all that money in the car and you buy rota wheels ?

 

You're damn right.

 

In the pics below:

Bolted up rear end links
Bolted and fitted up front bumper (it fit very will with the treadstone intercooler).
Received my amsoil air filter 7" long buddy :P I'm now an amsoil dealer :P Saved me money since I'll be buying it for my friends too.
Waiting on a fuel line fitting so I can connect my fuel pressure gauge
ER is going to install an inline fuel pump since I don't ever want to go over 600awhp.
Installed the hood.
I wasn't able to install my side skirts or rims. I'm waiting on my hubcentric spacers to come in the mail and I'm going down to auburn to pick up some parts for my evo. (Evo 9 leather door cards and the clips to put on my 9 side skirts.
Rolled the fenders and quarter panels.

 

Tomorrow to install:

Extended studs/centric hub spacers/rims
Side skirts
Evo 9 door cards
Rexpeed carbon fiber front lip
Rexpeed carbon fiber side skirt extensions (I will eventually form these into true side diffusers)
Rexpeed carbon fiber rear trunk lip
APR carbon fiber front splitter w/ quick release rods
Replace my rear dif fluid (I was going to re stack my plates but I have to travel for work so I will have to wait a few weeks)


Next mods when I get back will be:
Re stack the rear diff (until I decide to send out to TRE)
GTWork Ohlins
Make my own coil on plug setup
Electronic 02 Dump

Winter mods will be:
Roll cage
Full paint job
Car-puter & double din.. I might get sun visors with touch screens. I'm a huge techy and I love computers/gadgets. I want to be able to use my zune software for movies/music and not my zune or my phone so this will be a really nice upgrade for me. I work for Microsoft so I already have the latest and greatest version of Windows 8 I'd like to play around with in my car. I think this will be very cool since I already have a mini pc. My plan for this will be SSD, possible video/gpu, Core i5, us my phone for tethering internet and when I pull up to my driveway use my extended wifi car antenna to sync to my pc/homeserver. I also would like to use the car puter for my gps which will be very nice since I travel in my car often.

 

It's been a little bit since my last update:

I haven't got as much done as I'd planned on, due to work and I hurt my back playing hockey. So things have slowed down tremendously.. On top of that my battery exploded or I should say severely leaked all over my beautiful transmission. I had to douse my car with baking soda and water then wash it down with brake clean. The real bad part about this was I was on vacation for the initial leak so I never caught it until a week after driving. I have remedied the situation so everything is good now, but I will have to get in there with some paint to beautify things again in the near future.

I am in the process of creating a COP for my evo. I've spent under $100 dollars on the complete setup! Here are some pics as she sits now. Includes new ETS UICP, Red top Optima, COP, rolled fenders, new extended studs ready for my new rims & a few other things I can't think of right now. I just ordered some Buscher shifter linkage bushings for the cables and the shifter. The battery ruined those as well.










Building my COP setup. Almost done!! These are current pics after the battery so you can't really tell.






Here is what my car used to look like from previous owner:






The 3rd day I owned the car I removed all the decals and sold the wing. I sold all the aftermarket body parts and paid my car 5 grand down! Worth it, especially once I fit all the new body parts I have that are still sitting in my room.









That's what I have for now! I hope to get pics of my new door cards and carbon fiber bits... Sometime this year I'd like to also finish nose chopping my Evo 8 front bumper and pick up a rexpeed front lip for that as well. First I'd like to finish my 9 off.. I'll show some pics here as soon as I get my new lip and splitter installed.

 

I just finished my COP setup. What a great mod! Everything about the car has improved tremendously! Wish I did this sooner.

 

Another old pic of the car from the previous owner.




COP is complete! I do plan to shorten the wire for the middle plugs. Even the coil plug cover fits over them!

 

Just got my shines on.

 

Adding some new stuff to the whip! Mostly done with the right side. Going to finish her up today and hopefully get my alignment tomorrow

Ohlin Road & Track DFV's 10K Front 12K rear springs - Rear springs are Hyperco's. I may change the front to these in the future if they're not linear.

EBC Yellow brake pads
Centric Pro rotors
Stoptech FRS brake lines









Shot of the engine bay. This will change soon as I'm going short route - relocating battery to the trunk and adding a Magnus.

 

No love?

 

Lot's of nice parts! I like how your car looks now than before.

 

Nice work! Car looks amazing and the build is awesome.

Way to rep the PNW!

 

Thanks bud! I can't wait to add all the carbon bits to my car! Still working out a few random things before I get to them


I just raced my car at the Ridge Motorsports Park. I have more vids to upload. I'm doing some video editing before I throw up all the runs.

My first real track day of my car and pretty much Ever! I started off in Group A (beginner) and was solo certified halfway through the day. I still choose to have my instructor ride with me through all the runs, to gain as much knowledge as I can. A couple more sessions later, he decided to bump me up into intermediate and solo certify me for Group B!


First run of Group A.. I have a bunch from my go pro, this one is from my Windows phone.. It had issues with focusing due to dirty window and location.. I don't know what was up with that.. I used this in my honda often with much success..


This vid is my first and only run of Group B. I have a front view, but I'm teaching myself video editing.. I'll be compiling videos to have both of them playing at the same time in one video.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AGcT...ature=youtu.be

 

My Brake Setup Review


I figured I'd write a review on my brakes that I currently have on my car. I cannot describe how impressed I truly am with them. All parts that I put on the car were new and I ended up braking/bedding everything in at the track (this was not the proper brake in procedure). It actually specifically says not to do this. Since I was working out the last few bugs I had with my vehicle, it didn't leave me with enough time to brake them in properly.

Brake Setup:
EBC Yellows - Purchased from Nate @ MAPerformance
Centric Pro Rotors - Purchased from Nate @ MAPerformance
Stoptech Brake Lines - Picked up from a wrecked evo on the cheap.
Motul RBF 600 Brake Fluid - Purchased from 425Motorsports

The initial bite of the brakes before they were bed was very poor. They were scary. In fact, one of my ABS lines was cut on the way there due to a clip falling off. (I ended up fixing the line after the track day as I didn't have enough time due to download sessions after each race) The brakes took about 3 sessions to bed since I was initially with the beginner group. I didn’t have any confidence in braking hard at any point in the first few sessions. I ended up giving myself a lot of space because I would carry so much speed at the end of the straights. On the first run the brakes really felt like they were doused in oil or I was using blocks of wood to stop lol.. The second run the brakes started feeling better, but still felt like garbage.
After my 3rd session I was solo certified and the brakes started breaking in. This really brought my confidence back! They still weren't up to par but they really started biting! About my 4th lap into my 3rd session, I was pushing the pedal down hard! The brake lines felt amazing as well. No play, no sponginess, nothing! :. I cut down my braking zones by 1/2 by this lap if not more! Upgrading brake lines was/is beyond worth it. I wish this was one of the first mods I did to my Evo. I also have a vacula (power bleeder) that allowed me to swap brake lines and bleed the brake fluid in about 45 min start to complete. I finally had full confidence in my car . I've always driven cars without ABS, but never a 500hp car without ABS, and all new non bed brakes :lol
After the last session my coach moved me up to B class, boy was I stoked! I finally had the opportunity to push my car. After the first warm-up lap in group B, it was on! My brakes felt amazing! I couldn't believe how awesome they were at this point. I was cutting even more braking time down from all the previous laps to where I was making my instructor uncomfortable! I started pushing my car as hard as I could! Everything was doing the job the way I had intended them to do. The Ohlins, the 285's, the brakes, it was exhilarating! I could stop harder.., I could stop later.., I was carrying way more speed into the corner. Finally truly learning the limits of my car! I pushed my car hard! If I had a couple more days at the track I would be screaming with 100% confidence.
I don't know many people who have tried these brakes, or if they have used the latest generations without previous design flaws. This brake setup I have is the best bang for the buck I could find. Boy did I get a bigger bang than I could have ever expected! My brother drives a 500hp G8 GT. Now, I don't know if you guys are aware of this car or not, but this car is a sleeper. It has a LS2 aluminum block corvette engine with special heads that flow better than any GTO's that I'm aware of. This car also handles beyond what anyone would expect. With Petters suspension on street tires, they were able to pull a 1.25 cornering G. The G8 has a 3880 curb weight, this car is a tank! My brother has these exact EBC Yellow pads on his G8 and he had as much success at the track as I did. Two track days and 4 thousand miles he has never had brake fade, warpage, squealing, or anything. This was my initial reasoning for buying these brakes. Plus I read about the latest generation being great pads.
Not only are these pads good at the track, they have a decent initial bite on the street. There is no squealing, or squeaking at any time, ever. I'm never worried in any given situation and I feel very confident driving my vehicle with these pads on the car at all times. The only real down side to the EBC Yellows is they emit a decent amount of brake dust. (On a side note: I haven’t had much experience with daily driving brake dust. I will update this later.) So if you want great value and great track brakes, I highly recommend these. I don’t think there is a better solution out there for the price.

 

A little update:

Shortened the COP wires and split the wires in the mid section rather than having them split at the connection. Makes for a much more clean and reliable install.

Fixed the ABS line as it got cut. Spliced the wires and butt connected them. Once my brother is done building his G8 I can get my evo back in the garage for another rush of modifications. I still haven't added my IX door cards, front splitter, front lip, Magnus V5 intake manifold, short rout, or restacked my rear diff. I also need to pick up a Tial & a bigger throttle body. Currently while I'm waiting I have been piecing parts together to make a carputer and get rid of my stock head unit. This part I'm the most excited for!