scott you need to lay off the alcohol!

speaking of alky....... kits installed! it was real easy and straight forward! can't wait till al gets here so i can drive my frickin car! btw, who's stinkn idea was it to have al come in march? i think it was you damn idaho guys that were too scared it might snow on the way down if we did it in feb! i hate you guys!

that should be the last of my mods until at least i drive my car and see if i like it.

oh but i still have the mbc to hook up and my base shifter bushings. but those are easy.

 

hey benny, whaddya doin up so late?

 

HAHA man I am always up at 3:30 am. I think I have the same problem as you and rob.

Ben

 

What is so good about an mbc? If I get a reflash wont that set an optimal boost level any way? Why would I want to change it?

 

You can dial a MBC in. With the change in temps and altitude your boost levels can change. They can go up and down. With a MBC you can turn it up if you want to run race gas and such. There are alot of advantages to having control over your boost.

Ben

 

It'll still have a bit of taper, and won't hit the top quite as fast...for 70-120 bucks, it's supposed to be a good buy...I don't have a choice, and I'll be getting the flash without one...so I guess we'll see ...and some people (ok, most people) like to crank the boost up higher than stock..like ~20-22psi

 

The boost taper won't be bad after a Dynoflash. My buddies tapered about 2 pounds with the Dynoflash mail in. After a Hallman MBC, it only tapers about .5 psi at redline. The reflash does help quite a bit though.

 

I only taper about 2 lbs of boost now...most of the time, except those crazy few occasions where I taper like 5-6 lbs...and then there's times where I barely taper at all...one time I hit 21 and it held it all the way through

 

Thats why you buy a MBC so that you can consistently run the same boost instead of different boost levels all the time.

 

Yeah listen to Scott, he rules.

So I looked at the cam install in the service manual. Wow. I see why Ray was scared at first. You don't need to remove the valve springs and stuff like that do you? What about the 3M adhesive they say to use, is it just RTV? What special tools to you need? Anyway I plan on coming up and watching next weekend if that is ok.

Ray, how was the headstud install? Should I wait to do it with the cams? Is the valve cover gasket good enough to re-use a few times?

 

It was Scott who decided March was good

 

That's cuz Scott's scared of cold weather and wet roads

 

Yeah, I think he likes to leave the Evo in the garage if there is the hint of bad weather

 

Yeah, but that's not his fault, it's the stupid Advans and his want to preserve his life (especially with the high blood alcohol level he's always experiencing)

 

Hey ray I have been looking at tires and wanted you expertise.

I am looking at the
Pirelli PZero Corsa
Kumho MX
Falkin Azenis

I am thinking that the Corsa might be a little to soft for daily driving.

I am leaning toward the MXs but want to see what you think since you deal with this all the time

Ben