WARNING: This will be more reading than pictures. I will add pictures when i get them sorted and organized.

I have owned my Evo2 for one year now. Over the year I have done maintenance and slowly been buying parts. This summer I have had more time than usual to work on the car, so it got a little more in depth. I have always wanted to do a build thread with many of my past cars, just have never had time. Fortunately, and unfortunate circumstances, I have the time now. So let's catch up to now.

Goals for the car: Fun weekend car that puts a smile on my face with a good streetable powerband. E85.

When i got the car:
-ECMLink v3Lite (stock injectors, assuming stock tune)
-Random CEL
-Old dryrotten HKS Mushroom filter on silicone intake pipe.
-3" Catback Exhaust
-Clear timing cover.
-Various other silicone hoses
-Erratic Idle issue
-Leaking valve cover
-Cheap aluminum crank pulley
-Some unnecessary minor body work throughout the car
-Starting to rust on the roof
-Tein Coilovers
-Innovate MTX-L Wideband with a bad sensor
-Trust Boost Gauge with lighting issues.

Scanned the car and found a code for engine knock sensor faults.

Knowing this, the first things i did was replace the IAC and installed an FIAV bypass plate, which fixed the erratic idle issue. Also cleaned up the throttle body. While the throttle body was off i looked behind the intake manifold and found that the knock sensor was unplugged. Plugged it back in and hope all is good.
Put a fresh set of NGK spark plugs in and changed the oil. Took the car for a drive, Idle is fixed and no more check engine light. Car drives pretty good and feels healthy.

 

My daily Kona N had some issues and had to sit at the dealership for about a month so the Evo became a daily driver doing about 140 miles a day round trip. Car performed well, but started having issues with the wideband not reading after time, and then the idle would drop when the wideband had issues.

Got the Kona N back from the dealer, so the Evo could take a break from daily duties and decided to look into the wideband sensor and dig more into the car since im still new to the health of the drivetrain.

Did some research and found that many people have problems with the Innovate sensors fouling out. Didnt want to spend their price on a sensor so i went and found an exact replacement at a local auto parts store. Replaced the sensor and everything was fine once again.

I then started to wonder what kind of compression numbers the car had, so i performed a compression test and got 170,170, low-mid 160, 170. Not bad.

Decided i would go through the front of the engine and do a timing belt and components. Also decided that the roof rust isn't worth the repair so ordered a Carbon Fiber roof from the UK at this time.

Timing components turned into going the extra steps to replace the headgasket (with OEM) and get the cylinder head freshened up.

Parts ordered:
GSC Billet Stage 1 Cams
ARP Head Studs
MAP Beehive Springs and TI retainers
GSC Std Size Intake and Exhaust Valves
Revised Lifters
AEM Cam Gears with ARP Bolts
Kiggly HLA
1300cc injectors
Fuellab FPR
DW 320 LPH fuel pump with rewire kit
Bigger front mount intercooler.
TurboSmart Blow off valve and manual boost controller.


Head is getting cleaned, resurfaced and valves seated at a machine shop.

 

Subd. I imported a 95 E3 early 2020. Been itching to dig into it myself!

 

Looking forward to seeing more posts!

Is this a Evo 2 RS?

 

Its a GSR, but a previous owner did a half *** job painting the door handles black and removing the rear wiper.

 

I had mine since 2006, car was awesome for the first 5 years then like yours all the electronics starts to fail. Mine started out as a mirage that I converted to an evo with everything from a totaled E2. The ECMlink is a good start because I went through 4 evo ecus and they all died. Motor and drivetrain are great but crappy dsm type electronics

 

nice build !