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:scared: u have some heart man to buy that thing in that condition.you must have gotton a sweet deal from the careless owner. nice buy tho

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Welcome back to Mitsustyle! Soo glad u got another Evo and really glad you got a 10! i'm excited to see this things future and from what i've seen from your classy ass, i know you will do it right :)
Good buy!
switch that exhaust out asap!

Post pics of the interior!

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The car runs great and rides nice. As long as he can nip that cancer in the bud it'll end up being a great car.

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Loved the car! For sure Ridin Dirta!

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Someone needs to sign up the car the the dyno day, so they can base line it.

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^he had it on the dyno before he bought it, lol.

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You pulled the trigger on it! Woot! Good luck with it. Here's to a new beginning *raises beer you bought me*

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Nice! I need a ride sometime, I've still yet to have a ride in an X.

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Nice pickup! Should be a fun project.

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Whoa! Im kinda saddened and I dont know why. Maybe its the condition of the car, id probably run the other way after checking it out. It will be nice to see you clean it up and baby it though!

Congrats!! For some reason I still just cant see you driving an X. haha

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Omfg the tint is SO dark! 20% on top of factory tint!

Someone already dyno'd it :) I asked shane to verify the motor was healthy, and this was the first thing he thought of: toss it on the rollers, throw a few tweaks at it and see how it responds. His only comment was, 'it needs more mods!' LOL

red is pull #1, green is pull #3 after exactly two changes to the fuel map and a few other spots to see how she responded.
http://www.scheides.com/gallery/evoX...aust_uicp_fmic

If you compare this to murlo's baseline, it's pretty much spot on:
http://mitsustyle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25695

Needs a testpipe and some sort of an intake, but I cannot decide wtf I want, almost everything seems to have some sort of compromise. Need to sell more stuff before I can do anything, so I got time to decide :)

cheers mate!

Any time man! Let me get a few more parts on it first...

I've made a few friends along the way and so far things are looking bright for getting the bodywork done, rims fixed, and interior completed. Give me a few weeks, hopefully I'll have made some progress.

Gotta take it to the dealer first though to get some issues sorted.

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nice.. now just get rid of the Excessive autosport shit and it will be even better!

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Afraid I had the same thought...I'll give it the benefit of the doubt, but the uicp doesn't look that good from the photos. I'm surprised that people would do that when UR makes good looking stuff for pretty cheap.

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You're doing a favor to the Evo gods by saving this X. I'm sure you'll have plenty of fun with her!

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It actually doesn't look too bad. I took some close-up pics of the exhaust yesterday morning and decided that while it's not ideal, it is decent, and best of all it is FREE! I'll be sticking with this catback for a while.

Aside from the rusty welds, the UICP looks decent. Bling ain't everything you know :) I'll take it off for the trip to the dealer, and bring it by primo while its off.

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honestly i didn't think the car was too bad personally. I think it was a great pickup. Just needs some tuning/mod love.

Then a good clay bar/waxing!

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Wrinkle black FTMFW :D

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Thanks man! I washed it last night, holy crap do the imperfections jump out now. Friday it was covered in rain/dirt so it covered them up quite a bit.

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That is why i got out of a black car, the imperfections really jump out. But now i wish i had one again, i love black! ...cars, lol.

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Aaaand the car just puked out all of its power steering fluid. GREAT! Looks like its coming from the nose somewhere, on the cooling line. Boo.

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and....BARF!

FMIC must be rubbing :(

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Oh crap... Not good.

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Suck!

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omg this is kinda unbelievable. The hose clamp on the coupler that attaches to the FMIC was kinda sticking out and rubbing on the power steering cooling loop tube...and wore a hole in it. Unreal.

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man, for the paint condition, curbed wheels, and now the PS leaks? What other issues will rear their ugly heads!? This just doesn't seem to be promising to me..but, hopefully knowing you, you'll resurrect her from ashes.

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Dang that sucks! Should be an easy fix but still. :/

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Luckily scheides has the know-how to deal with any minor problem. There's a reason I went with a brand-new X...all of those little things cost a mint to have somebody else fix.

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^ lol... Paying someone to fix easy jobs like that is kinda sad.

40k over 25k. Easy decision for me.

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At least it will be a easy fix.

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Power steering is for chumps anyways!

Car dosen't look like its in horrible shape, and I know you will make it better than ever. Good luck!

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Low 30's unless you're buying an MR. My car had every option for 34.

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I bent the offending part of the hose clamp back a bit, its a tight spot so some JBweld and post-it notes will have to do for now. There's a napa very near my office, hopefully this holds together.

http://i.imgur.com/dPvsy.jpg

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Know how and the tools to do something are two very different things.

There are jobs that I did on my X that would've been cheaper to pay someone to do it because of the tools i had to buy.

You pay for everything with either time/money. No way around that. Some people prefer to spend their free time not wrenching on cars. If i had unlimited tools i would do a lot of stuff myself. I love working on cars.

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I park in a ramp. I can get away with a few things, but not much. I wasn't thinking about having a car hobby when I bought the condo.

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Find a friend with a garage :) I know a guy....

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I heard he helps people with their cars, but when he needs help working on his he makes his wife do it. ;)

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You need some tbolt clamps. I wonder who has 4 bins full of them ;)

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Now that everything's done. haha. Naw, I'm sure shit will start breaking soon enough. It's an overpriced DSM, right?

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Ill have to stop by. I wouldn't need shit if whoever put this clamp on there wasn't a retard.

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Wootski! Thanks mattD for the awesome idea!

Breaking this thing's cherry!

http://i.imgur.com/ekgrD.jpg

A close up of the actual damage doer:
http://i.imgur.com/u97q7.jpg

There was a liiiiiitle pinhole in there, unreal! Dizzle's idea, holding strong so far!
http://i.imgur.com/bChGn.jpg