Used this site for a while now to gain knowledge. Now I shall try a post. This is my first evo I purchased 8-09-2011 in Peoria, IL.
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Bought this with a blown engine. I think this was the problem...

Luckily I had some donors at the shop for a 2.4L build.

I started by machining for oil squirters and then deburring and polishing the inside of the crank case.

Then the same for the girdle. (Before)

and after...

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Well the first few pics didn't work. Here is what it looked like when I found her.

 

Yep that would be a small problem meaning the hole in the block HAHA.

 

Then I had to make everything straight by taking off a couple thou.


Making the cylinders round and true


Machining finished and primed

 

Porting is my specialty, did it for over seven years at a well renoun mopar race shop.

 

Machined my own balance shaft

Then started the assembly, look at how nice that polishing turned out. Not sure that it worth anything, but it sure looks pretty haha.

 

At this point I decided to make a few changes so I pulled it back a part and coated the pistons and had the block o-ringed.


Then had SHEP build all my drive train... that ain't cheap when you want it done right

 

Then back together it goes.

 

Finished everything up after about 20 months and had it tuned.

 

I will try to list the parts from the build as best i can:

AEM V1 ECU
Deatsch Werks 1000cc injectors p# 42M-02-1000-4
Deatsch Werks 340LPH fuel pump p# 9-301-0847
272 HKS cams
+1mm valves int and exh
gsc zerotick lifters p# 4042
adjustable cam gears
titanium retainers and spring kit
wiseco solid copper head gasket p# 6038
fully ported head
wiseco 1400 HD pistons p# K626M87
Eagle H Beam Rods p#CRS5900MB3D
Eagle Forged 100mm Crank p#2039375900B7
Clevite bearings p#'s MS-2261 P, TW-677 S, CB-1643 P
ARP head and main studs p#'s 207-4203, 207-5401
Fluidampr balancer p# 610701
Gates kevlar timing belt p# T167RB
Stock turbo, ported hotside
OEM fully ported intake manifold
OEM fully ported exhuast manifold
WORKS Max ported 65mm throttle body
Cosworth crank scraper
Quarter Master Twin Disc 8 leg race clutch
Shep ultimate ratio rebuilt trans
Shep stage 2 TC w/wave trac LSD and buillet output tube
Shep rebuilt rear diff w/ 12 plate upgrade.

Had it tuned be Performance AutoWerks in Plainfield, IL. On his mustang dyno it put down 360 awhp and 425 awtq on E85.

 

Long story short, I only had the car for about 3 months before I totalled it .
I auto crossed it twice, in which I was bit. Because once I recieved my insurance claim, I set out to find another shell hahaha. Here are some pics after the crash.

 

that blows...go on, we are listening haha

 

Well how should I do this? Do I start a new thread for each evo or sum it all up in one thread?

 

This one died on 7-13-2013. I was looking for a while, trying to be patient, to find a clean WW shell because I personally love the white. It wasn't until 10-05-13 that I found its replacement over in Mansfield, Ohio. It was another 03 RR Evo VIII with 77k on the odometer and a clean title. It was a complete car with a spun rod bearing. Mods were a Buschur 2.0L shortblock with a Buschur stage 3 head, Bushwacker 5 speed trans, Exeddy twin disc, old school fp green, Buschur street core ic, Buschur licp, forge bov, BC coilovers, 3in buschur exh, pte 1000 injectors, walbro 255 pump, hsk 272 cams. I reluctantly paided $11.5 for it but I figured with all of the built aftermarket stuff it was worth it. Here's a few pics of it the night I got it.

 

Well i found the spund rod bearing and it was a bit worse than I antisipated. It rendered the crank and rods useless and also found some damage to the block that was unmentioned to previous owner.



At this point in time I no longer worked at the race shop so I had to pay someone else to do my machining (didn't realize how spoiled I was to have access to all of that until I had to start paying others to do it for me... that crap is expensive). With the block damage I was urged to use a different block for higher hp build. So at this point the whole short block was useless to me. I chose a highly recognized/reputable evo shop to perform my engine work from this point... Boostin Performance! I brought them my 2.4L from the wrecked car to have everything checked out before putting it in the new red one.