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sleeper wrote:it depends on how far u want to go. i dont know what twatty or arutha have spent but its in the 10`s of thousands. most only change the exhaust, change the uicp from rubber to metal and a drop in air filter. (thats the mechanical changes) then the tune, that can cost u virtually nothing. simply uploading a file from the internet onto your ecu, or a custom tune by a tune house on a dyno. that should cost u about a grand, maybe more expensive in brisbane. mercury are expensive for a custom tune because they use ECUTEK, which attracts an $800 liscensing fee paid to ECUTEK themselves plus mercurys fee.

Momengah wrote:Hey, admittedly i dont own an evo and im a bit of a noob myself but heres what ive learnt. A custom tune will cost you in the ball park of about $1000 average. You could get a great tune by Merlin who has a great rep here. as for upgraded parts for your Evo... i guess it really depends on what you want to do with it. To be honest i dont think an Evo really needs that much more in terms of hardware upgrade. TBE, UICP maybe and a tune will work fine for daily driving. As long as youre not chasing more kw then something like that is good enough i think Personally I think itd be better to look for stuff and get it off the net. The shops will always mark it up on you. There are many aftermarket parts manufacturers that sell direct to you off the net. Just check out what you want and search around is my suggestion (its what im doing currently for my RA too )

Glenn wrote:seems a bit pricey and some of the stuff like a fuel pump and race plugs if your still on the stock x turbo and regular fuel seem abit overkill. Piping for the turbo/bov seems a bit overkill too. UICP makes sense, exhaust makes sense so maybe 1k-1.5k there then a tune. Id look at the e-tune options and using the opensource tuning software instead of ecutek since its a bit behind in features etc. Seems like most of the xs can put out low to mid 300hp with a basic tune, uicp exhaust and 3port you might get some gains with all the extra little bits but next level would be a bigger turbo. have a read through some of the evo x dyno threads on other sites and youll quickly notice the same sort of mods popping up and ralliart race plugs are not one of them

Beeble wrote:Qld is crazy expensive for in house tuning it seems. what you need : get a panel filter for your airbox. $70-80 cosworth for instance get a cat back exhaust, or if you can afford it a dump back exhaust and high flow cat (eg turbo XS). any exhaust shop can fit it. you dont need to pay big $$ at a specialist evo workshop to fit it. look at overseas prices, they are often way cheaper local shops even with shipping. there are some great deals locally though from time to time. get nothing else! UICP, BOV, Intercooler, intake - you wont feel the difference on a stock turbo Id say. they all add up a little, but keep it simple first up you can increase your top end a little by using a 3 port boost solenoid to squeeze a little more out of the turbo. they are cheap at ~$130. it may or may not be a difference you can feel on the Butt Dyno. Tuning - you can do the in house dyno thing. you can get a road tune (not sure if anyone much does them in Qld?) you can get a remote tune (e-tune). which would involve buying/borrowing an Openport 2.0 tactrix cable, and preferably installing a wideband o2 sensor ($200). Im just guessing because i dont know what other guys charge, but Id say something like 250-450 for the tune done remotely. If you can get a dyno tune from APC for $700 without any other BS, get your parts sorted/installed outside of them and go to them for a tune would be my advice. But bear in mind Evo 10s are quite different to earlier Evos with tuning and i dont know how many they have done or what their results are like. what should you expect? a stock 5MT will dyno around 170-175kw for a 2011/2012. with those simple mods 210-220kw is quite reasonable, and around a 50kw gain through the midrange is common.

CJVRX wrote:You could also try Bob Romano ?? Not sure on price but they are good, dont tell you that you need to get all this other stuff first either

sleeper wrote:for a custom exhaust i`d recommend Rob Bliss Exhausts in Geebung if your on the northside