WW Evo IX RS
 

Well as some of you know I went out to Virginia and picked up this beauty.

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I found it originally on ebay and was a little skeptical but the guy had a perfect feedback for over 10 years. So as the bidding went on I capped myself at 15,500 and told myself I wouldnt go anymore. Of course it didnt happen like that and I went to 16,200 and was like okay this is it no matter what. About an hour later someone else over bid me and the car ended up selling for 17,100. Game over right? Well during the week it was for sale I was in contact with seller and told him if it doesnt sell or if the buyer ends up being shady let me know asap and that I would be a player around the 16,500 range. The day after it ended he messaged me and said hey lets make a deal on the car, he said the winning bidder never sent a deposit or contacted him. So here is my chance to own my dream car (only 179 were made of this model in white and 179 in red.)...but its ebay, why isnt it on evom? why so cheap? Over the next few days we made a deal at 16,500, found out the guy was an avid evo owner over the years (this being his 6th one). So everything had checked out on the seller. A buddy of mine did a carfax on it for me and everything came back perfect.

3 previous owners, the first one owning it to 88k miles where the factory clutch had finally gone out. The next guy had it til this August where he sold it with a blown t case. The guy I bought it from only put about 100 miles on it after he fixed the tcase. He said he just didnt have time to enjoy the car between running his business and being a family man.

My buddy and I left Monday around noon and arrived at his place Wednesday morning. (1130 miles one way) When I got there I test drove the car and it drove flawlessly, its shifts like butter. My 8 never shifted this nice, I was in love!! The only real downfall after I checked over car was just how dirty the paint was and some of the silly carbon fiber crap on it. All of which can be and is already on its way off the car. Everything else was exactly how the seller described it so after some good stories from the sellers previous evos and racing events we loaded her up and made the treck home and arrived Thursday night around 10pm. It was good to be home not gunna lie :) its funny how awesome MN seems after you drive out of state and hit some of the most boring areas in the US lol.

My initial plans for car are to return it to mostly stock and do e85/pump tunes. Also a timing belt/water pump service will be done too. Then drive it!! And yes it'll certainly be on the track next yr as well!!

Car Details:

101,300 miles

Rota G-Force 18 X 9 wheels (powdercoated satin black)
Tires - 255/35/18 Nitto NT-555

Engine:

JB FP RED
Full Race Tubular Exhaust Manifold
MAP o2 Dump Downpipe
Turbo XS Catback Exhaust
GSC S1 Cams
ETS 3.5" IC
ETS UICP
ETS LICP
Sparktech Non-Cdi
ID1000cc Injectors
Grimmspeed EBC
AEM Wideband
AEM Truboost

Transmission:

Brand New Jacks T-Case installed by Moore Automotive
ACT Street Disc w/Streetlight Flywheel

Suspension:

Rotor Pros Rotors - Slotted/Drilled
Hawk HPS Pads
Swift Sport Springs

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Saw some interesting shit along the way!!

This is why I didnt want car shipped to MN LOL.

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Came home to this Thursday night!!

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Clay bared car Friday night and started removing carbon fiber crap. The worst part of it is removing the glue that holds it on. Also cleaned up the headlights with the 3m kit. Came out awesome!!

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(license plate is only on fmic because I didnt have plates for it yet and wanted to drive it to my buddies heated garage so I took my evo 8 plates and put them on here for the night lol)

Re: WW Evo IX RS
 

Hot! Are you keeping the other evo as well?

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yes sir!!:drive1:

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The WW Evo looks amazing. Nice pickup!

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Drool! Dew want! Congrats

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Looks good, congrats on getting another one! Has to be cool to have two evo's in the garage

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You suck. How the hell did you manage to get it so damn cheap?

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Nice car, seems like a good price too!

I only want 1 evo and you have 2!!! so baller!

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Sweet deal and awesome find. Welcome to the 2 Evo club! I wish I could have found a RS for my second one.

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Thank you guys!! I'm pretty excited to get her dialed in just right. Stock turbo and e85!!

Goodhart - It was one of those really lucky finds I think, seemed too good to be true so I still almost passed on it lol. Glad I rolled the dice and bought it. I think Ron was actually more excited than me about it haha. He just loves these cars

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Isn't he selling his for 22k?

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Idk must be his second one, he certainly wouldnt sell his race one for that if at all

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Congrats on the new ride, looks nice!!

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Looks awesome, very jealous!

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Thank you sir, a few things have changed on car. I swapped out the fp red and tubular manifold and all the ghey blue vacuum lines and blue catch can etc...picked up a stock evo ix turbo, manifold, new intake and it'll be seeing some e85 within a month or two. It should be fun I cant wait for 30psi at 3200ish rpms lol

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AFTER:

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Re: WW Evo IX RS
 

Proper.

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Is that a sparktech ignition I see in the 1st pic too?

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Looks good, that old ic pipe was a pos.

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Yes

No kidding, I cant stand the stock route aftermarket junk

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Come on spring!!!! Damn it I want to get this tuned and have some fun!!

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We still have a ways to go for spring my man lol.

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Yeah, bout 2 more months of this bitter cold and snow haha

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At least, and that's if its normal, not like last year. Last year sucked!

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WAHHHHHH!!! It does suck at least come Feb and March we'll have some "nice" days

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Mid-March is the earliest I'd think about pulling mine out of storage.

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I agree but if its nice out and roads are looking good I'm taking it out and getting it tuned

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You babies not driving your rust magnets in the snow! Drive the beasts!! Have fun!!

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^^^^What he said!

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I do when it first snows before the plows go out and turn the roads to shit, then I park it :)

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I wish I didn't have to dd the spyder in winter but I don't have another car unfortunately. Say, evotuner, looking at your pics your place seems very familiar. Do you happen to live in Jacob heights on mnsu campus? I went there last year.

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No, I live about 15 mins east of Mankato in Madison Lake, those pics of the Evo on the trailer are in Falls Church Virgina lol

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Oh I see, my grandparents live on Madison lake. Cool area, pretty good lake for fishing walleye too. I was just wondering because the garage and driveway looked identical to my old place. Love the car btw, great build!

Re: WW Evo IX RS
 

Thanks, yeah its a pretty area down here. Hit me up if youre ever down in the area again. Its always nice getting together with some car guys.

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I lived in Eagle Lake while I went to school down there. I remember there was a bar in Madison lake called the Town Pump.... 16 oz pbr's.

The two evo strategy is awesome too.

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I dont think that one is around anymore haha, but you sure can drink your ass off for CHEAP in some of these smaller towns

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Will do sir!

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E85 Tune date set for April 15 (9:30am) at RS Motors

I also have a few things ordered to clean the car up a bit and whatnot

- ETS UICP/ OEM BOV

- New OEM RS floor mats

- Fender Liner

- Front license plate (LOL)

- Repaint lip on front bumper

- Removing tint

- Clean injectors and maybe new Walbro 255 (its getting old)

- New turbo oil feed line (old one is rusty as balls)

There will be a few more things before the racing season gets under way like possibly new brake pads and lines. For sure new fluid.

Re: WW Evo IX RS
 

So you have a track evo and a street bruiser/drag evO?

Hawt damn, living in mankato must be good.

Serious note, Did they make a SE in WW?

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LOL, Mankato is much cheaper than up there.

They did not make a SE in WW

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I'm a happy guy today, it felt good to get this one running and tuned properly. Ron did his thing as always and so did the entire crew. We had an annoying squeaking coming from the serpentine area and I thought it was a tensioner or pulley but ended up being a bad belt. After a quick repair with a new belt it was off to tuning. About 2 hours of Ron's magic it was making 413/415 @31psi. We backed it down to 396/404 @30psi because the clutch started slipping. Moral of story: STS is the way to go on Evo IX's. :)

Modz:

E85 Tune by Ron @ RS Motors
Evo 9 turbo rebuilt by MAP
OEM Exhaust Manifold
Megan O2 (Thanks Spazzy)
3" BR DP
3" Cobb Test Pipe
3" TurboXS the rest of the way
Turbo XS Catback Exhaust
GSC S1 Cams
ETS FMIC
ETS UICP
ETS LICP
OEM intake tube w/K&N filter
Crushed IX BOV
ID1000cc Injectors
Walbro 255
Grimmspeed EBC

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