I had been on this site for a while and had already owned a Ralliart previous to buying my EVO. When I did get the EVO I was surprised how little I actually knew about the car. Got a killer price, under 40k miles at the time, and the interior/exterior were in good shape.

Little did I know the issues I was about to run into.

Ended up having to replace the clutch and flywheel (Got broken into at the dealership while waiting on that, long story)
Had to replace pads, rotors, lines, and fluids
Replaced linkage bushings and shifter base bushings (while I was at it)
Replaced clutch line
Had a blown turbo housing gasket
3rd gear was chewed up, shifting fork was also messed up (had to fight to find reverse)
HKS BOV that the previous owner had installed was giving me so much grief, but he lost the stocker, FML

When I decided to get rid of it, it still needed tires, a proper BPV, new passenger side headlight housing, and a tune. Even with all of that, the car ran great and was very dependable, and was simple to maintain.

 

What do you want to know?

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...000-miles.html

Also, this forum is the best for info, some good some bad,(all fun)

Good Luck in your search

 

sad to hear that......well it all depends how the previous owner/s abused the car
ive seen alot of high mileage evos in good shape........evos are the same as regular cars....just take care of it and it will do the same to you

 

Agreed! Good luck on your future purchase, and be as thorough as you can inspecting it before you buy it, unlike what I did.

 

I will be buying all AMSoil, from my current research it looks like that is what everyone uses. And I plan on doing whatever it takes to make this car last me a long time, while still having some fun with it.

 

Appreciate it, I have heard several stories of people getting bad deals but turning them around and making reliable cars out of them. Sorry to hear about all that mess you ran into with yours, but it gives me things to look for when purchasing in

 

Since you're new, let's nip this in the bud right now. Amsoil is not produced/manufactured by AMS. It's its own company. Welcome to the forum and good luck.

 

I laughed my *** off when my wife asked me if they were the same company... then I stopped and thought about it because I never noticed the similarity in names.

Some people make think their oil is better or what is the best (they may be right) but I don't think I've ever heard anything bad about Amsoil. So you can't go wrong with going that route. Pm apagan01 (I think that is his name) and he will hook you up with what you need

If you decide to run a turbo from FP, do some more research because they actually have a list of recommended oils to run with their turboes

http://store.forcedperformance.net/m...otor%20Oil.pdf

 

Well coming from a DSM scene I know what AMS is, they have some monster DSMs and Evos, but I've never put Amsoil in my car, so what was I gonna think?! haha
And I will be sure to do that. I'd love to run an Fp one day, hopefully in the near future. Thanks for the links! Your guys here sure are helpful.

 

Haha, didn't mean to look dumb there. Thanks for imforming me.