doncarbone

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If the aim was to build a car of identical or very comparable performance to that of a stock EVO, given what I started with, it would have amounted to cheaper.

But I'm doing a full engine build and aftermarket turbo and fuel system as well. Given the goals I have for the car, if I did buy a stock EVO8/9, I'd be replacing over half the parts anyway. With this build, I'm not replacing stock parts with an aftermarket upgrade, but rather going straight to the aftermarket part.

doncarbone

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i've had this sticker for about 9 months.



i will still wait until the driveshaft is installed before applying it

Sil'vr-Boi6

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As big as this project is, why not start with a smaller turbo like OEM Evo 9 to speed the project up and get it on the road quicker. Then eventually going big boy turbo.

doncarbone

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In hindsight, this would have been the way to do it... but technically more expensive (you'd have to get two manifolds, two wastegates, two turbos, o2 housing that couldn't be re-used...etc, of course spread out over many months...but it's still buying twice then selling again).

I decided a while back now to completely build the engine because many of the components (less basically the 4G69 block and the odd adapter) needs to be sourced from an EVO, of which I obviously don't have.

While buying nothing but used EVO 9 engine components would have gotten me much closer to my goal faster, given the fact I'm not replacing pre-existing components and whether I go cheap or not, the engine needs to be built anyway, I took the opportunity to source aftermarket upgraded internals right out the gate.

The way I see it, and maybe I'm just rationalizing being crazy lol, but it's kind of a scenario where you pay X and get, say, 30% gains, or pay 1.5X and get 70% gains. It seems to make sense in my case to spend that little bit more to get a higher return variable.

Things are coming together, though, and this will pay off in the end I'm sure. The transmission and t-case are being built by T.R.E. and this week I am ordering just about the rest of the engine components ready for the build this winter!

flabber

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Did the outlander diff ever worked for u

doncarbone

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it's of the same ratio as the EVO diff, so theoretically it should work, but i'm waiting on the EVO tranny/tcase before I get the measurements made for the driveshaft we'll need.

I've also being sent a rear diff from an EVO to test fitment on the Outlander crossmember...i think that's being shipped up by a friend this week.

apoopoo999

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awesome build, this is making me think some bad ideas that my wife approve of lol

jolt77

Has anyone ever put Evo running gear in an Outlander?

apoopoo999

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Yeah google Evolander
Also google Airtrek, it's the jdm outlander with Evo parts

doncarbone

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you only live once, but can have multiple wives lol

apoopoo999

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I hope you mean multiple wives in succession and not all at the same time lol

apoopoo999

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Evo 8 final drive ratio is 3.307 so if you are using an Evo 8 transfer case the outlander rear diff must be 3.307 as well.
You can open up the outlander pumpkin and count the teeth on the pinion and ring gear and use the calculator on this site
http://www.differentials.com/technic...tio-calculator

doncarbone

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yes, nobody wants to die young of mental illness.

We did confirm that the final drive ratio of the Outlander is the same. We spun the crown/pinion and compared number of times that spun versus # times a single axle (marked with chalk) rotated. We spun the diff 100 times and our calculated ratio was exactly 3.30698 or thereabouts.

apoopoo999

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You should be good to go!
Now I'm tempted to find a 2004 ralliart wagon and add outlander awd plus cs5w nose

R/Asportback

Ive been following this guys build for AWHILE now , i have a ralliart wagon im probably going to convert to a evo using what doncarbone's doing😁😁 , im gonna start collecting parts for the body first. Cant wait to see how the car comes out doncarbone!