From MP3T to 2004 Evo

[smp3000]

UPDATE: I updated the first post with the vid links as well.

 

[mazdaowner123]

Thanks!! It's definately worth getting an 05- but not because of the ACD... Because of the 10.5 hotside on the turbo. The 05's put out a little more power becuase of the bigger hotside. But then again, if you're looking at paying A LOT more for an 05' than a slightly used 04' I'd say to re-consider. You can always upgrade to a 10.5 hotside or skip it and get a 20G from Buschur for under 1K.

Oh yeah lol can't beleive i forgot about the 10.5 hotside. I think the 04 RS would be good cause it's got a front LSD. I'll just upgrade the turbo if i max it out.

Thanks for all the info

 

[Maz94Protege]

they are great looking cars, handle pretty damn well, i dont know if they fixed the Rear Diff problem that they encounterd, it was wayy to powerful when it first came out "to what i was reading", and massive oversteer came to cars loosing control and major uncontrollable driftage.....but maybe that was lack of experience on drivin AWD Cars. I remember when that first one hit the east coast, i was workin at Mitsu/Mazda in Annapolis Md. The First one was sent to FL, 2nd to NY 3rd Evo came to my Dealership and i got to ride it. OMG i thought it was like heaven, now i see em everywhere. But still they have an awsome engine setup and great handling. EVO9 is comin out with a new MIVEC Powerd Engine, Better front bumper and More BOOST with a slightly bigger turbo and upgraded suspension. Tinted Headlights too.

Might think bout trading the pro for it?!?!?!

Great writeup too!

 

[smp3000]

Thought I'd post some pics of the car taken about 6 months ago with a good friend of mine with a blue evo. Lots of mods since then, but I thought these were some fun pics

 

[mazdaowner123]

Man I love blue by you. I can't believe mitsu killed it ;\ I'd love to have a BBY IX MR hehe.

nice shots

i'm *hopefully* going to be picking up my 04 RS in 2 weeks.

 

[smp3000]

Thanks!- Yeah I personally like the BBY better than the Electric Blue. The EB just looks too much like all the other blue's out there.

Good luck on the RS- let me know!

 

[jred321]

booo, electric blue is way better than pastel blue, i mean blue by you

 

[GrandBelialKey]

God I effing love those cars, i havent been able to work out a deal on one yet tho, sposta go test drive a mzspd6 next weekend...

 

[~KiNg MaRtY~]

Nice EVO. Is the exhaust a FULL 3?

 

[smp3000]

Yessir- full 3' from Turbo back.

At some point I will look at getting a true 3' 02 housing. Right now there are 2 on the market that I know of, and both are $$$$.

 

[smp3000]

Washed the car last night and thought I'd try to take some pics with the sun going down.

(thumb)​

 

[Maxx Mazda]

So who has the JDM tails / headlights? You or the blue one above. I noticed they're different.

 

[jred321]

the blue one has stock tails, his are painted/overlayed to match the japanese MR

 

[Maxx Mazda]

Thanks! I like the A-Spec ones better...

 

[jred321]

i like the evo vii ones myself

 

[smp3000]

The evo vii look great on the silver evo as well. I could've gone either way, but the black and orange just looked really good and won me over. Something abut silver and black that just looks sick.

The blue evo in the pics now has evo vii tails. Look sgreat!

 

[lasermp5]

do you know what size 5zigens the blue is running? Jesus I bet it looks good w/the 7 tails... still wondering if 5x114.3 17x7 48mm offset will work...

 

[smp3000]

hehe - oh ya it was on a closed course (nailbyt)

 

[vindication]

watch out for the squirell!

 

[JBreed]

that is one sweet ride!