The Rota's looks great. I put a set of Rota SVN's on the 335i and they look hot. flat black w/ red lip + red exterior=

 

Nice! Did you sell your Evo locally? I think I saw it the other day. When are you gonna let me see the 335i man!?

 

SCCA RFR TRACK TOUR!!!


I was there last year., they did it during my track permit class., we had to take an hour brake so SCCA can go play...LOTS of NICE cars and they were going fast too...not racing fast but enough to be happy., I'll be there if I dont have to work that weekend.

 

Got another question for you guys. If you remember I was planning on getting LICP, fuel pump, and a Mellon re-tune... Well my friend back in GA just called me and he's selling his HKS 272 cams since hes getting the AMS 2.3 RR and race head with switching out to the Jun cams. He's only charging 375 shipped, but I wouldn't be able to afford to have them installed until this summer when I get a job (or detail full time if i have enough customers) and can afford to get the fuel pump, install, timing belt and labor and headstuds. What would ya'll do?

 

I would get the LICP and have it installed. Then buy the fuel pump, cams, and headstuds to be installed at the same time, then a tune shortly after that. You will need a retune after your cams anyway, I wouldn't want to pay for one for the fuel pump then one for the cams. My .02
BTW, keep an eye on the private for sale section for cams. I see evo8 cams on there fairly often.

 

The reason i was going to go ahead and get the LICP pump and tune is because my current tune sucks. It was done at sea level back in GA and we had to "make" 91 octane by mixing 89 and 93. The shop that did the tune was helping correct it via email, but they won't return my emails anymore. So I need to get a good tune again.

 

why not do the LICP and fuel pump yourself? (VERY EASY) evomoto.com has a how to on the pump.... Modefied Auto can do your cams and tune.....

heres the link for the fuel pump install...
http://evomoto.com/tech_info.php?tPa...d2e02a866c2d56

 

My fiance tunes a lot of Chevy SS's with HP Tuners. He was able to get almost a second off the 1/4 mile time of a local TrailBlazer SS. He has the software to tune EVO's but hasn't gotten to mine yet because he wont tune it until I get turbo back exhaust (and I'm broke...and if I hold back long enough he'll buy it for me) I'll let you know how mine does after he tunes it...

 

Of course you will do the LICP yourself tripp.........remember how we did my ETS LICP? hehe

 

FUN to watch. VI vs VIII.

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/4...7d007fb1a5.htm

 

If your at least a little mechanically inclined I would say do everything yourself. It's really not that hard except for the timing belt. That could be a pain in the a$$. As far as a tune goes I'm surprised there's no one around there with a cable and software and the knowledge to do a decent tune...

If you have the parts ready and if I'm ever in the area again soon then I'd be more than happy to help you. I've done every single install in my car including the motor.

 

I have the tactrix cable and ECUflash, but im just not comfortable tuning my car myself. We have a guy who does good road tunes w/ wideband (Jer.k), but since my car has exhaust leaks at the slip fit (buschur exhaust) it'll be hard to get a good AFR reading at idle. Thats why i'm probably just gonna go with a Mellon tune. Unless he can give me a better price jk. As far as the cam install goes I have full confidence in doing it myself (i have a degree in automotive tech), but I just don't have the tools to do it. As the timing belt goes the only reason I'd have a shop do it which is like you said its a pain in the *** ! So i was just going to take advantage of labor and have them do the cams as well.

 

Tripp, if you have time and some $, we should both drive down to Speed Element in norcal and see what they can do in terms of getting everything done to our Evos.

Over the weekend, my trusty daily driver Yukon decided to die on me, so I got a replacement.

 

New car looks good! Id love to go down to SpeedElement to check out the shop, but not sure when I would be able to. I may be doing my big build earlier than i thought (maybe around spring?). If so ill defiently head down there and check them out. What are you looking to get done? Let me know if you want me to give the new car a one over. I know dealers do crappy preps...

 

How about a photo shoot??