I've come to the decision to start a journal of the build process of my evo up to this point and to keep updating it as I go. Any comments or questions are always welcome.

Picked the car up in April 2011.
From the pier straight to the car wash.




Wasting no time i started putting my own touches on the car.






Then came some performance and some engine dress up.





Picked up some new wheels and painted the brakes.






Found a smoking deal on an ARC front mount. Picked up some JMF hard pipes, turbosmart 50mm race port

 

At this point i was having some slop in the timing belt. So on with a gates kevlar, new tensioner, water pump, and adjustable cam gears.




When I purchased the car i knew about some minor tranny issues so at this point i decided to do to a new tranny. So in with a shep trans.



While doing the trans i was informed of a shot driveshaft. All the U joints had tons of slop. So I picked a DSS 2 piece.



Then came some new brakes and titanium lugs. I changed the red to blue to color consistent throughout the whole car.




With many complications and crap information from chasebays, I was able to get my new radiator in. Also tucked the wires to underneath the intake mani as well as cleaned up some of the other engine bay wiring. I had my valve cover powder coated but the color didn't turn out the way i liked so i added some black chrome paint to the top of it. Also had my rear coolant inlet as well as thermostat housing done after welding on the AN fittings for the lines.





Fresh alignment after Perrin PSRS




Coil On Plug/Pump






MODS

-ENGINE-

Revolver Cams
AEM Cam Gears
Gates Kevlar Belt
ARC FMIC
ets hard pipes
turbosmart 50mm raceport
turbosmart 40mm compgate
toxicfab manifold
toxicfab cam sensor shield
map 02/dp w/ ewg
map test pipe
no name cat back (to be changed)
chasebays radiator
SS braided rad lines
clear timing gear cover
Sparktech Coil on Plug
AEM Series 2 Standalone
ID 1000 INJ
Squash Dual Pumper
AEM Fuel Rail
AEM Pressure Regulator
Manley turbo tuff crank
Manley turbo tuff i beams
Manley turbo tuff pistons
king bearings
Manley +1mm valves
BR electric power steering pump
GTX30r
Fuzz motorsports intake manifold (waiting patiently to be installed)
Boomba 70mm throttle body (also waiting)
balance shaft delete

-SUSPENSION-

KW Variant 3
agency power 27mm rear sway
agency power rear endlinks and solid mounts
perrin psrs
poly trailing arm bushings
buschur shifter bushings
buschur shifter base bushings
super pro ball joints
super pro tie rod ends
cusco camber plates front
cusco pillow ball rear

-DRIVETRAIN-

SHEP Trans
act hd clutch
Jack's stage 3 transfer case
DSS alum 2 piece driveshaft

-wheels and brakes-
18x9.5 +20 work 11r glim silver (summer)
nitto nt05 245/40
arp extended wheel studs
titanium lugs
stm abs delete (rs brake set up)
ss braided rear brake lines
redone rear brembos
stop tech trophy series fronts

-interior-
CF Pillars
CF triple gauge pod
AEM TRU Boost
AEM UEGO
Defi racer egt

-EXTERIOR-

rex speed cf pillars
rex speed cf exhaust shield
stained tail lights
smoked side markers
blacked out head lights
chargespeed side skirts
chargespeed fenders
monster hood
JUN front bumper

 

wow some nice wrk

 

nice!!

 

verrry nice!

 

Jeez, that must be a lot of money spent in just a year and half but it looks like it was worth it, keep us posted

 

Looks great. How hard is it to swap the exhaust manifold without taking the turbo out?

 

Looks very nice! It's nice to see another girl building a car on her own. Good luck with it!

 

Actually it was a pain in the ***. I had to replace the studs on the turbo anyways so re-installing was a lot easier. Thanks for all of the kind words!

 

I know the old owner and have driven the car. While I like most of the changes I gotta ask why in the name of God would you change out revolver cams for HKS cams?

 

surprised to see someone using that rad.. think your the first(ive seen)
looks good

 

After it was all said and done the rad came out great but after all the headache with it and the headache with my boyfriends car and dealing with chase bays. Ild never recommend it. Im sure alot of you have seen the thread on them already but this was before all of that. But it turned out good after a little extra work. Ill post pictures up tonight of just the radiator.

 

That is one hell of jump down in cams from the revolvers that were in it.

 

Very Beautiful with Tasteful Mods.. <3 your build.. I'm going to be doing this soon, so everyone can see my build as well..

-Danny

 

Cams were never changed :/ was originally told hks and recieved factory cams in hks boxes so probly my mis understanding...