Hi guys, wanted to buy this evo8 2003
"http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/mitsubishi/auction-1171180798.htm"

the seller said the cambelt was replaced with the - Power Enterprise BM211 Super Kevlar Timing Belt
anyone know what is the different between with the stock belt?
Also it's got the power fc djetro anyone know the different with the normal power fc?

 

You should activate your link to make it easier

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used...1171180798.htm

Looks interesting & may be a good purchase for you if the price is right. Single owner

That kevlar belt seems to be touted as significantly better than stock & is used on race engine builds

Have no idea how good that piggy back ECU is but I can see it is not cheap

Sorry, cant be any more help

 

He's merely the first Kiwi owner as the car is stated as an Import. Do you have any information of the car (e.g. auction condition) before it was imported? It will give you a clue with regard to its history.

Offhand I would be a little suspicious of the Evo IX front end swap - check if its been in a front end collision bad enough to damage the chassis itself?

 

I'm no help, but I am curious about this:RARE Body Colour is STOCK, Its Mica Purple (color code: V04)?

Tough to tell on my phone but the picture of the VIN looks like it's silver? If that's the case I'd be looking real carefully at any body work that could've been done.

 

im going to have to look at the car tomorrow, the car just swap the evo9 front bumper and he said he got the car like this when it was imported from Singapore

 

no worries man thanks, I think the Ecu is a little special than the normal power fc will found out

 

Darn, I missed seeing that importer's logo on the trunk lid. That marks it as an official import into Singapore by the authorised distributor Cycle and Carriage.

Couple of things about Singapore exports:

They are usually well taken care of;
Mileage is almost always dodgy;
Never been driven in salt;
Probably been driven hard.

 

hi thanks man, so you mean the odemeter has been changed?
And never been driven in salt mean?

bty, I'm taking the car for pre inspection before I'm buying it, will they check out if the odemeter has been changed?

 

The seller said the car has got odmeter certificate report but not sure about it, have to bring the car for proper inspec since I know that kind of car has lots of things need to be check, when I bring the car in for inspec, what test do I have to do?

 

Oh, Singapore is very tropical so there's never snow that requires roads to be salted which causes corrosion to the undercarriage. It should have been in NZ for a 2 to 3 years due to the 10-year ownership rule in Singapore.

The Singapore vehicle authorities does not actually have or issue an odometer test report. Maybe you get one from the NZ side of things though, I do not know.

You should just bring it to an Evo specialist who knows these cars inside and out, they will perform a pre-purchase inspection (at your cost, not the seller's). Be prepared to zero-time all the mileage-related wearables if you want to get some peace of mind, especially if the mileage is murky.

Most cars in Singapore clock an average of 20,000 to 30,000kms. So a 100,000km ten-year old car is a bit too good to be true, unless backed up with receipts. Look at items such as seat bolster wear, gear knob wear, and other driver contact points, to get an idea if it matches up.

 

I see, thanks so much for the information, yes I'm bring it to a professional tuner shop to get it check out. Can you try to listen to the video on the website, there's a video of the exhaust sound. I know it's the cams sound but is it supposed to sound like this? Sound like a not very healthy to me.

 

here's the link, thanks
https://youtu.be/Md-s4dHf094

 

I'm sorry but I can't really comment about the exhaust note from the cams that is installed - no knowledge of that.