Gave the Evo a long overdue wash this weekend – this time using a new product: Optimum No Rinse Wash & Shine. Genuinely impressed by this stuff, and really worked wonders on the Evo. What usually was a process of: Rinse, wash w/ soap, rinse, detail fluid + claybar, wax; is now wash, dry &…
A relatively busy off-season for the Evo – following the issues I had with the balance of the car last year, I had a few changes I wanted to make before going with more mods. Also had a number of maintenance to do with the car: Reversed the rake of the car (higher in front, lower…
Did this as part of an ongoing effort to improve my Evo – was on a kick for a while to find what the best gear oil for the Evo is – rather, if there were any discernible reason why the Diaqueen SAE90 Gear Oil is so highly regarded — and why it seems so…
Decided to use the final GAX event as a test ‘n tune (16 runs to do some shock tuning). I had been having a lot of problems with the rear of the car being unstable, especially on lift and braking, the car would be pitching and rolling a lot. I had pretty much decided to…
For whatever reason this got published before my other oil sample I sent out did. 148 miles, 3 20 minute track sessions on it. Looks pretty darn good, I thought track would cause more wear but I guess not. For all it’s 300hp turbocharged madness, happy to see how little the wear is. I even…
Did PDX in the Evo for the first time ever!! With the forecast being fairly gloomy, I didn’t make the call until the night before to run. My tires are bald and have been bald for quite some time, so running in the rain wouldn’t have been the wisest option for me. It stayed dry…
Unfortunately noticed a bit more wear on this run than I would have liked, though as I understand it these are marginal increase at best. Not only that, but the run I am comparing it to, I did fill and drain a little thinking I was low on oil – I was not at the…
Day two of the doubleheader back home at BSCC: One of my favorite courses BSCC put on this year. Very straightforward and flowed well. The one thing I’ve noticed now with Boeing’s events though: they tend to try to make the element super tight at the end in order to slow people down before the…
Final points event of the year for Stl Solo! Wasn’t the biggest fan of the course – a few spots that really pinched/needed a dig out, but other than that it was okay. I continue my preference for Gateway’s surface, bumpier but flatter and with more grip over there. The new surface at Family is…
With CIR for 10/3 canceled, the next event was 10/4 at Boeing. I’ve yet to make a CIR this year, and the event that was supposed to be on 10/3 was pushed back to 10/10 – not sure if I will be able to make that though. Despite a few handful of issues, pressing onward…
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