Evo 5

[savage16v]

Ok, so time to try put a owners diary together on here of the Evo6's replacement.

About a year ago, i received a call from a fellow MLR member (Mitsubishi Lancer Register), who was considering selling his White Evo5, with 30k miles on from new, naturally i was very interested as it sounded a very tidy car, and i have always wanted a white Evo.

Many emails later, the owner had a change of heart and decided to keep the car, so it was left at that.

However, a couple of months past and John got back in touch, so myself and Carly arrange to view the car.
At this point we still had the blue Evo6, and had hoped on having both.

Before we went to view, John asent across what pictures they had of the car, as it had been featured in Evolution magazine sometime ago.




















Then when we went to view, i did not take many pictures at all, as the car was on axle stands in Johns garage, but it was clear to see it was a good one.










We left with myself and Carly having a think, and John also having a think.

Over the next week, we agreed a price.
Then a very long waiting game, as we were waiting on some money coming through, and as with all these things, it was not as easy as it should of been.

As things worked out, we were made a very good offer on our low mileage Evo6, in standard trim.
So we returned that car to 100% standard, and sold the car, and sold the parts separate.

So yesterday morning, we set off in the van, with the trailer on the back, to do the 12 hour round trip to collect the car.
I had put a few bits in the van, knowing the car was booked in at APT the following morning.
























Then that night, when we got back, we were actually late for our own car meet (we organise a Retro & Classic car meet once a month), so quickly unloaded the Evo at home, drove to the end of our road to the meet, and then took it home, back on the trailer ready to go over to APT this morning.




(Yes the drive and fence are not finished :crackup


Got to APT nice and early.
Once Gary and Dan arrived we chatted about what needed doing.

Full service (all belts, fluids & filters)
Clutch & flywheel
Ride height adjustment
Geo set up
Dyno run
Mapping if needed

Plus a couple of little bits, like doors not locking on key fob etc

Gary wanted to get the height how i wanted before i left, so set about sorting that with the Enkei's fitted.

We also removed the awful rear reflector and had a good old poke around underneath.

 

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Picked the car up from Gary on Friday afternoon, superb service as always!!

So a run down.....

Evo 9 flywheel & New Evo9 Exedy clutch fitted & all new fluids in the box & transfer box.

AYC flush, which Gary said was quite dirty so going back for another flush after a few hundred miles.

All new belts, plugs, coolant & fresh engine oil/filter.

Coils refitted to original location with OE ht leads

Ride height adjusted & Full geo set up

Dyno'd, made 370bhp on existing map but mid range was very poor, Gary remapped at 365bhp but mid range is far superior.

When we collected the car when buying it, it had not been used for 2 years, so had 1/4 tank of 2 + year old fuel, i filled it with fresh V Power before taking to Gary but the old fuel was causing slight issue mapping so it is going back again after a few fresh tanks of fuel have been ran through it.

So picked it up from APT & love the way it sits on the Enkei's!
Drove it home & love it, but a few things still need addressing sadly.

Gave the car a few beans on the way back & when changing gear quickly at high revs, 3rd gear has a crunch, same with a high rev down change 4th to 3rd. So seems it needs a new syncro which is a shame considering the box has just been out and now been filled with fresh fluids.

Also every now & again it almost dies at idle.

And lastly a very slight 'squelch' noise from the front nearside over certain bumps, have a feeling it may be a coilover issue although it sits, rides & handles fine.

So currently putting miles on it so it can go back to Gary lol.
Certainly enjoying it though!

 

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A few pics from the weekend, it is now filthy and needs a good clean, but done a fair few miles in it now, and will be going back to APT soon.

Once back from APT it will be time for major detailing and then keep it out the bad weather.

We have been lucky over the weekend, it has not been on wet roads, just caught in the rain overnight or whilst parked up.















Not had chance to do much to it, i swapped the gearknob, gave it a hoover, sorted a few little bits of trim, removed a few stickers and that is about it

Starting to build a fair old list of bits to do :crackup:

 

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Bit of a pic update....

Last Wednesday i was away visiting a customer over in Ireland, and Carly was using the car, i arrived back on Thursday and gave the car a very quick clean as it was filthy.

Then on Friday afternoon we gave it a proper clean, and saturday morning i did a few bits which had been bugging me.

So a good old clean, including a full Iron-X decontamination which actually showed it had very little contamination.
Once that was done we gave the engine bay a quick clean, and arches, mudflaps etc.

Got the Mitsubishi centre caps fitted snugly, and removed the rear garnish lights to clean the boot properly (was still filthy from the reflector thing that was fitted).














Also changed the rear number plate bulbs for white LED bulbs, raised the exhaust slightly using shorter rubbers, and tried to adhere the little carbon inserts on the rear Mitsubishi badge (did not work).










Saturday was mainly interior bits that i wanted to sort out, removed the centre console and got the lighter working, re-fitted the HKS boost controller, replaced the lighter with an original item, reset the Gizzmo shift light and re-adhered it to the boost gauge, adhered the alarm pick up on the front corner of the dash as it flapped around each time you accelerated hard, adhered the Defi controller on the side of the centre console a little neater, fitted new pedal rubbers, fitted new MLR/Ralliart mats front & rear, fitted the Mitsubishi Carbon gear lover and handbrake lever, and gave the headlining a good clean.













I also want a new rest plate for the left foot, but yet to find one i like.


Then i printed some ACL logos, various sizes etc, and tried them on.....
This is our final choice.








Sunday we did around 140 miles to a Retro car meet with some friends.










Then a little picture of Carly enjoying making some noise on our estate




Yesterday i had some amber indicators arrive, much better imo!

 

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I decided to try and find time for the rear arch seals, Gav at RossSport was fantastic as usual, and got me the seals & a few clips i needed in no time at all!

So before, during and after....
















Then it was back to APT who did a very quick turnaround, gearbox out, 3rd gear syncro replaced (the rest checked), gearbox back in, fresh fluids (again), another AYC flush, check over coilovers and a test drive, all done inside a normal working day!

Collected the car, gave it a good clean and fitted some logo's.

 

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Not really much of an update, but i had the dent man come in on Monday, and whilst here i asked him to do the two small dents on the Evo... One on the drivers door and one just below the nearside rear light.

I popped the rear light out to give him access, and set about giving the area a clean, and then did the same to the offside whilst at it.








Now i know that behind the garnish lights is done, rear lights, and rear arch's.

Bumpers off next and side skirts... at this rate i see me taking off the underseal over the winter months lol. :crackup:

 

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Another little update...

The wiper arms had been hydro dipped in a carbon effect, so i got on to Ross Sport who sorted me out some new wiper arms.

 

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Well a few people on here know about this....

Last Tuesday i headed about 1/2hr away from work to go to the nearest Shell station (we have one 1/2hr either way and rarely go to this one).

On the way back, travelling along the A146 (main national speed limit road) i came up behind a black nissan navara, road was clear and i overtook... i noticed as i passed he sped up, so i carried on my way and off i went.

About a mile or so down the road it turns in to a 50mph limit, and i caught up with a little traffic, slowed to circa 45mph and suddenly notice a black navara coming up behind me very quckly, he braked very late and sat riiiiiiight on my back bumper (to the point i wondered if he was going to touch).

so put my left indicator on and pulled in to layby, thought i am not arguing with a navara which will write this car off in one foul swoop..... he then proceed to stop next to me and block me in....he didnt say anything, or do anything, just sat next to me. I put my window down to ask what he was doing, and before i had, off he went.

Very strange i thought, so i pulled back out and carried on my way, only to find he had stopped in the middle of the road... i waited, and nothing....so i drove around him and thought i am just going to get out of here now.... as i passed him i am faced with a 40mph camera so am doing 40mph....

Next thing he is on the wrong side of the road next to me, and just turned into me. I hit the brakes as hard as i could, and went as far left as i could, but he hit the offside front wing, and pushed me in to the kerb.

He then tried to make off down a country lane, i caught him and got his reg, and just as i caught him he went left across a field!

As you can imagine i was, and am still furious.
Main thing is that i was on my own, Carly (heavily pregnant) and my girls were not in the car, they were at home.

Car is just cosmetic really, but not the point.

A few pics.... you can see the dirt where i had to go down the lanes to catch him to get his reg.













Big thanks to Kris, GG3001 and Gary @ APT for helping me get things in place quickly to get it fixed.

I will be taking it to the Bodycentre over the next couple of days, and when it comes back it will be better than ever

 

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Got a few bits turned up, and a few bits on the way.

New wing has arrived (i say new - it is used but in good condition and Scotia white).

Also the Apexi PFC D-Jet.
The AFM is playing up, Gary asked what future plans are and based on what we will be using the car for, the power we want, and budget, Gary advised going this route. Quite old tech now but works fine and will be ample for us.




Also got some other goodies on the way -

 

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On the 11th December we met our baby girl, who we have named Skye.
As you can imagine it meant a hectic December, Christmas and New Year, and i am only just catching up with myself and getting back on the ball.

She is healthy, and doing very well, bit of a scary birth as her heart rate plummeted, emergency alarm pulled by the midwife, 7 people rushing in the room and decision made to do an emergency c section - they had her out in 7 minutes, absolutely incredible and we cannot thank the staff enough.

Below are a few pictures we had done of here...

 

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The insurance seemed to drag a little, took them a while to approve the works.
Good news is, engineers are aware that the Evo's are rising in value as they valued this at £20k! :eek:

Higher than i expected them to say as they usually go low!

I found a couple of used offside front wings, but both needed painting.
I had hoped to find one which i could bolt straight on in really good condition, as the car is original paint other than bumpers. However i decided to go with one of the white ones which needed painting, as finding a mint one could take forever.

Once i had dropped the wing off with the Bodycentre, myself and Carly agreed that if it is having that wing painted, we would go with a full front end paint to freshen it up, plus we would then feel a little more symmetrical :crackup:

So Tuesday i finally got the green light to go and collect the car from the Bodycentre to collect the car.



After collecting the car i took it over to APT. Gary and Danny did a great job fitting the Coilovers, RARB, and PF pads all round, plus a geo set up of course.




Lastnight i put it in the workshop, where it will stay until spring, with a few little plans, nothing major, just a couple of little bits.


Then early this morning i awake and laid in bed, something bugging me, which has been for months..... so i got up, went to work, moved some cars around and.....



:wallbang::wallbang::wallbang::wallbang::mhihi:


Spent 1&1/2 hours before getting out of my petrol soaked clothes and opening up the showroom, but underneath the underseal it is superb!

 

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I got another couple of hours, but nothing more since then.





Going to be dropping the subframes etc this week, really clean it all up properly

 

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With a big thanks to Gary & Dan from APT... this happened lastnight lol.










I will get some better pictures in the daylight, but basically the underside is stripped, means i can ensure i don't miss any areas cleaning off the old underseal, and protecting with the clear wax.

Whilst it is all off, i will be having a few bits plated/coated and i will be cleaning everything of course.

In an ideal world i will reveal a really nice chassis, and bolts everything back on looking fresh again.


Considering i told Carly i was not touching the underside this winter because we are far too busy, i am doing pretty well :crackup: :wallbang:

 

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Not a heavy update, but had very little time to touch the Evo.

Last night i spent around 2 hrs on it, and started putting things in piles, bolts/brackets etc for gold zinc plating, and bolts etc for olive green & pile for black etc etc.

Also got a few bits together for powder coating.

Last night was the first night i really got stuck in with underseal removal and it is coming along, shouldn't take toooo long to get it all off

Hoping to get some more time on it tonight and tomorrow i can send bits off for plating etc
















I really must get some more masks today though, my mask broke yesterday so was doing it with no mask and the door open... ended up feeling a little high, had to go and sit outside for a while! :eek: :crackup: :crackup:

 

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Well a little bit of progress is better than no progress!!





Made a start on cleaning bits up, although barely got any pictures.

I now have a side of the workshop for clean bits, ready to go back on, and a side for bits yet to do...







Also started polishing the exhaust, crap picture but it is coming up well.





Still waiting to hear back from my guy about bolts, but ready to go...







Also dropped off a load of bits for powder coating, which i am hoping will be ready end of the week to collect


Hoping to get a little time on it this evening, and then most of the day Saturday.
Going away for a week next week, so would like to get as mush done this week as possible.

Would like to have the Diff all cleaned up, bolts all sent away, and some new bits i need ordered at the minimum.

Hopefully 2-3 weeks can start popping it all back together.

 

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Been slacking on the Evo, but had a couple of evening's on it now and plan to spend quite a few up and coming evening'son it so i can get it on the road come spring time.

So picked up the powder coated parts, took them a while to complete them but main thing is they are done now.

All bolts/brackets etc off to be zinc plated and should be back soon.

Last couple of nights have been spent removing more underseal, also removed the Defi gauges and controller etc, stripped the rear shafts ready to refurb them, spent more time on cleaning up the rear diff (was covered in underseal).

Carly also helped out a little lastnight, and gave a few parts a coat of paint which we prepped.

Tonight will only be an hour or son on the car but will mainly be removing underseal.

Remember this car is not aimed to be concours, just clean, tidy and useable.
Having said that, i think i spent around an hour cleaning a handbrake cable which was covered in underseal lastnight :wallbang::crackup:

It is a long process with the underseal being so thick, and wanting to preserve the original finish of the underside. Would have been quicker to scrape it, wire wheel it, and paint the floor

 

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So lastnight myself and Carly spent some quality time together :crackup:




Made some progress, and the 'done' pile of parts is getting bigger now

Some parts not pictured, which we finished off lastnight.

All that is left now, is waiting for the zinc plated bolts/nuts/washers etc to come back. Clean up the fuel tank, and refurb some alloy Evo6 rear arms i have got, get the new superpro rarb powder coated to match the front Cusco underbrace, and finish cleaning the underseal off, cavity wax it all and apply clear wax on underside, then bolt it all back together.

Once that is done, back to APT for Tomei cams, and Apexi ECU, have geo done, and fit the new gauges i ordered yesterday.
Also started making a vent gauge pod, not sure how it will turn out :crackup:

And got a spare ashtray to mod, so the boost controller can be mounted on that, meaning we can fit a double din stereo.

A few pics.....

 

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A little more progress...


Got the offside half of the underside pretty much clear of underseal now, just a few little bits which we will get with a final clean.

Yesterday we started on the nearside, and made some decent progress.... the underseal is soooooo thick in some places it is unreal!

Offside:










Nearside:











Also whipped the wheel off to send away for a retrim by the guys at Royal steering Wheels.




Just ordered RA and whiteline rear bushes for the rear arms, along with new balljoints.
Need to strip the rear arms and get them powdercoated asap.

Dropped my decat pipe off for a lambda boss to be welded in, so can run a AFR gauge.


Got loads to do, think Japfest might be a bit of a push

 

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So with it looking like we are cutting it very fine for Japfest, the only sensible thing is to strip it some more right? :eek::wallbang::crackup:

 

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Thanks for the kind comments guys...

Bit of a picture update....

So black underseal is now removed, a few more during pictures here.


















Then the zinc plated parts arrived, so fun and games trying to work out where they all go :crackup:









Made a start bolting things back together.















Then bagged everything so i could cavity wax the chassis and clear underseal the underside.










Started bolting bits back on.










Evolution badge arrived, removed the 'V' - now just waiting on carbon exhaust surround for back bumper.





Went and picked up the wheels from GG3001 (Paul) at the weekend, and now just need to seal them





That brings us roughly up to date.
Rear arms came back from the powdercoaters yesterday, should be silver, they are chrome silver :wallbang:

They need to go back to be done standard silver so thats set us back around a week now :cry: