I think he is talking about supraboy.
As far as e85 goes, I ran it for over 30k on a stock long block evo ix using a walbro with no issues. I attended multiple track days and I am not easy on my cars at all.

 

LOL! No, I was referring to supra, I know you wouldn't pass on bad info like that to the guys at MAP.

 

I was able to snap a single photo before coming in for the night. It's not the best angle or quality, but my camera's natural vignetting and fish-lens effect, paired with the night sky, made the evo's face look pretty monstrous.

Rawr

 

Any plans to do the same on your X?

 

krisun already tracks the X and beats on it like a good evo owner

 

I will be going to e85 again, but need to sort out some bugs on fuel delivery, braking and driver mod before I add more power.

 

WOW, seriously? Please go read. I was asking a question. I clearly asked two questions. 1. does MAP do custom FAB work? and 2. Is there anyone else in Dallas area that does custom FAB work? It was a question. I NEVER said "that nowhere in the metroplex of 5 million people do we have a shop that does custom fabrication" Please dont misquote.
The guy at MAP clearly saw it was a question and replied in kind with a link and pictures of work.

 

I very much want to come to a track day and check things out. Also I apologize. I should say.. Chris knows more about Evos then anyone else that shows up on a regular basis. There are many people in the club like, Im guessing you Kevin, and Im sure you know your stuff as do the folks at Cobb and Im sure many others. It wasnt a dig at anyone. I was simply trying to pay a complement to the club leader for all that he does for the club and his vast knowledge base.

 

Welcome to Ntec. rule of cars I follow is that people always think they know more than they know...

Take advice from people who have broken their $4!T, because they know for certain what does NOT work. Especially when it comes to building a real race car, Not some over waxed Saturday night garage queen.

 

I buy cars to drive them, 9k miles in under 5 months on my X proves that. I also don't accept failures as a part of normal daily life on a car that gets me to/from work daily. All owners must mod/drive within their tolerance level for risk/failure, simple as that. Not everyone wants a beat up racecar and not everyone wants a shiny show car, good thing there is so much middle ground that everyone is able to decide where they best fit.

 

Why don't we invite Hiroshi Fujii to come out to one of our NTEC events? I am sure he can enlighten us on what our Evo's can really do! And should not do....

 

This thread is full of overly defensive people wow..

If you can make a car live on the road course, it simply will not EVER break on the street. However the reverse of that never works. Many "perfect Evo's" uncover their flaws be it tuning, part selection, or installation very quickly with some extended time under boost (IE: track use).

I am certain that none of us "accept failures", however most of us learn from them, and could pass along this information to our fellow Evo owners. If you have yet to experience any failure on an Evo I would venture to say 90% of this club here would say you haven't pushed the car far enough. That is just the nature of high performance cars.. (Again in the context of it's intended use, not just from point A, to B. And nothing wrong with having a daily driver that is reliable. It does not give a baseline for what the car will withstand under real use.)

 

words well spoken, driver mod far exceeds almost all the mechanical mods we could ever make to the car.

 

you DEFINATELY need to come out. you have no idea what your evo is even capable of until you get it out there. its hillarious seeing the face on people when they go out with someone like tim driving their car. they looked almost frightened. then you realize what the car was built for, and you realize why all these aftermarket performance parts are developed (and its not for show). and its not just the road course, you'll find people like mark berry at the autocrosses. alan, josh, jason all out at the drag strip. laramie shooting for land speed records in the texas mile... none of these events require you to break your car. heck, bring a stock X to the track and you'll enjoy yourself.

autocross is the easiest of the motorsports on the car, and will teach you basic car control, learn how to read lines, and is very competitive. its also not very expensive, and they have events often. (although, as with anything, you can take it to the extreme, ala marks car )

drag racing i would consider as being the hardest on the driveline by far (in my experience, something breaks every time i go, thats why i've never taken my evo out). it is also very fun though, and you'll find the most rivalrys out there... vette vs evo, sti vs evo, etc. its something you can compare to anyone in the world too. if you run an 11, you know the car is running well and you can drive it. and if a dude in california says he makes 150whp more then you, but only runs a 12, you know hes full of it

road course is my personal favorite, in the begging stages, its completely non-competitive. its simply there for you to learn the limits of the car, improve your driving, and have fun doing it (and it is tons of fun). you get a lot of driving time, which makes making improvements faster. for a beginner, this is easy on the car. usually you don't push the car hard enough to get the brakes hot, and your not pushing in the turns hard enough to require stiffer suspension. as you improve, you'll push the car harder, then start modding it properly. push harder still, then you'll start finding the mechanical limits of the car (boiling brakes over, push understeer, CEL lights for a tune that isn't absolutely perfect, overheating trannys, etc etc... and then parts start to break). so you can enjoy yourself and learn the car without breaking stuff. take it to the next level, then you'll find the limitations. thats what makes it fun though. trying to get the car to go a little bit faster everytime you go out there.

they don't call it a sports sedan for nothing

edit: and here is some custom fabrication if your interested https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/mo...ack-build.html