http://evolvedperformance.com Tuning and Racing a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX RS Fri, 07 May 2010 16:57:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes, that's right. I know it's been a while since I posted, but my Evo (and this site) is not dead. Both are quietly being reconstructed for a new, better purpose. :-) I made the decision late last year to finally suck it up and use my Evo IX for what ... http://evolvedperformance.com/?p=188 As I mentioned in my last post, Mike Warfield at GST Motorsports tore into my car and prepped it for what was supposed to be a long weekend at Thunderhill last weekend. He found a lot that was broken: The tune was a mess. Bad air/fuel curves were a likely contributor ... http://evolvedperformance.com/?p=181 After finally losing it and getting so p***ed off at Works about their inability to give me a functional car, I decided to start parting the car out and then vented my frustrations on the Evolutionm.net forums. This started quite a brouhaha (which you can see for yourself at the ... http://evolvedperformance.com/?p=176 I'm officially DONE with trying to road race my Evo. Over the past 7 months I have had nothing but trouble with my Evo IX. WORKS, who has been maintaining my car since it was a few months old, took over rebuilding my motor after it failed while running Targa Newfoundland ... http://evolvedperformance.com/?p=168 With my race weekend cut short by the continuing problems I'm having with excessive crank case pressure, I decided to try to salvage the weekend by installing a bunch of exterior goodies that I've picked up over the last couple of months. First up were some parts from Rexspeed. These guys ... http://evolvedperformance.com/?p=153 I know I've been radio silent for quite a while, but that doesn't mean I haven't been racing. Well, I've been trying to race, but unfortunately I have been having nothing but problems with my new motor. My motor was finished back in March, but over the past 3 months ... http://evolvedperformance.com/?p=158 I know this blog has been quiet for a while (and more posts on my stupid little tweaks to the X5 don't count), but after the debacle of having a mechanical failure at Targa for the second time in as many years, I wasn't really feeling the love for the ... http://evolvedperformance.com/?p=143 Our BMW X5 plays a lot of roles in our life -- daily driver, tow vehicle, household hauler, etc. -- but the most important is Mommy Mobile and road trip car. The X5 makes a great long distance cruiser; it comfortably eats up the miles in comfort, with plenty of ... http://evolvedperformance.com/?p=131 Below are a couple of video clips of in-car footage from this year's Targa Newfoundland rally. Both stages are from Leg 2, and are the last two stages I ran at the event before the motor gave out. The stages were run in wet conditions and, even though I was ... http://evolvedperformance.com/?p=124 Below are a couple of clips of in-car footage from this year's Targa Newfoundland rally. Both stages are of warm-up stages during the Prologue on Sunday, September 14th. I was running the car at low boost (basically stock) and really just getting comfortable with all of the changes we made ... http://evolvedperformance.com/?p=120