Remember I owned a Evo 8 for 10 years. That car was great, that was an Evo to me.

Also keep in mind I'm currently running bilsteins with Spec R's (like your MR) and I think that setup is horrible for what I like, hence moving to coilovers. So maybe you can understand better now?

 

I don't care about smog, it's every six years on new cars and I'll have this car two years max. Even if I had to smog, it's 4 bolts away from having the OEM cat back on and it will pass smog no problem.

I recently smogged my Evo 8. E85, 272/280 cams, FMIC, FPgreen, 1kcc injectors, etc. All I did was put the cat back on and it passed smog with flying colors:

 

Nice work on that wheel punk! drift king'ing it or what?

What don't you like about the specR/bilstein setup? Too soft? Too progressive? To high?

Rear sway makes a HUGE difference on the X, it should be one of the first mods IMHO. Do that and see how you like it, really improves the car.

 

Sub'd

 

Not going to see much new posts. The Evo 10 spends most of it's time sitting in my driveway. I maybe drive it to work 1 week out of the month. Truth is, I'm bored of it. I loved my Evo 8 enough to keep it for a decade. The 10 just doesn't do it for me.

I have more fun in my Fiesta ST. Oh well.

I'll wait to see what Mitsu has for us next.

 

Well, I started tinkering with the Evo again. I FINALLY installed my rear whiteline sway bar I had sitting in the garage for about a year.

You where right scheides. Made the car so much better. Back in 2005, the first mod I ever did on my 05 MR was a rear whiteline bar. I think I forgot how much it improved the car.

It basically made me like the car again. So much that I ended up purchasing a set of coilovers and will be installing those soon as well.

Guess the project begins again.

 

Glad to hear. We all get involved in other toys then come back to the Evo after we get bored......

 

i was at Thill with the evo and someone in a fiesta st def was taking turns like a boss. Def thought of ya bryan, werent you supposed to be there?

Gary

 

Good to hear

 

I was. I ended up selling my spot the week before because of some other obligations.

 

sweet, what coilovers did you go with?

 

razorlab, when i got the evo x i hated the handling too at the track.... then whiteline sway changed my mind a bit then kw v3 +rck made it so much better

 

Muahaha! Yusss. It's the simple things, they make a big difference!

Mmmmm coilovers. It's all downhill now

 

So i noticed an odd thing yesterday while looking over the car. The right rear tire has more wear than the other three. It's not odd wear but pretty balanced over the whole tire. Pressure is the same as others.

Of course, I am going to check alignment anyway but has anybody else seen this on a 10? Is this a AYC thing? I have been having a bit more "fun" with the back end since I put the sway bar on.

 

Could be coincidence but I had the same observation when replacing the tires on my 2012 GSR. I also drive the car like it was meant to be driven thus I tend to wear the outer ring of the tires first

My IX never did that for reference... same driver and style