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[EV0300]

Niiiice car.
AN those wheels look great!
What are they?

XXR 527s i believe

[MR 1JZ]

XXR 527

[Mopar]

Well they look good!

And cool vid you put up of it

[MR 1JZ]

Me and a mate put in a massive effort thursday night to get this thing ready for a November 16 track day...I had to get it tuned before going back so we did the following:

New base height adjustable coilovers
New Aeromotive fuel Pump (C$NT of a job on a CP9A..whole fucking tank needs to come out!)
Install catch can
21psi boost actuator
1050cc FIC injectors
Fitted new rear wing
General tidy up of a couple of things including making some custom bracketry for the wiring in the front gaurds

It eventually saw the dyno at SKR yesterday arvo and put down a respectable 277awkw on 21psi (E85), you cant dual map an Evo 5 ecu so its just the E85 tune for the time being...I dont think id wanna go back to 98 after driving it anyway...it drives like a fucking missle

Dyno Vids:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDPtt86mkGg&list=UUl94u4KGHeDgo49tQV_ZQtg&index=2&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwIJODlw_Aw&list=UUl94u4KGHeDgo49tQV_ZQtg&index=1&feature=plcp

Knighty puts antilag in his tunes, its only mild so it doesnt mean im going to be changing a turbo every week but almost every time I hit a bar of boost or over and change gears there is a foot long flame and a very loud bang from the exhaust...it will take me a very long time to get sick of that!

And some pics:






As you can see the new rear wing is fucking insane...Ive just taken it off because its way too big to drive around with on the street which is a shame because it looks so awesome with it fitted

All of this was in an effort to get to Mallala on Nov 16 and hopefully go sub 1:20...unfortunately this dream was shattered about 30 minutes ago...along with my 3rd gear, you rarely hear of evo boxes failing so it must have been on its way out and the extra 100 or so KW's at the wheels has given it a helping hand...time to go shopping for a new box then I guess (unless anyone has one they want to give me?)

I am told I can use any 5 speed from an evo 4-9 as long as I use my transfer case...correct?

[Mopar]

No long term affects for running e85 for a while or ?
Nice job,its a beast

[EV0300]

wow lovely. that extra torque from the e85 would have helped the gear go i bet. must be a handful now.

[MR 1JZ]

I only just switched to E85 so i cant say...the difference it makes to the car power wise is however phenominal...makes 21psi at 3500rpm and just keeps on pulling

hence the exploded box

[romeo]

wow your car looks and sounds insane man!!! sucks to hear about the gearbox after all the time you put in to try get it ready for the track day, hope you find one in time for it.

[MR 1JZ]

finally got the gearbox saga over before xmas and put some KM's on this...best economy on E85 has been 210kms to a 45L tank...lol

also put the stock wing back on as they look funny with no wing and tidied up a few things..took a couple photos today after a wash

[EV0300]

changed the rims and the wing again mate?

[ENGINR]

I actually prefer the stock wing and those rims over what you had. Looks good.

[MR 1JZ]

Not sure why but the text above the photos is tiny font and white :|

but yeah those wheels are my "grip" wheels as they are a little less agressive on the offset and width, currently housing some 245/40 R1R's...they are a very decent tyre and probably the best stuff ive ever used on the street

the wing is back on because the other wing is too big for the street and CP's look funny with no rear wing...im going to get another bootlid for the other wing for when it goes to the track

I didnt like the Rota's much at first but they are growing on me!

[SIVART]

nice E5 , silver really suites them well

[something_wild]

This thing is unreal! You've really taken a well thought out road with this evo, and are using it the way It's supposed to be used. Props to you!
Out of interest, are you still running standard turbo, intercooler, mani etc? Some big power if so....