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Newbie to the site thought I would share my toy with ye. A 95 lancer evo I picked up from a friend who owned it for a good few years and finally gave in to my constant requests for him to part with it. It has had a few decent upgrades over the years including cusco coilovers (surprisingly comfortable) j performance four branch and turbo elbow, hks mushroom kit (not a fan of these but their is no space for anything else) hks ssqv and silent power exhaust . Has some naff 90s sat nav head unit and boost gauge and typical era correct speaker on the parcel shelf are other than that a spotless original interior . I have original wheels for it but have a severe disliking toward white wheels on anything other than a white car
I'm hoping to pick up a spare spoiler less boot lid to have the option to change. The original head gasket has given way due to corrosion as a result of being in storage for almost five years and obviously poor quality coolant. Removed the head and the exhaust valves are pitted so ordered a set of super tech valves and 3mm lash adjusters. Also ordered a full engine gasket kit to replace anything needed. Hopefully be sorted over the Christmas break.
epom said:
Lovely, keep us up to date OP. Find cars like this very interesting. The ones that started the ball rolling but seem to be relatively forgotten about.
Considering their was only 5000 3s produced I dread to think how many are actually left so I bought this to keep myself entertained as I'm stuck in a caddy van all day on break downs on fork trucks and the family wagon is an is220 d although a great reliable car they hardly put a smileys your faceSo as it sits it's in retirement for the winter to get this head gasket issue resolved
Head is off and looks to be very clean for its age on signs of wear on bearings or cylinder walls.left 200ml of petrol in each cylinder overnight and all four had equal amounts the morning after so I'm happy enough with the bottom end zero crank end float too
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