A Guide to Modifying Evos- The Aftermarket Ep. 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มิ.ย. 2024
- Since we covered Turbo Subarus in Ep 1 of The Aftermarket, it's only natural that we're going to cover their long-time rival, the Mitsubishi Evo, in today's episode. I sat down with Ronnie Soliman of RS Motors, home to some of the fastest Evos in North America. This video will cover Evo 8s, 9s, and Xs, as those were the ones we got in the US.
Special thanks to Ronnie and Paul of RS Motors for hosting me. Check them out if you're in need of anything Evo, Subaru, or tuner car related.
Thanks to Mark and Cheyenne for letting us film their Xs.
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I miss the good ol rivalry between the evo and the sti, I wish Mitsubishi would make them again.
All we could for now is hope that they will continue the rivalry
There is supposedly a new one returning with the help of Renault
Was that the SUV crossover?
@@mattblue8759 I have doubts on using a powertrain from the French company. It will take alot of work to convince buyers into buying one like we seen Toyota trying so hard to market its Supra even though it has a BMW powertrain
@@advalencia7374 that be sick if Mitsubishi makes another SUV crossover. Its been 30 years since they last made one with the Pajero Evo
As an evo owner..... He forgot to mention the one thing we cant do......
Make bloody U Turns !!!!!
That's why we have a hand brake lol RALLY U TURNS!!!
bullshit homie, you just arent driving it right. EBRAKE and swing that shit
Thats just the worst idea ever in an evo 4/5/6 😂
lol
83 point turns are all the rage.
This makes my heart super happy.
Mine too im so happy
Damn a legend was here
Jiiiiiiiii.I
I remember watching this guy running 10s on stock turbo back in the day from Evom. Great to see the OGs still doing it
Long time Evo owner here. You guys did a great job with this video. Keep up the great work!
This is why I personally love cars. All the crazy combinations you can do to make your better and faster
The vids are every week super high quality. Hats off
Please do one episode on GTI's / R's
This is such a great idea for a series! It gives car guys a peek into a new chassis to modify, which is great if you're considering expanding your fleet. 10/10
Love the quality of work like always. EVOGANG for the win.
Man i love Evo and Mitsubishi so much . Love both 4g and 4B series .
I don't comment much but there is nothing like waking up on Saturday to a G&G upload. Keep up the good work 🤙🏾
Every time I watch your Evo videos, I want to buy another one. Had an 8, favorite car ever! So many good memories.
Thank you guys. Evo fan here 🇵🇪🇦🇺and have enjoyed your video so much👏👏
Wow this is such a great well made video!! Even actual shop taken apart peices is such gold to see!! High quality I love it!!
I loved this video. I would love to have a Evo parked next to my STI and me deciding which one to day on that day lol
EJ257_ 4real x2
Im in the same boat man. I'd love to have a Evo IX next to my 06 STi.
I always hear sti guys say this. Never have I ever heard an Evo guy say this. We are not the same. 🤣
@@jameelrose I have heard it a few times. I've been offered buy evo guy older man to possibly sell my car. I guess its who you know. it's a history for us rally fans we grew up watching these cars chew up dirt n snow jump slide all over. why not own both.
I have a Subaru rs over fender front and back and planning to get an evo once the economy /stock market starts getting better then from the worst that’s about to come
This guy should be running Mitsubishi's R&D. Its always the guys in the aftermarket who do it for the love that make the biggest difference. Another amazing video.
I usually watch vids on my Xbox where I can’t comment, but I had to get on my phone to leave a comment of appreciation of this video. I haven’t enjoyed a video like this in a long time. This was awesome!
Civic after a must in my opinion
Cars like Civics and Mustangs open up a can of worms since there are so many modification routes tog go down, whereas the Evos and STIs are fairly specialized
Could listen to this guy all day. Wish I had his knowledge.
Excellent vid, love Evo's. This guy knows his stuff!
This guy is absolutely brilliant! Love this! He's actually authoritative.
You Ben’s did awesome! RS Motors sounds like a fantastic shop that clearly knows the market. Couldn’t have asked for a better Evo video!
Ron at RS motors is a piece of shit. Don't work with him. Doesn't care about his customers, just funding his racing hobby.
@@mikedowning8506 have anything to back that up or just talking shit?
One of the best videos I've seen in a long time I give it five thumbs up
Often times I get alot of questions from people about the S-Chassis models and differences from overseas like the Silvia, 180SX, and 200SX compared to our domestic 240SX. I think it'd be a good episode idea to clear up confusion! Great video guys!
Best automotive channel out there, this proves it!
Great video. Dude is a great resource to the Evo community and the car community in general.
100%
Absolutely LOVE this series!!
i love evos. the IX was my first sports car and really got me into cars on another level. i had an X years later that i regret selling to this day but holy hell that thing had a lot of small issues. listen to this guy and BUY STOCK! driver mod > car parts
Good finding a stock car to begin with.
Zerofightervi after about a year and a half i found mine 83k stock
@@floppaturnt I forget how lucky we are in the being able to buy direct from Japan.
You can basically take your pick from loads of low mileage Evos over here.
That man who's talking about the evo is a deam genius and know what exactly the can do and how to do it .. Knowledge pers.. Anddd im pretty sure they don't have a lot of guy who think and knows like him in USA. Respect
I love this series great content guys!!!
Well put together interview. I miss my IX. I still have the window sticker framed in my Garage from when I bought it.
What did you switch to for a fun car? or did you get out of the game?
😕😕😕
love this series! I have always wanted someone to do an aftermarket breakdown on popular tuner cars. I will say that the Subaru tuner/speed shop was WAY more honest about the reliability because real car guys know that the EVO and STI are fantastic machines, but they are prone to break/blow. Can’t wait to see what’s next!
Evo has always been my dream car until I finally got an Evo 8 about 2 years ago now. Its been non stop modifying and I never get tired of seeing it in the mornings and driving it every day. Best bang for buck car you can get. Simple bolt ons and E85 can get you bigger power and their looks are so timeless.
Amazing vid, crystal clear content!
I have owned and modified my evo9 since 2009 and it is the best platform mitsu made. The thru analog and responsive feel is unmatched. Its violent. I love that beast.
Thanks a bunch for this video! I've been on the fence on which EVO gen I wanna get in the next few years and now I know the 10's aren't as bad as people were telling me.
your videos are always appointment viewing. great job
Yesssss! Let's prop up the value of Evo 9's even more!
Absolutely love this video. Thank you for making it
I love this series so much!!! I know American cars aren't exactly your main focus but an aftermarket video on Mustangs or even Ford Focuses would be really nice!!!
Only had an 04 oz rally but man I loved that thing. Great handling car. Could only imagine to have an evo growing up while I was younger. Could only image.....
I like this setup videos... just need more of these.
love this documentary, this guy is straight and passionate about the build! Also very reasonable on the description and horsepower goal!
Awesome! Im saying this bc lots of video here on youtube, the tuner or builder can easily say: ive got this that etc...i make 800hp-900hp!!!
As a fellow evo 8 driver , I love this video ! Spot on information!!
agreed
Great rundown. Even as long time Evo owner I learned a few things 👍🏼
Gears and Gasoline's video quality is on a unmatched level.
Love my evo, great episode!
This series is actually sick need more episodes
the suspension travel on the evo x in the last shot was nice
I don’t understand why people dislike this videos 👽 this is poetry man 🙏🏼✊🏼
finally! love for the CT9a 🥳👍🏿
I love this series so much even after only 2 episodes. I'd love to see the next one be on the Skyline GTRs.
Best way to start a morning
evos are just sooo beautiful
Awesome series!
An episode like this on time attack Miatas would be even more awesome🙌
Good stuff guys 👍 such a detailed video
Loved my IX MR. Bought it new in 2006, and sold it in 2012 and still regret getting rid of it. Even though I've had other sports cars since then, I still find the Evo is the standard by which I base all my cars.
Man awesome video! Love my some 4G63. I bought an Evo 8 after I graduated from college in 2009. I loved that car so much but sold it after my parents kicked me out of the house and ended up buying my own house the following year. That day at 22 years old. when I sold my favorite car to fix my house, is the moment I transitioned from kid to adult.
Amazing informative video thanks gear and gasoline, i think ima go buy an evo now.
Great video! Just FINALLY modified my 2014 EVO X MR and have to say that it has been a pleasure. But once you start getting more boost...
This car series is awesome. love the evo
Great video as always guys! RS motors has been my go to source for the tough evo questions for year! RS & ASM combined have certainly helped me be more confident in my evo work and informative evo videos i put out. PS- I'm sad Brandon's "b-chassis" CT9A widebody 9 didn't really make the cut :(
We could have made a whole video just talking about all the RS cars lol
@@GearsandGasoline Hows next Saturday looking? Evo videos should come faster than Kswap videos... as proven here ;)
His brother @rswest_ca in Morgan Hill has a great small shop, i take my car there whenever it needs work
Great video, I will say it again: the best automotive chanel on TH-cam ✌
Always enjoy your videos guys. Love, an XTi Owner 😎
Wow thanks for the info I am a 16 year old rally fan from Europe and have a soft spot for the Evo. Would love to own one in the future.
i didnt own my evo for long but its one hell of a car. very good for what ever build direction you wanna go.
Love this video great job 👍
Looove my RS. No map lights, no backlit vanity mirrors, rear wiper, wing, abs, acd (2004). It's very cool doing work in the foot well area and seeing a dark gray carpet end to expose beautiful red painted sheet metal with no sign of insulation!!
Love this series.. please next episode Honda.. b16 and k20 k24
I've owned 12 subarus. I wanna try Evo now. Great watch. Thanks
been waiting for this for the longest time 😭
I love the melancholic nostalgic music in videos like this, i wana cry.
Awesome man. I loved it.
Very nice video! Great job!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge appreciate it 👏🏻
Awesome video. Thankyou 😃
Mark getting all 4 off at Summit Point 18:18 made my day
Streamline WRX definitely one of my favorite moments from 2019
The dyno should be the place to seal the deal. What a good information that can be used whenever we want to buy any tuned car
Love all evo's 8,9,10 . Especially love the ones we cannot get in this country yet.(5,6,)
Love my Evo's had a 3 & 9 in my younger days... Wish i could afford one!
Love this series
"Granny shifting, not double clutching like you should" haha
You guys were in Minnesota!? would have loved to meet you guys! Love the new series you guys have started, keep up the hard work ! 💪
Ron at RS motors is a piece of shit. Don't work with him. Doesn't care about his customers, just funding his racing hobby.
Beautiful video. Thanks.
I've had an Evo X MR since 2012, and I've been running 400hp for the majority of that time, stock everything except an exhaust and an ECU tune. A couple of years ago the timing chain failed at idle so I rebuilt the engine with Manley H beam rods and JE pistons, ARP head studs and rod bolts, new valves and turbo. I'm now approaching 300,000km and I'm still on the original (stock) clutches and trans, which (touch wood) I've had no problems with. My advice is to be obsessive about your maintenance and services, oil changes etc. Best car I've ever had.
Great series!
Only thing i didn't see covered was about the 4G63 was doing the 4G64 mod and tuning,guess can't cover everything 👍 Great review the best i have seen..👍
This series is the besttttt, we need one for the VQ series! 350z/370z/g35 etc. Given they're non turbo its less straight forward to squeeze power out of so some specialist opinion would be awesome.
Best video u guys ever posted
I finally got one of my bucket list cars, it's the EVO X last year. I still want an 8 or a 9. but i'm happy with my car.
Really loving this series. Hoping to see a Supra, or 2JZ. But anything would be just as good.
That's some impressive turn-around time for the video! And yeah...don't be like me and be new to the chassis and buy a partially parted out car and piece it back together. I mean...I know this car like the back of my hand now, but, I could have bought two running ones with the investment. Lol. Great content as always. Can't wait to get my 8 on the track.
1:26, Thats my 04 Sti on the right😂I bring my car to Ronnie at RS Motors and they do amazing work. I love to see Minnesota getting some love. Great video btw, I loved seeing a bit of my car in this video🤣
Quite a few reviews on their poor customer service. Thoughts on that?
Honestly I’m the last 4 months that Ive posted that lots of thoughts have changed, they are horrible at communicating, I’ve had to go back there 3 times, I asked them from the start to do an Air/oil separator and they said I didn’t need it (I knew I needed it). I had to do back because I saw the oil in my charge pipes, they finally put in a air/oil separator, also my tunes were all messed up and I had to go back there again, that was about 2 months ago. The car runs great now but I’m not going back there😂
@@tuned_productions huh. That's too bad. I'm assuming you live in the Midwest, where else would you go/recommend in the Midwest?
I live in Minnesota and I’m going to go to JM Automotive from now on
@@tuned_productions good to know, thank you.
I love this series! Could you do the 2012+ 86 next?
Awesome vid.
Nice to hear someone qualified say that the SST is good, it's terribly underrated.
Very
@@GevXander just turned 101000 km's on mine, shifts like it just pulled out of the show-room. It's been at 340/330 for 40,000 kms of those. I change all d/t fluids every 30,000kms.
@@stephen9944 I bet It will keep running for a very long time.
@@GevXander It'll need work but just like any part that wears down.
I have a 09 Ralliart and I just hit 170k miles, at 150k miles I thought my SST was done because it wouldn't shift into 2nd, I took a $350 gamble and changed the fluid and it came back alive. It's a great transmission, you just have to change the expensive SST fluid right on the dot.
This was great, now I am going to spend the next week looking at eve's for sale lol
Ron knows his stuff, and he is a good dude it seems like. Went out of his was to make a situation right for me when he didn't have to. And out up with a sh*t attitude I had before I was ASE certified and knew what I was talking about.
That said there are some employees there that must not be paying attention, because my GSX went there two times. Both times I had serious issues due to negligence. First time the head was removed by them for machining, a new gasket, and Magnus intake manifold, and a pump gas tune. I got it back and it would misfire hard after being on the freeway for 10 mins. I figured it out myself and it ended up being due to my 6 bolt swap and a setting in ECMlink being not properly set up.
Then a month later I had a cylinder not contributing at all, no compression, but leak down was 8-percent which is really good. I removed the valve cover and observed every single cam tower bolt being finger tight except for one. That bolt was broken off. Luckily the head of the bolt was still right there and the rest could be spun out by thumb. (Meaning also only finger tight). So someone forgot to torque them to spec.
Ron made it right by looking over and rechecking everything ( except one of the other techs there forgot to use the ARP hardware I supplied the for the second go. so he had to do it twice, or technically that would be a 3rd time.)
Next visit I installed a full-blown dual pump hanger, braided fuel lines, new rail, new FPR new injectors. I messed up an injector during the install, but that's another expensive story. Was still learning at that time. But when I brought the new injectors and it was dyno day I was at school, they said the oil pan needs to be sealed up better before it goes on the dyno. I said "cool can you do it" I can't leave school."
And someone there did.... And forgot to put the spacer for my axle support bracket back in during the process. That spacer takes up the space between the engine block and what was once the home of a factory AC compressor bracket. This led to a stress fracture and eventually total breakage of the mounting boss on the back of my engine block. So the axle support started flopping around. I found it before any catastrophic damage was done. But at the very least the engine must come out for access to the damage for repair. Even then, the idea of welding on my block next to soft bearings is not comforting. On top of that, there are 2 short bolts for the oil pan. Whoever put the bolts back in out those bolts in random spots, so about 45 days after getting the car back the timing belt started getting a weird line down it and started to tear/fray. The short bolts are there because they are meant to go in to the points below the crankshaft sprocket that drives the timing belt. The incorrectly installed long bolts would make intermittent contact with the timing belt and do damage to it. If I had a timing cover on i never would have known and it's possible that it would have worn to the point the belt snapped.
I hope Ron is being more strict with who he lets work there. He's been doing this a longtime and I know sh*t happens, but it's been a trip every visit I've had there.
I've always been happy with Ron's engine calibrations so I can't say anything on that front. My last time was 446whp at 22psi. I've had that time for two years and never needed an adjustment or refresh.
music to my ears 👊
I have always loved the Lancer Evolution
They are really capable cars