Taking a trip in the e85 evo 9 to grab some coffee and talk about some common problems in all the Evo 8, Evo 9 and Evo X! Hopes this helps you guys in your hunt for an Evo! Follow me on instagram @DISSFOOJOSH
i mean its not a built motor just a different one but if i had to do it all again i would not. I wouldve 100% gone with an Evo X because they make more power stock block than an Evo 8/9 and handle the power better. The shop i go to has an Evo X making 709AWHP and the stock long block has like 100,000 miles. If you tried to replicate that with an 8/9 and it ACTUALLY LAST it would blow up forsure. The X is also much faster from a roll ive seen them spank cars making over 200-300whp more and they still give it the bus length gap
Dat Boosted Ute eh yes and no drag racing yes from a 40mph roll the X will rape that old iron block powered ass any day and run more mileage wise with less issues
I’ve had 2 IX. One was a 2.3 striker shep trans and diffs. 768 awhp. My last one was a stock 2.0. Cams. Boltons. Pump fuel. 360/360 power and it was so fun. I miss the Evo but almost want a Subaru.
I''m an original owner of a IX SE. I have two buying/tuning tips: 1. If you come across an Evo like the one in the video, don't buy it. This should seem obvious, but apparently it's not. 2. This is how you uncork the motor on a IX: boost control, a fuel pump, a turbo-back exhaust, and a tune. That's it, nothing more. It's around 400hp with zero drawbacks. Anytime that you deviate from this you will have problems. Like this car, and I'm ignoring the pure bullshit about the MAF and the drivetrain. There's no reason to run E85 at such a mild state of tune and there's even less reason to convert to SD. The huge injectors will never run like stock, regardless of the skill of the tuner, and SD essentially amounts to taking a guess. Why do this? BTW, the MAP sensor is used to read boost, not the MAF. This car has aftermarket 272 cams, even though it had 272 cams in stalled at the factory. This brings me to the second part of this - if you decide to build an Evo, you need to know the platform better than the people doing the work. Just as with the cams, you need to know what you have. Josh seems like a nice guy and I don't want to rag on him or on his car. Just keep in mind that this isn't how it's done.
Josh another awesome video keep it up brother! I have a 2005 Evo VIII MR graphite gray with only 29k original miles. The brembo calipers are bright red still running the original brake pads. I bought it from the original owner back in 2008. My Evo was only used for car meets and weekend summer drives been garaged up never even been out in the rain. If I would decide to sell where would you recommend posting up to find a good home or maybe you could do a video on it?
Honestly if i were you i would hold onto it and let the value build up because if it is lightly modified or completely stock you can sell that car one day for easily $50k-$60k or more but if you are ready to part ways with it i would recommend trying to sell it on facebook, bringatrailer.com or i would post it on eBay and let people bid for it
Basically just don't buy a Evo 8/9 or buy it assuming it's been heavily modified and cobbled back to "stock-ish". Does anyone still drive these cars in legit stock form?
Don’t even consider 8/9 to buy.. 9/10 they are replaced with something major and who wants a car bolted with parts from another car unless your somewhat a good mechanic. X has better chance being untouched since it’s newer. Evo era is over and it is more a collectible over practicality now. Buy new sti or wait if XI will ever come out
Honestly seems almost better to buy a “built” one if it’s what you end up doing to the car anyway if they got receipts to prove who has done the work. Problem with that is, lots of these haven been put together by uncle Tito.
@@davingarcia1369 Spoolinup has a SD harness you can plug info the MAF on the harness and run a AIT for SD. Just make sure you are getting tuned for it.
You’d think Evo Community would have honest people when buying/selling but complete opposite got to watch out for sketchy people! When i bought my 8 I was lied to about so many things ended up replacing turbo & getting the head redone. Thumbs up 👍 from experience this video is a must watch before buying any evo. Evo = money pit 🤣
yeah man its weird like just tell someone what they are buying it really shouldnt be that hard to find a clean one but its very hard and very very expensive for unmolested one
The videos on TH-cam are most certainly not representative of our community. The YT people are ricers and don't know much about the platform at all, but sure like to sound like they do. It's frustrating.
Once again Josh excellent video for the Evolution community Always enjoy your content and I must say because of you I bought myself my 1st evo It was gonna be one like yours except silver it wasn't in the cards though so I end up getting a 2014 evolution 10 and I love this car to death I haven't looked back since I already owned it for 3 years and I recommend this car to anyone that loves to have a smile on their face Every time you drive the car It's that addicting. Keep up the good work can't wait to see the next video
I can’t get enough of your black Evo, almost exactly what I had a few years ago. Now I have a final edition (with MR seats Recaros), but I still miss my IX. Think I need one of each generation.
Good video Josh, over here in UK the 8's have the ACD as standard & therefore the 3 lights on means a pump rebuild. Also with the fluid service I always think it's OTT that some people change Transmission, T Case & Diff oil every single year even with low miles. Can understand dropping the engine oil, but Trans & Diff oils should be good for longer. I use Redline MT85 in my 8, which is meant to be the same as the cocktail you speak of already mixed.
Good video, however Credit Unions are not more lenient. For the most part it feels like that since they are not as regulated as bigger banks. I know you are trying to help, but don’t trash a bigger bank if you really are not in the finance industry. Don’t you think Credit Unions are in the business of making money too? Just constructive criticism...
Another reason when I bought my X, most of 8/9 are douche canoes. Not you, Josh. My 4g63 is superior, the X is heavy, the X is not real Evo. Grow the hell up. Go tell Mitsubishi they didn't make a real Evo. The X is a better engine. The X handles better. I could care less about drag times. That's not what the car was ever designed for. I'll still own another X one day. I miss it.
do you think the evo 10 are good ? just move to Hawaii and a fellow soldier is selling his 2010 evo x its stock right now. if I buy it Im just gonna put bolts on and a tune and thats about it. But im Honda guy and dont know shit about evos
I always wanted a 9 due to the 4g63 but they’re so hard to find now and if you do find a good one the prices on them are ridiculous, the 10s are newer and aren’t so expensive most the time and for someone like me that’s only 20 and just started building my credit I can get one off the dealer and build my credit that way since I’m obviously not going to have all that money cash but I’m the future I for sure will get a 9 one day
Facts, however if you get the stock parts with the car. Sometimes having double of everything helps. Always keep in mind, if it’s not your first Evo you see it’s most likely a third or fourth. Some of these vehicles are becoming overpriced, specially in California. Good luck hunting 🤙
yo bro im about to pull the trigger on picking up an evo 9 and youre legit in my area idk if you had any way of staying connected or reccomending places to get evos worked on
@@interceptingfist5682 well it won't happen if you use the right fuel(I use shell v-power)have it mapped to reflect the parts on the car and DON'T DRIVE IT LIKE A DICK 😉 Plus mine is a 2004,ringland failure wasn't really an issue until later 2007+ models so.......
Knowing what you know now about it being a built motor and heavily modified prior to you buying it, would you still have bought that exact car?
i mean its not a built motor just a different one but if i had to do it all again i would not. I wouldve 100% gone with an Evo X because they make more power stock block than an Evo 8/9 and handle the power better. The shop i go to has an Evo X making 709AWHP and the stock long block has like 100,000 miles. If you tried to replicate that with an 8/9 and it ACTUALLY LAST it would blow up forsure. The X is also much faster from a roll ive seen them spank cars making over 200-300whp more and they still give it the bus length gap
@@DissFooJosh I also know 8/9 on stock block making 800 HP no problem, no issues. Depends on the builder, 8/9 will beat a heavy ass 10 anyday imo.
Dat Boosted Ute eh yes and no drag racing yes from a 40mph roll the X will rape that old iron block powered ass any day and run more mileage wise with less issues
Why can't we just get along lol
@@jyaj007 because thats how all evo owners are hahaha
05 evo 8 with 207k miles and still running strong 👌
hv u rebuilt it
@@johnnyng8527 nope not at all
Evos are very realible on stock form but make sure that you don’t go over 500HP.
@@ramiahwhitney9ehh I’m doing 312 rn probably gana push it to 400 and keep it their for a while haven’t had any issues in the moment
This gives me hope! I’m looking to buy a
137k evo 8
I’ve had 2 IX. One was a 2.3 striker shep trans and diffs. 768 awhp. My last one was a stock 2.0. Cams. Boltons. Pump fuel. 360/360 power and it was so fun. I miss the Evo but almost want a Subaru.
What makes you want a Subaru? I've owned 4 GC's and currently looking for a ct9a
@@zuk207 not really sure. Absolutely nothing wrong with the CT9A. I loved both mine. Very fun cars
Very informative and if I were to get an Evo in the future definitely would watch this video again.
Another great video! Think I’ll be shopping for another Evo this weekend. Maybe time to sell my DSM.
They are fun cars man take the pre-cautions and take your time no rush
I''m an original owner of a IX SE. I have two buying/tuning tips:
1. If you come across an Evo like the one in the video, don't buy it. This should seem obvious, but apparently it's not.
2. This is how you uncork the motor on a IX: boost control, a fuel pump, a turbo-back exhaust, and a tune. That's it, nothing more. It's around 400hp with zero drawbacks. Anytime that you deviate from this you will have problems. Like this car, and I'm ignoring the pure bullshit about the MAF and the drivetrain. There's no reason to run E85 at such a mild state of tune and there's even less reason to convert to SD. The huge injectors will never run like stock, regardless of the skill of the tuner, and SD essentially amounts to taking a guess. Why do this? BTW, the MAP sensor is used to read boost, not the MAF.
This car has aftermarket 272 cams, even though it had 272 cams in stalled at the factory. This brings me to the second part of this - if you decide to build an Evo, you need to know the platform better than the people doing the work. Just as with the cams, you need to know what you have. Josh seems like a nice guy and I don't want to rag on him or on his car. Just keep in mind that this isn't how it's done.
Josh another awesome video keep it up brother!
I have a 2005 Evo VIII MR graphite gray with only 29k original miles. The brembo calipers are bright red still running the original brake pads. I bought it from the original owner back in 2008. My Evo was only used for car meets and weekend summer drives been garaged up never even been out in the rain.
If I would decide to sell where would you recommend posting up to find a good home or maybe you could do a video on it?
Put it up for sale on bringatrailer. Com. A stock Evo 9 SE with 40k miles recently sold for 39k on there.
Honestly if i were you i would hold onto it and let the value build up because if it is lightly modified or completely stock you can sell that car one day for easily $50k-$60k or more but if you are ready to part ways with it i would recommend trying to sell it on facebook, bringatrailer.com or i would post it on eBay and let people bid for it
Carsandbids.com once it gains a larger following
Basically just don't buy a Evo 8/9 or buy it assuming it's been heavily modified and cobbled back to "stock-ish". Does anyone still drive these cars in legit stock form?
Yep almost every time either that or you can find one stock for like $40k which isn’t worth it at that point
I still do, just got it in Oct. But plan to do full bolt ons
I’ll be getting my gear oil done next week cause I have a slight grind doing into 5th
Yep makes a big difference and a weighted knob both together usually fix the issue
Just subbed last night. Got an evo X
nice 4b11t is the best
Don’t even consider 8/9 to buy.. 9/10 they are replaced with something major and who wants a car bolted with parts from another car unless your somewhat a good mechanic. X has better chance being untouched since it’s newer. Evo era is over and it is more a collectible over practicality now. Buy new sti or wait if XI will ever come out
you are not wrong the 8/9 are always mickey moused and impossible to find a clean one 90% of the time the X is the best bet forsure
Honestly seems almost better to buy a “built” one if it’s what you end up doing to the car anyway if they got receipts to prove who has done the work. Problem with that is, lots of these haven been put together by uncle Tito.
you should make a video talking about how you deleted the maf and put the speed density intake, thanks will help a lot
i will definitely consider it Davin
Josh Yu sounds good bro
@@davingarcia1369 Spoolinup has a SD harness you can plug info the MAF on the harness and run a AIT for SD. Just make sure you are getting tuned for it.
Seijin Dootson I actually just bought that harness. Super dope super clean and super easy. Just like their resistor box delete
Yeah I’d appreciate this, bought my evo 9 2 weeks ago! Mines a GT model though, JDM spec
You’d think Evo Community would have honest people when buying/selling but complete opposite got to watch out for sketchy people! When i bought my 8 I was lied to about so many things ended up replacing turbo & getting the head redone. Thumbs up 👍 from experience this video is a must watch before buying any evo. Evo = money pit 🤣
yeah man its weird like just tell someone what they are buying it really shouldnt be that hard to find a clean one but its very hard and very very expensive for unmolested one
The videos on TH-cam are most certainly not representative of our community. The YT people are ricers and don't know much about the platform at all, but sure like to sound like they do. It's frustrating.
@@felixf5211 they're not all mitch dore.🤣
Under the hood bushing and shifter bushing was the best upgrade I’ve ever done stoped my grinding and also did b&m short shifter.
Once again Josh excellent video for the Evolution community Always enjoy your content and I must say because of you I bought myself my 1st evo It was gonna be one like yours except silver it wasn't in the cards though so I end up getting a 2014 evolution 10 and I love this car to death I haven't looked back since I already owned it for 3 years and I recommend this car to anyone that loves to have a smile on their face Every time you drive the car It's that addicting. Keep up the good work can't wait to see the next video
I can’t get enough of your black Evo, almost exactly what I had a few years ago. Now I have a final edition (with MR seats Recaros), but I still miss my IX. Think I need one of each generation.
Thanks brotha some major changes coming soon ✅
Evo is a good 4wd car . Check out my build on evo 9 Fq 340
Another tip NO ONE says: Make sure you can afford to do the Maintenance on it.
I found an Unmodified Evo with 77k miles and I think I’m going to buy it it runs well
05 evo 8s have acd
Good video Josh, over here in UK the 8's have the ACD as standard & therefore the 3 lights on means a pump rebuild. Also with the fluid service I always think it's OTT that some people change Transmission, T Case & Diff oil every single year even with low miles. Can understand dropping the engine oil, but Trans & Diff oils should be good for longer. I use Redline MT85 in my 8, which is meant to be the same as the cocktail you speak of already mixed.
yeah the euro and japan ones also have AYC but mainly this video relates to anyone state side everyone else got the cooler cars
Clicked off the video when you arrived at starbucks
Doesnt mesh well with nahsci germany?
Good video, however Credit Unions are not more lenient. For the most part it feels like that since they are not as regulated as bigger banks. I know you are trying to help, but don’t trash a bigger bank if you really are not in the finance industry. Don’t you think Credit Unions are in the business of making money too? Just constructive criticism...
Another reason when I bought my X, most of 8/9 are douche canoes. Not you, Josh. My 4g63 is superior, the X is heavy, the X is not real Evo. Grow the hell up. Go tell Mitsubishi they didn't make a real Evo. The X is a better engine. The X handles better. I could care less about drag times. That's not what the car was ever designed for. I'll still own another X one day. I miss it.
do you think the evo 10 are good ? just move to Hawaii and a fellow soldier is selling his 2010 evo x its stock right now. if I buy it Im just gonna put bolts on and a tune and thats about it. But im Honda guy and dont know shit about evos
Evo's are AWESOME!
We need another build from you brother :(
I always wanted a 9 due to the 4g63 but they’re so hard to find now and if you do find a good one the prices on them are ridiculous, the 10s are newer and aren’t so expensive most the time and for someone like me that’s only 20 and just started building my credit I can get one off the dealer and build my credit that way since I’m obviously not going to have all that money cash but I’m the future I for sure will get a 9 one day
Did you get the car yet
@@moneyseeker8886 Sure did 😏
Did u get it yet bro ??
@@psycheadfuzzfreak830 got an evo x and then after that I sold it and got a C7 Z06 Corvette :)
Facts, however if you get the stock parts with the car. Sometimes having double of everything helps. Always keep in mind, if it’s not your first Evo you see it’s most likely a third or fourth. Some of these vehicles are becoming overpriced, specially in California. Good luck hunting 🤙
The 2004 and 2005extremely awesome 😎👍🏾
Hey what’s the name of the song on your video ?
yo bro im about to pull the trigger on picking up an evo 9 and youre legit in my area idk if you had any way of staying connected or reccomending places to get evos worked on
yeah shoot me a message on instagram - dissfoojosh
I got a evo X
405 whp/ 410 torque on E85
Stock turbo
Love it
I had a 9 with minor tune boost controller tein springs busher exhaust down pipe. I daily drove it for a couple years but I stupidly sold it.
aw dang
I’m saving up for either an 8 or 9 so I truly appreciate this video!! wish me luck!
Do u have it yet ?
@@psycheadfuzzfreak830 nah😞 worse I’m in a bad situation now
Good advice. I just bought an Abarth today but everything you said is spot on .
thanks brotha
This is a very helpful video!
Yo first video and found it today
Where'd you get your shift knob??
from some guy who makes knobs in san diego, i have a friend who makes customs ones though who i will be switching to
Good video!
Here's a tip.....buy a Subaru instead🤣🤣🤣🤣
Not everyone is a fan of ring land failure.
@@interceptingfist5682 well it won't happen if you use the right fuel(I use shell v-power)have it mapped to reflect the parts on the car and DON'T DRIVE IT LIKE A DICK 😉
Plus mine is a 2004,ringland failure wasn't really an issue until later 2007+ models so.......