jeffwrx

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looking at buying one of these, what are they like too live with coming from a newage impreza sti ? also what too look for when buying , any one own/ed one?

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cjquicksilver

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look out for rust on the rear end, and the ayc diff is all good and serviced recently, check the clutch is good too,
running cost on my evo 6 was a lot higher then my scoobs, but there lovely cars and would sell my chocolte starfish for a evo 8 fq400 :-)

super_ted

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Did someone mention chocolate?

cjquicksilver

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milk chocolate!

jeffwrx

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lol whats with the chocolate , are engines week or something?
going too have a look at a white 6 tomorrow,

cjquicksilver

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i was on about my star fish, lol

the evo 4 suffered from crank walk, but they sorted it out on the 5 and 6 so there pretty good to be honest

donny andi

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5 also suffers with it

As for a 6......a lot are rotten , look close underneath

jeffwrx

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thanks for replies , will have a good look for rust ,

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jayallen

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I think you will find its mainly 4's and highly unlikely that a '5 engine will suffer from crank walk.


As mentioned, rust seems to be the killer on these cars and the engines are hardly "chocolate". The standard rods can safely take 380bhp, some say 400bhp but if "rod jobbed" then 550bhp is more than a achievable.

I can quite honestly say i dont find the day to day running of an EVO any different to when i had my Newage STI, similar fuel consumption and any oil changes i carry out myself.....I do prefer it tho, including the more exclusivity of the car.

Unlike many EVO owners, im not a Subaru "Hater"

jeffwrx

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bought a white evo 6 on thursday , very please with it , has a few mods running around 380bhp , will post pics up later , suprised how similare they are to the subaru

thanks for advice

chrishigham

Mine looked lovely but rotten underneath and the boot floor was rotten, servicing was more too

jeffwrx

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I know they have a problem with rot , but so do some newage subaru's i have seen aswell,

had the evo up on the lift to check before i bought it , and it has no rot rust , as has only been in the uk since 2010 and was under selaed straight away

stedee

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good reliable cars imo

jayallen

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I got lucky with my EVO 5.....Imported new by Toyota UK back in 1998, undersealed and waxoiled from new, covered 29k and had a 1000 mile old EVO 6 RS engine fitted at 18k after the previous owner popped the engine messing with the boost controller.....Great cars no matter what you read on here.

chrishigham

Mine was a UK supplied car so it had been here since 1999, so that cant of helped the rot. A fresh jap should be okay.