Black water


Vacuumed the carpet 3 times. Afterwards, my brother-in-law (who is an Evo detailing boss) hit it with his carpet cleaning machine. Just look at the water, WOW!

 

This is quite awesome. These "restoration" builds are costly and time consuming so it's amazing to see someone do this and document the progress. Great job so far!! Keep up the awesome work!

**Edit - P.S. that water is absolutely disgusting LOL.

 

Out with the old...


Ripped the fuel tank, pump and evap hardware out. Filler neck will come out too, but I think I'll cut it to make removal as painless as possible.

 

$2 of steel plus some Mitsu barcodes


Some rather expensive hardware to mount the rear diff. 2 bolts and 4 stoppers ran me $60

 

Interior plastics TLC


Cleaned and conditioned every interior plastic trim piece, except for the main dash piece. I'm hoping next weekend to remove the dash panel and clean that too.

 

Kitty agrees, the clean carpet was worth the effort

 

Wonderful work on bringing this grey girl back to life!

Let us know if we can assist you with anything!

 

Differential love


A before/after contrast and comparison shot:


I went through 4 LiPo battery charge cycles on my drill using a wire brush attachment, then hit it with some welding brushes, brake clean and more brushing. Couldn't quite remove all the rust, but got it looking a bit better. Finally, I hit it with some Rustoleum to prevent further oxidation. Now she is ready to mount!

 

Looking good!

 

Underbelly of the beast


Looking pretty empty underneath! I still need to remove the fuel lines.

 

More signs of a deprived past.


I was set to install the rear differential, but when I saw the state of the mustache bar, I knew I had to rip it out and give it the treatment. It appears that I'll be able to remove the gas filler neck without cutting once the mustache bar is out. This is a plus, because that means it will be marketable and you never know who might need a random part for another evo resurrection!

 

*zipping up my flame suit*


So I was debating when to show this picture. I guess now is as good a time as any. Here is a pic of the motor that will serve as the power plant for my resurrection. It is a Netgain Warp 11" DC Series motor, made in the USA!



I suppose I should pre-emptively answer a few questions:


No, I'm not a pious hippy saving the planet 'one car at a time.' My last fun car had a 4" catless exhaust, open wastegate and a C16 tune.


Al Gore can kiss my ***.


Yes, I love turbo ICE vehicles.


Because I wanted to create something stealthy.


475hp and 405tq at zero rpm. No that's not a typo, 405tq at zero rpm

 

Not sure if serious.....

 

Here is another pic of the motor next to the smaller PMDC motor in my kart.

 

I suppose this constitutes the Innovation portion of my thread, since I'm not aware of another electric powered evo 8 in the country, or world for that matter.