Matt's Evo VI - 380Bhp/415 lb/ft - Page 6 - Saxperience

matt_vtr_15a · 1st November 2013, 22:41

Cheers mate she will be back soon! I hoped today as everything is now sorted just waiting on the front bumper which should of turndd up yesterday but still no sign.

And yeah carbon dipping as described above..

A lot of real carbon accesories are providrd by carbon goodies which I will invest in such as naca duct on bonnet, oil cooler vent and intake trumpet however some parts can't be sourced in carbon fibre which will have to be dipped.

I have since spoken to a guy at carbon goodies on mlr who is noe floating the idea of doing carbon fog cap covers so may be able to source a proper legit one instead of getting it dipped!

wullvfr · 2nd November 2013, 09:57

Are you on the mlr forum?

There's a fella that was my neighbour until I moved who is on there and does the sprint series,his name is killin1 I believe and his evo is well spec'd,I think its 550/500 or something like that.

Originally it was a evo 4 but he bought a evo 6 stripped it out and put all the parts he had on the evo 4 across,iirc it had a evo 8 engine fitted etc etc,it sounds epic.

matt_vtr_15a · 2nd November 2013, 13:29

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Originally Posted by wullvfr

Are you on the mlr forum?

There's a fella that was my neighbour until I moved who is on there and does the sprint series,his name is killin1 I believe and his evo is well spec'd,I think its 550/500 or something like that.

Originally it was a evo 4 but he bought a evo 6 stripped it out and put all the parts he had on the evo 4 across,iirc it had a evo 8 engine fitted etc etc,it sounds epic.

Yeah I'm on mlr

Joined up to read about them and then eventually buy one, refused to buy one from anywhere but the mlr and eventually found one that suited me for sale on the forum.

I'm very sure I have seen his name actually as I use the forum quite a lot especially at the moment.

matt_vtr_15a · 11th November 2013, 23:48

She's back in my position, feels good!!

Dropping her off at a garage near work in the morning and there refurbing my damaged alloy (the rest have recently been refurbished with no marks) then it will be as good as new (they are also doing the laser tracking after balancing the refurbed wall etc. And will set it up with fast road geo.

Total cost escalated quite a lot, one of those things but I didn't want to cut corners and bodge it, the car deserves better than that!

Still got some carbon bits sat around waiting to be put on but I'll do that, would of pissed my dad off asking him to do such things when he's been busting a bollock and taking up his ramp to sort it for me asap.

My cousins managed to get me on a track day in a couple of weeks, so going to use that as an oppurtunity to get a proper feel for the car.

j40mek · 12th November 2013, 00:49

Glad it's sorted mate

MJ05LLY · 12th November 2013, 06:36

Glad she is back again. Really horrible crappy weather at the mo so it goes without saying drive carefully or get a cheap daily sorted

matt_vtr_15a · 12th November 2013, 09:32

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Originally Posted by MJ05LLY

Glad she is back again. Really horrible crappy weather at the mo so it goes without saying drive carefully or get a cheap daily sorted

Got a cheap little 51 plate clio to knock around in for the time being but hoping the weather picks up for the weekend...

Can squeeze in a couple of mlr meets before the end of the year also

Also been looking into courses and going to partake in one of these, using an evo with similar power to mine which will give me a better feel and build up my experience with this particular car.

http://www.trackdays.co.uk/driving_e...evolution/404/

matt_vtr_15a · 14th November 2013, 09:54

Was back in my dads garage last night, received the front brake air duct in the post and wanted to fit the front fog light blanks & brackets so was a bumper off job.

The bumper is not fixed here it's just slid into the bumper rails hence the gap near the drivers side headlight.

The foglight blanks are only there temporarily, the new brackets which they come with allow me to easily fit the cold air feed trumpets to them and not have to do a bodge job....

Took the mesh off whilst the bumper was off and gave it a fresh coat of black paint which sets it off in the flesh and looks nice and fresh.

This weekend I will take off the vent that is in the central bonnet and give that a fresh coat of black paint along with the mesh covering it, just general freshening up of certain parts.

Will get it back again tonight and then such jobs as fitting the cold air feeds etc. are my own responsibility now it's back on the road which I will do this weekend.

It's detango'd now at least

smiith · 14th November 2013, 09:59

Looks good big lad! Think i prefer it with fogs in the bumper though, thy break that big chunk of plastic up a bit more

matt_vtr_15a · 14th November 2013, 10:06

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Originally Posted by smiith

Looks good big lad! Think i prefer it with fogs in the bumper though, thy break that big chunk of plastic up a bit more

Cheers mate,

Now I have upgraded the brackets, I can switch between fog lights, fog blanks or cold air feeds in a matter of minutes.

Personally I hate those fog blanks on at the moment, look like a pair of tits on the front of the car... Only temporary until the weekend when I get the cold air feed ducts fitted and then it will look worlds better

holdawayt · 14th November 2013, 10:08

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Originally Posted by smiith

Looks good big lad! Think i prefer it with fogs in the bumper though, thy break that big chunk of plastic up a bit more

+1, looks strange for some reason, but the picture Matt posted previously (below) looks fine. Weird.

smiith · 14th November 2013, 10:11

I think its because you can see the outline of them.. Makes it look line an afterthought or something.. Be better with cold air feed in thought

leeroybrown · 14th November 2013, 10:18

Nice to see the vent going black, looooks 10000% better when they are.

Mitsubishi should have done it as standard

matt_vtr_15a · 14th November 2013, 10:29

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Originally Posted by holdawayt

+1, looks strange for some reason, but the picture Matt posted previously (below) looks fine. Weird.

I thought the same once they were fitted, not to my taste if i'm honest, but I don't think this photo does them any favours.

Passenger side air feed will be fitted this weekend, then I will decide if I'm going to do the drivers side as well...

I quite like the unsymetrical look of that blue car, I think it looks well, if not i'll just have a cold air feed on the drivers side as well to give the oil cooler some extra cold air.

I have 2 cold air feeds and plenty of duct pipe so I can do whichever I prefer

this weekend is solely being spent with me tinkering on the car.

For some reason my NACA duct on the bonnet looks silver as well, and that is gloss black... some dodgy photo taking on my part...

matt_vtr_15a · 14th November 2013, 21:42

Shes back now.. tidied her up a little more and let her wander back onto the road!

Fully repaired now, just going to do some subtle (subtitle?) mods this weekend ..

j40mek · 14th November 2013, 21:56

Looks nice mate

matt_vtr_15a · 14th November 2013, 23:26

Cheeky little clip on my mates private bypass hitting a couple pops and bangs on gearchange..

http://youtu.be/xu7kV0uQkZU

matt_vtr_15a · 16th November 2013, 14:35

Got around to painting the bonnet mesh and the grill that sits beneath it.

As you can tell it was silver before but miscoloured and grubby.

Was just an untidy part of the car, think it really sets it off...

matt_vtr_15a · 23rd November 2013, 21:21

Undersealed the car today and fitted a single din cd played to get rid of the tape deck until i buy a double din but due to recent repairs it's been put on the backburner so used my old cd player for now..

will clay bar, polish and wax tommorow but here are some pics from today, think it looks better with clear lights and smoked side indicators than the ambers..

matt_vtr_15a · 28th November 2013, 11:18

Private land of course...

Gentle low rev launch (could be more aggressive but i like my clutch) and not going to deep into the red zone..

0-60 is somewhere around mid 4's i think