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Vacuumed the carpet 3 times. Afterwards, my brother-in-law (who is an Evo detailing boss) hit it with his carpet cleaning machine. Just look at the water, WOW!
This is quite awesome. These "restoration" builds are costly and time consuming so it's amazing to see someone do this and document the progress. Great job so far!! Keep up the awesome work!
**Edit - P.S. that water is absolutely disgusting LOL.
Cleaned and conditioned every interior plastic trim piece, except for the main dash piece. I'm hoping next weekend to remove the dash panel and clean that too.
I went through 4 LiPo battery charge cycles on my drill using a wire brush attachment, then hit it with some welding brushes, brake clean and more brushing. Couldn't quite remove all the rust, but got it looking a bit better. Finally, I hit it with some Rustoleum to prevent further oxidation. Now she is ready to mount!
I was set to install the rear differential, but when I saw the state of the mustache bar, I knew I had to rip it out and give it the treatment. It appears that I'll be able to remove the gas filler neck without cutting once the mustache bar is out. This is a plus, because that means it will be marketable and you never know who might need a random part for another evo resurrection!
So I was debating when to show this picture. I guess now is as good a time as any. Here is a pic of the motor that will serve as the power plant for my resurrection. It is a Netgain Warp 11" DC Series motor, made in the USA!
I suppose I should pre-emptively answer a few questions:
No, I'm not a pious hippy saving the planet 'one car at a time.' My last fun car had a 4" catless exhaust, open wastegate and a C16 tune.
Al Gore can kiss my ***.
Yes, I love turbo ICE vehicles.
Because I wanted to create something stealthy.
475hp and 405tq at zero rpm. No that's not a typo, 405tq at zero rpm
Last edited by electron bom; Mar 13, 2017 at 11:21 AM.
I suppose this constitutes the Innovation portion of my thread, since I'm not aware of another electric powered evo 8 in the country, or world for that matter.
Last edited by electron bom; Jul 29, 2015 at 06:37 PM.
Jul 23, 2015, 09:10 AM
