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Jun 24, 2014 | 08:42 AM

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Darkn3s- MY LAST BUILD THREAD BEFORE SOLD

Hey everyone, some of you may be familiar with my car and my builds.. or not. Either way this thread will recap what my cars been through in the last couple of year since my previous thread on evoM. I am honestly thinking of moving on to different project after i'm done with the car, so i plan to go all out with this LAST build. #subscribe

My car right before it went down for the previousbuild (~Dec 2012)
-Built 2.0L
-FP Black
-450hp

some Kandy teal with digi camo hydodip goodies

then came the JDM rear and IX tails (no more amber!) April 2013

got the engine bay shaved and semi tucked with Kandy purple and new mods
-New STM ff kit with 6466
-AMS f1 intake
-STM koyo half radiator with SPAL fan
-polished ETS 4" FMIC

made a quick dump tube shoot out the hood's vent

New wheels!

and some pics

added the Rexpeed jdm rear bumper extentions

cleaned the car so i took some pics (august 2013)

moving to a new house.. sneaker collection wouldnt fit in the evo so had to borrow a pickup (8ft bed)

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Jun 24, 2014 | 08:45 AM

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How'd the spray paint job come out on the rear? I got mine in a few months ago, and was thinking about doing this.

Jun 24, 2014 | 09:11 AM

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Early Sept 2013 the car went KA-boom!.. i was having some bad transmission vibration (later i found out it was from the flywheel bolts backing out) and it caused my cam gear bolts to back out (yes they had blue locktite) Since i had a cam cover the bolts stayed inside the casing and worked its way down into the sprockets and gears causing the motor jam and lock up ripping the timing belt and smashing the valves onto my pistons... carnage below (WARNING: pics are very graphic)

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Jun 24, 2014 | 09:23 AM

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And so the build begins!!.. start by pulling out the rest of the blown motor

Going with a Destroked 2.4LR

Parts and MOAR PARTS!

Funny Memes that people made

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Jun 24, 2014 | 09:25 AM

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Finally got the motor back and its ready to go back in!!

Redid all my power cables with new braided loom, heat shrink, copper ring terminals and HD 4 gauge wire. Also added 150amp circuit breaker upfront
-battery relocation
-alternator
-starter
-fusebox

bolted the plate and circuit breaker where my factory fuel lines used to run to. (upgraded to SS)

So i got rid of the Kandy teal/ digi camo theme for this season. Went with a different kandy copper instead for the calipers, fpr, valve cover and bov (similar to GTR brembos).. we shall see how long this lasts

Good BYE teal

Hello Kandy copper

Next i redid/replaced my fuel lines
-8 from fuel rail to Y fitting which then split to -6 with fuel filters to the double pumper
-6 return line from the FPR to the double pumper
-used the factory fuel/brake line brackets under the car to run all lines and keep them straight/neat

Wrapped my STM manifold with 1" DEI titanium wrap. THIS **** IS AWESOME!!

So i learned how to polish...