Best damn Bang for the Buck Period!
#1
10-31-2007, 09:11 AM
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Best damn Bang for the Buck Period!
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Originally Posted by Tom(Atl)
Hey Cleve - Remember me? So you went from your GT2 to an Evo? Well, how does it compare?
Believe it or not, I was turning similar times at Road Atlanta in the Evo IX (approximately 1:35's according to Hank Cohn who was running with me in the instructor group and had a Traqmate in his track prepared 996 GT3)! I think I was a little more willing to drive it on the ragged edge compared to the GT2...which would have been a little more expensive to crash.
The Evo is the BEST bang for the buck and a ton of fun...ask Al Norton, he went out with me for several laps.
2006 Evo IX: $30,000
AMS 50 Trim Turbo Kit used: $3400
AMS Intercooler and Piping: $650
GSC Stage 1 Cams: $600
ARP Headstuds: $200
ACT HD Street Clutch: $525
Cobb Exhaust: $625
Megan Track Coilovers w/ Camber Plates: $875
Whiteline Roll-Center Correction Kit: $265
Performance Friction Rotors (stock diameter): $650
Performance Friction PF-01 Pads front: $275
AMS Brake Ducting Kit used: $250
Stainless Brake Lines: $160
Castrol SRF Brake Fluid: $75
Redline Fluids in Trans, TC, Rear end: $50
BF Goodrich R1 255/40-17: $1100
Tuning @ Topspeed: $300 MS109 Unleaded 481 AWHP, 93 Pump 401 AWHP
Alignment: $125 (-4 Camber 0 Toe Front, -1.5 Camber 0 Toe Rear)
Cleve
Originally Posted by Tom(Atl)
Hey Cleve - Remember me? So you went from your GT2 to an Evo? Well, how does it compare?
Believe it or not, I was turning similar times at Road Atlanta in the Evo IX (approximately 1:35's according to Hank Cohn who was running with me in the instructor group and had a Traqmate in his track prepared 996 GT3)! I think I was a little more willing to drive it on the ragged edge compared to the GT2...which would have been a little more expensive to crash.
The Evo is the BEST bang for the buck and a ton of fun...ask Al Norton, he went out with me for several laps.2006 Evo IX: $30,000
AMS 50 Trim Turbo Kit used: $3400
AMS Intercooler and Piping: $650
GSC Stage 1 Cams: $600
ARP Headstuds: $200
ACT HD Street Clutch: $525
Cobb Exhaust: $625
Megan Track Coilovers w/ Camber Plates: $875
Whiteline Roll-Center Correction Kit: $265
Performance Friction Rotors (stock diameter): $650
Performance Friction PF-01 Pads front: $275
AMS Brake Ducting Kit used: $250
Stainless Brake Lines: $160
Castrol SRF Brake Fluid: $75
Redline Fluids in Trans, TC, Rear end: $50
BF Goodrich R1 255/40-17: $1100
Tuning @ Topspeed: $300 MS109 Unleaded 481 AWHP, 93 Pump 401 AWHP
Alignment: $125 (-4 Camber 0 Toe Front, -1.5 Camber 0 Toe Rear)
Cleve
#2
10-31-2007, 05:36 PM
Cleve,
Add some water/meth injection and you'll be running race-gas numbers all the time on pump gas...and no heatsoak.
I switched from a supercharged Z06 to an '06 STI and couldn't be happier with the performance, although I am still on the stock turbo.
The STEvos, as I call them, are really the best bangs for the buck. Amazing what these cars can do stock, and of course how well they take to mods....engine and suspension.
And think, you can run over 275s on all four corners...some are even going up to 315!!!!
Enjoy,
TomK
Add some water/meth injection and you'll be running race-gas numbers all the time on pump gas...and no heatsoak.
I switched from a supercharged Z06 to an '06 STI and couldn't be happier with the performance, although I am still on the stock turbo.
The STEvos, as I call them, are really the best bangs for the buck. Amazing what these cars can do stock, and of course how well they take to mods....engine and suspension.
And think, you can run over 275s on all four corners...some are even going up to 315!!!!
Enjoy,
TomK
#3
10-31-2007, 08:44 PM
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Atlanta, GA
Age: 56
Posts: 498
Rep Power: 39
I just traded my stock Evo IX turbocharger for a SMC Water/Meth kit...should be a lot cheaper than running MS109 all the time. I also bought a new AMS GT35R turbo and have sent it to Forced Performance for their HTA35R upgrade.
Cleve
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