Kerns

So I did a few races this weekend and this is one of them... Let me first start off by saying that I absolutely loved the color of this car. I didn't get a picture of the car itself, but below is a picture of what it pretty much looked like:


Anyway, on to the races. We talked in advance and we both knew I had him covered but we were just wanting to go out and have some fun and see how his car stacked up. He said his mods were pretty much full exhaust, upgraded wastegate, upgraded boost controller, and a slightly larger turbo off of another Evo (I believe he said off of the MR). He was running on 20psi. We did several races and they were all pretty much the same. We probably did 3 40 rolls and 3 60 rolls just for fun. Every race I pretty much would immediately start pulling on the hit and just run away from him. Honestly, the details of the race are a little fuzzy and I don't really remember how many cars I put on him each time. I wanna say around 6-7ish. I am supposed to be getting an email of the videos from the races so when I do I will edit this post and upload them. All in all I had a great time. He was a very cool guy and the car was gorgeous.

PurpleIcedGT

Kerns your car is sick man, but not going to lie, I call BS on this one.
If that car is running 20psi, it absolutely flies and you claim to pull more than a bus length on it?

ctgreddy

the huge win seems odd for the mods but i do believe it's possible. good race kerns. i'm getting pretty damn jealous of you and your races! haha.

PurpleIcedGT

Im by no means dissing his car. In fact I think its a sick ride, however....cmon, 20psi Evo?

Mishri

19-20psi is what the evo 8's came with from the factory, with those mods at that psi I believe most of them are sitting around 320whp. I 100% believe that outcome. He might have pulled a better turbo off of an evo 9, kind of pointless if he is still at stock boost levels but maybe a friend gave it to him for free/really cheap.

take a look at this:
http://www.mellonracing.com/index.ph...roducts_id=831

tons of mods, including meth at 28psi to hit 390whp.

that evo he raced would probably run high 12s, compared to his high 11s, a full sec i the 1/4 mile = 10 car lengths basically.

moochman4life

I'll admit, even though I really like every Evo since Gen 8, I don't know what typical modded power numbers they have or times they run in comparison to mods. However, that seems like a lot of mods just to get those numbers.

justinschmidt1

Its very believable...they are quick from a dig but a roll is different.

Stone629

Good run Kerns.


I thought those cars were capable of low 12s/high 11s on the stock turbo? Didn't think they needed more than bolt-ons, tuning, etc, to do work. I'm halfway asking, not claiming to know that for sure, so go easy on me, lol.

Mishri

well someone at my track with an intake+full exhaust evo 9 at 21 psi ran 13.5@102mph, identical run to my 07 GT with bolt ons that i figured was good for a high 12. really this guy he raced couldn't be any faster, even with his boost controller and what is likely an evo 9 turbo, if he is just sitting at 20 psi.

someone at my track with an evo 8 MR ran 13.8@100mph I can't find his mod list though.

and my '12 gt with cai+tune only went 13.1@108 with worse da and 1,000 miles on it

Stone629

Mishri, you guys are running in outer space though. I realize the whole FI fighting off a lot of that DA, but still....just bolt-ons, they're not going to run much faster than stock, but bolt-ons and a tune they haul ***. They're running mid 13s stock (here). Let me check around, something doesn't sound right.


edit, I'm not going to do too much searching, I know for a fact I've seen plenty of stock turbo EVO VIIIs going high 11s at impressive traps, 118+. Just do a quick Youtube search for what those vids are worth. I'll get some vid of them next time I'm at the track. The same crowd of them is usually there.