You might want to just delete this thread and get a Guiness.
There's always uptight individuals that will tell you, that you spent too much money on stuff you wanted to buy, just to make themselves feel better.

Your money, your call... at least thanks for sharing some super detailed shots. hehe..

btw... please post some pics of your Evo 7...

 

I agree you can have a fast car and have it look sweet too just cost's alot more.

 

I was just on DNP site and thier O2 housing is priced at $299 dollars just for the housing so you do the math my total for the housing and DP was about $500 dollars. So in fact there isnt that much in the price.

 

Being Irish I am quite fond of the black stuff

Thanks for your comment I will get some pics when the car has abit more done to it.
At present there isnt.
Its a Black VII and mods installed so far are a hks cat back (on the car when i got it from japan) a hks boost gauge, the hks rs kit i fitted a few weeks back. Its clutch was slipping when i bought it so the garage coughed up the price of a standard clutch fitted so instead of just putting a standard one in i went for an exedy twin plate carbon clutch.
But if you would like a pic of a standard looking VII it can be arranged when i get it cleaned up.

Cheers...

 

Nice car, nice parts! I've always dug 7s. Forbidden fruit over here.

 

Where can I get a Tomei Expreme 02 housing, that looks great

 

I think I found the site...


http://www.tomei-p.co.jp/_2003web-ca...etsu_4g63.html

 

Try these guys there in Australia they also have a shop in Japan I think.
http://www.hioctaneracing.com.au/
Anyway they were very good to deal with It give Allen a buzz. It only took a week to get to me plus I didnt have to pay custom's so It worked out well for me.

 

Warr, here is were your mentality can only work for you and a select others (if they decide), because you bought the evo to make it go fast for cheap, while other decide to go a different route, is there anything wrong with that? No. While you spend 1300 and are running low 12's, he spend 2800 and is still in the 13's, is there anything wrong with that, no. Could he have spent 1300 and run low 12's like you? Yes, but did he?, No. Does that hurt your feelings? Are you mad? Who cares if he didnt buy an evo to run low 12s, 11's, 10's or so on... people have a different purpose for the car, that's the whole modding game... you do know that right? I have a 3 bedroom house, but only 2 rooms are being used currently, are you mad? Should I move into a 2 bedroom apartment? Alot of things in life are not use to it's full intent, but why cry over it? Your not paying his insurance or car payment.

 

^^^+1,000

 

quality Vs. quantity sir. Are you willing to purchase an Ebay 50 trim for $300 or will you up the bucks and dump $1,800 on a garrett turbo? People buy those ebay 02 housings but you know it won't last forever like teh stock unit or a ported buschur unit, it is so cheal a simple swap fixes that.


People tend to choose crower rods over chinese eagle as they without a doubt hold more power.


People like Quality parts, look at an HKS FMIC Vs. a Buschur unit, I know the buschur unit may make teh same power but I would rather have the HKS or hell the ARC unit.


It's bascially asking why people get a Corvette over a Ferrari, the Vette may even be faster but I would always take the ferrari.

 

More theory that is not based on fact. Look, I am not using any low-quality parts. These analogies do not fit my situation. You look at the dollar amounts and ASSUME that my parts are of far less quality than this guy's, but you're wrong. There is nothing low quality about my parts whatsoever. In fact, I try to get the absolute HIGHEST quality part I can without spending absurd amounts of money just for a name brand. The only part you can question on my car is the exhaust, which is made by Megan, but it's a pretty damn nice exhaust. We are talking about 3" stainless steel piping...not a set of pistons or rods...not a 3-bedroom house. All of your points are valid (Arithmetic/Boosted), but they do not apply to me or this situation, because I do NOT use low quality parts, and I do NOT suggest low quality parts to others.

While you're both defending the "right" to spend more for nothing, you both are ignoring the fact that this guy actually DID want to go faster for his money and DID NOT realize what he was spending was way too much for the power he's going to get. I have always said that people are free to buy whatever the hell they want - of course it's none of my business if they want to spend $2800 to go 13s. HOWEVER, as soon as this guy saw my response, he PM'd me asking for advice, because he DOES want to go fast and DOES NOT want to overspend unnecessarily. So, while all of you sit here and defend the right to spend exorbitant amounts of money on Jay-Dee-Emm parts for no reason, I am helping this guy behind-the-scenes so that he can make BETTER decisions with his NEXT round of parts. Believe me, he will get much more for his money with my advice, and he's happy for it...that's my whole point to begin with - to help people do more with less WITHOUT sacrificing quality.

 

You yourself admitted to using an eBay 02 housing, do you think it has the same quality as the Tomie unit? He has teh best intake money can buy too, the HKS unit (which I run) and then the Kasani intake. Good stuff. I am not sure about that timing belt, is it better then stock?




Live and let live man, this guy is happy with his parts. He is also on the other side of the world, so things are different there man.

 

I am not using one. I am waiting on one from Dave Buschur who is having me test it along with his ported/coated parts in place of the stock ported/coated O2. We want to see if the same gains he got will show up on my car (and others). We also want to see how well it holds up. I will have my stock O2 ready to slap on if anything happens. This is a case of testing ONE cheap part to see how well it works. That's not the same as me having a whole car full of parts that are high quality that I recommend to everyone...it's one test part.

What do you mean he's happy and to "live and let live"? What part of my explanation did you not understand when I said he DIDN'T KNOW he was spending a ton for very little power and that he could have made much better decisions on his parts had he known what to do? He has PM'd me 3 separate times with questions and parts info requests in order to not make the same mistake again. I would take that to mean he is GLAD someone said something. You guys automatically assume that everyone who goes JDM crazy does so because they want to go slow while spending tons of money. I assume that they don't know any better and just go with what Arithmetic-driving-a-Lancer-not-an-Evo says is best. If they come back and say, "I don't care, because money is not an object, and I only want the highest quality JDM parts no matter how slow my car is," then I leave them alone and move on to others who do care. In this case, that was not the response I received...

 

That's because your telling him he made a mistake, he'll do anything you tell him. That parts he has are fine, nothing wrong with them why can't we admire them is all. You have your own set view and beliefs, he has great parts there, especially if he gets a test pipe instead of using the stock cat I bet he could make 300WHP.