Well it's just about racing time for me again so I figured I’d make a new thread to consolidate the info from the past years as well as to add what will be going on this year after taking a little over a year off from racing.

The reason for the time off was 2 fold:

1) The birth of my son (Logan)

2) At the end of the 2011 (December) when the car ran it's best pass to date 9.65@151mph the car had a bad mis-fire and come to find out that the #4 cylinder spark plug strap broke off and bounced around the combustion chamber enough to kill compression and scratch the wall so a re-build was needed after 4 yrs of racing, dyno tuning, and of course some street adventures.


This is my 2006 WW EVO IX RS w/ 5000miles on the odometer!

I bought this from a buddy of mine back in late 2006 that at the time had one of the 1st 10sec Evo’s on the stock motor and Shearer GT35R turbo kit.

Shortly thereafter it spun a balance shaft bearing and my buddy made me a good deal so I picked it up and started my build to where it is today.

From there the car had been on a long road to becoming a legit 9 sec car that is not a DD by any means but IMO is a very streetable Evo that can quickly go from looking stock on the outside to race ready ………it has seen many different parts from the GT35R .63A/R to a larger .82A/R then to a PTE 6262 and now on the PTE 6766 and everything from 91 pump gas to leaded race gas to straight pump E85 which it is now on (complete mod list below)

To keep things short here are links to follow along the past years progress etc.

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...w-goodies.html

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...ned-motor.html

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/dr...-6-133mph.html

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...te-6262-a.html

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/dr...ss-my-evo.html

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/dr...e-imports.html

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/dr...ds-inside.html

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/we...roll-cage.html

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/dr...close-lol.html

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...s-evo-9-a.html

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/dr...y-goes-9s.html

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/dr...141-947-a.html

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/dr...ss-2011-a.html

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/dr...re-9s-lol.html

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...nally-lol.html

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/dr...5-151-mph.html

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...12-season.html

So that pretty much brings you up to date and as of now the set-up looks like this:

Motor:

- FFTEC 2.0L (Manley / Wiseco) o-ringed block
- FFTEC ported MIVEC head w/ KIGGLY RACING valvetrain & Cosworth 272’s
- FFTEC FF 6766 turbo kit
- FFTEC SMIM v3
- FFTEC 4” FMIC
- FFTEC custom 3” ICP’ing
- SPARKTECH PRO COP
- S90 TB
- AEM v1 tuned by Sean Burgess of FFTEC MOTORSPORTS

Drivetrain:

- SHEP TRANS DOGBOX (PPG gear set)
- SHEP TRANS ACD TC
- QM twin disc v2
- AWD motorsports D2 c/o’s
- AWD Motorsports d/s
- Willwood small front brakes
- 15” Rota Slipstreams w/ 24.5” M&H slicks

Fuel:

- FIC 2150’s
- FIC fuel rail
- BR double pumper (-6 feed line / stock reg & return)
- Pump E85

Chassis:

- FFTEC NHRA cert’d 8.50 roll cage
- IndyEvo bumper block off plates
- Full interior
- All oem exterior body parts (looks stock )

YUP you read that right the newest addition to the list for 2013 is a SHEP TRANS dogbox!





After beating up enough trans parts over the last few years it was time to make a decision and as much as I’d love to run a auto set-up there just isn’t anything available yet and so 1 day I found a great deal from a member here and jumped on it………….come to find out that it initially was off of Jeremy’s (FathouseFabrictions) Evo and since it had exchanged hands to be safe I sent it to Shep and had them go through it and they said everything looked 100% good to go

On that note I’d like to thank the guys at SHEP TRANS for their customer service which is SUPERB especially Gary and Trevor for getting me the trans ASAP after a shipping error had occurred.

Here are a couple pics so you have an idea of what it looks like













This is the most recent dyno result before the -6 fuel feed line was added soooo with the weight i think it should tickle the 8.999-9.000 range but only time will tell.....

(777 HP / 550 TQ)



Also I need to send some love to those that directly help out on the car as although it may seem to be a “shop car” it really is a privateer endeavor with me funding the entire thing but of course I can not have gotten this far w/o the help of the guys @ FFTEC MOTORSPORTS for their knowledge, hard work, support, and mainly friendship:

- William
- Sean
- Jesse
- Dave
- Mike
- James
- Freddy
- Anthony
- Aaron
- Jesse #2

And last but not least my wife Marichris for dealing with my time-consuming passion!!!

Thanks for reading and please feel free to comment both good and bad I’m all ears………………..subscribe to my youtube page here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TRIXEVO9

 

I love how stock it looks and fast as hell.

 

Thanks that's what i was hoping for!

 

Good luck this year. Hopefully, it will make up for last year. Btw, car is beautiful.

 

Very nice, glad to see this car will be back in action this year! Good luck towards 8s!

 

No more trans rebuilds Welcome back good luck this year!

 

Car looks great as always man! Looking forward to more updates I think this car can dip into the 8s for sure!

 

Looking good!
Hopefully this year will treat you well and you'll be able to join the few in the 8's!

 

You'll see 8's for sure. I want your trans....give!

 

good luck Patrick. you definitely have inspired a lot of people. me included. i wish you the best.

 

Looking good sir! You will LOVE the dogbox! Give me a call if you have any questions about it. It takes a little to get used to if you street drive it!

Fathouse

 

Damn dude car looks really good, and makes some dope power! Good luck this year!

 

UPDATE 4/30/13

Thanks for taking a look and for the the words of support!

Chris - Sorry man you can't have it lol at least not this year but we can talk maybe around winter

Jeremy - So far i'm PHUKIN LOVIN the way this trans shifts wait til you see the in-car vids

Joey - Thanks as always for the open ears and please send my regards to Devin and tell him i apprecite the info and time.......btw since you and Chris are now on the 8 head i'm thinking a healthy goal is to shoot for your best MIVEC results as i don't have enough weight out of the car with the cage and all to get close to Mike@AWD's record lol..........gotta dangle some kina carrot in front of me to keep me pushing forward

Anyway on to the updates...............double checked the pump E85 that had been sittinng in the car since it was tuned last a month or so ago

(slightly over-filled but you get the point)



(Sean double checked the afrs after the -6 fuel feed line was put in which showed about a 7% richer afr)



(Ended up with this and this is where we will start and will slowly turn it up at the track once i can shake down the car again, log the tune, and dial in the launch settings, etc)





(Going to run a smaller 24.5" M&H slick this year per Shep's recommendation.......i like the way the smaller slick looks and i think i will finally get around to removing the red lip on the Rotas!)



Just a couple of exterior pics of what it looks:

(after adjusting the rear suspension 3/4" lower to accomdate the smaller slicks......i will bring the front down about 1/4" and throw on a 10mm spacer on the rear wheels)



(This one came out nice especially in black&white so here ya go)

 

Car looks great man, looking forward to some track results with the new trans/tire setup...Good luck!

 

Car looks sick man! Looking forward to reading about your first track day I am anxious to get the car together and test out the new Dog Box as well!