Thanks for taking the time, Dustin. It's appreciated.

 

I think everyone is missing the point here. It doesn't matter what the absolute numbers are. What matters--when you use a dyno--is what improvement you get over the baseline (i.e., stock) figures. If Vishnu's figures are accurate (they state that they have their own dyno) then the results are very impressive.

I spent $15,000 to raise the horsepower in my Porsche 550 replica from 150 to 300 hp (by turbo'ing it). $750 is cheap for 100 horsepower, if it's true......and I have no reason to doubt them.

 

it says that just with the v380 flash and no other mods that the evo ix would run a 12.3 in the quarter mile..has anbody acheived this?

 

Vishnu Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX
Getting the Shiv


i read it and thought ... getting the ****. lol

no offense to shiv, he does great work, jus through it was funny how the article was written with its error's and funny word choice

 

I know I'm coming into this thread late, but I'm new to the forums (and the Evo -- owned an IX for 1 week). I had a couple comments.

$750 is in line with many after-market ECUs. Yes, it's just a reflash, but the most popular aftermarket ECU for my old 300ZX TT (Jim Wolf Technologies) was exactly $750 for an exchange. And it had to be an exchange since old units like that are not reflashable in-circuit. So either you're paying to have a tech resolder your unit and sell it to someone else, or you're paying to have a tech reflash your unit. Same difference.

But that's not what you're really paying for. What you're really paying for is R&D to get the program right (you hope!).

As far as them publishing dyno results, this page has tye dyno for the flash-and-boost-valve-only mod (the $750 one), and yes, it compares it to stock on the same dyno. I would advise strongly against buying mods from anyone that won't at least verbally quote you data like that.

I myself just ordered the v380 package. I'll let you know how it flies once it's installed.

 

400hp. haha. take that evo to the track and show me a 117+ trap speed on pump gas with your stock/exhaust car.

ROFL ROFL ROFL @ this thread

 

It's been pointed out in this thread that the numbers claim includes an exhaust as well as the flash.

 

It's all fun and games until someone gets sued for misrepresentation and fraud. Hopefully the claims and numbers check out...

 

I am going to get my EVO IX flashed but not until October though and post my results for sure. I hear there is no better flash out there in the market.

 

Just got the flash from Vishnu installed on my Evo 9. I am quite impressed. Before I proceed: a disclaimer. No dyno results or any of that, this is from feel only. The "*** dyno" if you will.

Although I don't feel a ton of gain at the top end, there is definitely a noticeable amount there. But! Where the real magic happens is at low revs. The throttle is way more responsive and the turbo spools up incredibly fast, almost to the point of feeling like an N/A. A low-rev launch from a rolling start is night and day from the stock ECU. I have not had a chance to try it on a track yet, but I imagine this would translate to much more effective exits from corners as well.

It's hard to criticize a mod like this...it's definitely way more than I got out of an ECU and nothing else on my old 300Z TT (which as I mentioned above was the same price, almost 10 years ago). If I had to pick something I would say that it makes the throttle so touchy that if you don't floor it on a launch, you can get into this zone where you get this "jumpy" feeling to the acceleration from (guessing here) the waste gate fluttering open and closed due to minute throttle modulations. I find this issue hard to reproduce but it does happen. I suppose it has to do with the exact throttle position/gear/speed/etc.

Overall very impressed with this mod and I highly recommend it.

EDIT: Another note: when I say "ECU and nothing else" that is not entirely accurate. There is a small plastic piece to install on the boost solenoid line that I gather has a lot to do with increasing turbo response at low revs. The ECU for the Z Twin Turbo I mention above had a similar part (well 2 of them -- 1 for each turbo) as well.

 

Those are CRANK numbers. Also with full exhaust.

 

Is your car stock with only a flash?

 

I know you tried to give a good justification for this cost, but there is only one reason it costs that much: the EcuTek license. Other flashes of the same quality can be had for $200 with EcuFlash, which is a free flashing software that all of us can use. EcuTek is an older, very expensive flashing software that cannot be sold without a $650 license fee.

 

Yes brand new and bone stock except for the flash.

 

ummm I don't understand why everyone is getting so wound up, these people are in SALES they are trying to sell a product...so hence v400...it makes novices feel good about their purchase, no knock to shiv he has done great work for all things evo, let us not forget (he was the first prominent figure of the evo community to be in major publications praising evoness, remember?) What I'm trying to say is can't we all just get along?