Rolling Road Day

Now the car had been mapped i felt it was ready for an RR day, so luckily the Irish Mitsubishi Owners club (www.irishmoc.org) had a day arranged so i straight away stuck my name down on the list and just couldnt wait.

So Saturday the 21st of Febuary rolled up very quickly and what a good day it was there was an excellent turn out of about 15 mitsubishi's of all types and from all parts of the country.

With the basic mods my car had and from reading the average power they should make i wasnt expecting anymore than 350bhp and about the same torque, but to my suprise the car made 360bhp and 370lb ft of torque which i was delighted with.

 

 

 

There were also some other cars which are maintained and mapped in CW which made impressive power most importantly Barry's of CW whcih made 400bhp 400lb ft torque with the similar mods as mine except for a set of GSC S1 cams and a remap for E85 (which is almost like race fuel).

 

 

Remapping For 1.5 Bar Boost

After a short stay in CW Performance, the car was ready to take home the lads had mapped the car for 1 bar boost as i needed to bed in the new clutch with lots of going through the gears and then the car could be remappped for 1.5 bar boost.

During the two weeks i spent bedding in the clutch i noticed the car was a bit difficult to control when cornering, So decided a set of coilovers had to be bought and after hearing alot of positive feedback about BC coilovers i decided these where the way to go.

Next was to get the car back down to Barry and Todd for the Remap to 1.5 bar boost, this was fairly straight forward and only took the lads an hour or so but the difference in power was sort of scary as the suspension wasnt up the job of handling that sort of power and when at full boost it felt like the car was free-wheeling.

 

 

 

 

 

Modifying Begins

The next step was to get the car some nice extra's and then get her car down to CW performance for some TLC and a Fredmap (Remap).

Before anything could be done i had to get the car out for a drive but there was an issue with the battery dying everytime i went to take the car for a spin, so changed the battery thinking it wasnt holding charge but this did nothing so checked "MOST" of the fuses and nothing seemed wrong so was completely stumped, luckily enough the CW lads where out on a trip to Dublin and decided to drop in for a check up on the RS and quickly realised the main fuse had been blown so after a quick change she was right as rain. 

So the next step was to hunt down some nice parts.

I was urged by todd of CW to source an Evo VII Ecu as this opened all the doors for remapping the car and extra's such as anti-lag and knock control to name a few.

In order to get the most from the Evo VII ecu stage one modifications where recommended again by CW

This meant the following was needed: Fuel Pump to a 255lph Walbro, get an uprated Actuator, Downpipe, turbo elbow, decat, Boost controller, Hardpipes (to replace the standard stuff), a good induction kit and air filter.

I had also found a set of Brembo calipers for the Front and rear and discs to suit for a good price this was drastically needed as the twin pots just werent up for the job of stopping even the standard powered evo.

After about 3 weeks i had sourced the parts i wanted but had found out my clutch was on its way out so this was another part i had to source, so as below i sourced an ACT Heavy Duty Clutch and Prolight Flywheel capable of 500+bhp i also bought a few nice extra's such as a battery box and induction box i hadnt intended on but where too well priced to turn down.

Below are the makes of the parts i ended up getting and all at extremely reasonable prices as most where second hand but barely used the pictures verify this.

Tomei 3" turbo elbow

Tomei 3" Downpipe

Decat

HKS triple Filter Induction Kit & filter

Carbing Cold airbox

Battery Box for relocating the battery to the boot.

Evo 7 Ecu

Walbro Fuel Pump

Brembo Calipers, pads and discs

One omori Boost Gauge (thanks Barry)

HKS hardpipes

RIGID rear strut brace

Rays Blue lightweight locknuts

SARD F.P.R

Greddy Profec B Spec I

Heat sheild

HKS Superdragger Exhaust (Was already on the car when it came in

Forged Actuator

ACT Heavy Duty Clutch and Prolight Flywheel

 

 

 

While the car was in CW having her Make-over it came to the attention of Todd and Barry that the original wheels that had come with the car where a no go and wouldnt fit over the brembo's so this again was an unforseen issue, but was hastely resolved with a short term lend of a set of wheels from CW, i had been in the middle of negotiations with a member on MLR about buying is Wedsport SA90 wheels and luckily he was coming over from the UK and would bring the wheels with him so this fixed that problem also.

The Arrival Of the RS

So she Arrived on the 12th December 2009, what an excellent early christmas present it was too.

It was delivered to my house by a friend of Richie's (neoman) at about 5 oclock on monday the 15th of December due to the boat not being allowed to dock because of strong winds and a low tide.

When i got home to check the car out it was immaculate, ignoring the grime that had built up over the long trip from Japan which was nothing a good clean wouldnt sort

After a good look around the car i turned my attention to the wheels which i quickly noticed where not to my liking at all and where destined for the bin also the tarmac spec brakes where a no go and a set of Brembo's where drastically needed.

Within the following 2 hours i went about removing the RIGID front strut brace and Evo VI recaro seats from my mivec and fitting them to the Evo, i had also purchased a RIGID rear strut brace for a fine price of €20 from ebay, that matched the front one perfectly.

 As you can see the car was extremely standard at this stage but not for long.

The Evo VI RS

The VI rs was nothing but an idea mid 2009, but after an excellent trackday in mondello with my mitsubishi Lancer Mivec, i had come to the conclusion that it was time for something more.

After a long talk with Todd and Barry of CW performance i made the decision to get in contact with Richie (neoman) about importing a fresh Mitsubishi Lancer evolution VI rs.

Once contacted Richie was quickly on the hunt for the perfect VI rs, it only took a mere 10 days for him to stumble upon the one.

During bidding richie initially lost the final bid by a small amount but for some unknown reason the other bidder pulled out his bid so the car was offered to richie the original bid.

So finally on the 20th of September 2009 i had an extremely clean grade 4, B 1999 Lancer Evolution VI rs.

Although the car at first was not asthetically pleasing she was very clean and had low mileage and with time i would make her my own.