Now just to re-iterate the main purpose for this vehicle;
1. Obviously to have a truck load of fun with
2 To serve as a rolling ‘Test Bed’ for all types of parts & services Pulse Racing offer, so as we can confidently show our customers what’s possible to achieve with what mods.
The first port of call for almost any EVO is the exhaust. Now if you’ve ever driven a std EVO for any length of time you’ll have a fairly good idea what I’m on about. Basically it’s to drown out the so called ‘sewing machine’ noise that comes out of the things, to move the noise from the Engine bay to the rear of the car (where it should be). Its just a 4G63 thing, they’re noisy, it feels like your giving the engine a hard time every time you give it even the slightest bit. The fact that the std Exhaust is restrictive & replacing it can give you a power boost is just an added bonus, it’s the noise we’re after.
Enter TXS Exhaust pic
So on went a Turbo dump back ‘Turbo XS’ 3inch stainless system with a Cannon Muffler (bring the noise as they say). From a pleasure to drive stand point the car was much more fun to drive now. Although personally I’ve always been a fan of slightly noisy car, they’ve gotta know your coming sort of thing.
While we were there we threw in a Walbro 550 HP fuel pump, the car really didn’t need it at this stage as we weren’t using all the fuel flow of the std pump it just seemed like cheap insurance considering future mods & the fact that we are planning on beating down on this car pretty hard in the future .
So back on the Dyno she goes, turns out it hasn’t lost its lame duck status yet, only manages 205 Kw. Although in truth this doesn’t tell the whole story. The car is now so much more fun to drive, the torque is up almost 15%, boost is on earlier & the sewing machine noise is gone.
All in all considering it made 140 Kw std (before tune) we still have an improvement of 65 Kw, so I know I should be happy. It’s just, I’m as they say a ‘power Junkie’ & it takes more than this to float my boat. It doesn’t help driving 300 Kw customer cars daily either.
1. Obviously to have a truck load of fun with
2 To serve as a rolling ‘Test Bed’ for all types of parts & services Pulse Racing offer, so as we can confidently show our customers what’s possible to achieve with what mods.
The first port of call for almost any EVO is the exhaust. Now if you’ve ever driven a std EVO for any length of time you’ll have a fairly good idea what I’m on about. Basically it’s to drown out the so called ‘sewing machine’ noise that comes out of the things, to move the noise from the Engine bay to the rear of the car (where it should be). Its just a 4G63 thing, they’re noisy, it feels like your giving the engine a hard time every time you give it even the slightest bit. The fact that the std Exhaust is restrictive & replacing it can give you a power boost is just an added bonus, it’s the noise we’re after.
Enter TXS Exhaust pic
So on went a Turbo dump back ‘Turbo XS’ 3inch stainless system with a Cannon Muffler (bring the noise as they say). From a pleasure to drive stand point the car was much more fun to drive now. Although personally I’ve always been a fan of slightly noisy car, they’ve gotta know your coming sort of thing.
While we were there we threw in a Walbro 550 HP fuel pump, the car really didn’t need it at this stage as we weren’t using all the fuel flow of the std pump it just seemed like cheap insurance considering future mods & the fact that we are planning on beating down on this car pretty hard in the future .
So back on the Dyno she goes, turns out it hasn’t lost its lame duck status yet, only manages 205 Kw. Although in truth this doesn’t tell the whole story. The car is now so much more fun to drive, the torque is up almost 15%, boost is on earlier & the sewing machine noise is gone.
All in all considering it made 140 Kw std (before tune) we still have an improvement of 65 Kw, so I know I should be happy. It’s just, I’m as they say a ‘power Junkie’ & it takes more than this to float my boat. It doesn’t help driving 300 Kw customer cars daily either.
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