got a quick question and just need an estimate.

Iam looking at going ***** to the wall, the origanal V-8 killa, paint ripping beast.

I was just wondering how much a 2.3 stroker kit installin a block, best heads, intake, GT-40R, axles....whatever the best of the best is. I thought about it and decided i want it in my 2005 Evo 8. i even decided if i must i will sell my stock Evo 8 and just have one... anyone know about how much i would be looking at???

 

the sky is the limit...

 

$20,000USD

dont know how the labour prices are up there so I cant be exact

 

I'd say upwards of 10k-15k atleast, probably gonna want to beef up your tranny/transfer case too if your going that big.

 

basically i want to have either the buschur Racing car or the AMS car... got the money, if i need more then $15,000 i will sell my stock Evo 8.

 

you have 2 evos?

 

yeah i bought one for a family car then over time of wanting more power that one has a stage 5 kit in it from Buschur Racing, so then i needed a new one that wasnt as fast for the street, so i could take my son to daycare and back. Plus it was so loud with that Full 3" exhaust from Buscur Racing. i liked how loud it was but am a little over protective of my son and dont want to hurt his hearing. So i was going to just buy a regular sedan, but by the time i found one that i liked it was about $30,000, so i just decided to buy another Evo 8, except keep it stock.

 

What color is your stock one... i may be interested

 

oh so anyway, on with my story. we recently moved to a house with 4 car garage (3 attached and 1 detached) and so my wife didnt like her CR-V so we bought her a honda pilot instead. so anyway then when i was at the honda dealership getting her the Pilot we seen a great deal on a used 2005 Pilot so we decided to get them both (only $16,000 for the used one with 12,500 miles). so now we have 4 cars and since i dont need my stock Evo 8 because we have 2 pilots, then i can sell it if i have to. if i dont have to then i will keep it, but it is always an option

 

So... you have four cars for two people?

 

both Evos 2005 and are black. The stock one has somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 miles. the Stage 5 Evo has like 31,000 miles.... can you tell which one i drive more

 

LOL, i guess yeah 4 cars for 2 people. BUT in my defense i didnt know we were getting 2 pilots and i had two cars cuz one i drive with my 1 year old son and one i drive alone...

 

$15k COULD get you the rebuilt block (AMS) / head (Cosworth) + Big turbo upgrade + EMS/tuning and all related install. It can be done cheaper but you want the best right?

If you are going ***** to the wall, as you say, you will need a nice fuel system upgrade, intake manifold, Tranny/T-case/quaife, axles, clutch etc. + labor for all that. $6k+

Then of course, you've got wheels / tire and suspension, another $5k+

Then you start breaking ****...$$$

I have seen friends take on these kinds of rebuilds and even stated going in that direction myself for a while, it is Always more expense then you first estimate it to be.

My advice is to think long and hard before going into a build like this and make sure that you know that even though you will have a very fast car reliablity will always be an issue and you will always have a slow spooling turbo = very annoying, but thats just me.

Good luck on your tuning path and please do your research before dumping the cash on any one place or item.

Cliff notes: Think long and hard about this decision and ride in a few big turbo evos. Sell the stock evo 8 before going "***** to the wall" cuz you will need the cash. Don't forget to buy a nice beater/daily driver because you'll be spend a nice chunk of time in it.

 

Call AMS or BR and get a quote. I it's over $15k sell your stock Evo. Easy...

 

Well if you are thinking about selling to upgrade your other evo... send me a PM... i'm not too far away in Minnesota