Longest running ownership of Evo
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Longest running ownership of Evo
Bought it Nov 2004, 2003 evo8
Currently at 72k miles, daily drove it for the first 3yrs, then clutch got too heavy...
Had to get a new DD. She's now a garage queen
Motor by Buschur, turbo kit by AMS with HTA 3076 turbo now, shep trans with Quaife front diff. GTWorx suspension, racing brake rotor. This is the first complete car built John Shepper did for a customer in his newly expanded garage at the time.
Thought about selling it numerous time but each time I took the car out for a drive my
Mind got changed. For pure driving experience this is still one of the best .
Currently at 72k miles, daily drove it for the first 3yrs, then clutch got too heavy...
Had to get a new DD. She's now a garage queen
Motor by Buschur, turbo kit by AMS with HTA 3076 turbo now, shep trans with Quaife front diff. GTWorx suspension, racing brake rotor. This is the first complete car built John Shepper did for a customer in his newly expanded garage at the time.
Thought about selling it numerous time but each time I took the car out for a drive my
Mind got changed. For pure driving experience this is still one of the best .
Last edited by 600+hp; Nov 5, 2016 at 07:37 PM. Reason: Wrong year
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you bought a 2003 in 1994, thats impressive.
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I bought my car in January - without checking I don't remember if it was 2003 or 2004. A couple nights ago I was under it changing oil - oil change #37.
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Got mine new in Apr 03, Might not be the longest owner, but I 'm pretty sure I have the record on still having a working original battery.
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...3-battery.html
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...3-battery.html
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LOL in 2004, this is one the later one to get here. It didn't make it to the dealership until late 2003
OX - geez that's a record by any measure except maybe my Texas Instrument calculator. Bought in the mid1980's,the same battery didn't go out until 201x. Close to 30 yrs, granted it does not get used a whole lot
What will make this car even better if someone can integrate an electric supercharger to fill in the gap in the low rpm for big turbo car a la Q7 TDI. On a 2L motor a 12V system should give about 3lbs boost
OX - geez that's a record by any measure except maybe my Texas Instrument calculator. Bought in the mid1980's,the same battery didn't go out until 201x. Close to 30 yrs, granted it does not get used a whole lot
What will make this car even better if someone can integrate an electric supercharger to fill in the gap in the low rpm for big turbo car a la Q7 TDI. On a 2L motor a 12V system should give about 3lbs boost
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LOL in 2004, this is one the later one to get here. It didn't make it to the dealership until late 2003
OX - geez that's a record by any measure except maybe my Texas Instrument calculator. Bought in the mid1980's,the same battery didn't go out until 201x. Close to 30 yrs, granted it does not get used a whole lot
What will make this car even better if someone can integrate an electric supercharger to fill in the gap in the low rpm for big turbo car a la Q7 TDI. On a 2L motor a 12V system should give about 3lbs boost
OX - geez that's a record by any measure except maybe my Texas Instrument calculator. Bought in the mid1980's,the same battery didn't go out until 201x. Close to 30 yrs, granted it does not get used a whole lot
What will make this car even better if someone can integrate an electric supercharger to fill in the gap in the low rpm for big turbo car a la Q7 TDI. On a 2L motor a 12V system should give about 3lbs boost
I've been searching electric turbo add on's about once a year. Still not much in the way of aftermarket. Appears 48V min would be needed to get anything meaningful out of it I'd be willing to add 100-150 lbs of additional turbo and batteries weight to get this to work.
Wonder if the stock rods could handle that super low end torque??
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Got mine new in Apr 03, Might not be the longest owner, but I 'm pretty sure I have the record on still having a working original battery.
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...3-battery.html
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...3-battery.html
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LOL in 2004, this is one the later one to get here. It didn't make it to the dealership until late 2003
OX - geez that's a record by any measure except maybe my Texas Instrument calculator. Bought in the mid1980's,the same battery didn't go out until 201x. Close to 30 yrs, granted it does not get used a whole lot
OX - geez that's a record by any measure except maybe my Texas Instrument calculator. Bought in the mid1980's,the same battery didn't go out until 201x. Close to 30 yrs, granted it does not get used a whole lot