I've owned my Evo 8 since the begining of March and its caused me nothing but problems, already I had to replace the clutch (wasn't on warrenty of course), Catalac converter, and device in the engine that controls AWD. I'm starting to think I got a lemon or something.. now I faintly smell oil burning after driving somewhat long distance. I know to cool down the engine for about a minute or two depending on how far I drive.. anyone can give me input on this? Oh I did buy the car with 300 miles already on it and I checked the vin and it wasn't used. They said its been sitting there for a year and people test drived it but they wouldn't sell it as a demo.
I'm also looking to upgrade my evo 8 when I got all these kinks ironed out, if anyone would like to throw some suggestions my way as well, that would be appreciated.

 

300 Miles is alot of test driving. I would say the the salesmen had some fun in your car and that is why you had to replace the clutch as well. If you don't know how to drive an AWD car the clutch won't last long. This could of also cause the other AWD part to go bad but I understand the place you are in with it though. Try and fight every bit that you can because those parts are expensive! The oil that you feel you are smelling is probably a combo of fuel and oil because of the car running so rich on top rpms and with as much boost as the car run it will suck oil through the turbo which can eventually burn as well and cause a smell. Your first set of upgrades should be a catch can and some sort of fuel adjustment wether it be a ECU flash or AFC or total EMS then go with the other stuff.

 

I don't think you have a lemon, I think you have a car that was ragged on by the sales manager for 300 miles before you got it. To me, it sounds like the car was launched hard several times and saw a lot of high revs - both bad things on a brand new car. Unfortunately, you'll have a hard time finding a Mitsubishi dealer that won't blame you for what's wrong.