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[SIZE="2"]Hello Everyone I've been a long time member of EvoM.
I wanted to share with you my obsession for the last 12 years. Ladies and Gents I introduce you to "Eva" my 2003 Evo 8 which I nicknamed Eva as April's Feature car of the month.[/SIZE]
My Evo and the Chicago Skyline. This is a custom paint color named Quartz Gray.
OEM JDM rear with After Hours Crash Bar. Don't take shortcuts, your life is worth it.
Proper nose Chop with custom Grill and Evo 9 Mitsubishi emblem.
Custom Front Lights blacked out and clear side markers.
Nose Chop and Mitsu Emblem.
OEM Blacked out tails and cleared side markers. These are the original tails of the car.
I'm so proud of this mod. My one of a kind Evo 8 Carpet. You won't find this anywhere.
My CCW LM20 wheels and black powder coated Brakes. Note trick photography makes the brakes calipers look dirty but in real life they are glossy.
Where all the money is mostly at; 700WHP on FP black. BB.
Custom Gauge cluser, with Built in Oil pressure gauge.
I changed my cloth interior to the SSL Interior
My pride and Joy. My custom Car Computer. You will also note I bought the Black steering wheels and repainted somef the dash pieces to match. Did I tell you how much a PITA that HVAC was to make.
The Dyno Sheet.
[SIZE="2"]The Mod List[/SIZE]
[SIZE="3"]Engine Power Mods:[/SIZE]
Fully Built Bottom End 2.0 Liter from Class One motors with a 9.5 to 1 Piston Compression
9.5 Wiseco Custom Pistons
Turbo Tuff Rods
Oil Water Separator venting from Head Valve Cover
Kelford Cams 272 intake and Exhaust
Fidanza Cam Gears with Clear Cam Cover
Kiggly Springs and Retainers
Kiggly Upgraded Oil Pressure Head Regulator
Forced Performance Black Turbo
Oil Water Separator venting from Crank Case Release modification to the Valve Cover.
High Pressure Wastegate Actuator for 30PSI Boost
Tial QR Black Recurculating Blow Off Valve Welded to Upper Intercooler Pipe
AMS Black Fuel Rail
Buschur Double Pumper
Injector Dynamic 2000cc Injectors
Spark Tech - Plug and Play Ignition Coils
Boost Solenoid Boost Controller
K&N Air Intake
Buschur J Pipe
AMS New End Tank Front Mount Intercooler
Larger O2 Housing with Loko Thermal Coating
AMS Mini Battery Kit
AMS Upper Intercooler Pipe
AMS Lower Intercooler Pipe
Samco Hoses to entire Air system
AMS 3” Downpipe
AMS 3” Test Pipe (Cat Delete) With resonator
AMS 3” Vibrant Full Exhaust with Modified JDM Exhaust
MAPerformance Level 2 Heavily Ported and Heat Soak Black Paint Coated Intake Manifold
Hondata Heat Shield and Vellum Intake manifold Gasket
Boomba 75mm Throttle Body
Loko Thermal Coating on Turbo
Ported Exhaust Manifold and Loko Thermal Coating
Quartermaster Twin Disk Clutch with lightweight Flywheel
Aluminum 2 Piece Light Weight Drive Shaft
E-85 Speed Density ECU tunning by AMS
[SIZE="3"]Interior Mods:[/SIZE]
Full Leather package upgrade including door panels. (Originally had suede interior)
Trustz Black Evo 8 Gauge Overlays
Evo 9 Black Steering wheel swapped to match interior better
AEM 50 psi Boost Gauge
AEM Uego multiface Air Fuel Ratio Wideband Gauge
AEM Oil Pressure Gauge
Custom In-Gauge Oil Pressure modification by Rush Group Detailing Boltz
Dash Pieces where painted to Satin Black
Shifter Cover was painted to Satin Black
Heating Controls where relocated to a custom molded Cubby Hole then painted to Satin Black
Car Computer Installed (2Ghz, 1GB Ram, 30GB SSD Drive) integrated under my car seat.
7” Xenarc Computer Touch screen
Computer Screen Custom Mold to dash then painted satin Black.
Metal Shifter Bushings installed for better feel of my Stick Gear selector
GPS integrated in the Driver’s side pillar for the Co-Pilot GPS Software
Wireless Network Card integrated inside the Pillar for Wireless Connectivity
200 Watt 4 Channel Amplifier Installed in Glove Box for Car computer sound
Autopage C3 2 way 1 Mile transmitter range alarm installed.
Autopage GPS module with 24/7 Satellite Tracking Antitheft device installed with phone GUI.
[SIZE="3"]Exterior Mods:[/SIZE]
Custom Quartz Gray Paint Job
3M self repairing Clear Bra on entire front end of Car, and halfway along the sides along with part of the rear bumper to prevent rock chips from my wide wheels.
Evo 8 Front Bumper Custom made to look like the Evo 9 bumper with shaved Mitsubishi logo
Blacked out Front Headlights with Yellow tinted markers removed to clear glass color
Blacked out Rear Taillights with Yellow tinted markers removed to clear glass color
JDM Rear Bumper installed
Afterhours Custom Made lightweight crash beam with anti-rust coating for the JDM Rear bumper
Smoked color side turn Signals
Mitsibishi Original Vortex Generated Custom painted to Glossy Black.
Mini Short Antenna
Do Luck Carbon Fiber Front lip installed
Carbon Fiber RexSpeed SideSkirts
Centric Performance Slotted and Lightweight Front Rotors
Centric Performance Slotted and Lightweight Rear Rotors
Peformance Friction Front Brakes
Peformance Friction Rear Brakes
Jacks Transmissions Built Trans
Wave Track LSD in Center Differential
TRE Built Rear Differential
Stage 5 Axles from The DriveShaft Shop
Rear Metal Bushing to help with Launching
Kurt Brown Ceramic Ball Bearings for less friction and more MPH in the 1/4 mile.
Stance Full Coilover suspension
CCW LM20 19"Wheels
Performance Racing Tires
Brembo Calipers in front and rear painted to Semi-Gloss Black
Brembo Sticker re-applied to painted calipers with custom design in the rear brake calipers
Car Goal:
Building this car was literally a dream of mine; ever since I was a child I've always wanted a race car as an adult. My goals where always to build a fast car but also be pretty enough to possibly be entered in car competitions. I finally completed this last goal at this years 2015 Tuner Galleria in Chicago by placing 3rd out of hundreds of cars.
Here is the trophy of that event.
[SIZE="2"]I am the only owner of this car and never plan on ever selling it.
Thank you for all the help and friends I've made over the years, especially all my online buddies on EvoM whom without them my car would not be where it is today.
Humbly your friend.
Gilbert Garcia[/SIZE]
Last edited by Jedi_Gill; Mar 20, 2019 at 09:27 AM.
Beautiful car, amazing attention to detail, and overall awesome work Gilbert!
Thank you Kind sir.. it's been a wonderful journey thus far.
Interesting fact:
Buying this car not only introduced me to my best friends today, but also introduced me to my now wife and side business. We also now have a son together; no joke.. buying this car changed the trajectory of my life in a big way. Think about that next time you buy a car at a dealership.
Awesome car, i would love a DIY on the oil pressure gauge in the oem cluster.
I have to give credit to Justin Rush a good friend of mine goes by the name Boltz. on here. He is such a crafty individual. I saw it on his car and asked him to do it on mine.. and for the record we are very good friends and he did it as a favor.. I don't think he wants to go into the business of it because of the PITA in doing it.
Thank you Kind sir.. it's been a wonderful journey thus far.
Interesting fact:
Buying this car not only introduced me to my best friends today, but also introduced me to my now wife and side business. We also now have a son together; no joke.. buying this car changed the trajectory of my life in a big way. Think about that next time you buy a car at a dealership.
Damn. First off, amazing - AMAZING car. Talk about attention to detail. I have the same exact (almost - my caps are polished still) blacked out CCW LM20's on my IX RS.
What you said hit home though. My current girlfriend and I met in a parking lot simply due to the topic of our cars (she drives a WW '12 GSR). We're moving in together next weekend, and I see no stop to our relationship which was brought upon simply by these cars. Without that topic of conversation, we would have never spoken a word to one another. It's awesome to know someone had that same experience.
Apr 15, 2015, 10:59 AM
