ROFLMA!!!!!!!!!Yeah, what he said. big

By the way, what size shoes do you wear?

 

Ah okay I thought you were doing the TSSCC test&tune this weekend.

 

mark, i have no doubt your car will take sm at nationals with you driving. only comp you should have is when tunnel gets the blower done on his m3. i thinks it's almost done. anyway good luck and i hope you kick sias butt!

 

Yes I am running a large turbo, yes it does spool similar to stock, yes it will have anti-lag and throw flames out the side exhaust.

 

Please come up to Milwaukee with your beast to show it off at an event.

Tim

 

Tim do you know if Bill Brenner ever sold his 2.3L EVO? That's a car begging for some 285s and a very good driver.

I was going to make the exhaust from my external wastegate point straight out the hood, but my history with fire and whatnot people might freak out...

Phil

 

Last I heard (about 2 weeks ago at Big Bear) is that it is still for sale. He wants like $35k for it or something. Ouch.

Phil and fire is a bad thing.

Tim

 

Very cool. I can't wait to see it in action. Should be fun.
Mark

 

Yeah, we'll see if I have it tuned up enough to run in Toledo or not. Unfortunately it's not just bolting on a huge turbo - the whole engine combination had to change. If not we'll be running our quick SM Civic that's hopefully running on all cylinders now....

Eric

 

Just out of curiosity, why not run 285s front and rear and dial in your oversteer with spring rates and swaybars?

 

Or with damper adjustments or with alignment...

That's what Eric and Joe and Navid and others (like myself) have done. It's certainly one way to go.

I can't speak for Mark's motivations, but I can think of a few reasons why one might want to stick with (for example) 245s in the rear...

- Running 285s in the rear requires some fender modifications.
- With 285s in the rear, your range of usable alignment in the rear may suffer.
- 285 width tires are more expensive and heavier. If you are going with the popular 285/30R18 size, you're also using wheels which are almost certainly more expensive and heavier.

If you're going to fit 285s and then dial out rear grip to the level of a 245, save yourself a lot of trouble and just stick with the 245s.

 

Phew.. SM will be exciting to watch this year.

I hope to see at least some of you guys at the Nediv this year..

<shameless plug> which opens for registration tomorrow through http://www.nedivsolo2.org/05divisional/ and is scheduled for Jul 30-31 </shameless plug>

and Topeka of course.

 

Yes to all of the above. In addition

- with the staggered tire setup, the front and rear build heat more evenly, creating a more consistant balance from beginning of run to the end.
- The mid corner off understeer that we are trying to avoid, is much easier to avoid with a smaller rear tire. (since the inside rear isn't really doing much if anything at that point)
- running a smaller rear tire allows me to run a more transition friendly alignment.

Hope that sheds some light on my thinking.
Mark

 

Mark, I don't know what year of EVO you have... what year is it?

If it's not a RS or an '05 have you considered upgrading the front diff?

 

Chris,
My car is an 05 rs. I have been working on the weight thing, and have now got it down to 2950 in race trim. With A/C still in the car for driver comfort, as I will not be trailering this to events this year. I am now thinking that with a little work I should be able to get the car under 2900 while retaining the A/C. The next two weekends will tell the tale.
Mark