As is normally the case with new found power, you get used to it. I often joke that this is what keeps me in a job, yet as I’m finding out it also keeps me poor too.
So it’s more power time, keen to shake the lame duck feeling we go for an EVO 9 Turbo, these are basically a slightly larger & more advanced design turbo than the std EVO 8 model & pretty much a straight bolt on.
After tuning so many large cam equipped cars in the US I’m getting the urge for a bit more lope in the idle. My partner in crime in the US, Beau ,is also partners in a Camshaft company called Revolver Cams & he has sent me their latest baby 270 cams to try. Now you have to remember that by US standards baby doesn’t really mean small to everyone else in the world.
For the mods we have at the moment this is probably over camed, but what the hell. We throw in a set of Adjustable cam pulleys so we can dial out some of the size of the cam if we have to.
While we’re at it we throw on a Turbo XS bar & plate intercooler & custom hard pipe kit to increase the throttle response. In truth to add some bling to the Engine bay as well.
Well back on the Dyno & we are now starting to get somewhere, we come out with 235kw at the wheels at 23 psi. We are able to dial in the Camshafts so there is no real difference in boost lag from the previous smaller turbo to now.
On the road the car it even more fun to drive, the throttle response is amazing compared to the last round of mods. Its time for my first track day in the car @ Wakefield Park raceway. The car performs faultlessly considering we beat the sh#t out of it all day. Shame the same cant be said of the driver, my driving skills need a bit of honing.
So it’s more power time, keen to shake the lame duck feeling we go for an EVO 9 Turbo, these are basically a slightly larger & more advanced design turbo than the std EVO 8 model & pretty much a straight bolt on.
After tuning so many large cam equipped cars in the US I’m getting the urge for a bit more lope in the idle. My partner in crime in the US, Beau ,is also partners in a Camshaft company called Revolver Cams & he has sent me their latest baby 270 cams to try. Now you have to remember that by US standards baby doesn’t really mean small to everyone else in the world.
For the mods we have at the moment this is probably over camed, but what the hell. We throw in a set of Adjustable cam pulleys so we can dial out some of the size of the cam if we have to.
While we’re at it we throw on a Turbo XS bar & plate intercooler & custom hard pipe kit to increase the throttle response. In truth to add some bling to the Engine bay as well.
Well back on the Dyno & we are now starting to get somewhere, we come out with 235kw at the wheels at 23 psi. We are able to dial in the Camshafts so there is no real difference in boost lag from the previous smaller turbo to now.
On the road the car it even more fun to drive, the throttle response is amazing compared to the last round of mods. Its time for my first track day in the car @ Wakefield Park raceway. The car performs faultlessly considering we beat the sh#t out of it all day. Shame the same cant be said of the driver, my driving skills need a bit of honing.
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