I will be the newest member of this cru. A silver 2003 EvoVIII is gumby mine, new from Country Mitsu in Huntington, NY

I ran the lease out on my 02 GMC Envoy, and will put the 91 BMW M3 on the side, although I really still love that car, I am just a bit hooked on this HP thing. I like the way the Evo handles, I cant wait to compare it to the M. (strictly on handling and braking fronts) That M can STOP! And it goes where I tell it to. We'll see.

This car must have been on the lot forever, no? I got a good deal on it. If i put the money i saved on it over ordering an 05 into mods, well, i'd have HP coming out my a#$ !


i gotta go find a clever quote now.

 

Congrats on your new Evo! I'm a new Evo owner in NY too. Enjoy it, I'm sure you will.

 

Welcome aboard!

 

welcome.. have a blast here

 

i was wondering where all the girls were. nice to see you here. hope to have some indepth discussions on which fuzzy steeringwheel cover looks best.



j/k !!!! seriously...much respekt all the female cru....big up!

 

Welcome. Not sure about the fuzzy steering wheel though. j/k

 

You prob won't dissapointed with the handling. As far as brakes, I'm not impressed. My non-Brembo 350Z stop much harder than the EVO with Brembos, but I'm cool with it. Power wise, add some basic mods and you won't want to drive the M ever again.

Congrats.

 

60-0 Stoping distance: 113 ft- 350Z track (with brembos)

60-0 Stoping distance: 110ft- Evo 8

I don't think your non brembo brakes stop harder than the evo. Not much difference between the 350 and evo with brembos though.

BTW congrats on the car. You will love it.

 

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I never measured in feet how the 350Z stopped in comparison to the EVO, but I'm speaking from personal experience that the Z non-Brembo brakes bit harder than the Brembos on my EVO. The EVO takes more pedal pressure to than it did on my Z. Since you never owned a Z, STFU.

Have a nice day.

 

No....but my fiance does--- an orange track version with nav. Why do you think I posted the track version specs? Thanks for asking though.

 

Mind if I ask what kind of deal you got. There are a few "new" aka never titled '03s in the area for sale asking in the 26K neighborhood. Wondering how much they should actually go for (ball park of course).

Thanks,

Ron

 

sure RonA, shouldnt be any big secrets here... It was 28k even. so 26 sounds really good, id give the extra 2k since mine was from a pretty metro area. so mine was 2k under list. Which will do nicely in the mods shoppingcart.

 

about the B R A K E S!!!!

now my rotors were rusty when i took it for a test drive, and wasnt impressed even by the end of the drive.

but, now thiat i've gotten a few 100-60 slows in them, furiously smoked the pi$$ out of them twice, they're feeling quite grippy.

I know the pads are the weakest link here, they fade very quickly. Ive been using carbon metallic brakes on the M for a while, and they're outstanding all around.

I still have some light grooves and discolored areas on thje rotors, a week or so and they should be all smooth and shiny, assuring me of full contact of the pads, as well as even wear. I do say when cold, i can really execute some serious high speed late braking, and I like it!!

 

I haven't learned..
On my fourth (yes fourth) set of rotors and pads courtesy of Mitsubishi and Porcaro in Racine, Wi...(thx guys )

One day I will replace the pads becasue the rotors warp like the Millenium Falcon..

Watch those brakes m3charles and welcome to the wonderful world of Evo!!