New Evo owner in WI
New Evo owner in WI
as the title says above I just picked up my Evo from Illinois and brought her back home to WI. its an all black '04 SSL edition (will post pictures when I have a chance) with 130k.
the summarized mod list is as follows:
basically all typical evo boltons
comp 280 cams
1150 injectors
solid diff mounts
muse o2 dump
kiggly beehive valve springs and retainers
tune (tuned at whalen speed in MI if anyone has had any experiences there)
the car was a friend of a friends who needed to sell his car when his dad passed away to take on his dads business, he seemed very upfront but obviously you cant always believe everything said, However he gave me several thousand in receipts for parts and work done on the car.
among the receipts he had the paperwork stating that about 4,000 miles ago he had the springs, retainers, cams, and injectors all installed and also had the timing belt water pump and gaskets all replaced as well. he sent a few pictures of the install process and everything looked good as new! so that leads me to ask, is there anything I should watch for with this car? ive read tons of threads on what to watch for when buying an evo but with the recent work id like to know if the cars is now in better shape for its age, i only plan to drive this in the summer so im thinking only around 6,000 miles a year but i still dont want to risk hurting the car because of a crappy tune/improper installs. everything looks good and feels good but i think im gonna be easy on her until im 100% sure on everything, the A/F ratios look alright but its a little hard to tell with the idle from the cams. - sorry for the short essay thanks for any input!
the summarized mod list is as follows:
basically all typical evo boltons
comp 280 cams
1150 injectors
solid diff mounts
muse o2 dump
kiggly beehive valve springs and retainers
tune (tuned at whalen speed in MI if anyone has had any experiences there)
the car was a friend of a friends who needed to sell his car when his dad passed away to take on his dads business, he seemed very upfront but obviously you cant always believe everything said, However he gave me several thousand in receipts for parts and work done on the car.
among the receipts he had the paperwork stating that about 4,000 miles ago he had the springs, retainers, cams, and injectors all installed and also had the timing belt water pump and gaskets all replaced as well. he sent a few pictures of the install process and everything looked good as new! so that leads me to ask, is there anything I should watch for with this car? ive read tons of threads on what to watch for when buying an evo but with the recent work id like to know if the cars is now in better shape for its age, i only plan to drive this in the summer so im thinking only around 6,000 miles a year but i still dont want to risk hurting the car because of a crappy tune/improper installs. everything looks good and feels good but i think im gonna be easy on her until im 100% sure on everything, the A/F ratios look alright but its a little hard to tell with the idle from the cams. - sorry for the short essay thanks for any input!
to add, my future goals are between 5-600awhp but thats going to be a year or so down the road when I can afford to build the bottom end.
In the meantime while stored I'm doing maintenance stuff, heatwrapped the exhaust, dei reflecta-taped the intercooler piping, fixed the leaking Greddy RS BOV, picked up some xxr's, a new lip, carbon fiber vent ducts, ordered a reputable turbo blanket, and I will also be doing ARP headstuds as a precautionary measure. So far I'm in love with this car and Im glad I finally got the opportunity to own one of my dream cars!
In the meantime while stored I'm doing maintenance stuff, heatwrapped the exhaust, dei reflecta-taped the intercooler piping, fixed the leaking Greddy RS BOV, picked up some xxr's, a new lip, carbon fiber vent ducts, ordered a reputable turbo blanket, and I will also be doing ARP headstuds as a precautionary measure. So far I'm in love with this car and Im glad I finally got the opportunity to own one of my dream cars!
Last edited by stevenferris1; Feb 17, 2015 at 03:24 PM.
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