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View Poll Results: Where do I go from here? (now that all of the children have grown up...)
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Build the X
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No one wants a $60k evo with high monthly payments, get out now and buy a 9.
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11-01-2011
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#1
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Lino Lakes
Drives: 17 Honda Accord
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
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Originally Posted by Knoxville
Did you take it out for a spin? Any initial feedback?
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Only drove it home from DB so far but here are my thoughts.
The car is WAYYYYY better just driving around. It feels very smooth. Shane said he spent like 2 days on just the driveability part and got the fuel very good. He took MAF out down low too which seemed to get rid of some if not all the bogginess.
I did a few WOT pulls, didn't have much space so I had to left off a little early but they were smooth no problems. I also didn't see any knockCEL so that made me happy.
Shane said he collapsed the high and low octane tables to 2-3 degrees lower in the RPM range but left them higher from 5 or 6krpms on up at like 6 degrees or so.
I am quite satisfied for now and will update after some more driving. |
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11-02-2011
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#2
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flips McGee
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Woo! Awesome!
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Originally Posted by Murlo26
I need to listen to Scheides more often i think :)
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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g
...I realized that I can't keep up my shit talking without anything to back it up.
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Originally Posted by JV
S2000: For those of us that know the Miata is the best car on the planet, but also want extra power and to not have to turn in our man cards.
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11-02-2011
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#3
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Cottage Grove
Drives: 2g DSM, 2008 Evo X
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Woo hoo!!! Glad to hear that it's running better!
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1997 Eclipse GSX - Project car - 601hp/475tq
2008 Evo X GSR SSS - Daily Driver - 407hp/434tq
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11-03-2011
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Lino Lakes
Drives: 17 Honda Accord
Posts: 4,041
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Well packing up my car for the winter for sure now...
Just found this at work before I left...
I was praying that I made it home, thankfully I did. The evo gods are angry with me.
In case you can't tell, that is a long strip of shredded belt. |
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11-04-2011
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Blaine, MN
Drives: '91 Automagic
Posts: 13,908
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
ouch.
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11-04-2011
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R U DTF bro?
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Oak Point, TX
Drives: C8 Stingray Z51
Posts: 20,620
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
WTF
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Originally Posted by Murlo26
I agree with Kracka.
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11-04-2011
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Lino Lakes
Drives: 17 Honda Accord
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
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Originally Posted by Kracka
WTF
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Im not sure, one of my pulleys is off though. Shane didn't see anything while it was there after 2 days on the dyno, so not sure.
My car likes to break I guess and not when it's convenient. |
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11-04-2011
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Transmission destroyer
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cambridge
Drives: G37, 91 TSi
Posts: 7,150
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
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Originally Posted by Murlo26
My car likes to break I guess and not when it's convenient.
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haha it never is
sorry to hear, but at least it ain't something big!
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Originally Posted by scheides
I swing from the nuts of cold hard data. Anything less is a guess.
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11-04-2011
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R U DTF bro?
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Oak Point, TX
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Time to put the stock plastic pulleys back on.
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Originally Posted by Murlo26
I agree with Kracka.
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11-04-2011
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Lino Lakes
Drives: 17 Honda Accord
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
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Originally Posted by Kracka
Time to put the stock plastic pulleys back on.
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Not sure where those are even. |
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11-04-2011
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flips McGee
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
What pulleys are on there now, stock ones or those Hyundai ones?
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Originally Posted by Murlo26
I need to listen to Scheides more often i think :)
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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g
...I realized that I can't keep up my shit talking without anything to back it up.
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Originally Posted by JV
S2000: For those of us that know the Miata is the best car on the planet, but also want extra power and to not have to turn in our man cards.
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11-04-2011
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Lino Lakes
Drives: 17 Honda Accord
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Hyundai ones
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11-05-2011
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flips McGee
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Ugh shitty...back to stockers I guess? Or inspect the Hyundai ones...they come off really easy once the belt is off.
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Originally Posted by Murlo26
I need to listen to Scheides more often i think :)
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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g
...I realized that I can't keep up my shit talking without anything to back it up.
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Originally Posted by JV
S2000: For those of us that know the Miata is the best car on the planet, but also want extra power and to not have to turn in our man cards.
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11-05-2011
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Lino Lakes
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
It sounds like I might need a washer or something to adjust the tensioner pulley I guess. Trying to talk to a few others who have the hyundai pulley's.
I probably still will not fix this until spring though.
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11-06-2011
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flips McGee
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Fix it before the car just sits for too long  You'll feel better about firing it up come spring!
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Originally Posted by Murlo26
I need to listen to Scheides more often i think :)
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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g
...I realized that I can't keep up my shit talking without anything to back it up.
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Originally Posted by JV
S2000: For those of us that know the Miata is the best car on the planet, but also want extra power and to not have to turn in our man cards.
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11-06-2011
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R U DTF bro?
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Oak Point, TX
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Agreed. Having it down all winter will just piss you off, especially come that first really nice spring day.
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Originally Posted by Murlo26
I agree with Kracka.
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11-06-2011
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#17
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Blaine, MN
Drives: '91 Automagic
Posts: 13,908
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
^X3.
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11-06-2011
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#18
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Lino Lakes
Drives: 17 Honda Accord
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
I have no money or desire to fix it now. It'll get done first thing when snow melts.
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12-27-2011
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Lino Lakes
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
So Sunday I finally got my lazy ass in gear and pulled my battery out for winter like 6 weeks after I put it away lol. It was dead but I bought a new smart charger that has it all charged up now and is in trickle mode now. I hope it didn't nuke the battery like last year (been traveling for work the last 4 out of 5 weeks and just didn't have much time). Last year I never unhooked it and the battery died and could not be brought back and I had to buy a new one. I have the AMS small battery, which is not great for leaving hooked up over winter obviously.
So I also forgot I got these back before I put my car down for winter (stock OEM idler pulley's).
What do you guys think? Reuse? These are my original OEM ones, they are worn and my fingernail hits the grooves but not too terrible. But I am not sure what bad ones look like. Obviously I need to something about my serp belt problems and seeing as how the pulley's were changed and now I am having problems I am considering going back to the OEM ones. |
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12-27-2011
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flips McGee
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Just get new OEM ones, I should probably consider changing mine when I replace my acc belt this spring (it's about due).
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Murlo26
I need to listen to Scheides more often i think :)
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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g
...I realized that I can't keep up my shit talking without anything to back it up.
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Originally Posted by JV
S2000: For those of us that know the Miata is the best car on the planet, but also want extra power and to not have to turn in our man cards.
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