Wait till you get some mods on it!

 

Congrats man. Let the fun begin. See you at the next next event!

 

absolutely. i'll have wheels and tired next month. Maybe even IX turbo and e85 by then as well. Fingers crossed.

 

Not to be the person that rains on your parade.... but I bet you will end up spending more money including the car payments on this new car over the already built and finished X. From this point going forward...

 

Not to mention the 9+ months down time he suffered through...

 

No way I had 15k into the X, the 8 only cost me 15k lol. It will be way cheaper.

 

Yeah way cheaper.... :-p

double adjustable coilovers - $3,000 - $5,000
18" Enkei RPF1 - $1,000 - $1,600
18" r-comps - $1600 per set
Rear diff upgrade - $500 + install
Upgraded motor mounts - $350 + install
Full Urethane bushings - $250 + install
E85 conversion, pump, injectors - $1000
ACT cluth upgrade including install - about $1000
Evo 9 turbo upgrade - $500
Racing Brake pads - $300 - $500 full set
Racing lightweight rotors - $900 full set
Racing seats - $1000 - $2000 for pair
Harnesses - $350 - $1000 for pair

did you want to build the motor? another $5000 or so.

I didn't even touch exhaust, intercooler pipes, aluminum radiator, upgraded intercooler, mini battery kit, cams, and tuning...

But anyway... haha. Looking forward to seeing you out there man!!!

 

Not to clog this thread but Evosomeday where have you found a shop to install a clutch with the price of the clutch included for 1k? Arent most clutches like 5-700 plus another 6-700 to install?

 

Evod i think is 600 plus clutch.

 

 

we usually have the best price for clutch installs (although there are shops that will do it for cheaper, they generally haven't done one before to know how much fun it is ).

labor is 600 for 5 speeds and 650 for 6 speeds currently. evo X is also 650. fluids adds 55-60, resurfaced flywheel 70, ACT clutch is 625, so generally around 1300-1400.

 

where the X gets you is, it has to have a surge tank to do serious tracking, the MR has to have a trans cooler, the X will kill tires without sway bars, it needs quite a bit of weight reduction to be competitive with essentially the same power as the 8/9. airbag lights are on if you remove the seats. and if you break anything on the X (i.e. trans, rear diff or engine), its a lot more expensive to fix because there isn't a huge abundance of spare parts available. oh and an 8 can be picked up for half the price of a X

 

Yes but I had to do all the same stuff to the X. So you take a $35k car and put all that into it or take a $15k can and put the same into it the 8 is still cheaper i the long run.

 

Taking FTD and FTP....Priceless

 

Yeah -- I know you're all right and it's cheaper to build, race, and maintain the 8.

The joke is that while it is cheaper, it's still very expensive relatively speaking.

But as JFo said.... priceless...



I didn't set FTD but I went pretty fast, got a good adrenaline rush, and beat my codriver so it was a good day.