt aware of. I honestly havent even seen another x since I got mine a couple months ago. To be totally honest, the car is actually my wifes but I am usually at the wheel from friday to sunday. My jetta diesel is a lot more economical for my 62 mile round trip to work.

 

Seems like Xs are poping up all over the place. Post some pictures so we can all drool.

I am up the road from you in Taylor Mill. Look for my White VIII with black wheels.

Paul

 

Well, actually, my parents own the UNO's, my name is on the land

 

well.....let's work something up.

Ha.... a day time weekend thing would be great. The wives can all go to IKEA while we hang out.

 

Im not very good at working these sites with attachements but Ill give it a shot when I have a chance. I live right up the hill in edgewood and my parents/brother live on heathermoor so Im frequently playing on the hill between 3L and old tayler mill road, i cant remember the name of the road offhand. My brother has my wifes old silver bugeye wrx which you may have seen running around taylor mill alot.

Our x is stock for the moment but Im looking to get it tuned soon. With the subbies, Mead was the place to go for service and tuning but Im new to the evo world and havent figured it all out yet. Are there any local shops with reputable tuners?

 

There isn't a single Evo shop in a 4 hour radius. Tuning, for the most part is done on our own. It is pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

 

Im assuming that you use ecuflash? Im decently intelligent (not stupid at least) but the idea of tuning my own car scares me. How did you go about learning how to tune without screwing anything up? Or did you just mess things up, replace, and retune? I guess if I had some help getting through the learning curve I might give it a shot. Is Buschur the shop that youre referring to thats 4hrs away? Im actually wanting to go e85 so I might end up using them to do it. They arent sure of an upgrade fuel pump for the x's yet so they are hesitant about tuning my car for e85. With a gas station so close (latonia krogers) that has e85 it just seems logical. Who knows though, it might be more trouble than its worth. You 8 & 9 owners seem to be having some pretty good success with e85. Do you know of any running aorund the area?

 

No one I know runs e85. The stations are just too far in between.

As for the learning curve....it is more lit vertical. I had to read, read, and read some more. Then I got the necessary pieces for tuning and logged, logged, and logged some more. It wasn't until I fully inderstood everything I logged that I began changing parameters in the car. Now it is like second nature and quite easy for me.

I am one of the first in the cincinnati area to own an evo. As is Greg, and Eli....also on here still. I kind of think of us as the residnet experts if you will. Greg....he's been building DSMs forever and is a driving instructor. Eli is a sponsored racer. We have all worked together on our cars doing pretty much everything ourselves, clutches, heads, tuning, brakes....we do it all.

I've been a mechanic since I was about 15....pushing 35 now. I kind of know a little bit.

What I am getting at, even though we don't have a "shop" there is enough experience in the area that you should be able to get whatever you need accomplished.

The shops I am talking bout are "Pure Tuning" (Greg uses), "Buschur" (Eli uses), and "AMS" (I prefer). All are about a 4 to 5 hour drive to get to.

If you are looking for dynos...good luck. There isn't any in the area. The closest awd dyno is a VW shop down in Lexington.

 

The road you are talking about.....Wayman Branch? Super twisty and newly paved....it is so nice.

 

The dyno thing isnt really a concern of mine. I dont care much about the numbers. Its nice to know them I guess, but in the end its more about how fun the car is to drive.
With all the expertise you guys have it sounds like I might have stumbled across a gold mine of info thats basically in my backyard. What sort of equipment is involved with all the datalogging and tuning? Im guessing you just use a tactrix cable and some sort of free software? Do you have any books that you would recommend as far as learning the basics? Im a pretty quick learner, it all just seems so intimidating that Ive never figured out where/how to start. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Out of curiousity; do any of you have experience messing with the 4b11t? I guess the tuning would be pretty similar to the 4g63?