Very cool sticky, I wish alot of other Forums would do this as well.

 

Hi! Im new to this site so just getting used to everything. Also new to the evo community at large. In the process of tryin to get a new RA or a use evo depending on the costs. thanks!

 

this is an amazing thread thanks

 

Great THread!

 

This thread has great info and will help me when buying an evo...

 

Nice

 

this is so helpful. I wanna get into my evo soon!

 

this is surely a great thread to read after purchasing a evo

 

This has probably been asked but, outside of the usual duct tape, zipties and odd noises. Is there any specific to Evos noises or tell tale signs that some on has beat the bag out of it?

 

Helpful thread. narrowed my search to 2 cars now, now to bargain a good deal. What are your preferences, 6 speed or 5??

 

Do your homework before runing into Big problems with your evo!

 

Differences between VIII and IX...compression #s!

Any responsible buyer will probably run a compression test before buying an Evo, but if you don't do some digging you might be passing on a great car because of misguided information.

The stock compression on a IX is much lower than that of an VIII.

Standard on VIII = 163
Standard on IX = 145

Minimum on VIII = 138
Minimum on IX = 92 (that's right, 92!)

How do I know this, I ran a compression test today and was disappointed with 140-150-150-140 on my IX....until I did some research. So now you guys know, if you're in the market for a IX don't expect to see 160s and 170+. Don't pass up a motor because you thought 'it had low compression scores'.

Do however, make sure the tolerences are within 14PSI. That goes unchanged for both VIII and IX.

 

i like this

 

thanks for all the info

 

Just started looking for an 06 EVO, and this is all the information I was looking for in one place!