got my hks evc 3 all sorted and mounted now :)

 

Nice work John but take it easy comming into the cold season dont want you spinning of the road:thumbup1:

yea, the back ends a tad funky now haha. not my first high powered motor though, survived the rx7 twin turbo for 4 years, but the zed is definitely quicker now with this and the ecu sorted, plus she developes a shed load more torque. delighted with the results, doesnt quite cover it :) :) :)

yea, the back ends a tad funky now haha. not my first high powered motor though, survived the rx7 twin turbo for 4 years, but the zed is definitely quicker now with this and the ecu sorted, plus she developes a shed load more torque. delighted with the results, doesnt quite cover it :) :) :)

 

Always liked the rx7 but was always worried about it breaking down so never had one..............yet.

to be fair to it, it never broke down, never had compression issues. the only problems it had were a few check valves i had to replace (bought the car with 2nd turbo not working, turned out to be a £10 fix) and the thing ran like a tractor one day as the MAP sensor hose had popped off. other than that, i didnt have a problem.

 

you've gotta realise with these cars, you only ever hear the horror stories.. the ones that work are never talked about :) they have a funny twin sequential turbo system too. 2x small turbos, one to spool up faster, then at 4.5k rpm the inlet from the second is opened. felt amazing when the 2nd turbo came on song, red line at 8k too. :)

 

tax was nice at £130 quid for the year too lol

You seem to be missing the two in-line air filters for the valve body. They should be fitted within 10cms of the valve.

You can see them in the picture I put in the Garage section along with the valve placement chosen to keep the hoses

as short and equal as possible.

 

-Andrew

yea, i did see them, but i've heard of the elements in the filters themselves breaking down and stuffing up the solenoid/valve that way so went without

Never heard of that happening. I would be more concerned about debris entering the unit and damaging the stepper motor functionality. It is

a precise and efficient design and is very good at holding a steady boost and catching boost spikes as they occur.

 

-Andrew

catch 10! :P :P i do have 1 filter knocking around.. any preferred port to put a filter on?

This is the part of the installation quide I have for an EVC 4 which covers the valve body install (including filters). The valve bodies

are similar if not the same for both marks. The filters are HKS 4599-RA017 4mm filter and HKS 4599-RA016 6mm filter.

 

-Andrew

 

Edited October 13, 201213 yr by AndrewG