Buying a sitting evo 8
#1
Buying a sitting evo 8
I am purchasing a friends evo 8 that has been sitting for the past 2 years. He went to have it tuned before he parked it and i had low compression in cylinder 3. I am planning on doing a whole internals upgrade along with turbo,intercooler,intake,exhaust, along with some body work to fix some rot. I will be towing the car to my house but what should i do in order to even get it running. I figure oil change and new battery and then dumping the fuel and checking the rest of the fluids to make sure they arent empty but is there something else I am forgetting. Any advice will be very much appreciated.
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but what should i do in order to even get it running
#4
Evolved Member
I'd approach this with caution. Buying a used car from a friend can cost a friendship. Maybe tell him you'd like to get it running, do a little testing, maybe drive it. Then if it is still something you want, then talk money.
#7
car is an 03 with 140000 on it i am getting it with all his parts he was planning on installing including evo ix 20g and bilstien shocks. Car has been sitting in his parents yard and in New Hampshire so the rot/rust is from the snow. He is selling it to me for $6000 and im ready to put another $4000 worth of parts and sweat. I want this to be something i can say that i rebuilt myself.
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#8
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Get under the car and make sure the rust doesn't go deeper than you think. A bit of rust on the body may mean tons where you can't see it. Idk if I'd spend that much effort trying to save a car that's already completely rotted out.
#10
careful here.