Hey guys, Have decided to start a Build thread for My Evo and Hopefully my VR-4 soon as well, I am a bit of a way along So I will just chuck up all the pictures I have taken along the way and let them tell the Story, I hope you all enjoy

To start off, here's a few shots of my rides

Legnum VR-4 Type S...2.5L V6 TT AWD..I believe you cant get these in the U.S?

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And The Evo VII

When we first picked it up, After a 2400km drive home

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After it's first clean.

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Then The Mods Slowly Started

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Then We Did A Bit of Vinyl Wrapping

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Painted The Bonnet Vent

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Fit A 3" Exhaust
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Team Heko Weathershields
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And here are a few nice self-love shots I too a while back, along with a shot of the HKS SSQ BOV that I forgot to include..
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good luck

 

Very nice! I like the wrap you've done!

 

Thanks guys

 

looks good.. really like that galant

 

Thanks mate, Do you get the Legnums (Galant Wagons) at all over there?

 

Awesome, Managed to read the ECU in the VR-4 by accessing it as a 7202, that means I can reflash it almost as thoroughly as the Evo ECU. I Didn't want to mod it but I think I am going to have to now lol. Cant have a sweet Reflash without a nice FMIC/Exhaust/Fuel Pump/COP setup to go along with it.

 

lol is that a low blow?.. hell no.. i have never seen one before you posted the pic

 

Haha sorry, no Low Blow mate, I thought you could get the ST wagons (the N/A GDI model in Front wheel Drive) Like the USDM Galant.
The Legnum's we get here are the Same Spec as the Galant VR-4 Sedans. 6A13TT Twin Turbo, Quad Cam 2.5L V6, All Wheel Dive with AYC. I see some awesome looking USDM Galants on the net coming out of there.
Don't worry though, If Evo's were as cheap here as they were in the US I wouldn't bother owning a Legnum. I paid $22,000 for an Evo VII just imported. A New Evo X MR with the lot sets you back $85,000. A GTR is still over $120,000.

 

thats crazy..

 

Awesome. Evo is booked in for a dyno tune / Factory ECU reflash tomorrow morning at my local workshop. Hoping for some impressive gains, I will be sure to chuck the results up here with some photos and Videos as well.
I cant wait to get in it when it has a bucket load of extra power, I'm getting used to it the way it is now

 

i wouldn't mind following this build. I have a 7 as well, perhaps hold off the tune a bit longer, they're ridiculously expensive here (for people that don't know) compared to the states.

maybe mod a bit more before you do a dyno tune?

just my 2c.

My mate's stock 7 had a dyno done the other day, Paul at Pulse racing bumped it up about 50kw+ safely.

 

Hey mate, You on EvolutionOZ aswell? You will have to link me your ride thread if you have one here or there.
Luckily I have been working with my tuner to get the software up to scratch and he has been using my car for a bit of research so I will be getting a free tune He is an awesome tuner but he hasn't done the stock ECU's before.

With a bit of practice he is confident in getting the tune times down a lot and making it a commercial service, hopefully it will be $750-$1000 depending on mods etc.

We are hoping for something like that, was you mates car completely stock and did he add any more boost with the tune?

With just the 3" Turbo back and the intake we are hoping to crack 200Awkw, then if its safe we can raise boost a bit more. It seems pretty possible looking at the maps the way they are now.

Unfortunately I am not ready to commit to the next stage of modding at the moment, I know the IC is good for a lot of power,injectors and turbo are fine, the only weak link at the moment may be the fuel pump and I will chuck a 3-port in tomorrow most likely.

 

nah I'm not on evolutionOz there doesn't seem to be much action on the aussie forums

and nice, I've heard some good things about modding the stock ECU, apparently it can push some pretty good numbers.

My mate just had a cat back exhaust and a HKS intake, he pushed just under 200kw so with a turbo back and intake you'll get 200+ easy.

if you can get your hands on maybe a meek hotside pipe, you're looking at about 10hp just from that alone, it's definitely my next mod.

I'm basically gonna finish my cat back to turbo back, add an aftermarket hotside pipe, get a tune and that'll be the end of my build.

they're so expensive to build in this country