My new Evo... With PICS and VIDEOS!!! Whatchu think?
Originally Posted by MadWheel
lol, will do man! I will be dragging it this coming Friday.
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For the comment on the MR. Good luck buying one for less than 40k. They list for 36k but only 1000 are being made for the US. The MR is a 6speed, 3-way selectable center diff, more drag efficient, more boost (20.3psi) with bbs forged wheels instead of the enkei, etc...
They shaved about 100lbs off the GSR by switching to an aluminum roof, lighter suspension, and forged wheels. Stock the MR ran a 13.3 at 103, the 05 Sti ran a 13.3 at 100.x.
I am def happy with my 03 Evo. For the difference in cost vs the mr, you could have a sick Evo lol...
I have 2 videos now... SOMEBODY HOST THEM FOR ME!!! I'm feeling good bout the track next week, should be fast...
They shaved about 100lbs off the GSR by switching to an aluminum roof, lighter suspension, and forged wheels. Stock the MR ran a 13.3 at 103, the 05 Sti ran a 13.3 at 100.x.
I am def happy with my 03 Evo. For the difference in cost vs the mr, you could have a sick Evo lol...
I have 2 videos now... SOMEBODY HOST THEM FOR ME!!! I'm feeling good bout the track next week, should be fast...
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Rep Power: 327 BTW - The writer/reviewer (one of) from Motor Trend currently owns an 03 EVO, which he bought right after the intitial evo/sti comparison...
He said the new evo is still better, but this time, they bey the STi in every category.
How's this for a mod... On a new evo with 4000 miles on it, they dynotuned the AEM EMS. Stock the Evo made 236whp at 19psi. At a big install fest (about 5-7 evos had the aem ecu installed), the BONE STOCK evo with JUST the AEM EMS made 300.1hp with 298 ft-lbs at the wheels. All this was as stock boost, stock exhaust, stock intake etc. It brought the car to a 12.9 at the track. As you can see, this will be my first mod this spring haha...
He said the new evo is still better, but this time, they bey the STi in every category.
How's this for a mod... On a new evo with 4000 miles on it, they dynotuned the AEM EMS. Stock the Evo made 236whp at 19psi. At a big install fest (about 5-7 evos had the aem ecu installed), the BONE STOCK evo with JUST the AEM EMS made 300.1hp with 298 ft-lbs at the wheels. All this was as stock boost, stock exhaust, stock intake etc. It brought the car to a 12.9 at the track. As you can see, this will be my first mod this spring haha...
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Originally Posted by ZdS03Civic
Does this mean you wont be testing the Dezod kit anymore?
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the BONE STOCK evo with JUST the AEM EMS made 300.1hp with 298 ft-lbs at the wheels. All this was as stock boost, stock exhaust, stock intake etc. It brought the car to a 12.9 at the track.
OMFG! over 60 whp.....
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Originally Posted by ZdS03Civic
It cant be because he has the stock wing and a bunch of other goodies that the RS doens't have
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Originally Posted by ACURAwerx
i thought all the evolutions had a wing? is the evo 8 gsr, just a evo 8?
The Jap spec GSR is very close to the american evo 8. It has some differences in the differential, but the evo MR will take care of that.
There really isn't a point to the RS Evo, it's pretty much manual everything, without HIDs etc... It only save about 100-150lbs so to lose every nice feature the car has isn't worth it.
As for the Vid lengths... total for all 3 vids is still less than 15mb.
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Originally Posted by MadWheel
The Jap spec GSR is very close to the american evo 8. It has some differences in the differential, but the evo MR will take care of that.
There really isn't a point to the RS Evo, it's pretty much manual everything, without HIDs etc... It only save about 100-150lbs so to lose every nice feature the car has isn't worth it.
As for the Vid lengths... total for all 3 vids is still less than 15mb.
There really isn't a point to the RS Evo, it's pretty much manual everything, without HIDs etc... It only save about 100-150lbs so to lose every nice feature the car has isn't worth it.
As for the Vid lengths... total for all 3 vids is still less than 15mb.
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Originally Posted by MadWheel
For the comment on the MR. Good luck buying one for less than 40k. They list for 36k but only 1000 are being made for the US. The MR is a 6speed, 3-way selectable center diff, more drag efficient, more boost (20.3psi) with bbs forged wheels instead of the enkei, etc...
They shaved about 100lbs off the GSR by switching to an aluminum roof, lighter suspension, and forged wheels. Stock the MR ran a 13.3 at 103, the 05 Sti ran a 13.3 at 100.x.
I am def happy with my 03 Evo. For the difference in cost vs the mr, you could have a sick Evo lol...
They shaved about 100lbs off the GSR by switching to an aluminum roof, lighter suspension, and forged wheels. Stock the MR ran a 13.3 at 103, the 05 Sti ran a 13.3 at 100.x.
I am def happy with my 03 Evo. For the difference in cost vs the mr, you could have a sick Evo lol...
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Rep Power: 0 Nice new ride Joe. So what exactly is the deal with the vic now man? I'm surprised that you're done with her now. The EVO is a sweet choice too seeing that you're more for the performance. There was a yellow one at Import Wars that ran a 12.5 that day we went man. Good stuff.
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Rep Power: 327 I knew the guy that used to own that Evo. All he did was throw in a fuel computer, boost controller, exhaust, intake, and put the battery in the trunk. He has Tein SS suspension too. But not too much to get it into the 12s...
