Amayama is notorious for this, and for overcharging on shipping. If anyone can get them in North America, it's JNZ. Also look into Evo 1 or 2 pistons (don't use Evo 3), which are 8.5:1 equivalents.
They spin in different directions, so you can't just change the turbine housing between them. They also have different flanges; the Evo 4-9 is divided, but the 1-3 housing isn't.
Considering converting my Evo to 5-lug, which requires non-ABS front hubs from a 1G DSM - either FWD or AWD. Looking for quality pieces, no junk please.
I've heard from a few racers that they're pretty finnicky, and they look really floppy and awkward in all the videos I've seen of them in use. They are absolutely not for usage on a synchro box though, they shift too fast for the synchro to do...
Just doing something "to be different" is about the worst justification there is for a bad idea, especially when you don't have the know-how to do it yourself. There's no point in doing this. It's a very limited production, small displacement...
I've been a follower of G&G for a long time since the content is good and they don't take themselves too seriously, yet they're both good builders and phenomenal racers. They just have terrible ideas sometimes. The DSM/RX8 series has been...
Like I said, try a different FMU gain rate first, the 12:1 runs you out of fuel pump - you still have enough fuel injector. If you drop 10-20 psi of fuel pressure, you’ll have enough fuel flow to support your current boost level, but watch your...
It's not so simple. Those Evo injectors are 550ish cc at 43.5 psi and stock is around 220cc at 43.5 psi. Remember - the ECU doesn't know what size injectors it has, it simply has a defined open/closed strategy given its known parameters. It will...
You can either run the FMU plus a usual aftermarket fuel pressure regulator (my old turbo Neon had that when I bought it), or the SFMU, yes.
5 psi x 12:1 gain = 60 psi + 48ish psi base fuel pressure = 108 psi, just for 5 psi of boost. A Walbro...
It shouldn't be that rich at idle with stock ECU/injectors/fuel pressure, something is wrong there, but I see lots of issues. Are you on the stock fuel pump? If you're at 8 psi of boost, multiplied by 12:1 FMU ratio plus your base fuel pressure =...
The Evo 1-3 indeed has a different shift lever/shaft than the DSM; I tried to get one so that I could use a DSM transmission core in my Evo, but Mitsubishi no longer had that lever in stock. For Evo 1-3 it's part number MD740893, and it shouldn't...
Wow it's been over three years since I posted anything. Mainly because COVID made recovery of the car a royal pain in the ass. Long and short of things is:
- 2021 spent waiting on the race fab shop to get the new aero stuff on. That didn't go...
Mostly finished the basement. The only things I didn't do were foundation sprayfoam and drywall finishing, neither of which I had any inclination to touch. I've done full basement finishing before, it's not worth my time since I'm too damn picky...