Uhmm I said "personally" (as in if I were in his shoes)... and i never said if the OP does decide to get a new X that he should put bolt-ons right away. The X is really worth a look... has so far shown much potential and tunability right off the bat. Fully stock Xs when tuned can easily gain 70whp by professional tuners here like GST, DG Motors, TTP, etc. If you are really concerned about warranty, a simple highflow drop-in filter and CBE shouldn't void it (well, depends on the dealer). You can use a tactrix cable and a laptop to flash your evo back to stock (and keep a backup of the custom tune) using ECUflash in case you have to bring it in for a warranty job, or you can buy a Cobb AP. There's a lot of ways you can get on the fun side without risking warranty.

 

no offense jon, but judging from previous posts, your basically just looking for a high horsepower daily driver so you can smoke all other cars on the street.. basically lookin for an easy way into the high end evo world..

i would advice for you to take it easy.. a 600+HP evo is not always as awesome as what you perceive it to be, you have to think about RELIABILITY and saying that you want an evo as a DAILY DRIVER with HIGH HORSEPOWER is not always the right combination, yes, you see those in the car magazines people DD'ing their 600whp cars, but think about MAINTENANCE on that thing.

EVERYDAY you have to check something, make sure it hasn't broke,.. yet..
then when something breaks, (im pretty sure some will), you're gonna have to fix it OUT OF POCKET.. if its one of the critical parts.. YOU CANNOT DRIVE THE EVO.. sometimes for weeks.. the process goes on and on with those kinds of cars..

I'm not saying every car tuned at high horsepower is destined to break or to fail, I'm saying for a guy like you (again from previous posts) I haven't seen any car knowledge that would make you handle these kinds of beasts...

I'm also a noob for tuner cars.. especially the evo, and it is my dream car too, but taking my time to learn and to understand even just the basics will help me when the "right" time comes i would be able to handle and to appreciate all the hard work i have done in the past so i could enjoy the dream car i always want to have.

It is always sad to see young people get the high-end cars only to end up in a high speed accident and something bad happens.. don't be one of them jon..

If you really want an evo NOW.. i would suggest getting an X mainly for you to learn (plus the fact that its bone stock) or just get a slightly stock 06 evo.. i mean your trading your dad's plymouth so you sure have no problems with stock evos running you around $26k.

goodluck jon.. make the right decision.

 

Alright, thanks bro.

 

thanks, and i know it seems repetitive. But just because I have a 600hp car - HP being the high end of the car, doesn't mean I'm going to be using it. I'm not going to floor it on every green light and interstate. I'm going to get used to it and build onto it. My real question is, If evo's with mods break down, what's the point of buying an evo and modding it... if it's just going to break down....?

 

i dont see why you want to get into a built evo in the first place. my evo has a drop in filter, test pipe, and tune and to me its much funner and enjoyable than any other evo i have ever been in, and yes ive been in some high hp evos. personally i would never want an evo that has over 400whp because its completely unnecessary and you would not be able to autocross with it because you would have a turbo that wouldnt spool up fast enough.

 

I really like the evo 9 style, but i can't find any good condition close to stock ones...

 

I say buy it

 

lol, I can't catch sarcasm anymore...

 

the best place to find used evo's is on this site there are so many of them for sale

 

i cant find it...