Well I've always wanted an evo, but it's never the right time to buy one. With wife's permission I decided to try get my first evo.
On 2/14/12 we picked up a 2003 evo 8, with 61k miles and a sunroof. I never realized how hard it would be to find one and I think I over paid, but at this point I can't spend too much time traveling and looking for one. It wasnt my color of choice but maybe I'll upgrade to an evo 9 in few years. Here are some iPhone pics:



Car came with an empty tank ofcourse



After a slight car wash







This is my other car:






This an old vid, was breaking it in:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROd_U...e_gdata_player

 

Seller wasn't very helpful so I have to find out everything about the car the hard way (mods, problems, etc)

Mods I seen so far:

Injen uicp
Hks ssqv (replacing with mr bpv ASAP)
Ams fmic
Intake (no brand?)
Full exhaust
o2 housing
Useless gauges and some audio stuff that I'll be selling
Tein springs
Enkie wheels
Hks turbo timer


I don't know what cams the car has, claimed to have upgraded ones.
Car is running 26-28 psi on stock 9.8 turbo

Things I plan on doing soon:

Evo 9 turbo
Ets Licp
Bpv valve
Replace all fluids
60k service (will be doing it myself, a bit scared lol)
Clean EVERYTHING
replace rear brakes and adj. hand brake
Re-tune (maybe go e85)

Wondering if map ported intake and exhaust manifolds will be worth it.


Any more tips/suggestions?

 

nice cars

 

nice subi! ^_^

 

Thanks
Subi is a toy, always in pieces lol.

It has:
Full 07 sti swap (gas tank, steering, suspension, hubs, dash, etc)
No interior
Recaro spg seats
8/10k coils
27mm front & rear bars
Soon will have 1.5xtr turbo on e85 or just a small 20g on e85.

 

grats on the car! I also just bought a evo this month too!

 

Congrats on ur Evo.
Is this EvO month? Seems like there's a lot of peeps getting Evo's this month. Just got mine this month too.

 

Seems like it, because they all sell within days. Atleast ones I liked lol

 

Love the black on black with a little bit of black. Hope you enjoy!

J

 

i just got an evo too, i really wanted a red one but i didnt want to drive 9 hours for it, so i under stand gettin what you can find i looked for like 2 and half months for one lol

 

Congrats on the purchase. Personally I love the black on Evo 8's and 9's. Take care of her

 

The paint looks really good for a black 03....have fun with her!

 

Just bought my EVO this month also.

Already put 4k miles on it....


Enjoy

 

It must be EVO month. I picked up one this month also.

 

Congrats on the EVO.

The STI limited rims on the RS look sick.