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1GGEvo
07-07-2008, 09:16 PM
Â* So first of all I have to give all the thanks in the world to Khiem and Charlie over at MFQ.Â* I have been there customer for a few years and it is still by far the best place to get work done, by far.Â* If you haven't gone to MFQ to have work done, hang out, or check out a meet I highly suggest you do so, especially if you are in the area (there is a dyno day on this saturday, July 12th -- a perfect opportunity to experience the heartbreak dyno!).Â* Going to MFQ has been one of the best decisions I have made for my Evo.Â* Great service, install, and just an extremely comfortable place to do business.Â* Both these guys are Class-A individuals.Â* And now for the details.Â* I purchased the Agency Power short ram intake and the Artisan, single exit, test pipe back carbon ti exhaust.Â* The intake fit on like a glove, there wasn't many issues figuring it out.Â* The exhaust was a bit different of a story.Â* The welds were extremely nice, but the piping had not been treated (nothing that barbeque paint can't fix).Â* Furthermore the flanges weren't aligned perfectly which caused a bit of exhaust leakage, but it was an easy fix as well.Â* This exhaust does sound amazing though, deep tone but it is on the loud side.Â* Here are the dyno graphs from my day.

Run #1 -Â* 234.5 HP - This was the baseline run, fairly strong, up to date on reflashes
Run #2 -Â* 263.3 HP - Exhaust and intake installed
Run #3 -Â* 303.5 HP - Exhaust, intake, and MBC installed dialed in at 22.9 PSI

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk30/1ggevo/Dynocomparison3runs.jpg

Here is the boost graph and Air Fuel Ratio graph for the final run
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk30/1ggevo/dynoboostandaf.jpg

Now for a couple of videos:
This is a video of the 2nd run where I made 263.3 HP
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk30/1ggevo/th_MVI_0716.jpg (http://s276.photobucket.com/albums/kk30/1ggevo/?action=view&current=MVI_0716.flv)

We decided to start the car before the exhaust was completed, when it was just single piping all the way back to no muffler
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk30/1ggevo/th_MVI_0709.jpg (http://s276.photobucket.com/albums/kk30/1ggevo/?action=view&current=MVI_0709.flv)

For good measure I'm going to throw in some pictures of the day
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk30/1ggevo/IMG_0702.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk30/1ggevo/IMG_0699.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk30/1ggevo/IMG_0710.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk30/1ggevo/IMG_0712.jpg

We also decided to do some customizing to the engine bay to spice up the look, feel free to comment
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk30/1ggevo/IMG_0719.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk30/1ggevo/IMG_0718.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk30/1ggevo/IMG_0722.jpg

I apologize for some of the crappy photos, my camera was giving me issues... :tickedoff:

Â* Â*All in all, the car has now finally come alive.Â* It felt a bit sluggish at first mostly due to the extremely linear powerband.Â* I was missing the speed and a bit of the mean fury that my IX had, but this has changed that quite a bit.Â* The car feels completely different and is happy to run all out.Â* It doesn't have the all of a sudden blast of gut punching power that the IX has, but it is FAST all throughout which gives it a different feel.Â* The power doesn't creep up on you, you know its there from the moment you step on it.Â* The thing that really suprised me was the torque curve.Â* I consistently made more torque than hp in my runs on the dyno.Â* Yes, these numbers (for those of you who don't know) were obtained on a Dyno Dynamics dyno, which will read significantly lower than a Dynojet (Charlie estimated around 345 to the wheels on a dynojet).Â* I really got to give it up to MFQ.Â* I am not a fanboy, I just have had a fantastic experience over the last 1.5-2 years at MFQ and this has just cemented it.Â* The time and effort Charlie and Khiem put into their work is merrit for my praise.Â* Comments and questions are all welcome!

Â* Â*-Chris

1WkdEvo
07-07-2008, 09:31 PM
Congrats

dabie
07-07-2008, 09:33 PM
nice power for the mods.. I was really impressed with what the evo X could make, maybe a certain somebody will get an exhaust now..haha

g1ovan13
07-07-2008, 09:50 PM
ENJOY and CONGRATS

ChrisF
07-07-2008, 09:51 PM
Charlie and Khiem: Â*when are you guys going to start ECU tuning the X?

hellgunner
07-07-2008, 10:46 PM
nice man.....

i love ChrisF's sig...hahahaha

kimletrim
07-07-2008, 10:57 PM
Wow...those photos pretty much summed up the day! Those pics of the engine bay are really nice. I think it flows much better with the whole theme of the car.

DJ_STEPH
07-07-2008, 10:59 PM
MFQ FTW

sxe_davexxx
07-07-2008, 11:12 PM
Â*Run #1 -Â* 234.5 HP - This was the baseline run, fairly strong, up to date on reflashes
Run #2 -Â* 263.3 HP - Exhaust and intake installed
Run #3 -Â* 303.5 HP - Exhaust, intake, and MBC installed dialed in at 22.9 PSI

simply awesome.. congrats on the gains O0 O0

evogeo
07-07-2008, 11:19 PM
im still kinda sceptical on getting a mbc because of poeple going into limp mode. what causes that? does anyone know....

Charlie@MFQ
07-07-2008, 11:38 PM
thanks for the post. Your evo impresses me. let me know when you want to take it to a Dynojet place. ;)



Charlie and Khiem: when are you guys going to start ECU tuning the X?


soon, very soon O0

evobros
07-07-2008, 11:42 PM
nice!!! the X is coming up

WOT
07-07-2008, 11:44 PM
Run #1 - 234.5 HP - This was the baseline run, fairly strong, up to date on reflashes
Run #2 - 263.3 HP - Exhaust and intake installed
Run #3 - 303.5 HP - Exhaust, intake, and MBC installed dialed in at 22.9 PSI

simply awesome.. congrats on the gains O0 O0
+1

Your car must be a blast to drive!

directorse7en
07-07-2008, 11:48 PM
Nice.

leaveit2bevo
07-08-2008, 11:41 AM
its hard to tell is that afr near 12?

choicelaw
07-08-2008, 11:49 AM
Nice increase in power. Good work MFQ.

Charlie@MFQ
07-08-2008, 04:44 PM
its hard to tell is that afr near 12?


nope. the highest it hit 11.4 taper down as the rpm rises to 10.8

smokinevo9
07-08-2008, 04:50 PM
nice numbers

o-townFLA
07-08-2008, 04:53 PM
not bad...

1GGEvo
07-08-2008, 06:36 PM
thanks for the post. Your evo impresses me. let me know when you want to take it to a Dynojet place. ;)

my evo impresses me too! haha head down to Yimi??? I don't think they will let me in anymore! I'll be in on saturday, not to run, but I grabbed a CEL fix today. Hope you guys get a great turn out at dyno day. We will have to go for a lil ride on the streets maybe :coolsmiley:

-Chris

DTunedEvoX
07-09-2008, 07:52 AM
Damn I'm envious ... w00t for you and mfq ...

notw_evo9
07-09-2008, 07:54 AM
MFQ does it again...... congrats man.

PUNISHER
07-09-2008, 12:22 PM
Nice exhaust!! Your car looks sic, i like the the blk/blu theme,

1GGEvo
07-09-2008, 06:27 PM
^^^ thanks everybody. I am very happy with the car, much more satisfying than in stock form.



Nice exhaust!! Your car looks sic, i like the the blk/blu theme,


You noticed my theme huh? I have always like the combination and there is plenty of stuff to elaborate on.

evo ippo
07-10-2008, 11:29 PM
give it up to mfq

evoRS05
07-11-2008, 05:53 PM
nice numbers..

RCA4697
07-11-2008, 07:08 PM
Congrats! I likey what you did to the engine bay.
and of course GOOD JOB MFQ!