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Old May 20, 2012, 08:48 PM
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Wow, just wow! I know a lot of people stationed in Japan that tried to bring their cars back but none succeeded. They all come back with a crap load of parts instead with their housing goods.
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Not saying im jealous but dayum bro good luck with that not very often people would wan to get an evo like that. Nice though to have I bet do you plan to get it insured?
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interior shots? i wish the car was made in lhd..
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WOW !!!!!!!!!! congrats , that is a spectacular TME you got there. not only is it clean but you were able to get it over here to the states.
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^^^^^^

Thanks, It was alot of work and headache to get it here, but I'm glad it paid off.

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Beautiful! Any interior pics?
Not much going on interior wise. Its an RS so it has the basic lancer(non-recaro) interior, but I added an Evo V recaro. Also the floors and back are stripped to bare metal and I just removed the radio.

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awesome car man!

does that nissan pathfinder have trouble towing the car? v6 or v8?
It's a V6 xterra, and it does ok not great since I'm right near the max towing capacity.
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Not saying im jealous but dayum bro good luck with that not very often people would wan to get an evo like that. Nice though to have I bet do you plan to get it insured?
I have already found a local insurance company
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This was and always will be my dream car.. ever since I seen it on gran turismo 2 a-spec I've walways loved evos.post any pics you take.. we would LOVE to see them

Btw: any numbers? Pump gas? Hp?

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Old May 22, 2012, 07:54 AM
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I've always wanted to live in America, but then I look out the window and see my TME in the driveway and think ...nah screw that :P

Welcome to the club mate. Out of ALL the Evo's ever produced the TME is the best hands down. (yes a very biased owners opinion)

I don't know how getting parts for the TME is in the states, but if you ever get stuck for something, shoot me an email, I might be able to help.

Congrats.
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thats clean & sexy.. wanna post pictures of the engine bay??
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how about adding few carbon fiber pieces. ?
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Thought I'd give a little update, I will be finally getting out to the track next weekend. Here's a clip of the exhaust when I was setting my 2 step, it was a bit much for my phone mic.


I plan to get some pics as vids at the track, I'll be running some crap all season tires so I don't have high expectations just out there for some fun.

Originally Posted by EVOeroc
This was and always will be my dream car.. ever since I seen it on gran turismo 2 a-spec I've walways loved evos.post any pics you take.. we would LOVE to see them

Btw: any numbers? Pump gas? Hp?
No numbers, I have Evoscan so the best I can to is use that for some HP estimations. It's stock motor/turbo with just full exhaust, self tuned on 91, stock boost(17lbs) focused on keeping it from getting knock since going to crap gas. So nothing at all aggressive I even lowered the Rev limit by about 500 RPM.

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I've always wanted to live in America, but then I look out the window and see my TME in the driveway and think ...nah screw that :P

Welcome to the club mate. Out of ALL the Evo's ever produced the TME is the best hands down. (yes a very biased owners opinion)

I don't know how getting parts for the TME is in the states, but if you ever get stuck for something, shoot me an email, I might be able to help.

Congrats.
I agree I too love raw very mechanical feel the TME RS and I've also owned a IV, IX and X. Thanks I'll keep your offer in mind if I'm in need of something I can't find here.
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First of all thank you for your service. I did 5 years US Navy on a submarine. Second, congrats on the getting the EVO over here. Thirdly, congrats on getting her on the track. Alot of people say they will but never actually do.
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Originally Posted by nudge120
Thought I'd give a little update, I will be finally getting out to the track next weekend. Here's a clip of the exhaust when I was setting my 2 step, it was a bit much for my phone mic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4SXEm0QL0I

I plan to get some pics as vids at the track, I'll be running some crap all season tires so I don't have high expectations just out there for some fun.

I agree I too love raw very mechanical feel the TME RS and I've also owned a IV, IX and X. Thanks I'll keep your offer in mind if I'm in need of something I can't find here.
are you in Vegas? Didnt see you at the meet today...
Old Aug 5, 2012, 07:41 PM
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I'm currently in New Mexico until October for training( Air Force). My wife was at the meet, Cece she has the white X.

Thanks bigblue04.
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wow congrats! looks incredible but definitely worth it!
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Finally made a trackday, here are a few pics taken of the car. The time attack didnt start until after dark and there are no track lights so I didn't bother getting video. Next month is a daytime event so maybe then.





www.zeroedinphotography.com

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