Unfortunately the time has come that I need to part with my 2006 Evo IX SE. I am the original owner and it has just over 19,000 miles (there is a picture below which verifies). Overall the car is in good condition. Its been garaged all its life, but with kids and inconsiderate/careless people in this world there are some small door dings and scratches. The pictures below aren’t that great, but they give you the general idea. The pictures include the scratches (hood, driver’s side rear quarter panel, driver’s side side skirt, and passenger’s side front bumper area). The paint does not show any signs of fading. The interior is nearly flawless. There is the normal wear and tear on the seats, floor mats, and what not.

Now, on to the not so great news: last summer I had Tom (TSCOMPUSA) remote tune my Evo on stock ECU/SD/E-85. At the time, I had a stock clutch and by the time we almost finished the tune it gave loose. I told Tom I wanted a very aggressive tune, and the result was almost 450/450 on the Virtual Dyno. It had a huge amount of timing and ~31lbs of boost. I have a picture below of the graph. I wasn’t in the position to buy a new upgraded clutch at that time, so my Evo sat in my garage until ~April of this year. I purchased the new Quartermaster 8 leg clutch from Boostin Performance and had RRE do the install. I’ve put about 1,000 miles on it. A few nights ago my retarded *** decided to go for a high speed run test. What was I thinking? It wasn’t fully tuned and since Tom last tuned it I added a new intake manifold and throttle body; I am sure these two parts through the AFRs out of whack. Anyways, I downshifted to 4th at around 80 mph, ran it to ~7000 RPMs in 5th and felt something give loose. I saw some smoke come out and pulled over. There was oil on the back firewall and on top of the intake manifold. I had the car towed home and did some preliminary inspections. After pulling the plugs I found that the plug in cylinder #2 had melted. Not a good sign. I briefly looked around for obvious holes, blown lines, etc and found nothing. I checked the oil and it was completely full; no drainage under the car. Yesterday I drained the oil and found no metal shavings (see the pics below). Good sign right? While I am not an expert, and cannot guarantee anything, chances are it was the headgasket that failed. If this is the case, it isn’t a big a huge expense to repair, especially if you can do it yourself. Obviously it could get much more expensive if the motor has internal damage.

With that said, let’s get on to the modification list and pictures!

Engine Mods:
* Evo IX turbo w/PPI ported OEM 10.5 hotside (w/Swain White Lightening coating) and Forced Performance 84mm compressor cover (~5k miles, very little shaft play)
* OEM exhaust manifold w/Mil.Spec porting (w/Swain White Lightening coating)
* Forced Performance 25 psi wastegate actuator
* Invidia 02 housing
* Buschur Racing 84mm intake pipe powder-coated in wrinkle black
* OEM intake manifold w/Curt Brown porting
* Mil.Spec 65mm throttle body w/coolant bypass
* Cosworth 272 M2 cams
* Fidanza adjustable exhaust cam gear
* SuperTech dual valve springs and titanium retainers
* ARP head studs
* OEM ECU with “partial” TSCOMPUSA SD tune on E-85
* Grimmspeed 3 port boost controller
* Zeitronix Zt-2 Wideband Controller and Datalogging System
* AMS fuel rail
* PTE 1000cc injectors
* Walbro 255 HP in-tank fuel pump
* AMS 3" TBE
* Nisei intercooler
* Nisei lower and upper intercooler piping
* Tial Q BOV
* AMS Koyo half-size radiator w/slim fan
* JM Fab coolant overflow tank
* Quartermaster 8 leg clutch with street disc (~1k miles)
* BR shift bushings
* Braille 14 lb battery w/battery tender
* Nisei small battery tray

Suspension/Wheel Mods:
* OEM Enkei wheels (curb rash on all 4--these were meant to allow me to drive around until I could buy the wheels I truly wanted)
* Hancock Ventus V12 Evo 235/45-17 tires (less than 500 miles!)
* Swift Spec R springs

Exterior Mods:
* Rexspeed vortex generator
* Debadged
* Shaved trunk key hole
* Shaved front license plate holes
* Window tint
* Perrin 2" antenna

Interior Mods:
* Momo Combat Evo steering wheel
* Defi Control Unit II
* Defi boost gauge
* Defi oil pressure gauge
* Defi EGT gauge
* Gruppe-S 60mm ABS gauge panel

I.C.E.:
* Alpine CDA-9885
* Alpine KCE-422i
* MB Quartz PCE 216s (front fill)
* OEM stereo relocation kit
* Clifford Matrix Concept 550 with shock, proximity and tilt sensors, and remote trunk release
* Blue alarm LEDs in each door panel

Items Removed:
* EGR system (reduction of ?)
* Complete A/C system (reduction of ~30 lbs)
* Spare tire, jack and tool (reduction of ~37 lbs)
* Trunk carpet and lining (reduction of ~4 lbs)



























Now, onto the part your waiting for--price! According to Kelly Blue Book, my Evo is worth ~$25,641 in good condition and ~$23,791 in fair condition. These prices reflect an Evo IX (probably GSR) and not the SE (for some reason KBB doesn't show the SE as an option). We know that the SE is worth more than the standard GSR. Given the scratches, dings, and the fact that the engine isn’t operable right now I would deem it in fair condition. If the engine was operational it would definitely be in good condition. Also, these prices reflect my Evo without A/C (as noted above I removed it). These prices also do not reflect the aftermarket modifications, but as we all know most modifications don’t increase the car’s value and can actually decrease it.

With all said, I am setting the price at $23,000. I feel this is very competitive given the VERY low miles and overall condition. Please let me know if you are interested.

Disclaimer: If you are a prospective buyer and live in California, this Evo will not pass smog unless you add a catalytic converter, which means you’d need to figure out how to use that with the AMS downpipe.

 

That's an awesome price... cause you'll see VIII's with 5x as much mileage selling for the same thing BUMP for you

 

Thanks bro! If it was for the engine having an issue I would have it sold within a week for $25k no problem.

 

Ouch, if this car was flawless I would of gave you 32,000!

 

Im only partially looking to pick up another car, this one is perfect actually, but the price is a tad steep since there could have been a catostrophic failure or a simple one, and my luck playing the odds have never been good. If you ever drop the price to 18-19k lemme know.
One question i have is why do you run stock gsr rins if you have an se? Or did i overlook that...

 

I am flexible on the price, but not that much. I've had several different baller wheels on the car (at which time I sold my SE wheels). I last bought some Volk CE28N Genesis wheels, and right before I went to have tired put on them I got hit with a huge special property tax and had to sell them. I had to sell the Volks, and didn't want my Evo sitting on jack stands so I bought the cheapest OEM wheels I could find. About a week ago i had new tires put on them.

 

Funny because that's what I paid for it new. Crazy how well our Evos hold their value...especially with low miles.

 

Just a suggestion bro u shoul pay a couple hundred bucks to rre to get the car inspected and get an actual list of repairs. What ur asking is a large amount of money for something that could need 500-6000 dollars in repairs. Your price with the need of a headgasket only verified by a respectable shop like rre seems fair enuf. Tho in need of an engine ur easily off by about 5 grand. That's a big gamble for prospective buyers such as myself.

 

very very nice

 

Thanks for the suggestion! I just removed the turbo kit and am checking on the valves/cylinders. My roommate works on Evos for a living and knows what to look for.

Not sure what you are talking about on the engine cost. Completed used Evo engines sell for $3000-3500 on this forum. BR builds them for ~$3k so long as the block doesn't have a hole in it. I've verified that isn't the case.

 

Thanks! For what she has she is an absolute beast!

 

Edit: just read 2 posts up

 

Alright...the damage is more than just the headgasket. The extent of the damage is unknown at this time; the head would have to be pulled to find out exactly whats going on. I don't plan on going to that extreme. Here are pictures of the exhaust cylinders (from #1-4):






As you can see there is oil on cylinders 1-3, which as my friend told me indicates piston/ring failure. So, the cost of repairs is up to at least new pistons, cylinder walls may need to be honed depending on if there is any scarring, headgasket and whatever else. The best option at this point is a complete rebuild, which I would do if I had the funds and was keeping the car.

Just for those who don't know, since there isn't a whole in the block the engine can be sent to somebody like BR and be completely rebuilt for $3,050:

https://secure.buschurracing.com/cat...fd551b62a07410

There are also several already built engines for sale:

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sa...hd-1400-a.html
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sa...hortblock.html

These are just a few examples; new engine sale threads pop-up pretty frequently.

With all this said, I will discount the sales price by $4,000 to cover the potential cost of a rebuid. The KBB good condition estimate of $25,641 (for a GSR and not an SE mind you) will be used, and to keep things simple the asking price is now $21,500. I hope most of you will find that to be pretty darn reasonable.

 

^ good on your part for looking into it - still a reasonable price considering the mileage on the car - if i were in the market you can bet i would be picking up this car and getting the motor built at buschur. please do continuing looking into the issue though

 

Thought I'd share the following quote for a post on SoCalEvo from guy who works at a Mitsubishi dealership:

The CT9A is like land (not making anymore of it)
And yes KBB is what we guage the value of Vehicles from auction blocks to auto dealerships .. One thing to keep in mind people Is the low milage , that is what u are paying for here people Is " wear and tear" ..As we call in in the automotive world .
And it's an SE to add to it ,just look at my production numbers on my sig from Mitsubishi motor co
As the rep told me @ MOD:

" the SE (GSR) model was our 9.5 model that went out with a bang that was the last production run for the CT9A chassis so technically it's a 2007 model. "

Less than 1000 GSR SE's were made. Which makes them the second most rare 9's behind the 9 RS models .