Project Evo IX, Fixing Battery Issues With AntiGravity and Mele Design
We had installed a lightweight Lithium battery in our Project Evo a couple of years ago and it bricked while we were storing the car during the rainy season, despite…
Quick Wheel Repair With Onsite Wheels
It happens to all of us. We were driving our Evo 9 Project car through a construction zone and hit one of the wheel lips on the edge of one…
Project EVO IX, Getting Lots of Power From the 4G63 With Link Engine Management Part 2
When we last left of, we had tuned our Project Evo IX to run on a Link Plug and Play stand alone ECU and had done some preliminary dyno work…
Saving an Easy 35 lbs From Your Car With Braille Battery
Project Evo IX had a dead battery. Our car had been in storage for a couple of years which killed the lightweight Braille Battery AGM battery we had installed in…
Getting More Power From the 4G63 With Link Engine Managment
Photography by Vincent Soto Now that we have accumulated all of the cool parts for our Project Evo IX it is time to start getting it all together to integrate…
Getting More From the 4G63, Project Evo IX
After sitting for several years, we are getting off of our asses and are working on getting a decent bump in power on Project Mitsubishi Evo IX. In our last…
Modernizing the Evo IX Engine Control
We are finally going to a stand-alone ECU in our Project Evo IX with Link Engine Managment! Since the beginning, our car has been tuned with ECU flash, an open…
The Ultimate Car Cover? Covercraft’s Weathershield HD
So we have a big first world problem, the garage at home is too small so when we drive cool cars home from the shop like Project Evo IX, they…
Ignition system upgrade for the Mitsubishi EVO 8 / 9 – 4G63 engine.
We’re upgrading our Project Evo IX 4G63 motor with high-performance Ignition Projects – ignition coil IP-A133201 which features a high-power built-in spark amplifier, producing 4 times the spark energy and…
Project EVO IX Part 8: Tuning for AEM Water Injection
Project EVO IX Part 8: Tuning for AEM Water Injection By Mike Kojima When we last left our project we had just installed some Cosworth M2 cams and had tuned…
Project Evo IX Part 7: Cosworth Rocks!
Project Evo IX Part 7: Cosworth Rocks! By Mike Kojima When we last left off on Project EVO IX, we had increased the capacity of the fuel system with larger…
Project Mitsubishi EVO IX Part 6: More power
Project Mitsubishi EVO IX Part 6: More power By Mike Kojima When we had last left Project EVO IX we were in the good hands of Eric Hsu and XS…
AEM Water Injection Failsafe Device: Part 2 – Catching Our Mistakes and Upgrading Our Water Injection System
AEM Water Injection Failsafe Device: Part 2 – Catching Our Mistakes and Upgrading Our Water Injection System By Mike Kojima Over the past few months in-between other projects we have…
We Test Synapse Engineering’s Synchronic Blow Off Valve and DV Diverter Valve
We Test Synapse Engineering's Synchronic Blow Off Valve and DV Diverter Valve By Mike Kojima We have been friends with Synapse Engineering's chief engineer Peter Medina for a long time,…
AEM Water/Methanol Failsafe Device Evaluation
AEM Water/Methanol Failsafe Device Evaluation By Mike Kojima We are very familiar with water and water/methanol injection; many years ago, we were one of the first to tune with modern…
Project EVO IX Part 5: ARK Designs and Mitsubishi Products
Over the past few months we have been busy tuning Project EVO’s Engine, Brakes and Suspension. This month we focused on some of the minor but important details that every…
AEM Performance Electronics Water Methanol Injection System Evaluation
AEM Performance Electronics Water Methanol Injection System Evaluation By Mike Kojima Long ago in the days well before MotoIQ in the early 80’s, as a teenager, I started tinkering with…
Project EVO IX: Part 4, In search of the Ultimate EVO Brake System
Project EVO IX: Part 4, In search of the Ultimate EVO Brake System By Mike Kojima How do you improve on something that is really good to begin with? The…
The Ultimate EVO Suspension, Project EVO IX Part 3
The Ultimate EVO Suspension, Project EVO IX Part 3 by Mike Kojima We have covered typical suspension build ups in the past with our EVO VIII but this time we have…
Project EVO IX Part 2 More Engine Tweeks
EVO IX Power Tweeks Part 2 When we last left project EVO IX we had just tried out the most basic bolt on mods and ended up being pretty…
Project EVO IX Part One; Really Simple Bolt Ons
Project EVO IX Part One Really Simple Bolt Ons By Jeff Naeyaert The venerable EVO is a known commodity in the tuning world. It seems that wherever you look you see…