Project Black ValentNine AKA DSM9.0
 

The cure for a broken heart? Maybe!

So.....I was hanging out with some guys on Valentine's day eating some delicious sausages (Get your minds out of the gutter! We were at New Bohemia--a german delish beer hall in Minneapolis! ) and I decided I should give my buddy Rosey a Valentine's card.

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_6183.sized.jpg

Inside was a check. Several people have asked for how much....I'll just say it was a fair price. Not too much for me, not too little for him. We've been friends for 6(?) years, basically as long as he's owned his Black 2006 Evo IX GSR SE (which he's owned since it was brand new!). So, we weren't out to screw each other. Deep down, I know he wants to see it run again. Sure I gave him shit for his ghey black wheels, but I think we did 90% of the maintenance and mods on this thing in my garage...Exhaust, suspension, E85 conversion, a few brake jobs, a clutch, turbo swap, and both timing belt jobs....this car has a little bit of me in it and I wanna see it healthy again!

Wellllll......at 128,000 miles on the stock longblock gave up the ghost. Crankwalk. Pretty much unheard of on a CT9A evo, but this one somehow got it. It happened *sloooowly* over time and the car ran worse and worse as the bearings slowly ate the crank and the crank ate the CAS, until finally it died while we were in the car together in a very dangerous spot on the intersection of 169 & 394.


Well, a few days later, here's how she sits:

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_6221.sized.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_6211.sized.jpg

Crank is fuct, cams look ok, head is ok, and my fingers are sooooo crossed about the block...hoping hoping hoping it might be salvageable. It's at the machine shop now, we will soon see!


What the heck am I doing with this thing? Honestly I have no idea. He was done with it, and I just couldn't bear to see it go. My evo8 was taken from me prematurely and this will be my little return to CT9A glory. Maybe zip around locally, maybe cry and sell it instantly, but hopefully I can keep it and go have some real fun with it. We will see!



Power-wise, it made 368whp/373wtq at DB Performance on E85 (uncorrected) and 292whp on pump with very minimal mods (both before there was ever an aftermarket intake on the car in fact!)
ebay silicone intake (similar to perrin)
Perrin foam filter
Nisei LICP
Buschur 3" downpipe
ghetto-fab DIY testpipe (I don't remember this exactly, but yea buddy!)
AMS 3" catback
Walbro 255 fuel pump
PTE 1000cc injectors
MBC

Eibach springs
Bilstein struts (off of my old evo8! woot!)
Stoptech brake pads
Centric black-coated rotors
ebay short-shifter w/ base bushings
brass under-hood shifter bushings
Custom shift knob(s) - several

30% tint
Rexspeed carbon fiber lip spoiler
Tenzo DC-5 18x8 wheels
Fuzion ZRi 245/40-18 tires

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Everyone is joining the two Evo club... Congrats!

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And here I am still trying to the join the one evo club! Can't wait to see what you do with it!

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The cat is out of the bag now. Lol.
You now have way to many black cars.

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Addiction lol. Congrats Scheides :woohoo1:

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Awesome! Any plans to do a stroker since you have to replace the crank anyway?

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Woot! Glad to see it live on and in good hands!!

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Awesome! Good luck with it!

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Cheers to Scheides!

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Let me know when you get everything back and are looking to start putting things back together again. i'd love to come over and help. I need car stuffz since i got rid of mine a year ago...

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What!!??
But I paid him for it!

I say make it a stroker!

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No such thing. I own no black cars right now, it's awful. :(

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Woo! Glad to see this car in good hands!!

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Yeah, go 2.4, cheap and fast.

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Not possible! Black is my fav!

Muahahaha you know it! High five dual-evo buddy!

Still not sure yet. If the block is trash, I'm looking for a whole shortblock/longblock or start looking for a mishmash combo of parts....should know more in a few days.

Yea buddy!

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2.3L is the much easier route for the IX w/MIVEC.

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Gah! I completely forgot to include the modlist of this thing in the first post! It's a laundry list of all things I love to do to evos, right off of the infamous $100-at-a-time thread:

Power-wise, it made 368whp/373wtq at DB Performance on E85 (uncorrected) and 292whp on pump with very minimal mods (both before there was ever an aftermarket intake on the car in fact!)
ebay silicone intake (similar to perrin)
Perrin foam filter
Nisei LICP
Buschur 3" downpipe
ghetto-fab DIY testpipe (I don't remember this exactly, but yea buddy!)
AMS 3" catback
Walbro 255 fuel pump
PTE 1000cc injectors
MBC

Eibach springs
Bilstein struts (off of my old evo8! woot!)
Stoptech brake pads
Centric black-coated rotors
ebay short-shifter w/ base bushings
brass under-hood shifter bushings
Custom shift knob(s) - several

30% tint
Rexspeed carbon fiber lip spoiler
Tenzo DC-5 18x8 wheels
Fuzion ZRi 245/40-18 tires

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Forgot about the IX part, hopefully the block is good so that would be the way to go. Just can't say enough good things about extra displacement.

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Giggity! Now you just need some P45's and a BBK ;)

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Duuuuude. Don't even tempt me! :)