High Mileage Evo Club
"Grandpa Evo" glad to hear your still rockin! I think of your car when I do oil changes on my car since my new commute is a lot longer. Going to be crossing over 100k next month. Still have a long way to go to catch up. Lol.
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Joined: Mar 2013
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From: Northern New Mexico
03 TB VIII here.. I'm a tad over 210k .. car runs nice, bought it almost a year ago with 198k it has a few bolt ons nothing too big, large fmic, 3" tbe re-tuned when I bought it by local tuner, made 313hp.. wish I had more background info on it 
but I drive it daily and hit 7K+ rpms daily. I know it has a cheap clutch probably, I peeked into inspection hole and saw a cheap blue looking pressure plate.. it's supposedly a stage 3, feels like **** on take offs, rough and what not.. but once rpms go up doesn't seem to be slipping yet.. I think it may have a larger FP, its loud, but I'm too lazy to peek and check, doesn't really smoke unless I'm really heavy footing it.. catch can hasn't filled in almost year that I've owned it.. change oil every 3-4k so far and oil looks good, not too low, I LOVE IT!.. just shows it's age in cosmetic stuff.. like scratches and dents, TB doesn't help I've been wanting to go bigger on power, but I like it where it's at for now lol. I think I'll save up sometime and pick up a beater and strip this one down and replace all worn parts over a few years and get a new/rebuild engine in it, paint it and enjoy it or sell it and buy a IX .. 
anyways, I love it and just thought I'd share my experience hope it keeps going strong
sorry don't know how to make image smaller :E
but I drive it daily and hit 7K+ rpms daily. I know it has a cheap clutch probably, I peeked into inspection hole and saw a cheap blue looking pressure plate.. it's supposedly a stage 3, feels like **** on take offs, rough and what not.. but once rpms go up doesn't seem to be slipping yet.. I think it may have a larger FP, its loud, but I'm too lazy to peek and check, doesn't really smoke unless I'm really heavy footing it.. catch can hasn't filled in almost year that I've owned it.. change oil every 3-4k so far and oil looks good, not too low, I LOVE IT!.. just shows it's age in cosmetic stuff.. like scratches and dents, TB doesn't help I've been wanting to go bigger on power, but I like it where it's at for now lol. I think I'll save up sometime and pick up a beater and strip this one down and replace all worn parts over a few years and get a new/rebuild engine in it, paint it and enjoy it or sell it and buy a IX .. anyways, I love it and just thought I'd share my experience hope it keeps going strong sorry don't know how to make image smaller :E
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Joined: Mar 2013
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From: Northern New Mexico
Newbie
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 15
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From: Northern New Mexico
now I wouldn't care, but we live in like a town with a small pop. Haha.. So it's kind of stupid on his part.. But oh well. :/
re: high mileage.
i purchased my car with 111k on the clock and lowish compression in one cylinder. i decided to drive the car until the compression started dropping more. it never did, even up to 125k miles. this was a lot of autox, HPDE, Time Attack, etc. at the power levels in my sig below (usually on pump gas). the motor just kept going and going and going. that's why i don't shy from high mileage on these cars, assuming they are taken care of decently.
i'm rebuilding my engine now, but only because everything had to come out anyway (and i happened on a free set of pistons and cheap rods LOL).
i'm replacing all suspension, diff carrier, and mount bushings while i'm in there. never getting rid of the Evo.
great cars, great engines.
i purchased my car with 111k on the clock and lowish compression in one cylinder. i decided to drive the car until the compression started dropping more. it never did, even up to 125k miles. this was a lot of autox, HPDE, Time Attack, etc. at the power levels in my sig below (usually on pump gas). the motor just kept going and going and going. that's why i don't shy from high mileage on these cars, assuming they are taken care of decently.
i'm rebuilding my engine now, but only because everything had to come out anyway (and i happened on a free set of pistons and cheap rods LOL).
i'm replacing all suspension, diff carrier, and mount bushings while i'm in there. never getting rid of the Evo.
great cars, great engines.
re: high mileage.
i purchased my car with 111k on the clock and lowish compression in one cylinder. i decided to drive the car until the compression started dropping more. it never did, even up to 125k miles. this was a lot of autox, HPDE, Time Attack, etc. at the power levels in my sig below (usually on pump gas). the motor just kept going and going and going. that's why i don't shy from high mileage on these cars, assuming they are taken care of decently.
i'm rebuilding my engine now, but only because everything had to come out anyway (and i happened on a free set of pistons and cheap rods LOL).
i'm replacing all suspension, diff carrier, and mount bushings while i'm in there. never getting rid of the Evo.
great cars, great engines.
i purchased my car with 111k on the clock and lowish compression in one cylinder. i decided to drive the car until the compression started dropping more. it never did, even up to 125k miles. this was a lot of autox, HPDE, Time Attack, etc. at the power levels in my sig below (usually on pump gas). the motor just kept going and going and going. that's why i don't shy from high mileage on these cars, assuming they are taken care of decently.
i'm rebuilding my engine now, but only because everything had to come out anyway (and i happened on a free set of pistons and cheap rods LOL).
i'm replacing all suspension, diff carrier, and mount bushings while i'm in there. never getting rid of the Evo.
great cars, great engines.
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Joined: Sep 2013
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From: So. NH
That's too funny. I have an '03 VIII with 130k on the motor. Last week I ran compression and it was ~120psi except for number 3 which was 90psi. Same thing though, no issues whatsoever. I daily drive it through all four seasons here in NH. It's hasn't let me down yet.