I just bought a 2006 IX and want to know when should I start to mod it??
And what's brake in process...THANKS,,

 

Mod it immediately, and drive the hell out of it. Just keep it under 5k for the first 500 miles or so, but boost all the time.

 

^^^ agreed.. That's what I did and it seems to pull very hard and it does'nt burn oil so so far so good. I'm leaking a little oil, but other than that, good... the oil leak seems normal on most evo's for some reason. Some people will tell you to mod after your warrenty is up and that's what I tried to do... but here I am with 3k miles, a TBE, and soon to be flashed by WORKS =/

 

its way too long to wait for warranty to be up.

 

your car shouldnt be leaking oil! Take it back to SRM

 

really? But it's not a lot, I check my oil every week or so and I still have'nt had to add more... but I noticed when I doing my downpipe, I noticed some oil around the oil filter and some towards the back of the engine...

 

just keep an eye on it. I would get it looked at just to be safe.

 

lol its leaking.... amount is irrelavant.a leak is a leak get it fixed!

mods.. there is no required amount mod as you please.

get a lot and get them now !~

Example :
Ben had TBE before 500 miles, cat-back was the second day, cams were around 1k miles i think..

 

It makes me wonder when people can somehow afford a brand new race car like this, but they don't 1) know what a break-in process is, nor 2) think it's called "brake in" process.

If you don't know what a break-in process is, and you have spent $30k+ for a BRAND NEW EVO, then you should start reading until your eyes bleed by searching for the term "break-in" using the Advanced Search feature on this site.

 

I'd wait for at least a month or two on ANY kind of car you want to mod. One reason is to just get used to the car. The second would be to see if there are any immediate problems or concerns with it before you start messing up your chances at a warranty.

 

I bought my exhaust system 1 week before I bought my Evo.

 

I'm going to wait awhile to mod. But visiting this site make the temptation to mod greater. Ugh!

I want to get a feel for the "stock" evo before dropping some coins on mods.

On the other hand, its your car do what you want with it.

Shellback
Tejas Nation

 

If you want to start modding it, Maybe start with something that wont have any kind of heavy performance effects like gauges, dress up parts, a catch can maybe. I told myself the same thing when I first got my car. I just loved personalizing my car. I wasn't out to have the fastest evo out there, but i wanted to be THE black evo around my area. Then when you can't stand it anymore, get yourself a TBE and a flash to kick off the modding.

btw to break it in go for about 500(most prefer more than that to be safe) keeping it under 5000 and in boost when you can. avoid highways if possible. Constant rpms with low load doesn't help break in.

 

You definatly want to wait a bit before you mod if you plan on ever having anything fixed by under warrenty. Just ask Stew, he bought his exhaust before the car, and is putting a new motor in it a couple thousand miles later, out of pocket (which shouldn't be the case).

I just got my synchros fixed twice, that probably would have never happened. It seems like any factory problems that i hear about the car, seem to happen right around 15,000 miles.

Edit: But that is a stupid off the top of my head generalisation.

 

Ok cool THANKS,,, to the helpfull people....