WIP on me Evo (lots of pics)

[coolamasta]

As some of you may know next week I am getting an engine swap done to the Evo - I've bought a mint 17k TME engine (Tommi Makinen Edition) and having it fitted along with some cool parts below

Current spec is:

4G63 E6.5 engine with ARP rod bolts & head studs
560cc injectors
Tubular heat wrapped manifold
E8 Turbo with 10.5 housing
3" Magnex downpipe
3" de-cat pipe
3" Fujitsubo (top Jap make) Jasma welded exhaust with 4.5" tailpipe
Evo 5 RS ECU (for now)
HKS mushroom filter
Blitz SARD-II BOV
HKS uprated clutch (cant remember model)
Walbro uprated fuel pump
Evo 8 full Brembo brake setup all round
Evo 5 OZ alloys painted in gloss black
Tein adjustable coilovers
Engine, Gearbox, Diff and AYC fluids all changed


Things to come in a couple of months:

Bigger FMIC with hard pipes
GEMS/Autronic Management with some anti-lag - yes please
Apexi AVC-R



How it is at the moment:





Mods going on next week










Other mods that have been done over last few months

HIDS



Brembos:




Rallyart Clocks:



JVC DVD system:

[tathan]

Very nice indeedy.

[Add_Gee]

Bet that engine wasn't cheap, sounds good mate

[Jack]

Bloody hell, and here was me thinking Coolamaster was going soft and buying a standard fast car and just looking after it.

[coolamasta]

Cheers

Nah me soft? never!

By the summer it will have around 400bhp-ish mark with anti-lag and launch control (and about about 4mpg )

[Jack]

Originally Posted by coolamasta

and about about 4mpg

That's OK, start at the top of a hill, foot to the floor. By the time you get to the bottom you'll have run out of fuel, and then you can coast the rest of the way.

[xe wona be]

that sick!!!! i gota get 1

[P17FLD]

Originally Posted by xe wona be

that sick!!!![/IMG]

It looks perfectly heathly to me?

[Ian H]

clocks are a but dim

awesome car though

[coolamasta]

Clocks are fine its just the pod gauges are foookin bright so in contrast makes the clocks look dim

Just wanna hurry up and get it all sorted so I can get it on CC's track in April!

[Benn]

hang on,you buy an evo and replace the engine?and brakes?
did it not have Brembos?

[Rs1]

The 6.5 found in the tommi mak's is a far better unit as standard, good choice....good find aswell.

[coolamasta]

Yup as RS1 says the 6.5 engine is a lot stronger becuase the 4 engine has a different main bearing setup which makes it weaker, if you went above 350bhp a thing called "crankwalk" or "crankfloat" was more likely to happen = not good! Plus the gudeon pins are smaller on the 4 etc, looks exactly the same but its the internals that are different

Theres a long story behind the TME engine, but I got it at a damm good price as the chap selling it is having a 2.4 stroker engine built with a GT35r turbo and needed funds quick time and I was in the right place at the right time!

I want a solid reliable car that will take 370-400bhp all day long without complaining too much and with the 4 lump I would never be confident of that!

And no the 4's had 2 pot brakes and it was the 5 onwards that had the 4-pot Brembo setup.
A full setup off a 8 came up at a good price that had only covered 10k miles so I thought it would be rude not to purchase!

I've done all my research anyway and getting the parts at a good price so not going tooo mad, the management is what will hurt my pocket! well if I go Autronics anyway

[slappycarp]

sounds good buddy,
look forward to seein ya upset a few locals in weston : - )
on a sunday night!!

[Nemesis]

Originally Posted by xe wona be

that sick!!!! i gota get 1

You've made two posts on MIG, and the word sick appeared in both of them.

Coolamasta's car looks fine from here?

Rob you big chunk of Bristolian love!

[coolamasta]

Cheers Ben

[chip]

[Adam]

excellent coolevomasta

[opel_dose_gsi]

Thats just siiiick!

Soooooooo tight, makes me wanna cry son!

(dont worry I've known him to long )

[coolamasta]

Cheers mofo

Yesterday was cleaning up my Fujitsubo exhaust, came out rather gleaming, loving the 3" bore as well

[chip]

Looks ideal other than the slightly needlessly oversize exit.

[coolamasta]

Its not thaaaaaaaat bad, its 4.5" rolled in as opposed to the normal 5" slash cut lol

[chip]

4.5" isnt the end of the world then, looks bigger than that in the pictures TBH.

Personally I would still replace it with 3" though, but thats just me, lol

[coolamasta]

Yeah but it would look out of place on an evo as the exhaust cut out on the bumper is huuuuuge, big tailpipes seem to suit em well but sticking a 4.5/5" on an astra or something would look pure silly imo

[chip]

Fair enough

Ive just chopped a 6" or so one off the exhaust for the calibra and replaced it with 3£ of straight pipe, looks SO subtle

But then Evo's dont need to be subtle, lol