2001 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII  

MaTBoY
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Post #1 post 16th May 2012 - 12:08 AM
Engine:
4G63

Exhaust:
Cat back, planning to upgrade to a turbo back system.

Suspension:
Bilsteins ripped from an Evo 9 PP. Tien S-Tech Springs

Wheels:
17" Volk Racing CE28N wrapped in Advan AD08's.

Modifications:
Greddy intercooler + larger piping.
Coil packs and Leads
Exedy HD Clutch
Ralliart Air Intake

Stereo Audio / Visual:
Carbon Lip, that's about it.
Nothing worth mentioning here...

Estimated Power:
175kw@wheels
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I know it's nothing special compared to some of the cars on here but I'll post it up anyways with a little info and I'll use this spot to dump new photo's of it when I get around to shooting them.



I'm the original Aussie owner of the vehicle. I purchased it about 5 years ago to replace my aging R32 Gts't. I was looking for either a mint R32 GTR (GOOD LUCK), or a bayside blue R34 GTT at the time. After driving a few Gtt's I decided it was more of a sideways step instead of a real upgrade, and after test driving an Evo the decision to change flags was made.



After shopping around for a while, doing some homework and looking at a stack of cars I found one I really liked that had just landed from Japan. It was stock except for the cat back exhaust and in great condition with about 30,000km on the clock.



The car stayed stock for ages, I was busy saving for camera gear and a house deposit. I still took it to the track occasionally and it's performance for a stocker was amazing. I loved it. The only initial mod was fitting a heavy duty clutch and upgrading the rotors to DBA4000's with some ceramic composite pads on each corner. After that I just tried to tidy up a stack of small things and get it nice and neat and clean.





After a while I got sick of the stock look, I had the house deposit done, I had enough gear to get more serious about shooting, so I recently started making a few additions to the car. (If I don't sell it, there's some engine mods on the way soon too)
Before....


After....


I changed the intercooler and more importantly upgraded all the piping.

I sourced a set of CE28N's for the car. Wrapped in Yokohama's awesome AD08 rubber. Such a rad tyre.



Also added a Carbon lip to the front, and replaced the rear bar with an Evo 9 version.



As of now...



I'm looking into a carbon blade for the wing, some more carbon interior bits and possibly another vortex generator (I lost the other one at 180km :/ )



I'm currently looking into some new suspension to help out around the track but isn't to stiff to make it a pain in the arse to use as a daily.



After suspension I plan on finishing off the pipework. Both on the induction and exhaust side and a tune. I'm not sure If I'll do much on it beyond that at this stage.





I'll use this post to dump new shots of it and be sure to keep the progress updated too, but for now.. it's scotch o'clock.
2001 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Vii

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  • turbo183
    Post #2

    I love the photos and write up. Your car is awesome too!

    tomopo
    Post #3

    Looks wicked. 7Tune [=

    andyb749
    Post #4

    looks really good, do you get alot of attention and people trying to race you?

    scottyg938
    Post #5

    looks good, except for the transformers badge...

    SiKWiKD
    Post #6

    everything is perfect except transformer badge also love write up excellent car bro makes me jealous

    joel-ls1
    Post #7

    I hate transformer badges but that kinda suits it.

    01BEN
    Post #8

    Awesome car mate (PS. piss the transformers badge right off) and love the write up you have done was a good read. Did you do all the photography?

    MaTBoY
    Post #9

    I get a lot of stock lancers trying to race me, I don't bother though. Not much point.

    I get a lot of hate for the decepticon badge, but I love it. All my cars have had one (LOOOOOOONG BEFORE THOSE HORRIBLE MOVIES), and all my future cars will have one. wink.gif

    I'll dump a few more pics later in the week.

    OUTLANDER
    Post #10

    Very nice write up to go with a very nice car.

    krayziebenno
    Post #11

    mint Evo. carbon lip and rear bar look great. as do the photos.

    VernonKoekemoer
    Post #12

    Sick car bud. Dig the dark mags

    alex338
    Post #13

    transformers badge ruins it

    ZCH91
    Post #14

    Love it mate! Though the orange reflector on the headlights kinda annoys me..

    Good luck with it

    xr6stylin
    Post #15

    Mint as man, looks great, bet she drives well too. Hard to believe tossers think an entire car is 'ruined' by a tiny little badge on the grill cuz society told them its gay. Each to their own, I think it suits the car, good to have personal touches.

    jre35
    Post #16

    Great write up and great photos, mate. Good luck with the future mods. I like it.

    niSSSdan
    Post #17

    Schweeeeet as smile.gif

    demonic555666
    Post #18

    so awesome mate, the photos are GREAT as well.

    nickosan
    Post #19

    what a beauty of a car you quite obviously treat it with a lot love and respect. the write up was a great read which you don't get around here very often and is something i can appreciate a lot. keep up the good work thumbsup.gif thumbsup.gif and GL for the future plans

    NOL499
    Post #20

    Looks amazing!

    Kane
    Post #21

    Unreal mate. You have a great grasp of photography as well clearly. What triggers/flashes are you using? Also any info on your rig setup?

    BDI
    Post #22

    Looks great, nice VII - These look great in silver, i love the lines of the VII.

    Good luck with the car - But I would flick the transformer badge, ruins a nice looking car. The only thing you should have on the grill is 3 diamonds.

    1TUFF80
    Post #23

    Very nice write up mate, love what you've done with the evo thumbsup.gif

    MaTBoY
    Post #24

    Thanks everyone smile.gif

    Kane, I've got 2x studio strobes and portable power packs, 3x flashes and I've recently upgraded triggers to Cactus V5's. they work brilliantly!
    As for the rig, I made it myself in lunch breaks at work. (got a good workshop here)


    Here's a couple extra shots for my Decepticon Fan Club wink.gif









    hehehehe

    175OVR
    Post #25

    maaaaad car bud, just piss the transformers badge off, plus cannot see the photos from your last post.

    WILL.
    Post #26

    QUOTE (MaTBoY @ May 16 2012, 07:21 PM) *
    I get a lot of stock lancers trying to race me, I don't bother though. Not much point.

    I get a lot of hate for the decepticon badge, but I love it. All my cars have had one (LOOOOOOONG BEFORE THOSE HORRIBLE MOVIES), and all my future cars will have one. wink.gif

    I'll dump a few more pics later in the week.

    movies are good. badge is fail. car is porn. keep it up smile.gif

    SuzukiRM03
    Post #27

    This car is nothing short of amazing, all i think is wooow!

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