I can't wait to get my hands on the article. Looks like it won't be in stores until June 4th. I haven't had a chance to look at it yet.

Thanks!

 

Well the 2013 Buschur Racing IDRC sport compact shootout weekend is finally over. What a long long weekend and I am so glad to be sitting here on my couch doing nothing ha!

I left for Buschur Racing first thing on Thursday morning. Spent most of the day changing some of the wiring under my dash. With the change to AEM EMS v2 I had to re-wire the three relays that power my electric water pump, fan, and secondary fuel pump. There was a lot going on that day so there wasn't much time to get the car running but we rolled it on the dyno for the night.

Friday morning David spent some time getting the new AEM EMS adjusted for the new setup while jumping between working on the Bad Bish and his new 1g project. We had some issues starting the car when cold and spent a TON of time messing around with it. By the end of the day the car was rolling on the dyno and making good power. We ended up calling it quits with 811 whp @ 46 psi on an easy tune. I was pretty excited needless to say! The most the car ever made last year on a third gear pull was 703 whp on the 3586.

Saturday morning we attempt to start the car cold. Nothing...nothing...and nothing. I drained all the E98 out of the tank and put straight 93 octane pump gas in the tank in hopes that it would start on pump. Still nothing... I pulled the plugs and cop ignition a million times it seemed like. Long story short we spent hours messing around with the car. I had a few helpful individuals who were nice enough to lend a hand. After 5 hours of messing with it we made the call to switch fuel injectors out for a brand new set of FIC 2150's. With our fingers crossed we gave it a try and to our luck the car fired right up! I drained all the pump out and threw some fresh E98 back in her. The car went back on the dyno later that day just to check a few things over. Power was right were it was the day before so we called it a day and loaded her up on the trailer. Later that night we detailed the car and got her looking nice and clean

Sunday we got to the track right when they opened and got busy getting the car prepped to run.

1st pass - 9.7 @ 161 mph blowing the tires off (1.88 sixty) and bogged second.

2nd pass - 9.3 @ 160 mph still blowing the tires off but managed a better sixty (1.6x) and had a slight bog on the 2nd gear shift.

3rd pass - 9.9 @ 115 mph car hooked solid (1.51 sixty) but somehow I totally missed the shifter on the 3rd-4th gear shift Car coasted the rest of the way. Looking at the time slip the car went 6.05 @ 120.xx in the 1/8th. If I had hit 4th gear I'd imagine the 1/8th would have been a solid 5.9 @ 123-124 mph. This pass 'might' have been that 8 second pass I've been looking for.

4th pass - 10.0 @ 155 car spun so hard I got locked out of second and had to wait for tire spin to slow to shift to 2nd gear.

5th pass - I had a by run and didn't run the car hard.

6th pass - My rear driver side axle let loose and caused the car to kick sideways and I crossed the center line. Needless to say this put an end to my day.

I ended up making it to the semi finals of the AWD class before the axle broke. We got the car back to the trailer and put it up on jacks to take a look at it. Sure as **** it was the axle. I had this happen about 3 years ago to the same axle. I will most likely just buy another used axle and rock that. The DSS stage 5 axle kit is like $1800 and a little out of my price range. I need to be able to control the car better out of the hole. Blowing tires off just isn't productive haha. I need to get my sixty's back into the low 1.4 range. Maybe a speed based boost controller is something I need to look into?? It be nice to launch the car like a 500 whp car and have it hit hard once into 2nd gear.

Overall I am still very pleased with how everything came out. Due to a delay on a few parts the car was put together last minute. But most of the large issued have been addressed. It is never easy and can be very tough to the deal with at times. The little time I was able to spend running the car on Sunday makes it all worth it. Over the next few weeks I am going to make some changes and will clean a few things up. I hope to hit the track very soon again. Boost and the tune was pretty conservative and there should be a good amount of room to improve upon.

David Buschur thank you very much for all of your hospitality and expert advice. The car runs like a rapped ape and I have no doubt that we will get her into the 8's soon enough. I'd also like to thank Carlos at Tirado Custom Coatings for taking care of all of my parts. My engine bay looks amazing and I couldn't be happier! Robert at Forced Performance makes some badass turbochargers. This turbo is kick *** people! FP ftw And finally I'd like to thank my good friends and family (Jonathan, Jared, and Derek) for all of your help! You guys rock thank you very much!!

Here are a few pics/vids to recap the weekend. I'll update the thread with more as I get them.













Stay tuned guys.

 

 

Watching that video made me pucker up lol. I can only imagine driving !

 

Chris,

First off, your Evo has to have the cleanest/best looking engine out there. Even the exterior and interior are amazing. The best part is that the car is a beast as well. The car is insane and that video of you popping the axel is crazy. This thing is going 8s real soon!

Really really good work man!

 

car looks great man well done .

 

Car looked great Chris.

Speaking of boost control, AMS-1000 would be your best friend if you don't mind the price

http://www.ams1000.com/index.php?opt...d=51&Itemid=60

 

Maybe for that turbo I'm not sure David would have to chime in. There has been 1000+ whp cars on that dyno before.

Thanks!

 

Thank you! It is getting close to what I want it to look like. I need to do something with the power steering. If David ever finishes the electric power steering project I'd be all over it. Then I maybe this winter I can pull it all out and have the bay re-sprayed.

I hope to have it back out at the track in a few weeks. I too think 8's are there no problem. I just need the car to sixty like it used to. Hell I pulled a 1.37 when on the FP Black.



Ya that is pretty pricey lol. May be a little to rich for my blood haha. I may have a good solution lined up.

It really didn't bother me all that much. I was more like "WTF" when it happened haha. When it first kicked left I lifted then got back in it to see if I could drive out of it. But nope...she just kicked left hard again.

 

Chris,

Sick build man.
I was down near the 330 mark watching and thought for sure it was going to into the wall. GREAT SAVE MAN!!! You'll knock those 8s out for sure!

 

I was staging right behind you when it happened, glad you saved it for sure!

 

Great build. Is that a Skunk2 intake manifold that you run? What are your thoughts on it?

 

Thanks!

Yes it is the STM modified Skunk2 intake manifold. It seems to work well.

 

you are still on aem right ? you could always try gear based boost the ams nlrs is a bad ***** you can base boost on whatever the hell you want i think 9sec9 was using it at some point look forward to watching you click off 8s at the shootout.

 

I have an aem series one and use a Mac valve to control boost. I've been using it for years and it works great.