Evolution Performance Rocks!

[MadMax1228]

Just wanted to post up on EVO. These folks are doing some wild stuff with the GT500.
Later this year, my intention is to install the TVS Stage 4.

EVO TVS STAGE 4

A fellow Team Shelby (BlackVertMafia)member just got back from EVO with some outstanding numbers:

93 pump gas with Torco 784 rwhp and 703 torque, yes that 784 RWHP. All I can say is WOW!
Iceman's write up:

Well - I sucked it up and drove out to evo in what started as a dry but overcast afternoon on Thursday. About the time I made it to OH the drizzle started. By West VA it was a soft rain and luckily it nver got worse than that but sadly there were a number of trucks and a lot of gunk for them to kick up on me all the way through PA. My car was no longer pblack when i got there at about 1:30am Friday morning. I only had about 8 quarters and hit the self wash to get the loose stuff off in the dark. In the morning I headed over a bit ashamed of how nasty the car looked. I had time in the morning before the real work got going to spray quick detailer all over and give it a good wipe down which did a shockingly good job for as nasty as it was to start. WHen they were not un the engine bay i cleaned it too as it had gotten filthy on the drive too. When they had the rims off for the brakes I soap and watered the rims with their hose and while it wasn't going to be winning any shows it looked pretty good by the time it was all put back together.

Evo put on their fuel rails and 72# injectors, the 160mm TB, an innovations west lower pulley, a C&L intake in addition to relocating the rear sway bar for 15" rims for the track, a rear drive shaft loop since I only had a front before, and the upgraded brakes (rotors, pads, and lines - I don't think I need the vents for them but I like the look so i may do something still with those holes) and they put in HID head lights for me (Fred sold me on these and they really are nice - the drive home was like daytime even when it was dark out).

The power results are amazing: on 93 pump gas with Torco 784 rwhp and 703 torque on Evo's Mustang dyno....Not only that but it feels like it! I got a way de-tuned tune for 91 pump with no torco in the event i was ever in a bind. I actually started out driving home with this since it was less power and I wanted to adjust....I switched to the real tune on my 2nd fill up coming home - car ran a bit better on the tne with a little more timing too so I'll need to learn to drive it with that power now. It is still very friendly on the street but I would say a bit harder to keep smooth at low rpm in 1st and to a lesser degree 2nd - like if you are just driving through a parking lot looking. It run's fine but the power is so extreem a little too much throttle and the thing jumps. I've gotten better at it but it does take a little practice. At say 1500 rpms and up it's very easy to control in any gear. Idle is perfectly smooth and set at 810 rpm's.

I am honestly afraid to got push this thing now. I want to get it on the track and see what I can do with a little practice but I may actually have to back it down a little bit. It's amazing the power now. With the KB, Evo's fuel system, the lower pulley....WOW. I had a highly modified Dodge Charger SRT-8 pull up along side of me on the trip back and want to play some games. I just reved the engine and he rolled the window down to ask what the hell waqs under the hood. I then proceeded to lightly roll onto the throttle in 4th and in a blink I was over 110 on the trooper infested PA turnpike. I let off and slowed down and 20 seconds later he was back next to me. Followed me to the gas station and we talked. He was a nice guy about my age (mid 30's) and the Charger was as nice looking as any I've seen. He said he was running about 560 rwhp. I told him him I had just been to Evolution and was coming home with nearly 800 and his jaw dropped. I showed him the dyno sheet and and he couldn't believe it. What i didn't tell him is that I was driving on the tune set up for 91 octane pump gas withno torco incase I ever need it because it "only" had about 730 rwhp. I actually changed to the 93 and torco tune at the next fill up and the car ran better in my opinion with the extra timing in that tune. I am waiting for some good weather to get out and find some space to learn where the tires break loose so I know what to do when I want to play. I can't race hard on the street right now bcause I just don't know and the thing is a so fast it really can scare you easy....or it should scare you. Once I get to play with it a bit in a safe environment I will get a feel for it but I am don with power mods....unless they are to go backwards a little.

Thanks to everyone at Evo for making the experience a great one once again. Everyone there (Fred, Nelson Sr. & Jr, Chuck, Stevie, Derek, Shawn-or Sean??) was great to talk with work with, and hanf out with. Fred and Chuck hung out with me until after midnight at the shop Friday night to get the fuel system on and Jr. came in on Sat. and busted his butt to get a custom exhaust put together for the Bassani mufflers we put on to keep the sound down as much as we could with the off road X pipe. Also Jon Lund who came in and worked with Fred to make sure the details of all the Tunes were right where they need to be....I can only imagine what that race gas tune would be like if the chance to run it ever presents it self.

The drive out there for me is about 10.5 hours each way plus food and gas stops. I enjoy making the drive and for the little part I don't like (on the turn pike with all the cops) it is very much worth it for the quality of the results I get.

Publicly I want to thank them all - I'm looking forward to my next trip out there when ever I go back even if it's just a social visit as I can honestly say I'll never need more power! The thing many of us (or at least I) forget is that Evo does a lot of cool stuff in addition to the power adders. Their window tint guy (who's name escapes me) does great work. I watched him put on tint for 5-6 cars and they all were perfect. I saw a lot of Chuck's electrical work and he was even kind enough to clean up some of my own and show me some pictures of other stuff he had done - impressive to say the least. It's a good thing I don't live closer or I'd be broke! They do it all and they do it all really well! Thanks.....Oh and Fred - thanks for the pizza, cheese steak, and bagel....You know I am not one to pass up food

Edit - also the boost and HP was still climbing when we ended the pull. There was no sign of it dropping off.

[SoCalSonic]

Wow. Those are some awesome #s. So what are the GT500 rods good till? I've still yet to see any hard evidence of their limit?

[MadMax1228]

Originally Posted by SoCalSonic

Wow. Those are some awesome #s. So what are the GT500 rods good till? I've still yet to see any hard evidence of their limit?

The mods listed above are with the stock rods as far as I know. I know of no issues with these 5.4's. The engine is rated to 850 at the flywheel, and Iceman is pushing 900 at the flywheel. We will just have to wait and see. Sooner or later someone will blow one the way we are going.

As soon as I get some finances in order, I will be off to drop in the TVS as well, but with a more conservative 700 RWHP 91 ocatne tune, and some necesary suspension mods. Regardless, these are insane numbers for a vehicle with an MSRP under 50K and mods of 10 to 15K.

[johnforce71]

That is bad ass for sure.

[sonic_mike]

Damn bro thats one bad ass GT500.