Anybody get a chance to WOT your X yet?

antics22 · Jan 31, 2008

Im curious if for those of you who have had a chance to go wide open throttle on the X... have you been experiencing "Sputtering" issues in high RPM? I going to take it to the dealer to see if they can find anything...

I know that our X's run rich, but I'm unsure if that is the cause that im experiencing...

Kooldino · Jan 31, 2008

Sputtering, eh?

How many miles are on your car?

soopah · Jan 31, 2008

As a start I would look at the fuel. Is it dealer gas (they sometimes put in the wrong stuff)? Wrong octane? Use the highest octane you have available to you. Isn't the Evo X supposed to be 93 octane minimum?

Anyway, WOT at high RPM is fun, but do you want to be doing that to your Evo X when it is so new? This is a good topic to open up for more discussion.

SiC · Jan 31, 2008

I WOT mine just about everyday but I don't have any sputtering here, but then again mine is the JDM.

EVOXCO · Jan 31, 2008

I have wot mine but I shift at 6000 rpm because that is the top of the power band.No sputtering from mine.

antics22 · Jan 31, 2008

Kooldino said:
Sputtering, eh?

How many miles are on your car?

right now it has just shy of 700 miles... I should probably break her in a bit more.. but something just doesnt feel right.

antics22 · Jan 31, 2008

soopah said:
As a start I would look at the fuel. Is it dealer gas (they sometimes put in the wrong stuff)? Wrong octane? Use the highest octane you have available to you. Isn't the Evo X supposed to be 93 octane minimum?

Anyway, WOT at high RPM is fun, but do you want to be doing that to your Evo X when it is so new? This is a good topic to open up for more discussion.

Unfortunately, 91 octane is the highest here in California...

on2it · Jan 31, 2008

I have no issues with mine on WOT. 4500kms and counting.
Daily WOT as well. (up to redline)..

antics22 · Jan 31, 2008

in addition, around last week, my ASC light started to come on... meaning that the car is shutting ASC off on its own. I am unable to do anything by pressing the ASC button. Once I turn the car off and restart it, everything is fine, but the light will come on again everytime about 10 minutes into the drive.

Definitely gonna get it checked out at the dealer....

EVOXCO · Jan 31, 2008

antics22 said:
in addition, around last week, my ASC light started to come on... meaning that the car is shutting ASC off on its own. I am unable to do anything by pressing the ASC button. Once I turn the car off and restart it, everything is fine, but the light will come on again everytime about 10 minutes into the drive.

Definitely gonna get it checked out at the dealer....

so the recalls are going to start. Dont mod that bad boy or they will void your warranty.

antics22 · Feb 1, 2008

EVOXCO said:
so the recalls are going to start. Dont mod that bad boy or they will void your warranty.

seriously... its only 2 weeks old. So far the only thing different on it is my rims.:shades:

on2it · Feb 1, 2008

I have noticed some irregular revs with a cold start.... I assumed that it was normal on a cold start..

silvreclipse · Feb 1, 2008

that does seem i bit strange for it to do that.we need more info on this.

DirectorSe7en · Feb 1, 2008

I'd be weary about going WOT so soon in owning my X. Give it a while before redlining.

DaemonSadi · Feb 1, 2008

Yea... I'm gonna wait a full 1k just to be safe. She's gonna be my baby so I'm gonna treat her like a princess.

PDXEvo · Feb 1, 2008

Yeah, im staying under 50% throttle as best I can, until 1500 miles or so. Though, its good to take up the revs during the break in period every now and then. So far though I slipped once, and didn't notice any sputtering. Im running 92 here in Oregon.

on2it · Feb 1, 2008

Yep. I didn't go WOT till I clicked over 1000kms.
Even though I asked the GM of the dealership if I needed to ease 'her' in.. he said.. 'no.. give it heaps!!'

PDXEvo · Feb 1, 2008

Yeah, thats a big rat hole. Do you baby it, or drive it like you stole it. I drove my Evo like I stole it, and it turned out to run about 10 to 15 WHP lower then other cars with the same mods. This time I will do the opposite and see if it makes a difference.

EndgamE · Feb 1, 2008

You guys ever hear of this:
http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

_Chris_ · Feb 1, 2008

DirectorSe7en said:
I'd be weary about going WOT so soon in owning my X. Give it a while before redlining.

:+1: I would break it in a lil longer.

Anybody get a chance to WOT your X yet?

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