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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07-21-2010
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FLOSSEN
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Plymouth
Drives: 2011 corolla turbo S
Posts: 764
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
I hope you put Mega insurance on this thing for how much you got into her!
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07-21-2010
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#2
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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
Just full coverage...if something happens it happens. I will steal the motor out of it if it gets wrecked, but I don't want to pay a super high premium and after looking at what Lomkers figures were it has to be a special insurance to get what you want, pass.
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07-21-2010
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#3
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*Resting In Peace*
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Heaven
Drives: 94 Plymouth Acclaim/2008 EvoX
Posts: 2,430
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
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Originally Posted by Murlo26
looking at what Lomkers figures were it has to be a special insurance to get what you want, pass.
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I haven't done it yet. I have +$5k coverage with Progressive. American Family quoted me +$20k for another $75/mo.
I ain't worried about wrecking, I'm worried about the whole car being stolen. You're right...not the end of the world if you have the car to pull parts off of.
Last edited by mlomker; 07-21-2010 at 02:11 PM..
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07-21-2010
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#4
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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
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Originally Posted by mlomker
I haven't done it yet. I have +$5k coverage with Progressive. American Family quoted me +$20k for another $75/mo.
I ain't worried about wrecking, I'm worried about the whole car being stolen. You're right...not the end of the world if you have the car to pull parts off of.
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I doubt mine would get stolen, it will spend most of its time in garage, but hey it could happen i suppose. I will look into some of it, but doubtful i do anything. it isn't too flashy though.
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07-21-2010
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#5
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*Resting In Peace*
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Heaven
Drives: 94 Plymouth Acclaim/2008 EvoX
Posts: 2,430
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
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Originally Posted by Murlo26
I doubt mine would get stolen, it will spend most of its time in garage
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Same deal for me. I don't think car theft is that common around here relative to other cities. Those are the questions that I'm weighing. If I lost this car then I couldn't afford to mod another one, that's all.
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07-21-2010
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#6
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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
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Originally Posted by mlomker
Same deal for me. I don't think car theft is that common around here relative to other cities. Those are the questions that I'm weighing. If I lost this car then I couldn't afford to mod another one, that's all.
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x2...regardless, *knocks on wood, lets not talk about it. Last time i talked about something bad happening to my car with you, 5 secs later, POP, engine blew as we were talking about it. 
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07-21-2010
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#7
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*Resting In Peace*
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Heaven
Drives: 94 Plymouth Acclaim/2008 EvoX
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
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07-21-2010
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#8
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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
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Originally Posted by mlomker
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Grrr...nope...but I guess this random noob I talked to in a PM was telling the truth...figures.
Well whatever...completely different setups at least.
The funny thing is, they are redesigning the oil feed for the turbo, so these guys for sure didn't get that. So haha to them I guess.
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07-21-2010
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#9
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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 mlomker
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So you don't have the first X Black!
Meybe the first E85 X Black when the time comes? 
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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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07-21-2010
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#10
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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
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Originally Posted by goodhart
So you don't have the first X Black!
Meybe the first E85 X Black when the time comes? 
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Yea, should still be the first X on E85 with the black...
It couldn't be worse people they gave it to, the guys from Espec are such jerkoffs. They show the worst overinflated numbers ever and act like no one can tune as well as Urkel and that everyone elses car is slower...great.
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07-21-2010
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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
Yea, should still be the first X on E85 with the black...
It couldn't be worse people they gave it to, the guys from Espec are such jerkoffs. They show the worst overinflated numbers ever and act like no one can tune as well as Urkel and that everyone elses car is slower...great.
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Overinflated? Maybe that's why they chose them! lol
But seriously, a guy would think they would want their newest turbo tested by a more reputable shop like AWD Motorsports, Cobb, or AMS...
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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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07-21-2010
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#12
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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
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Originally Posted by goodhart
Overinflated? Maybe that's why they chose them! lol
But seriously, a guy would think they would want their newest turbo tested by a more reputable shop like AWD Motorsports, Cobb, or AMS...
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Exactly, I wouldn't care at all about those shops, they are great shops. The place they gave it to is such a hack job shop and seriously biggest darshes ever. I will never hear the end of this in PM's. Your tuner can't tune...we make more power on pump than you do on E85...blah blah blah. sigh.
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07-21-2010
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#13
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*Resting In Peace*
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Heaven
Drives: 94 Plymouth Acclaim/2008 EvoX
Posts: 2,430
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
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Originally Posted by goodhart
Overinflated?
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Yeah, they claim to get 490whp on an FP Red on pump gas. 30psi on pump? Motor-blowing tunes to be sure.
http://forums.evolutionm.net/evo-x-d...90hp-pump.html
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07-21-2010
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#14
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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
I question more the amount of timing they can put in. I showed Shane the timing they say they are running and he says he has trouble running the amount they do on pump gas.
I think it is some local New York war between tuners and now all the new york people think "their" tuner is better and the local tuners there have just inflated their shit beyond reasonable, like the florida dynos.
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07-21-2010
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#15
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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
I don't think we never said you couldn't but as most good tuners even say in the espec threads...why you running 30psi, it only takes one bad tank of gas and kablamo!
No thanks, no good tuner would run that high of boost on any 93 oct.
Regardless, even if they did, they would have to keep the timing low to compensate so I don't think anymore power would be made.
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07-21-2010
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#16
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Hutch
Drives: Evo VIII and 96' Buick Park Ave
Posts: 2,595
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
Keep in mind everyone, some places have WAY better pump gas then the piss that MN gets.
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07-22-2010
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#17
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*Resting In Peace*
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Heaven
Drives: 94 Plymouth Acclaim/2008 EvoX
Posts: 2,430
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
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Originally Posted by 311evo
Keep in mind everyone, some places have WAY better pump gas then the piss that MN gets.
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These guys are in NY and they do seem to be blessed in that regard.
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07-22-2010
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#18
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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
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Originally Posted by mlomker
These guys are in NY and they do seem to be blessed in that regard.
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And I have said that before...but they think I am crazy.
Regardless, that kind of tuning is still very much on the edge of safe...
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07-22-2010
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#19
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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
So I was a lil upset my turbo got held up, but it still isn't needed yet, so not an issue yet.
I just got these two emails from Robert, second one was funny I thought!
1st:
Turbos are done and sitting there waiting on the line R&D to wrap up. Might have that handled by tomorrow, we are working on it.
2nd:
I have been "hitching" rides to work for the last 2 days, and been unable to goto lunch becuase my EVOX is apart for oil feed line development Send me a cheeseburger!
So good news, I am sure they are working fast since his personal X is down because of it!
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07-22-2010
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#20
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flips McGee
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog
LOL that's funny 
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Originally Posted by Murlo26
I need to listen to Scheides more often i think :)
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...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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