I was wondering what the best "cheapy" mods where for the EVO VIII. When I say cheapy I mean free mods, deletes... or really cheap things that make a world of difference in appearence, functionality or whatever...

 

MBC + Tune...nothing is free..sorry

 

Be a better driver. Chances are, you're nowhere near being Rhys Millen or Tsuchiya in an Evo, so you've got a lot of work you can still do on that end.

Paint the chrome parts of your headlights and taillights black. It's a DIY that will involve time, patience and a tiny bit of money for the paint, but it'll look nice.

 

Driver mod........ With a good driver you can drop as much as .5 seconds in the 1/4 mile.....and on a road course you can drop alot more than that,and it is FREE.

 

exhaust, mbc, tune

world of difference

 

If you want cheap you're in the wrong place and car!!!

 

Ebay oil filler cap. Just got it in and having it sitting right next to me...$12.98

 

Practice and weight reduction are both basically free

driving skill can make or break a good race like turbodan mentioned
obviously weight is a great enemy of racing too

 

Drop all the weight out possible.

 

+1 on weight reduction.

I've removed rear seats, spare tire, jack, tool before. About 40 lbs? It was a bit noisier inside cabin, and it felt a little quicker, but that could be just a placebo effect.

 

+1. Nothings cheap on these cars. But i'd have to agree with the cheapest mods listed (TBE, MBC, Tune). Cheap in the grand scheme of things, and will make a semi-noticeable difference. Good luck

 

Take out your cat and go at it with various drill bits and scrubbers till its clean then go out an dplay.

 

That reminds me of some online article where they took a Nissan (either Altima or Sentra) that ran 16s stock and they kept stripping it until it did 14s... but it lost QUITE a bit of weight at that point. (The guys who have read this article know what I mean :P ).

 

weight reduction, remove several pills in the evo's boost lines, and clutch line. get MBC, wastegate actuator, K&N filter, GUT CAT, TUNE. race gas.

should be good for low 12's if you can drive good.

 

You all speak of practice, do you mean 1/4 tracks? auto x? road course? I have heard some good "you don't need it so take it out of your car" stuff like the jacks and what not. I think it'd be cool to make up a sticky of free stuff... or close to. The reason I mention this is because there are indeed a lot of cars that can drop good time just by taking some things out, raising boost... or increasing skill level.

I fear practicing in an EVO could get expensive (clutch etc etc etc)... unless auto x and road courses really dont hurt the car that much...

I am a very good driver with very little track time... I'd like to improve that. On the street, daily driving... poor weather... messing around I am on top but where it counts I am sure I can get better.