Thanks to focusing on an in-car camera for the Evo’s events, I was able to notice that the CEL was flashing at various points in the upper RPMs during my track days, and even during autox. My tune is programmed such that the CEL will flash if the car knocks. Speaking with the tuner, he…
After a near 3 month hiatus, had my 3rd autox of 2019. Given that I am still making tweaks with the Evo, I decided to run it again. Since the last autox, I switched from 10k rear springs to 11k, and flipped the rear bar back to soft. This was to give me the rotation…
Was having some clunking issues with my whiteline endlinks in the front and rear – as much as I tightened up the rears, the endlinks would randomly clunk over small vibrations on the road – really minor and not that loud, but enough to drive me crazy. The fronts only clunk under heavy load in…
Very similar results to the last track day I did, wear is holding consistent. Car showed some knock at the last track day that I did, but no difference in wear here and that knock should be resolved soon. Changed to Red Line 5w30 again, this time with Fram Ultra XGS3593A. I’ll run for a…
Shortly after flushing the Evo’s fluids, decided to change the M3’s oil, given it had been in the car for about a year. Ran Redline 5w50 as opposed to the Castrol 10w60, so it’s good to see wear looking ok here. Changed to Redline Race Oil 50wt with a Mann 926/5 Z filter for the…
Had a chance to do some heavy duty maintenance this weekend. Evo oil was changed to the 10w30 “30wt” Red Line race oil, the transfer case and rear diff got flushes for the 75w90 GL5 gear oil, and the trans was flushed to 75w85 GL4, with a touch of 75w90 GL4 trans fluid. 39,306 miles…
As luck would have it, another dry forecast turned into precipitation for the second track day. Instead of the downpour like the last event though, we had mild sprinkling that was steady throughout. My biggest concern was when the “switch” would be from driving in the dry to driving in the wet – i.e., I…
As much as I resisted changing the springs, after a lot of research and deliberation, it seems like the stiffer the Evo is in the rear, the better for handling and power-on throttle behavior. I ordered the springs about a month in advance, but due to inventory they had to make more, causing a 3…
After a tire flat, decided to go with some new wheels & tires, as was the plan for this coming fall anyway. We switched to 15×6 MSW wheels for weight, narrower width, and taller tire, all to improve the drivability and comfort of the car. The 15’s barely cleared the calipers (previously 17s) but TR…
Only way to top the first track day of the year is for it to be completely wet and cold. This was my first wet track event, and AWD really saved the day here. The instructor likened wet track days to having an additional 300hp – and it was totally true. Most of the RWDs…
Made a number of tweaks to the car based on how it felt at the first event. To induce a little more neutral handling, I flipped the RSB from the soft setting, which matched the stiffest setting on the 2018 bar, to the middle setting. I also switched to the track pads (ST43s) to get…
I’ve been on a mission for the last few years now to get the evo’s exhaust as quiet as possible while still being a free flowing 3″ exhaust. This has been an ongoing quest of mine pretty much since I’ve had the previous black Evo in 2011, 2012. I’ve never been a fan of loud,…
