0100

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Full blog with photos at www.TougeHero.com

I guess this is a build thread, not a lot of photos right now sorry, but I promise I will have a ton more.

Basically I use to run a formula car in SCCA and it was putting me in the poor house, plus I was getting sick of looking at it sit in the garage 95% of the time. I wanted something I could run in the mountains 2-3 times a week and at the track 1-2 times a month. So I sold the F-car and ended up picking up a super clean rolling evo 8 from stew, a fellow evom member.

Instead of going the easy way I decided to put a evo IX engine in the evo VIII chassis.

Nick the man at DTM is doing the complete install, so once it's finished I promise to post up more photos and dyno sheets!!

Down the road will have video also.




Car specs (I am sure I am missing a ton):

Engine:

IX JAM Stage III 2.3 and Stage III head IX LONGBLOCK! Fully assembled by JAM

When JAM does a longblock they don't re-use old parts. Everything is new!

New Cosworth IX cams
New Water Pump
New Oil Pump
ALL NEW Gaskets
New Timing belt tensioner
New ARP head bolts
New Stainless Steel exhaust studs JAM
New BIG BORE non tick lifters JAM
New PE cam belt
New PE Balance shaft belt
New fluidampr
Stage III head PHOTOS
Stage III 2.3 block

PPI Ported Intake Manifold PHOTOS
PPI 65mm Ported Throttle body PHOTOS

Shep evo VIII 5spd with IX 5th gear and double 5th gear synchro upgrade PHOTOS

Shep Stage 3 w/Quaife LSD Big thanks to Nick at DTM for getting me the quaife!

ETS BLACK 3.5" intercooler
ETS UICP
DTM LICP
DTM DP
DTM Oil Cooler
DTM Aluminum Radiator

DTM TWIN SCROLL KIT

invidia 3" exhaust and test pipe

FullBlown Purple Twin Fuel Pump Assembly. PHOTOS
2 Walbro 255lph Pumps PHOTOS
AMS Fuel Lab fuel pressure regulator Kit with lines. PHOTOS
Perrin Fuel Rail
Exedy Heavy Duty Twin Plate Clutch & Flywheel. PHOTOS
RC 1000cc fuel injectors. PHOTOS
TiAL 50mm Blow Off Valve. PHOTOS
EVO IX AEM EMS with UEGO wide band controller. PHOTOS
Coil Over Plug (COP) PHOTOS
Saikou Michi Company OCC oil catch can. PHOTOS
Kartboy shift link bushings. PHOTOS

Motor mounts

Powerflex Rear Motor Mount Bushing PHOTOS
Powerflex tranny mount.
AP front lower motor mount. PHOTOS
AP side motor mount PHOTOS

Suspension

Ohlins Flag coilovers. PHOTOS
Nagisa Pillow Adjustable Front Lower Arm & Pillow Tie Rod Ends. PHOTOS
Agency Power Adjustable Rear Control Arms.
DC Titanium Front Strut Bar. PHOTOS
RMR lower K brace. PHOTOS
Perrin 25mm adjustable rear swaybar, endlinks, and Stout Mounts.
Photo of swaybar Photo of rear endlinks. Photo of stout mounts
Beatrush propeller shaft mount bushings. PHOTOS
Energy Suspension Front sway bar bushings. PHOTOS
Energy Suspension Rear Diff bushings. PHOTOS
Whiteline Rear Bump Steer Kit PHOTOS
Whiteline Fr Steering Precision Kit PHOTOS
New Fr and Rr hubs PHOTOS
ARP super long wheel studs PHOTOS
BR rear mustache bar PHOTOS
Perrin Adjustable Short Shifter PHOTOS
AMS Rear Trailing Arm Delrin Bushings PHOTOS

Brakes

StopTech 6 piston Fr/2 piston Rr 4 wheel Big Brake Kit in custom black with Ti backing plates and S/S lines. PHOTOS

Interior/Safety

(6) yes six AEM serial datastream gauges. PHOTOS
Gruppe-S Triple HVAC Gauge Panel
Rexpeed Dash Triple Gauge Pod PHOTOS
Seats (top secret for now)
Bride FG rails PHOTOS
Autopower rollbar Black
G-force 6-point harnesses Black PHOTOS
G-force window net Black PHOTOS

Exterior

DTM custom rear widebody!
Garage HRS front wide fenders.
JDM rear bumper. PHOTOS NWS
Voltx Rear Lower Diffuser PHOTOS NWS
Rexpeed carbon fiber brake ducts PHOTOS
Do Luck replica carbon fiber front spoiler PHOTOS

Wheels/Tires

18x10.5 +12 Weds PHOTOS
Tires top secret for now

Weight Reduction

AC removed
BR rear mustache bar PHOTOS
DC Titanium Front Strut Bar. PHOTOS
More to come.

0100

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Well since this is show and shine, I need to post some pictures so...

Oh and guess what for you people at work you can view the photos!

Some parts.













The evo 8 rolla.





















My old f-car, was white for 2 years, then rattle canned it OD green.

JDMCT9MR

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^The green looks awesome!

SILVERnSLOW

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If that build is cheaper, I could only imagine how expensive it was to run your F car!

Hcaruso4

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I cant wait to see the car when its done

Kidloco51

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Subscribed!

dbsears

iTrader: (37)

Wow thats such a nice build. I have contemplated selling my IX MR to get a VIII shell to do a road race build on. That does cost alot of $$$. I bet you are already well over the 45k mark.

4G63

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You've got to keep this updated! Lotta nice equipment!!

Mr. PSSsSt

iTrader: (37)

nice

redboosted05

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definatly cant wit to see the progression good luck bro

bpi

I read every page on your BLOG and have subscribed to this thread. Great work and I can't wait to see more photos and read more updates.

It would be great if you could get some chassis pics up too. Lots of parts pics but nothing to be seen of the actual car itself apart from when you picked it up.

Keep up the great work!

hanahawaiian

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look sick and cant wait see all more!

brokenRS

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dang alot of money there, how much you sold the F1 btw?

vik

Nice project IMO
I would consider as well a roll cage for such a fast car if you want to run fast in the hills
good luck and post more pctures of your project

evo_8_u

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I would return the BR cop set up and go with the spark tech cop set up. much better product. esp for long term road course. plus sparktech is coming out with a m&w pro 14 box. which has 4 dedicated wires, vs 2 that splits to 4 like the BR one.

http://www.sparktechignitions.net/evo/evo1.html

just trying to help you out