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8 hours ago, ErinH said:

This is mine, had it for a little over a year now. Who'd have thought how much of a headache the older evos are! Gotta replace the gearbox in this one soon

Nice!

A mate of mine has a 6 and another a 10. The 10 sees a lot of track and all he ever does is fill up the tank, which makes (not so) secretly wish I had bought an Evo instead of a GTT. But I'm sure the grass is always greener...

6 hours ago, Hadouken said:

Correct.

I've got a breakdown of the difference between the 2 here

http://www.sau.com.au/forums/index.php?/topic/378971-The-Build-Of-The-Beast

I had a quick read. Looks interesting man. I saw you were looking to get the car tuned haha, noticed some misguided info on that thread on evo's having weak rods. this was only true on the evo 7 where it spits out a rod at 220awkw, That being said my evo 7 is at 250awkw with 470nm of torque stock turbo stock motor and still going strong :P Luck of the draw when it comes to 7s. 9s on the other hand, they go strong, well above 300awkw. 

A few guys i know run a bp71 turbo with e85 on stock evo 8s and 9s. A BP71 turbo + e85 gets you to 330awkw pretty easily and safely on a 8 or 9. Ported stock 9 turbo + e85 can get you close to 300awkw, with the added responsiveness of the mivec it will be killer. Low 11 second car. This is all on a stock long block, no forging. 

Ooo also forgot to mention the JDM 9 ecu supports flat foot shifting, launch control and anti-lag, so if you have the jdm 9 you might notice the antilag setup on the exhaust manifold :P 

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A bloke I work with has an evo x. Was pushing close to 300 awkw on e85 on standard setup. It ended up throwing a rod. So, even the 4B11 does have rod issues at high torque/hp. In saying all that, he used to drive it like it was stolen. To wrap this up, evo's are bloody amazing but just like everything there is some limits that need to be worked around. I have heard of guys limiting torque to reduce the strain on the rods.

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Oh yea i agree, depending on how you drive it and the life its had it will make it weaker. Was your mates evo X a DSG? If so id assume those rapid shifts might incur some torque load on the motor considering the car is never off boost. The way the turbo comes on boost and the how wild the tune is can also determine the longevity of the motor, hence why bp71 is a popular choice (as well as fp's). That being said, lots of R&D has gone into making 300awkw reliable on stock block evos. Lots of forums in uk and us on people running 400+whp on their evos, some even running 500whp - though this is surley going to reduce engine life. 

http://www.evolutionm.net/forums/evo-engine-turbo-drivetrain/391588-hp-estimate-what-will-stock-9-block-hold-safely.html

But yea you're right, it might be all in the tune, as you said limiting torque to prevent rod failure. 

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On 22/04/2022 at 10:49 PM, niZmO_Man said:

Don't drive it too much, will be $100k soon

Lol.

Needs paint.

Tried selling recently, kept getting offers for 25k 

Had 35k as price.

Similar with good paint were 45k.

Paint is approx 10k.

So, I figured, 45-10=35.

Apparently not.

People kept saying 35-10 for paint, so 25.

We will see what happens down the track.

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