Hey Guys, Just thought I'd make a "build thread" for my little monster :smile:
A little Back story:
I used to drive a 2008 Evo 10, but in August 2010 I was in a bad accident on my motorcycle (a Triumph Daytona 675) and I suffered many injuries, the biggest being a total loss of movement in my right arm. Since my Evo X was manual, and I couldn't move my right arm anymore, I couldn't drive it. I thought I would have to give up driving stick for the rest of my life... One day I saw a friend on facebook post a picture of her friends' right hand drive evo. I immediately got the idea to bring over a car from the uk, or japan.
My original plan was to bring over an Evo X FQ400, however, I had no idea what had to be done to get one imported. I asked my friend to talk to the guy with the Evo 7 about what I needed to do to import the car. He said, "my wife is 7 months pregnant, and I need to get rid of one of my toys, do you want to buy it?" to which I replied "SOLD!"
This is one of only a handful of cars that have a manual trans that I can drive, in this country. I love getting into this thing and being able to drive a manual car again. After being without one for almost a year, I get a big grin on my face every time I get in the car
So the car is a real, JDM Evo 7. The First Evo brought to the US was the 8 (as a 2003 model) The JDM cars have ACD (Active Center Diff) which was available on 2005+ US Evos. The JDM Evos also has AYC (Active Yaw Control) US cars didn't get AYC until the Evo X's in 2008.
Here is the current mod list:
2.3L Stroker Motor
-Stock Block Bored .040" and Stainless Steel O-ringed
-Wiseco 1400HD Forged Pistons (.040" overbore)
-Manley Turbotuff Lightwight Rods
-Winberg Billet Crank
-ARP Custom Age 625 Head Studs
-ARP Main studs
-ARP 2000 Con-rod Bolts
-Milled Balance shafts
-GSC R2 274 "Stroker" cams
-GSC Valve Springs
-GSC Titanium Retainers
-Supertech Black Nitrite Intake Valves
-Supertech Inconel Exhaust Valves
Ball Bearing BBK-C turbo from CBRD
ETS 4" Intercooler and pipes
CBRD Speed density Intake
Speed density conversion
MAP Rev3 intake manifold
Full Blown 70mm throttle body
Tial Q BOV
Sparktech Coil on Plug W/CDI
Walbro 450 fuel pump
FIC 2150cc Injectors
Toxic Fab "Stock Replacement" manifold, Ceramic coated
Toxic Fab Titanium Cam sensor shield
CBRD Big 02 housing/downpipe
3" no name Turbo back exhaust
USDM Evo 8 ECU swap
Optima Red-top Battery Relocated to the trunk
Stance Coilovers with SSD
Perrin Adjustible Rear sway bar
All Suspension Bushings are Poly
Enkei RPF1 Wheels, 17x9.5
-Dunlop Star Specs 255 wide (Summer/track duty)
APR Carbon fiber Front Splitter.
Pictures:
The oil cooler setup:
Stock cooler vs. new
Here is the car when it was at Devo Getting:
Kelford 272's
Supertech dual valve springs w/ retainers
Kiggly HLA pressure regulator
ETS upper I/c pipe with iat bung and tial flange
Tial Q bov
Intake manifold and throttle body sent to buschur for porting
Deck head
full timing belt service
Toxic fab ceramic coated exhaust manifold
Toxic fab ceramic coated o2 dump
FP 25psi Wastegate actuator
FP 84mm anti-surge compressor housing (stock 9 turbo)
Buschur COP with CDI
AMS race balance shafts (not the stub shaft)
Speed density conversion
FP Speed density intake
Tune by the master himself, Yusuf ( Flyinevo2ning.com )
All Finished up:
Winter mode:
My splitter turned into a snow plow
A little Back story:
I used to drive a 2008 Evo 10, but in August 2010 I was in a bad accident on my motorcycle (a Triumph Daytona 675) and I suffered many injuries, the biggest being a total loss of movement in my right arm. Since my Evo X was manual, and I couldn't move my right arm anymore, I couldn't drive it. I thought I would have to give up driving stick for the rest of my life... One day I saw a friend on facebook post a picture of her friends' right hand drive evo. I immediately got the idea to bring over a car from the uk, or japan.
My original plan was to bring over an Evo X FQ400, however, I had no idea what had to be done to get one imported. I asked my friend to talk to the guy with the Evo 7 about what I needed to do to import the car. He said, "my wife is 7 months pregnant, and I need to get rid of one of my toys, do you want to buy it?" to which I replied "SOLD!"
This is one of only a handful of cars that have a manual trans that I can drive, in this country. I love getting into this thing and being able to drive a manual car again. After being without one for almost a year, I get a big grin on my face every time I get in the car
So the car is a real, JDM Evo 7. The First Evo brought to the US was the 8 (as a 2003 model) The JDM cars have ACD (Active Center Diff) which was available on 2005+ US Evos. The JDM Evos also has AYC (Active Yaw Control) US cars didn't get AYC until the Evo X's in 2008.
Here is the current mod list:
2.3L Stroker Motor
-Stock Block Bored .040" and Stainless Steel O-ringed
-Wiseco 1400HD Forged Pistons (.040" overbore)
-Manley Turbotuff Lightwight Rods
-Winberg Billet Crank
-ARP Custom Age 625 Head Studs
-ARP Main studs
-ARP 2000 Con-rod Bolts
-Milled Balance shafts
-GSC R2 274 "Stroker" cams
-GSC Valve Springs
-GSC Titanium Retainers
-Supertech Black Nitrite Intake Valves
-Supertech Inconel Exhaust Valves
Ball Bearing BBK-C turbo from CBRD
ETS 4" Intercooler and pipes
CBRD Speed density Intake
Speed density conversion
MAP Rev3 intake manifold
Full Blown 70mm throttle body
Tial Q BOV
Sparktech Coil on Plug W/CDI
Walbro 450 fuel pump
FIC 2150cc Injectors
Toxic Fab "Stock Replacement" manifold, Ceramic coated
Toxic Fab Titanium Cam sensor shield
CBRD Big 02 housing/downpipe
3" no name Turbo back exhaust
USDM Evo 8 ECU swap
Optima Red-top Battery Relocated to the trunk
Stance Coilovers with SSD
Perrin Adjustible Rear sway bar
All Suspension Bushings are Poly
Enkei RPF1 Wheels, 17x9.5
-Dunlop Star Specs 255 wide (Summer/track duty)
APR Carbon fiber Front Splitter.
Pictures:
The oil cooler setup:
Stock cooler vs. new
Here is the car when it was at Devo Getting:
Kelford 272's
Supertech dual valve springs w/ retainers
Kiggly HLA pressure regulator
ETS upper I/c pipe with iat bung and tial flange
Tial Q bov
Intake manifold and throttle body sent to buschur for porting
Deck head
full timing belt service
Toxic fab ceramic coated exhaust manifold
Toxic fab ceramic coated o2 dump
FP 25psi Wastegate actuator
FP 84mm anti-surge compressor housing (stock 9 turbo)
Buschur COP with CDI
AMS race balance shafts (not the stub shaft)
Speed density conversion
FP Speed density intake
Tune by the master himself, Yusuf ( Flyinevo2ning.com )
All Finished up:
Winter mode:
My splitter turned into a snow plow
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