Cool project! I have always wanted a V. IX engine for sure though.

 

Awesome...I'm excited to see how everything turns out!!! Good Luck man!!

 

the fitment looks great! much much better! what size adapter did you end up going with?

 

I dont know what are the rules or laws in importing parts there, but you shoulda gotten the whole half cut or what we call an "Evo 5 conversion kit". It basically comes with the following:

1. Whole rear section part of the car including pilars, fuel tank, trunk lid, wing, tail lights, bumper
2. Full front end including hood, head lights, bumper, fenders
3. Engine including drivetrain
4. Complete suspensions including brakes
5. Evo 5 gauges, auto-climate control, and seats

All you needed to do was to seam-weld them and for more rigidity, install rollbars. They will also have to reinforce the flooring as the Evo 5s flooring is different from a normal Lancer, As for the foglights, I saw them selling the whole bumper with foglights in a shop in Makati.

Here is a Lancer converted into an Evo 6. Perfectly done right? Well, there was one thing I noticed that made me realize it was a converted unit. Guess what it is.

 

TME front bumper looks clean IMO. looking good. can wait to see the exterior finished

 

Antenna

 

Good job so far. I love seeing projects like this come together.

 

the center dash should have come with a HVAC display not just the clock but a display of the vent, recirc air arrow.

 

this....


http://www.mitsubishiclub.cz/gallery...d=601&lang=eng

 

Nope, the Evo 6 RS original LHD sold here came with an antenna.

Nope, the original RS still had manual aircondition controls. Same controls I have on my V.


Anyway, its the plate number. Plates in the Philippines starting with U came out in cars from 1995 to 1997. 1998 is W. The Evo V got plates with a starting letter of W here. So for a 1999 Evo 6, it should have been a W.

 

Great work so far! Can't wait to see how it comes out.

 

If you got sharp eyes, there is another thing you will notice that would make it quite a suspect of being a Lancer converted to Evo car. Aside from the plate number.

 

the plate number can actually be changed if it was sold at a later date. also, the only giveaway would be the bumper which doesn't have clean lines. then again, it can be due to color and the sun and the steering wheel doesn't have the horn divots(buttons). from the pics it would be hard to guess or it is a good conversion.

 

Interesting, I had thought the antenna was located in the rear. My antenna is part of the rear glass.

Also another thing I noticed is the dashboard. A true Evo would have an all-black dash, instead of black/grey.

 

Installed the Ralliart Frame, and Interfooler for now until I can hook it up to an EVO IX Engine in the future.

Notice the endtanks does not have any IC piping connected to it.

The EVO V looks like its missing its fangs without the intercooler.