Well, ran a TON worse, all the clutch was doing is slipping bad!!! No more racing until I get a new clutch.

 

How about some more details? Did Reid make a pass or two? Anyone else?

Fastevo8, what were your times and why do you think the clutch is the culprit? What happened?

 

Just the fact that I could not launch, RPM would lurch around above 4.5K, and the fact that I ran 1 full second slower than I did bone stock even with a conservative launch! Pretty pissed about the whole thing, I'll just upgrade the clutch when I get some more money.

 

Oh and my trap speed was a full 4-5 mph lower too. I quit after the 2nd pass when I confirmed it wasn't me, just the car.

 

Didn't run yet, car still needs a little more attention, though I did dyno at 460 whp at 25-26 psi still with the stock front mount. I am actually glad the car wasn't ready, 'cause the line was rediculous.

Karma ran his bone stock IX RS to a 13.08 at an absurd 106.45mph with a 1.9 60'.

Carlos from Tucson ran his VIII MR to a 12.2 at 111mph with a 1.7 60'. That dude was cool as hell and he can drive.

 

Bone stock? Not even a flash? Man, that's fast. Does Karma weigh like 90 lbs or something?

 

Hey Reid so what ended up being the problem with it not boosting?

 

Yeah bone stock, and he is a skinny dude but not 90lbs.

Antonio, it had a loose intercooler hose clamp and at about 1.2 bar it would just open enough for air to leek out. Can't boost more now 'cause injectors are at 100% and I think that I am way beyond the efficiency of the stock front mount. I'm pretty happy with the 460whp at 25lbs though and the car pulled like a **** on the street. Even got a little squirrely in 3rd gear at wot. That engine revs to the moon and is still pulling hard at 8 grand. I think that I was still making like 430whp at 8k and I am sure that the intercooler is restrictive at that point.

 

Heheh, I kinda thought that the stock IC hoses would be ballooning up under that amount of boost possibly loosening the clamps. Thats sick though, great numbers man.

 

Thanks Gaijin,

I am planning on going back to Firebird in a couple of weeks at the most. I am buying a new helmet so that they don't tell me something at the track.
My girl enjoy a lot talking to you guys, you guys were a lot of fun as well and very knowledable too.

This was my 74th pass with my Evo at the track since I had it. I was going to take the Evo 9 to SIR today but we woke up too late(1200pm). I just fixed a small issue with the shifting on the Evo 9 , I just put some Shyncromesh on it and now it shifts very well.

I am going to get retuned soon, I am just putting the stuff on the botton of my signature then taking it to the track. I think 11.999 at Firebird is achieveable under optimal conditions and with the right mods.

We(me and Evo9grl) will definately contact you the next time we go there, we had a really good time running the car there and your support was great. I want to see John Mynes Evo running there and I also wich to see Topnothevo Evo doing some 11's.

Please stay in touch!!

Carlos and Socorro(Evo9grl)

 

I think that Karma trap speeds on his Evo made the entire Evo/STI community jelaous, 106.45 is unheard specially for a guy that was not launching perfectly and did not have much background on AWD turbos.

Even the 06 STI with full 3" TB and tunning was not a match for Karma, the STI did a 13.1 best and a best of 104mph.

The black Evo with black rims had a really bad luck, he had 1000 miles on that Exedy new twin disc clutch and it was gone. He trapped very decent trap speeds though(113mph)..



Carlos

 

The line was so long i was so pissed so then i give in and go tech and the guy told me "oh its a IX MR (like its got a diffrent motor in it or something) with Ecutek, yeah i got to put a 12 on it" "got a helmet?" nope "sorry you fail!" well Shi t oh well next week im there

 

hes a buddy of mine what did he run?

 

I had a WRX once, it was a Sonic Yellow Edition and had it for 2 years, I had it tuned by AZscoobie(Clark from Kingpin) at Dynocomp. At the time I thought that UTEC was the bomb, I even had the remote switch for different mappings. I made 280whp/255 tq on the DynoDynamic Dyno

If you ask me now, I would suggest you get tuned with ECUTEK or have a reflash done on the stock ECU by a reputable tuner. If you want something simple and realible, the mail in flashes are the best bang for the buck.

I heard John Mynes also does good job.

my .2c

 

Let me narrowed it down a little bit:
black 03-04 Evo, black rims,Defi gauges in the center console, puts around 350whp at Dynocomp and the driver is a young dude light eyes and blound.
He ran against a black STI 13.3@113 but his clutch was destroyed, he showed me the run in his video camera. He had a Exedy twin disc clutch put 1000 miles ago.

He was very frustrated. Are we talking about the same guy here?

Carlos