Another Evo that may be a good deal! Opinions? 2005 MR WW
Im sorry but I am going to have to say... Brazil. You have to understand my concern though 
But im gonna call the guy tomorrow and see what he says about an inspection. If the title and mechanical condition checks out, ill be on a plane this weekend 
Thought this was a damn good deal
But im gonna call the guy tomorrow and see what he says about an inspection. If the title and mechanical condition checks out, ill be on a plane this weekend Thought this was a damn good deal 
At least he was honest about the racing, although it would be pretty hard to say it was never raced since it has a cage in it. Buy it, if the transmission goes you should have enough cash to put a five speed(since the car is soo cheap).
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Get a pre-purchase inspection by a shop that knows Evos. The car has an aftermarket manifold and intake, has clearly been raced, and is up for a low price. That sounds like engine problems to me.
I would only buy it if it were going to strictly be a race car. But even then after you rebuild the engine and possibly replace the transmission you could have gotten a better car that needs absolutely no work at all.
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I just talked to the Fella, and unfortunately he did not do the prep work. He said he bought it from a family friend, but the race prep work done at Phoenix Performance in Pennsylvania, and the motor was built at "Skytec" in Detroit. I am not familiar with it, nor can I find a website for it. Could be because the engine was built so long ago. Any other opinions?
I just talked to the Fella, and unfortunately he did not do the prep work. He said he bought it from a family friend, but the race prep work done at Phoenix Performance in Pennsylvania, and the motor was built at "Skytec" in Detroit. I am not familiar with it, nor can I find a website for it. Could be because the engine was built so long ago. Any other opinions?
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Like I said, no paperwork unfortunately. I am going to call an auto shop today and have them do an inspection/compression/leakdown test just to cover all of the bases. I did run a vehicle history report and found that the last mileage reported was 3,3XX in 2010 so it looks like the title checks out!
I do have to think about it like this though. I bought a 02 WRX for ~$8500, sold it for ~$12000, so id basically be trading a WRX for an Evo MR
I do have to think about it like this though. I bought a 02 WRX for ~$8500, sold it for ~$12000, so id basically be trading a WRX for an Evo MR
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I seen this car on a ad I was interested for a while but I didn't like that it was just a strictly a track car. 11k on it might be worse then say 60k or so that was just a dd. but then again you never know! Either way good luck!
Like I said, no paperwork unfortunately. I am going to call an auto shop today and have them do an inspection/compression/leakdown test just to cover all of the bases. I did run a vehicle history report and found that the last mileage reported was 3,3XX in 2010 so it looks like the title checks out!
I do have to think about it like this though. I bought a 02 WRX for ~$8500, sold it for ~$12000, so id basically be trading a WRX for an Evo MR
I do have to think about it like this though. I bought a 02 WRX for ~$8500, sold it for ~$12000, so id basically be trading a WRX for an Evo MR
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