You should of went turbo back dude, it's so much better. And I found the perfect exhaust that's not too obnoxious. Plus you get a better horsepower gain.

 

I know I feel like I'm the one of the head vampires on Underworld and needs to get awakened early to put a stop to this madness!

 

What? A motor mount? What the hell are you guys doing over there? I told you guys to stop breaking stuff!

 

speaking of motor mounts... the one by the battery is a pain in the *** to get into place. i just did mine not too long ago and the front and right side went in easily except the left one was a *****...


check out this ride. the epic STi thread...
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=1662455

 

only mods done to the car was ralliart black tail lights, and dealer tags... lol.... oh and the driver, my sti did a 13.48 @104 back in 2004 bone stock at little river. The X will soon be rockin a tiny cosworth sticker, and I don't mean because of Cams...... wink wink....

 

If you are getting cams for the X, I'll need to see that as soon as your done. Everyone says the car idles crazy after cossie cams.

 

You will see some gain even if you do use a cat, Im just glad to hear that your not like most EVO owners. You arent afraid to go your own route with the build up of your car. Your exhaust will get loud with more mods done to it, my exhaust use to be a good tone but, now it sound like a race car.

Breaking or not breaking stuff is not a bad thing. I told you Im not afraid of getting things broken on my car. It give me a reason to upgrade that part and lear more about the car. I baugh my EVO to enjoy it not let it sit in the garage and collect dust. I would of baught a BMW or Mercedes if thats what I wanted, the cobra and the gt is a different story though.


Well guys soceur77 and I have finished putting his cams in, we had some problems but we got them in. First start up wasnt a good one but after we (I did most of the work) figured out the problem and retimed it, the car was running and sound good. Now all he needs is a good tune and his car will be even better. I never knew how easy it was to install them, I will never pay to have cams installed ever again. I could of saved so much money!

 

Good job guys

And you know the deal... the best way to learn is on somebody else s**t j/k


soceur77 on a better day before Friday of course pass by the house with the MR I'm less that 5 min from your apartment.

 

Good to know. I was planning on doing cams this summer.

 

You avatar on ******* is ridiculous in a good way!

 

I made a mistake of being really greedy, and not building the bottom end with the sti , never again will I do that, tiny sticker meaning cosworth 2.2 rotating assembly is ordered. I haven't ordered anything as far as valve train, I'm just slowly piecing everything together, should have a full long block put together by July. I know the they are still pushing the limits of the factory 4b11 and getting great results, I guess I'm starting backwards, with the engine instead of bolt ons, yeah I'm losing out on some fun now, but I think end the end, the gross display of horsepower will be well worth it, I'm still doing research on fuel systems, headwork, and engine management, and turbo setup.

 

I officially dub you "Marcus" which makes me "Victor", I guess... The Likens are on the loose!

 

I've always wondered what does "building the bottom end" really entail. Would I be safe to assume that it includes rods and pistons and that's it? Am I missing anything else? I don't need any kind of "kablooee" when I get back home.

 

thats pretty safe to say pistons and rods and all the bearings for a building the bottom end aka Short block.

To be honest though why don't you just save up a lil more and do it right!(i'm just ranting)
People don't think but the crank I'd say is the most important thing to mod!
Micropolish
KnifeEdge
Crossdrilled
Cryo treat it
Chemical treat it
by a new billet one!
ANyways just think what it'll be like to rev to 10,000 RPMS!
Then build from there!

Remember to also hone your block and get it balanced and blueprinted!

 

Just when I thought I was on the right track you come along and totally open a door I've never considered. If I were to ask how much all of this would cost on average and who is the recommended company to take care of such duties, who would I choose? Revving to 10K does sound ridiculous and a lot of fun too! So, this is what "doing it right" looks like, huh? I'm willing to be that an HTA35r would be just stupid (in a good way) with an engine like this, right?