^But he still pays insurance for 04 Lancer with 130hp.

 

All that " trade it in and buy an Evo" talk is justified when your an American who can just go down to the dealership and order one up. But since illuminati is in Montreal, CANADA, he, like myself and every other guy up here who would give up some body part of minor importance to be able to buy an Evo, can't! We can't even get an Evo 1 for another 2 years!! I can only speak for myself when I say, if I had the shop to do the work, or could find A shop that could do it for me, I would happily pay 10-12K for the 4G63 swap into my 04' Lancer, because then I would have my very own little piece of Evo, AWD or not! I don't want a talon, or an eclipse, I dig the look and performance of the Evo, enough to pay to make it happen if I could. So... you can knock the guy because your not convinced whether or not it exist's. But as far as wasting money by doing it, I don't think it was a waste, I'm sure he doesn't think it's a waste, being the first person to do, or have what so many have said couldn't be done is worth alot more than a lousy 10k. I know of lots of other people who waste a lot more money on fairly dumbass thing's, but it's thier money, so have at it, whatever floats your boat!! Way to go illuminati!!

 

He will never be able to trade that car in and recoup any of the money spent. There's no add in the books for Evo engine Swap. Might as well keep it and mod it up, sell it, or stop spending money on it and use it as a DD until you get something else you want. Returning it to stock and then trading it in and selling the engine seperately is an idea, but since you are spending tuner shop money and not doing it yourself, it isn't worth it now that it is already in the car, even if you still had a stock working engine.

 

Hey if people want to throw $15000 into a geo metro to make it fast, let them. He wanted to do this swap (which its garaunteed not photoshopped, I contacted the company that did the work), and he had the money to pay for it. Now he is the only person to have done this engine swap for this car and has a one of a kind car. Props to him. Maybe that money could buy him the evo, but time catches up to you and you can't keep up with it. These 20 year olds that win Dodge Vipers and stuff in lotterys take money rather than the car for a reason. They couldnt keep up with insurance and new tires and stuff for that kind of car.

 

thanks guys for the comments and for those who dont agree thats all cool. i wanted to do something different and i have and i am not stopping there. i am on a break right now becasue i am saving up for my next project and returning back to school is setting me back a tiny bit but summer isnt here yet.

as for not being able to make back my money i could in a sec i already have a couple offers not saying what they are but basically with the offers i am making 1-3 thousand dollars in profit thats counting car value + all i spent for the engine swap + the rest of money i put in to it, but in mind i started this and i want to finish this and at that time i decide to sell it and lose money what can i say but i did what i wanted to do

thanks thou for the comments and all comment are appreciated

 

if anyone lives in montreal quebec canada that wants to see the job themselves all they got to do is msg me and we could arrange something just throwing this in becasue i have some people asking me in private where i live and stuff

thanks again

 

No Problem, I've alway's got my bro's backs, and your down in two categories, your a Lancer owner, plus your Canadian, ohh and for any other Canadians out there check this link out.......

http://www.canadatrader.com/result/d...9&pgno=1&srt=1

 

I'm sure it's been said before but it's people like illuminati that keep people doing interesting products and mind boggling modifications. It's that kind of drive that makes people try crazy and new things, which trickle down to benefitting all of us. Thanks man, great job on everything.

 

so it's an evo motor or 4g63t. I know I can get a 4g63t motor for about $1,500 but you have to consider labor work and custom parts for the car. I think the total outcome of your car cost less than an evo and is much better than buying an evo and driving it off the lot. I give you props for your accomplishments...

 

i thought this was a fake prank pulled by someone long ago?

 

illuminati are you coming out to the MCCC anual meet this summer? I would love to see your car in person.

-Danno

 

Someone might have tried this as a prank some other time, but this exact thread is no prank.

 

is there any videos or any recent pictures? i don't want to go digging through 15 pages.

 

nope but I'd definately be interested in a video of this thing in action.

 

no sorry no video or any new pics but if anyone wants a pic just request and i will try my best asap to get it up on here

where is mccc anuelle meets if i am near by forsure