Ok what better place to ask then here were all to EVO owners can give me their input. I am keeping my RA but wanna buy a Evo for another project car. I plan on running at the track and sometimes driving it on the road. What evo should i buy? Evo8 MR/Standard/Ra or Evo9 standard/MR/RS? I will wait for everyones input to see what will be best.....thank you...

 

On evo 8 option i meant RS not RA....sorry...

 

Get the Evo IX SE.

 

What is the options on the SE?

 

Why would you get anything less than an Evo IX if you can afford it?

 

Is the IX that much better then the 8? If so then give me input on the IX.....

 

Ix's have the bigger hotside on the turbo(so does the 05),comes with mivec,better looking wheels(my opinion), and nicer looking interior.

 

if i could do it all again, i'd get a IX SE...but, if you're going to go for more track time v. daily driving, RS (y choose comfort over pure racing!)

 

So how hard is it to find this SE IX model? Are they still selling them at dealer or should i try and find a used one? How much are they worth and for street/track drivng what is the best set up? power/reliablity?

 

RS hands down, if you don't need the bling-bling.

 

IMO, if the car primarily will be used for track, then an RS model in any year will do just fine as u don't need to pay extra for things u will eventually remove such as wheels, nicer seats, wing, stereo, etc.

if it will be a street/track car than maybe a IX SE would work but i doubt i can find any left. i have found a few new '06 IX MR's & a couple '06 IX/SSL cars but that's about it...

 

there was a post up here w/ someone proclaiming that they bought the last se out there...but other posters were saying that dealers close to them (not sure from what region) said that they had some in stock (though not many)...

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...3&highlight=IX

 

I just went through the same thing. I luckily stumbled on an SE before I knew what it even was, and the dealer still had it when I finally figured it out.