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[Evo-00x]

Yes! put all the good shit in it
Is Dirk on a bit of a break from the SA project over here or has he gone back to NZ to spend our $AU to live like a king?
Hmmm cunning plans eh?... all I know is that when the both of you start throwing around ideas Im sure this Evo project would turn out to be something worth watching

[GSRWRC]

Yes! put all the good shit in it
Is Dirk on a bit of a break from the SA project over here or has he gone back to NZ to spend our $AU to live like a king?
Hmmm cunning plans eh?... all I know is that when the both of you start throwing around ideas Im sure this Evo project would turn out to be something worth watching

The man has 4 cars now, he's gotta come home on his weeks off to blow his Aussie bucks on those hah!

[JC evo1]

You've done a good job tidying it up so far, at least it wasnt as bad as some of the evo's I've seen from NZ
Can't wait to see what you morph it into, good luck!

[GSRWRC]

You've done a good job tidying it up so far, at least it wasnt as bad as some of the evo's I've seen from NZ
Can't wait to see what you morph it into, good luck!

Hah yeah, pretty sure its one of only a handful of early Evos left still retaining the stock wing. A look I intend to keep, although I may have a spare spoilerless bootlid for when I take it to the drags.

[GSRWRC]

Evo VII ECU should arrive tomorrow, plus had an Evo I inlet manifold + t/b arrive today.
Also ordered some Ultra racing 3 point fender braces, were cheap ($135 for the pair) so thought why not. Will install those in a few weeks after I recover from my 74 hour work week starting Sunday (WTF did I agree to that for!?)

[GSRWRC]

Fender braces and Evo VII ECU are here Who knows if the fender braces actually do much, but meh, can't hurt!

Edited by GSRWRC, 28 February 2012 - 03:33 AM.

[SIVART]

Ive been trying to find out what they do also

there very well priced too

[EVL20T]

They help the strut/firewall flex, ive seen heaps of lancer with cracks from the firewall between the bonnet hinges

[BooF]

thats why you get it all welded like i did

[GSRWRC]

Mate had a set of custom trailing arms up for grabs as he's changed to a full multilink later model rear end, and purely out of laziness I snapped them up. They've had a bit of seam welding, but most importantly they're 5 stud and have the custom spherical bearing swap already done. This replaced the generally flogged out rubber bush and is infintely better than a poly bush that binds up when the rear end compresses, added bonus is that I can lose the shit factory toe control in the rear too as I will control rear toe by stacking washers either side of the spherical bearing to set it. They have Brembo adaptors pictured, but I will be returning them to the factory braking setup.

Also got another mate doing a Brembo swap to his FTO, so I can rob the front hub assembly off him as he's changing to Evo IV stuff.

Edited by GSRWRC, 20 March 2012 - 06:21 AM.

[htgsr]

I've got a set of those braces on my GSR firewall crack hasn't got any worse since I put them in, so they must help

[DOUGMO]

they are from jarreds car yeah? I actually have sperical bearings/bushes for the front of the trailing arm too now

and sperical toe arms, thinking I may not run the toe arm to save weight though and as you say free it all up a bit

[GSRWRC]

they are from jarreds car yeah? I actually have sperical bearings/bushes for the front of the trailing arm too now

and sperical toe arms, thinking I may not run the toe arm to save weight though and as you say free it all up a bit

Yeah they're from Jarred Bs car. Were a bargain really, plus it frees up the bits I still have for the spherical conversion for the Rage in the years to come.

[(2much)]

Is there a thread to jarreds car, id like to see the rear end swap,

i had every thing dummies up, and only the top arm doesnt bolt up, i would have thought you need to cut and weld in a different upper pivot into the chassis rail.

Also need to change the fuel filler as it fouls the upper control arm.

[GSRWRC]

Is there a thread to jarreds car, id like to see the rear end swap,

i had every thing dummies up, and only the top arm doesnt bolt up, i would have thought you need to cut and weld in a different upper pivot into the chassis rail.

Also need to change the fuel filler as it fouls the upper control arm.

It's on evo123.net

[GSRWRC]

3 point Fender Brace fitted. Needs work to line the door back up, but otherwise fitted right up after drilling a couple of holes. I didn't like the bolts they came with, so replaced them with some nice re-passivated ones from my spares container.

[Liberoz]

3 point Fender Brace fitted. Needs work to line the door back up, but otherwise fitted right up after drilling a couple of holes. I didn't like the bolts they came with, so replaced them with some nice re-passivated ones from my spares container.

Those fender braces are to be fitted on top of the door hinges (hence your doors are out of alignment)
as for what they do/ work you'll notice a big difference when jacking up the car from the rad support / front 0f crossmember
the chassis will flex's 60% less than it did before fitting them.

Damm good part for those chasing handling mods

[GSRWRC]

Those fender braces are to be fitted on top of the door hinges (hence your doors are out of alignment)
as for what they do/ work you'll notice a big difference when jacking up the car from the rad support / front 0f crossmember
the chassis will flex's 60% less than it did before fitting them.

Damm good part for those chasing handling mods

haha yeah, figured that out yesterday, brain fade there on my part!

[Evo-00x]

lol.. I saw the pic and went wtf? yeah youve definitely had a brain explosion on that one man
Ive noticed that when jacking the car up, the front end doesnt flex as much, just like what George described.
Hopefully this goes a long way toward preventing cracks in the firewall that Lancers tend to experience.
I havent seen an EVO yet crack at the top of the firewall, which would be due to the extra support brackets welded on and around the strut towers.

Edited by EVO-00X, 29 March 2012 - 06:20 AM.

[MISGSR]

nice one on the fender braces, I've heard nothing but good on these, very popular when I was working at the shop.

and lol you are the parts barter master - dog the bargain hunter