Not feelin’ the color of the stock climate control back lights? Change them up with the color of your choice! Whether it be red to match the dash or to add something unique to your interior, this guide will show you how to easily change the color.
The service manual suggests replacing the cabin air filter at every service interval. It’s especially important for all you 2003 Evo VIII owners since your cars didn’t even have a filter installed from the factory. With a new filter you will notice better smelling air and less dust/pollen in the cabin.
This guide will show you how to remove the steering wheel and air bag from your Evo VIII or IX.
Whether you’re going for better sound quality or just a quieter ride, this guide will show you how to install Dynamat your doors using the Dynamat Extreme Door Kit.
This write up covers the installation of a Defi Turbo gauge and will be similar for all electronic and mechanical boost gauges alike. Depending on the brand and gauge type (electronic/mechanical), the difference will be how the connection is made from the pressure source to the gauge itself. Mechanical boost gauges utilize a simple vacuum or nylon hose to connect the gauge directly to the intake manifold. For electronic gauges, a pressure sensor is connected to the intake manifold and a harness connects it to the gauge. The reference source connection can be made in an identical fashion for either type.
What we really concentrate on here, and for all the gauge installs, is the connection of the gauge to the engine to obtain readings. The actual installation of the gauge in the cabin will depend on your own sense of aesthetics and ergonomics. There a growing number of aftermarket options for gauge mounting, so check them out in the Pods section of our catalog.
With a plug-n-play harness, installing a turbo timer on an Evo 8 is fairly simple, but we get many questions on it regardless. For this article, we will be installing a GReddy turbo timer using the GReddy harness for the Evos.
Note that most turbo timers use the same harness connection, so a GReddy turbo timer harness will work on HKS and Apex timers and vice versa. The most notable difference between harness brands will be any extra wires for auxiliary purposes.
This installation covers the Defi Link EGT gauge and is identical for the Defi BF EGT. Installation is similar for all other EGT gauges except for the electrical connection to the gauge itself. Most brands that do not have a main “head unit” for the gauges like Defi Link and BFs, will have a box that is connected between the probe and the gauge.
As with the boost gauge, this install is geared towards installing the EGT probe. How and where the gauge is mounted is totally up to you…
NOTE: The way we installed this EGT probe fitting does not require the exhaust manifold to be removed from the car. While installing EGT fittings this way has never been a problem for us in the past, it certainly isn’t the absolute “ideal” method either. Any metal shavings that run through your turbine housing could potentially be trouble for the turbo, so use this method at your own risk and follow the tips to keep it as clean as possible.
If you have any concerns at all, the only absolutely safe method is to completely remove the manifold from the engine/turbo, drill and tap it and then clean it out well prior to reinstallation.
Probably the biggest decision to make in this installation is where to mount the EGT probe. Ideally, the probe should be mounted in the exhaust manifold runner of the cylinder most likely to run the leanest. Based on our 4G63 experience, this would normally be cylinder #1 or #2 and, judging from plug readings, the Evo 4G63 is no different.
The EGT probe can pretty much be tapped anywhere in the exhaust manifold that has room for it. Likewise, the probe can also be tapped directly in the O2 sensor housing or in the downpipe. Mounting the probe after the turbo (O2 housing or downpipe) has the benefit of not sending chunks of metal through your turbine housing should the probe ever break (or during the install), but the drawback is a lower, and some feel, more inaccurate reading. Readings can be anywhere from 100°-300°F lower than with the probe mounted in an exhaust manifold runner. Why? The turbine and O2 housings are very good heatsinks.
For our install, we will be installing the probe in the #2 runner of the exhaust manifold.
To gain access to the space or wire harnesses behind the radio and/or HVAC controls, follow this procedure. It’s quick and requires only one tool!
This guide is for those who are too scared to start because they don’t know how to do it.
Empty the box you see screws that you don’t need, two short brackets and a plastic cubby.
Yeah this is gonna be easy so lets get started!
