patrickd_21
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Hi everyone,
So as some of you may know, I purchased a JDM EVO 1 this spring. Couple of specs below:
-4G63 making about 250hp
-5 speed manual
-AWD
-1991
-90 000km
-7/10 exterior condition
-7/10 mechanical condition
Pics from the day I got it
Hanging out with the M3
The car had the following mods:
-ground kit
-shitty radio
-advan wheels
-lowering springs on KYB shocks
-Massive axle back exhaust (dubbed the potato launcher)
-HKS mushroom filter
-Gauges
When I got the car, I was happy with it for the price I paid, but it needed some work...Major bushing play in the rear, knocking from every possible bushing in the rear suspension and front that you could imagine, torn CV boot, Torn tie rod boot, and no battery tie down. First order of business was to make a battery tie down:
Also I HATED the wheels and I knew I needed to change the exhaust before it got me a ticket. The exhaust really wasn't loud, but it was huge, so I knew it wouldn't take too much time for a cop to get all excited about it...sure enough, 3 weeks later I got a ticket for it:
So I changed the exhaust that week to a magnaflow Turbo XL. I hate the muffler because it's loud and sounds like shit IMO, but from my experience with my turbo civic, it's the one exhaust that will win your court tickets every time. So I had it custom fabbed at 191 Motorsport...mint job:
Now up until this point, the idea with the EVO was to keep it as a daily driver and keep my E46 M3 as a weekend car and track car only. Unfortunately, after a few events with the M3, I was reminded how expensive brakes and tires were on the car, and I also saw this picture, which started turning evil thoughts in my head...
So from that day on, plans changed. The M3 went up for sale, I stared taking public transit to work (saving about 2 hours per day) and the idea became to build a budget (but still proper) track car over 3 years that I could still drive on the street if I needed to go to the grocery store, or drive into work on an odd day. I would also drive it through the winter for the first 2 years.
First thing, I NEEDED to get rid of the wheels asap. Sold the Advans and picked up so no name wheels for $100 so I could throw the same rubber on and throw winters tires on it later. When I picked up the wheels, they needed a bit of love, so I sand blasted them and repainted them, then threw them on the car...voila...huge improvement IMO:
Next was to get rid of the knocking in front and back. Took me a LONG time to find the correct parts, but I got a hold of them. Changed front sway bar bushings, end links for whiteline poly units, rear upper control arm, rear endlinks, rear sway bar bushings, and probably some other bushings that I'm forgetting:
Old
New
Now the car tracked straight and the noise was gone! Success. Then I started slowly building my mod and maintenance list. My objective is to build the car to cost under $12000 (including the purchase price of the car) into a track car progressively over 2-3 years. Here is the plan:
Maintenance
-Rear Trailing Arm Bushing
-Front Lower Control Arms
-Spark Plugs
-Trailing arm control arm
-Timing Belt pulley kit
-Balance shaft eliminator
-Timing belt
-Fuel Filter
-Dent fix
-Misc
-Alignment
Modifications
-Boost Controller
-Walbro Fuel pump
-Injectors (560 from EVO 8-9)
-Ajustable FPR
-Cable Bushings (shift linkage)
-Base Bushings (shift linkage)
-Clutch (ACT 2600 street)
-ACT Streetlite flywheel
-Track pads (haven't decided yet)
-Stainless brake line
-Coilovers (would like to go for GC/Koni setup, but $1800 is $$$$ lol...to be seen)
-Over fenders
-Wheels (16x9 on all four corners)
-Tires (255 on all four corners)
-Seats
-Sway bar (whiteline)
-Downpipe
-Tune
After making my plan, I brought it to the drag strip to run a baseline. Car ran consistent to 1 tenth of a second on all runs and did a best of 13.7 @99.7MPH:
Then some IDIOT hit me...Pisses me off because I would've pulled the dent and been done with it, but it cracked the paint and now it'll rust if I drive it through the winter...going to have to repaint the quarter.
So that's basically where I'm at now. This is going to be a very fun project and I'll keep updating. Hope you guys enjoy!
So as some of you may know, I purchased a JDM EVO 1 this spring. Couple of specs below:
-4G63 making about 250hp
-5 speed manual
-AWD
-1991
-90 000km
-7/10 exterior condition
-7/10 mechanical condition
Pics from the day I got it
Hanging out with the M3
The car had the following mods:
-ground kit
-shitty radio
-advan wheels
-lowering springs on KYB shocks
-Massive axle back exhaust (dubbed the potato launcher)
-HKS mushroom filter
-Gauges
When I got the car, I was happy with it for the price I paid, but it needed some work...Major bushing play in the rear, knocking from every possible bushing in the rear suspension and front that you could imagine, torn CV boot, Torn tie rod boot, and no battery tie down. First order of business was to make a battery tie down:
Also I HATED the wheels and I knew I needed to change the exhaust before it got me a ticket. The exhaust really wasn't loud, but it was huge, so I knew it wouldn't take too much time for a cop to get all excited about it...sure enough, 3 weeks later I got a ticket for it:
So I changed the exhaust that week to a magnaflow Turbo XL. I hate the muffler because it's loud and sounds like shit IMO, but from my experience with my turbo civic, it's the one exhaust that will win your court tickets every time. So I had it custom fabbed at 191 Motorsport...mint job:
Now up until this point, the idea with the EVO was to keep it as a daily driver and keep my E46 M3 as a weekend car and track car only. Unfortunately, after a few events with the M3, I was reminded how expensive brakes and tires were on the car, and I also saw this picture, which started turning evil thoughts in my head...
So from that day on, plans changed. The M3 went up for sale, I stared taking public transit to work (saving about 2 hours per day) and the idea became to build a budget (but still proper) track car over 3 years that I could still drive on the street if I needed to go to the grocery store, or drive into work on an odd day. I would also drive it through the winter for the first 2 years.
First thing, I NEEDED to get rid of the wheels asap. Sold the Advans and picked up so no name wheels for $100 so I could throw the same rubber on and throw winters tires on it later. When I picked up the wheels, they needed a bit of love, so I sand blasted them and repainted them, then threw them on the car...voila...huge improvement IMO:
Next was to get rid of the knocking in front and back. Took me a LONG time to find the correct parts, but I got a hold of them. Changed front sway bar bushings, end links for whiteline poly units, rear upper control arm, rear endlinks, rear sway bar bushings, and probably some other bushings that I'm forgetting:
Old
New
Now the car tracked straight and the noise was gone! Success. Then I started slowly building my mod and maintenance list. My objective is to build the car to cost under $12000 (including the purchase price of the car) into a track car progressively over 2-3 years. Here is the plan:
Maintenance
-Rear Trailing Arm Bushing
-Front Lower Control Arms
-Spark Plugs
-Trailing arm control arm
-Timing Belt pulley kit
-Balance shaft eliminator
-Timing belt
-Fuel Filter
-Dent fix
-Misc
-Alignment
Modifications
-Boost Controller
-Walbro Fuel pump
-Injectors (560 from EVO 8-9)
-Ajustable FPR
-Cable Bushings (shift linkage)
-Base Bushings (shift linkage)
-Clutch (ACT 2600 street)
-ACT Streetlite flywheel
-Track pads (haven't decided yet)
-Stainless brake line
-Coilovers (would like to go for GC/Koni setup, but $1800 is $$$$ lol...to be seen)
-Over fenders
-Wheels (16x9 on all four corners)
-Tires (255 on all four corners)
-Seats
-Sway bar (whiteline)
-Downpipe
-Tune
After making my plan, I brought it to the drag strip to run a baseline. Car ran consistent to 1 tenth of a second on all runs and did a best of 13.7 @99.7MPH:
Then some IDIOT hit me...Pisses me off because I would've pulled the dent and been done with it, but it cracked the paint and now it'll rust if I drive it through the winter...going to have to repaint the quarter.
So that's basically where I'm at now. This is going to be a very fun project and I'll keep updating. Hope you guys enjoy!
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