Oil Change - 10/24/2021

 Haven't really driven the Evo much. Decided it was time to do the oil change since I will be having it retuned this coming weekend.

Multiple Items addressed - April

 A lot of items/issues got accomplished this month. I'll go ahead and state the issues the car had and what steps I took to resolve them.

Issues:

• Car was running rough. Acceleration would breakup pretty bad. Not misfiring, but a very almost Subaru like acceleration sometimes. This especially happened as the car warmed up.
• Wideband always read lean idle. Boost would be a bit lean at higher RPM's on WOT
• Car will not boost past 18 PSI on 93 Octane

Parts Purchased:

• Grimspeed 3 Boost Controller
• Walbro 255LPH
• FIC 1200cc High-Z Injectors

Was originally thinking that my Grimspeed on the car was acting up. However when switching to the new one, the same issue remained. Once I added E85 into the tank, the car boosts up to 30+ PSI

Radio and Gauge install and wiring cleanup

 

I've been meaning to outfit the Evo with gauges to monitor the over-all health of the car while driving it. Read outs that I have been wanting are Boost, Oil Pressure, Voltage, and Coolant Temp. I've purchased two gauges to start with. Boost and Voltage.

I really wanted red analog gauges, but one they were a bit difficult to find in red. Two, they tend to not be accurate. 

Work Performed:

• Installed Radio W/XM Satellite tuner
• Boost and Voltage gauge installed
• Wiring clean

Next thing on the to do list is to move the Wideband to somewhere I can see it when stepping on the car. I really wanted to avoid having a gauge pillar or steering column mount. But ultimately I may need to put the wideband in the column area again.

I have seen a few mods where the widebands are installed into the gauge cluster itself. But not sure I want to lose the OEM lights for it. 

Oil Change 1-17-2021

 I haven't been doing good job keeping this update. Starting this year forward everything will be documented in here starting with this.

First oil change of the year. Went with mobile one this time because it was nearby. Will be switching over to amsoil on the next oil change.

Mileage: 137,735

Dash cluster finally fixed

 I finally got around to pulling the cluster from the dash. All seemed fine until I took apart the dash itself which had a couple pieces to it. When you remove the orange cover in the back, a few more bulbs are shown that you normally can't see.