Anyone know anything about JDM EVO 3s?

psychorunner · 03-13-2012

So, I'm moving to Okinawa, Japan and I'm trying to figure out some possible options for when I get there. I've seen a few EVOs over there like this one, anyone know much about them?

http://okinawa.bookoo.com/item259465...517&src=SEARCH

TkrPerformance · 03-13-2012

Yes I have one

Constant_Project21 · 03-13-2012

I was gonna say, you best bet is asking ^^^^that guy haha.

tehehodi · 03-13-2012

r32 skyline?

**CornFed2.4** · 03-13-2012

Just speculation since Ive never been there, but I thought they had to pull cars off the road after a certain amour of miles. That's why you always see low mileage JDM motors.

TkrPerformance · 03-14-2012

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Originally Posted by CornFed2.4

Just speculation since Ive never been there, but I thought they had to pull cars off the road after a certain amour of miles. That's why you always see low mileage JDM motors.

you still can have the older cars you just pay more in taxes to keep them on the road.

psychorunner · 04-04-2012

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Originally Posted by CornFed2.4

Just speculation since Ive never been there, but I thought they had to pull cars off the road after a certain amour of miles. That's why you always see low mileage JDM motors.

Yea...I'm pretty sure that is a lie. There's a ton of old cars on Okinawa. So, I'm looking at this on friday: http://okinawa.bookoo.com/item262844...415&src=SEARCH

The dude is putting in a new ACT clutch this weekend. Anything specific I should keep an eye out for? Is it true these have the same engines as DSMs? So is reliability potentially an issue? This one is completely stock except for Cat back exhaust and an intake and the clutch...TKrPerformace, what do you use for tuning?

Thanks!

Mnementh · 04-04-2012

Okinawa may be different because of the US base but generally TkrPerformance is right - the older the car the more tax you pay. If you can legally import them & have a use for them there are great buys on low mileage cars/vans/trucks. Generally that works out best for Australians and Canadians. I thought I could import one to the Philippines but NO, I was suprised to discover RHD vehicles are ILLEGAL there! Oh well...

**goodhart** · 04-04-2012

Evo 1-3 share the same motor as 2g's. IV-VIII have the same motor afaik, then IX's have MIVEC.

Mnementh · 04-04-2012

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Originally Posted by goodhart

Evo 1-3 share the same motor as 2g's. IV-VIII have the same motor afaik, then IX's have MIVEC.

Hmm...I went on my favorite JP used car site and noted that Evo IIIs were generally quite a bit more than IVs. So if the IVs have an improved engine, it makes me wonder why they have a lower resale value??

**Goat Blower** · 04-04-2012

Send me a full Evo3 intake mani, TB and coil pack when you get there.

psychorunner · 04-04-2012

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Originally Posted by Mnementh

Okinawa may be different because of the US base but generally TkrPerformance is right - the older the car the more tax you pay. If you can legally import them & have a use for them there are great buys on low mileage cars/vans/trucks. Generally that works out best for Australians and Canadians. I thought I could import one to the Philippines but NO, I was suprised to discover RHD vehicles are ILLEGAL there! Oh well...

Oh yea, I didn't mean TkrPerformance was wrong, just seemed like the other comment was saying they didn't use cars at all when they get older.

And that sucks about the Philippines, lol! We'll see if I can pull off bringing this EVO back home when my tour is over, won't get my hopes up.

Goat Blower: I'll see what I can come up with, I've had a few other requests too!

**Halon** · 04-04-2012

Awesome, Okinawa is fun. I'm assuming you're being stationed there by the military? I lived there for a year (MCAS Futenma) from 04-05. If you like to go out and have a good time, you'll love it!!

I got a car for free while I was there. It was a pile of crap Toyota Corona. As bad as I wanted to get a skyline, I couldn't justify spending money on something fun like that when I knew I was only going to be there for a year. There's tons of cool options for cars there.

Just like others said, it's not true that they are required to take cars off the road due to milage. How it worked when I lived there, was if you bought a car brand new, it was good for 5 years. After 5 years, you have to get it inspected every 2 years, and you pay for the inspection. They go over the entire car, and if they find something wrong, they require you to repair it before they re-license it for 2 more years. So as cars get older, and start having issues (even just leaks), they get costly and difficult to relicense. So people end up just getting a new car. That's why you end up with lots of low mileage spare stuff from there.

My free car was never going to pass another inspection. It was good up until about a month before I left when it expired. So on the day it expired, we went and kicked the crap out of it for a half hour, then I drove it to the junk yard

Only picture I can find of it. This was right after we got done kicking the shit outta it.

psychorunner · 04-08-2012

Lol, that's awsome! Yea, I'm there because of the Marines, up at Camp Hansen. Actually bought a Legacy B4 for my wife and an EVO IV for less than I sold my Subaru stateside. I'm here for 3 years, so I had to get something decent. It has been tempting to buy something expensive, but there's so much that's cheap like you said that's still good.

**CornFed2.4** · 04-08-2012

Pics! Sounds cool

**goodhart** · 04-08-2012

Ah come on Parker you get an Evo 4 and don't post any pics!!??

**CornFed2.4** · 04-08-2012

^^^ my thoughts exactly!

tehehodi · 04-08-2012

Damn Bman, you were tiny! My brother was also in Okinawa for the Marines. Ooorah! (or something like that)

**Halon** · 04-08-2012

Lol I know, got dayum merican food...

psychorunner · 06-13-2012

sorry, been busy!

it has HKS catback, HKS intake, blitz BOV, with 107000 km on it. crappy part is on base all they sell crappy 86 Octane and off base good gas is about $8/gallon.