McCord Power Plate sells electric cutout actuators for $110...if I were to get a Y fitting welded onto my stock downpipe and fit it with the actuator and then to my stock exhaust, would my performance suffer from the 1/4 in. difference in the stock DP and an aftermarket 2.5 in. one...

Anyone know if the Evo 8 fuel pump will easily install into a 2g? This pump is rated at only 10 lt/hr less than a a Walbro 190 lph. Seems like it would be good for people running 16gs and looking for a cheap fuel pump upgrade...

I have an opportunity to pick up a Starion FMIC for less than $50, and I'm wondering if I will be completely wasting my money. Like you all, I've heard people badmouth these intercoolers, but many of the people who belittle them have never used them directly.There are a few guys on Talk in...

Steelies are just steel rims with a lot of metal on them (like the spare rim) correct?Where do I find them? I'm having enough trouble just finding stock wheels in my area. Would stock wheels be roughly as good? Seems like they're stronger than most aftermarket wheels, anyway.

Thanks for the replies, everyone. I'm thinking stock 16s and 205/55/16 tires might be good enough. Would there be a big advantage in dropping to 15s? Hell, it's got to be better than my 17s with low pros.I guess I have the same question for suspension, because my stock suspension just...

What wheels/tires (sizes especially) would be best for driving on unpaved roads (gravel, dirt, potholes, etc.)? I want wheels that won't break and tires that won't bubble in the sidewall or blow out easily.Please don't tell me to get a different car or a truck. I already realize that DSMs...

Good looking cars, everyone.Joe Mathews St. Petersburg, FL/ Washington, D.C.1996 Eagle Talon TSi AWDhttp://people.virginia.edu/~jtm3n/images/fallcolors.jpg

Don't worry, my talon is still in the garage, but I'm out in CO for the summer guiding fly fishing, and I need a truck/suv to get to out to some of the waters. I'm looking for something cheap that will get me through the summer; I might end up selling it at the end of the season, or if I grow...

I know of several people running the evoIII without coolant lines. As long as you are religious in allowing your turbo to cool down, you'll be fine. However, there is really no reason to do this if the car is your daily driver.

Make sure you have: a) Clean gasket mating surfaces at the turbo and at the oilpan b) Solid gaskets c) Torqued down the bolts enough (it doesn't take much, but this hardware is pretty solid, and mine leaked at the turbo until I gave the bolts another 1/2 turn)

With the outrageously low prices FMIC cores are going for these days, there is really no reason not to get one and fab up piping for under $300. Do the job right the first time.

Be careful installing all of those parts at once! It's PITA to troubleshoot when you've made a lot of changes and something little goes wrong.Enjoy :cool:

It cost me $50 to have a machine shop helicoil the 4 turbo-to-manifold bolt holes and resurface the turbine housing gasket mating surface. Well worth not ruining a perfectly good housing myself.

No worries; just get her tuned and go back out. I'm only flowing 28 lb/min on mine, untuned. That's barely good for 13s with my driving ;)

Well, they're not track cars. The GVR4 is a weekend toy, which will be going to the track soon. ShapeGSX's car is a daily driver. Just because these cars make 400+ whp with 25+ psi spikes doesn't mean that they can't daily drive the cars. Some people have self-control over the throttle...

Poor logic.I'll be interested to see some logs and track numbers :). Best of luck to you. I assume you're doing this at BMP?

Just replaced the ISC with a used unit I bought for $35 on DSMtrader. Even though the used ISC looked like shit compared to mine after I pulled it, I cleaned the old one off and it worked like a charm.The VFAQ about the ISC testing/replacement under Intake is terrific. The swap out...

Just looked at pics of your car--that's a gorgeous GVR4, btw. Talk about sleeper!What was the A/F ratio on your best run?

Ok, you beat me to the mod list. Still interested in turbo specs, though.

Wow, those are some incredible numbers. Can you post a full mod list, and specs on the turbo (ported, clipped, flapper mods, etc.?).That's the highest dyno sheet I've ever seen for an EvoIII--you eeked out SBR by 10 hp ;). Congrats on the numbers; that has to be the fastest 4dr...

Actually, now that you mention that, I just switched boost gauges with a buddy (put in a 30-30 instead of a 30-20), and both autometers read the same vac.One thing I did notice was that on both of our cars the plastic boost gauge line was slightly kinked near the fitting it screws into. His...

What's your airflow? Have you checked thoroughly for boost leaks?

I'm in the exactly opposite boat. When I start my car cold it idles very rough for the first 5 minutes. After that, everything is smooth. I personally believe that as long as your fuel trims are in the range that the ecu can compensate for, there's no need to take a ton of fuel away to get...

The gauge does zero out when I turn the key to the on position--I thought that might have been the issue at first too.Defiant, I just did my tb shaft seals about a month ago, and also replaced the larger tb gaskets. My valve stem seals were replaced in January of this year, but I suppose...

I believe locking and/or unlocking the door with the key itself turns the alarm off. It does on my car, at least.

I know this isn't a huge deal, but my vac is lower than it supposedly should be. I have no boost leaks (fixed the last one 2 days ago). I suppose it could be a kink in my boost gauge line.At 850rpm idle, I have only 14-15 in.hg. at startup, and 16 when warm. When I rev the car and hold it...

I don't know when you bought your kit, but Tyrus now includes a note in the package telling the customer to paint the brackets to prevent rust. It's a 10 minute hassle, but no biggie. I think it is remarkable that he can afford to include brackets and mounting hardware with his core for $215...

Reset the ecu, plugged in the ISC harness, and no change.I'll be testing the ISC tonight with a buddy's multimeter to see if it is blown.

I just replaced the biss oring--lol, easiest thing I've ever done to my car!Problem has not been solved yet. I am going to reset the ecu like you suggested, then hook it back up with the ISC harness plugged in. The thing is, I never popped an CELs, even with the ISC motor unplugged.If...

Every time I turn my AC on, there is an audible "click" and my idle drops from right around 900 to 650 rpm. My Vac reading also drops from 15 in.hg to 10 or 11. It's a PITA to drive the car around with the AC on.I noticed today that the harness to my ISC sensor was unplugged; I guess I...

Great info here. Makes me want to go out and log mine ;)So for those of us running stock MAF and an AFC, we multiply the logged airflow by the correction factor, then add that to the logged airflow amount if it the correction factor is negative, or subtract if it is positive?

You can almost do it with JR's cores, I think. The problem I ran into is that his cores are just too wide. You'll need an IC with rear facing or offset inlets, so the piping can be run below the fogs. Then it's just a matter of finding a core that will fit between two foglights bolted down.

This is the 8" core with offset inlets. $215 shipped in very high quality packaging, with all mounting brackets and hardware included.I don't have pics of the car with the bumper off, unfortunately. There are plenty of pics on this site (especially in the very long JohnnyRacecar thread) of...

If you don't think the problem is the injectors themselves, then troubleshoot elsewhere. You just posted that you think it is taking a long time for the fuel to get into the fuel rail; maybe you did not hook everything up properly after the injector install. Is your fpr working right?Take...

LMAO...you're excused. And actually it's Ultrabright :pDo you all think the bumper looks weird? My buddies are trying to convince me to take the bumper back off and trim the parts of the bumper cover where it meets the endtanks. You can see that there are small humps that look different...

Well those gauges will sure as hell be good for at least 15 horses :pDo yourself a favor: buy a used Autometer boost and oil pressure/egt gauge, and save the remaining $200 you would have spent on the Apexi's to put toward cams or water injection.

What are your low and high throttle points at? (I assume you're tuning with an AFC?) A very common setting is 30% low, 80% high. Anything 0-30% throttle runs on your low throttle settings, anything 80%-100% throttle runs on your high throttle settings, and anything in the midrange runs at a...

It's unlikely to be a torn ring on just one of the injectors; the car will still start running on 3 cylinders. If gas isn't injecting properly, you'll see it running down or squirting out around the intake mani.Run a fuel system cleaner in your next tank of gas. The injectors could be...

Very interesting; what is he basing this conclusion on, flow tests or tuning settings?Evo8 injectors are rated 560cc, anyway--not 510. I've been delighted with mine--best $120 I've ever spent.EDIT>> To answer the OP's questions, the two links given above (especially the RKO link given...

It depends on what his stock boost level is. Running a b16g above 15 psi on stock fuel is a bad idea. I ran my EvoIII on Evo8 560s and the stock pump, with good timing at 20 psi in the winter (in Virginia). In the summer, I would have gotten pulled timing like crazy though. After the smic...

This is not a question for Turbo System Tech. Considering you can max out 450s on a stock 1g by raising the boost, I would say you won't make much power until you upgrade injectors.

I never thought I would actually get around to doing this, but I finally bought and installed my frontmount. For a very long time I thought the hassle of rounding up all of the parts, or the expense of a manufactured kit, or even the difficulty of the install would prevent me from ever doing...

No, but make sure your intercooler pipe didn't blow off again. If it did, you should be running very rich and blowing black/gray smoke. Get a new clamp or do whath you have to so that it doesn't blow off again.

There is really not a whole lot of difference between the b16g and s16g--the words big and small are quite deceiving. The Evo16g flows more than either, and is the middle ground between the 16gs and an independent manufacturer's 50 trim (technically, the EvoIII 16g is a 50 trim, but just barely...

After reading ShapeGSX's report of 15 psi by 3000 rpm, I checked my turbo in 3rd gear: my MHI Evo16g (ported and clipped 10*) spools to 15 psi by 3100 rpm, and I have the stock bend at the downpipe, and stock flex section. After that it is 2.5" pressbent piping. So, even with a very...

I just ordered the 8" core with 2.25" inlets, and I am running basically the same setup (EvoIII16g and 560s). The 8" core is only a few bucks more, and has more room for growing--heck, your turbo and fuel mods might outrun that small core's capabilities right now. Go with the 8".As for...

Thanks for the info, guys. It's weird that this is left out of most of the fmic vfaqs and tech articles, considering that it is a formidable obstacle to mounting the intercooler. All the tech guides just say, test fit and mount the intercooler lol. I'm hoping that I can mount my intercooler...

So is it between your fmic and radiator, or did you bend it completely out of the way?

What is the long u-shaped (kinda looks like a big hairpin) bar/pipe that runs horizontally in front of the radiator on my 96 talon. I haven't taken a close look at it, but it seems like it is a functional part of the radiator and cannot be removed. Does a fmic just sit in front of it? Will...

Not exclusively, no. But, larger turbo size, coupled with high boost (in this case, an evo 16g creeping to 20 psi or more) does make you run leaner. You can run into more problems than fuel cut with a 16g.If I were the original poster, I would limit my wot pulls until those injectors are...