From the beginning to where I am now -

Day 1 10/2011:





With 110k on it - and SRS light and SES light...



So a LF impact sensor...



SES was on because there was no cat and no tune to turn the light off.


The first part I bought for the car was the Gruppe S 52mm. The guages were just sitting in the cubby hole...




And yes I covered the long dash trim piece in 3M carbon fiber wrap.




As well as the fading sides of the wing




O my jeez



better.....




First order from STM for the Evo...


Sick of this thing coming up everytime I got on the highway



Couldn't stand this heavy, faded, ugly C-West bumper


Bought some cheapish fiberglass IX style bumper


Well that's hideous - and body shop wants too much to fix & pain this shotty bumper.


Better way to go with the bumper...OEM



Ehh - have to fix those some day



PlastiDip is the new thing to do...at least two years ago it was...





You can see above the wheel, on the fender, where the aluminum actually started to rip. the C-West bumper was held on with one bolt on each side and was so heavy that it tore the fender. Nothin too terrible but WE car guys notice it.

And if you didn't notice I pulled the headlights apart and PlastiDipped the inside of them black...hate that USDM chrome.


Decent...but I don't know the last time they were replaced.


These are ugly too...




This timing belt had some miles... replaced that, the water pump, pulleys and hydraulic tensioner.



6/12


Glamour Shots







I think this was the engine at that point


Work parking lot was full


ooo


9/13


F this faded brake dust caked on dip...who paints their wheels white....


New rubber needed....


New axle needed.....


New tails needed.....


New paint job needed....


Sold the IX turbo......


Catch Can...


Wut the...double gasketed exh mani lol


Manley Springs


New stem seals


Stock retainers - JEZUS DONT EVER USE OEM RETAINERS WITH THESE SPRINGS! THE OEM SPRINGS ARE BEEHIVE AND THESE MANLEYS ARE NOT....COMMON SENSE SAYS DONT GO CHEAP...BUY TITANIUM ONES THAT FIT AND DONT LISTEN TO OTHER PEOPLE SAYING THE OEM ONES WILL WORK...I FIND OUT IN ABOUT 700 MILES THEY DONT WORK....


EF4 TURBO!


Paint these stockers black until I can buy some nice, new wheels


ooo


Forgot just the tip...




GSC S2's!


ooo new down pipe with electric cut out!

 

Driving down the highway, cruising, a major misfire began...the Evo started to sound like a Subaru .

Maybe just a spark plug or a coil or an injector. Swapped plugs misfire didn't move...swapped coils...nope...tested injector nope.... when starting I can hear low compression.... F

This is how I found it...



#3 retainer shattered. Dropped an exhaust valve which got bent and stuck in the head





Torn down...again


Mess


145k






lol


off to Curt Brown...




waiting...

cleaned 5 pounds of axle grease off this...


new oil cooler


waiting...


sending off to ShepTrans...


Cleaning...


Took it apart to clean it....oops


Starting a wire tuck...




Porting the OFH since im using GSC's balance shaft elim kit


Using a RP oil filter...influenced bu golgo13's oil filter testing



Bah


This mini ebay batt is a champ!


waiting...


organizing...ish...


new one...


torque specs...


new rubber


This is where I'm at as of today... the engine block, head, manifolds and throttle body should all be here this weekend. The trans and tcase...unknown...

 

Once the powertrain is all replaced... I plan to dip the whole car a matte red.

 

wow man amazing job so far... keep up the good work... looking forward to see that tranny built...

 

were did up get carbon center caps?

 

Who the hell told you stock retainers work with manley springs? That sucks *** man on the valve dropping.

 

Haha dam lots ofnwork im looking forward to that dip since I wanna go the same route with a dif color

 

Looking forward to the tranny being buit too. 4th & 5th syncro's were very worn. They have the transfer case as well - no issues with it but it does have 145k on it and its out already.

OEM center caps - wrapped in the 3M di-noc.

The internets... SO going with curt brown head - kiggly springs and Ti retainers...the right way to do it...

Need it to be the right temps around here so we can paint it...maybe in a month or so... I bought the paint from dipyourcar.com they gave me like $30-35 worth of points for in store credit... so I bought some prep spray and sealer with those points.

 

Someone PM'd me about which axle I used. Oreilly Auto Parts MasterPro Select CV with a lifetime warranty. Same length, same splines, boots are high quality. Been running hard on it with no problems. I still have the OEM one that has a busted boot and exploded internals just in case. There is a local axle shop that will rebuild it but they wanted $100. Oreilly was $80. OEM list is $650...

 

Are you dipping the engine bay too or just the outside? In for results!

 

Car has gave you some trouble lol. Did you buy this from a guy named Charles? If so, I kinda no him, hes more of a friend of a friend. I remember that god awful front bumper lol

Looks like you are taking it in the right direction though! Good luck!

 

Nah, I'm just painting the outside. I have some black to paint the lip, mirror trim, wiper arms and wiper cowl.

 

I did buy it from Charles.... It's also in his garage right now and has been for a month... lol

 

haha, I just noticed his white one next to it lol. Did you guys know each other well before you bought the car from him?

The guy that he knows that I know, I sold my old evo to. Since he bought it, have become good friends, didnt know each other at all before I sold it to him lol.

 

I went to Ranken Tech with him for automotive. Probably john ive heard about in IL, the white one.

Some curt brown goods should be here today