Finally got my Evo
 

Well, some of you already know, some don't, but yesterday afternoon I picked up a 2006 Evolution IX MR with 44k miles on it.

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The car got tuned on Friday from Ron @ RS. It made 317 HP and 336 TQ on his mustang dyno, I figure that should be right around the 300-310 mark at DB. I'm not gonna get into any bench racing though...


Mods When I got it:

-Intake (Injen tube/Amsoil filter)
-Injen hard intercooler pipes
-Invidia 3" Turboback exhaust w/ test pipe
-Exedy HD Twin Disk clutch
-Blitz Electronic boost controller (this will eventually be going away in place of a DB MBC)
-Swift spec-R springs on stock Bilsteins (perfect combo OMG)
-Solid shifter bushings
-GReddy Turbo Timer
-Good old 92 octane pump gas
-It also has this GFB "Deceptor pro" box, I looked it up and it was for a Go-Fast Bits electronically controlled BOV. This car has a IX BOV right now, so it must be leftover from a previous owner.

Mods as of 1/17/11:

-Injen intake
-Injen upper intercooler pipe
-Injen lower intercooler pipe
-Invidia 3" Turboback exhaust w/ test pipe
-Exedy HD Twin Disk clutch
-Blitz Electronic boost controller (this will eventually be going away in place of a DB MBC)
-Walbro 255HP
-Swift spec-R springs on stock Bilsteins (perfect combo OMG)
-Shifter base bushings
-GReddy Turbo Timer
-Good old 92 octane pump gas
-AEM analog wideband gauge
-AEM analog 35psi boost gauge
-MAPerformance mini battery

Next:
OBX FMIC
Megan Racing O2 housing
FIC BluMax 1350cc injectors


Also, Brembo's aren't faded and neither is the CF portion of the wing. :D

I do have a short list of things I would like to do sooner rather than later.

1) The shifter feels kind of spongy at times in 1st gear, I talked to Ron at RS about this since he just tuned the car on friday, and he adjusted the shifter cables, but thinks they may need replacing. From what I found in a quick search, they only cost like $90, but sounds like they may be kind of a PITA to install. I already knew about this, and Ron has worked on the car before (he installed clutch) and he said 100% this is what it is. I'm really not worried at all.

2) De-wing/de-badge the trunk. I want to do this right, so I will either buy a already de-winged apex silver trunk, buy a silver lancer trunk (If the colors match up, I haven't looked into that yet) or get a spare trunk to use while mine gets the holes filled

3) The onwer previous to the guy I bought it from also had a big system in the car and he decided to leave all his wiring behind. That shouldn't be too hard to get it all back out, at least he this way I know the job will be done the right way.

4) Drive this sucker and enjoy it!!! This car is an absolute hoot to drive coming from the Auto WRX. I love being back in a manual transmission car, that WRX was the first Auto I had ever owned and I kind of hated it after about the first year or so of owning it. Reverse may take a while to get used to with the 6 speed, but that's no biggie. Other than that, I just plan on enjoying this car!!

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

Nice!

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

Congrats man!!!!

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

Congrats dude, looking good! Welcome to the evo club.

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

congrats!! You still plan on keeping the DSM too ?

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

pretty sweet!

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

NOOOOOOOOO! I just can't get into the wingless look for either these or the WRX's. I should buy all these wings and sell them back to you fools in a couple of years at 5x the price. :lol:

Very nice car, great choice!

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

awsome!

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hehe. I've seen too many videos of what happens with aggressive driving in the triple-digits. Most of the wingless crowd doesn't road course so it probably won't matter.

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

Congrats like the color.

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

For a little while at least. Like I was telling John last night, I want to 1) get some decent dyno numbers, 2) take it to the track for a time slip 3) take down a few particular St. Cloud cars, then it's getting a for sale sign. That way I can put that money towards the loan, and re-finance for more mod money for the Evo :D

^^exactly. The wings add 200/lbs of downforce at 100mph, but How often will I be going over 100mph? Not much in reality, and if anything it will be auto-x'ed a little bit, probably not road course for a while. Plus, if I find a Lancer trunk or something, I can keep this one around till I feel like having a wing.

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

Yay! I like it Mike. Should do some work!

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

Sweet car! I like it!

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

looks good! glad you were finally able to get an evo!

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

Looks great, but keep the wing! A wing is what truly makes an Evo IMO.

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

Very nice, I'm ready for one.

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

I still say ditch the wheels for your RPF's and give me the stockers... I need a ride dude!!

btw, nice car!!!

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

Sweet car!

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

I'm not sure if you remember but I have a set of six speed cables if you wanna try that them out. Trans shifted really smooth on the bench. On the car, I had a bit of trouble adjusting the cables so it would shift to all the gears.

Re: Finally got my Evo
 

Are the metal underhood shifter bushings binding? Might want to remove them and lube them up. This seems to be pretty common, especially with the aluminum bushings (AMS, Buschur, etc.).