My s2000 replacement
 

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Turbo xs bov installed

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Sold my s2k a couple of months ago and just wanted to share my new ride. I love it in every way. I can't stop driving the thing! It's an 03 and it only had 16k miles on her. She's bone stock but I added a magnaflow catback exhaust. I have a few minor mods I'm gona do. But she will stay mainly stock.
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Nice find. Blue is my favorite color for this car and I like the wingless trunk. :thumbup:

16k miles 03 evo?! what a gem find, how much did you pay for her?

Haha. I'm hopefully buying a spoiler next week. I hate the wingless

22k

"Blue By You" in that condition is a unicorn!! I hope you keep the modifications minimal as they aren't that clean anymore. That color was only available from 03-04.

Does the Intercooler Sprayer work? :)

Redline is only at 7k...Take it back, it's broken :LOL:

Yep it works . Mods are gona be kept super minimum. Getting an ets intake and ets catted downpipe. Taking it to Evans for tuning on stock boost. That would be all for mods

Great car - a total blast to drive. Interior and looks aren't that great but when you're driving, you don't really care. One of the rawest stock vehicles I've ever been in.

Nice find and incredible condition. Keep it in a bubble.. Can't be many left like that

Great find, I'm sure you'll enjoy.
Very clean!

it's going to appreciate in value if you keep it fairly stock, wouldn't be surprised if you flipped it for 30k in a couple of years.

My heavy modding days have been long gone. I added a magnaflow catback. I'm purchasing a stock oem wing for it next week. The previous owner told me the car is still on the stock timing belt. A 13 yr old belt doesn't sit well with me. So next week I have an appointment for a timing belt change along with all new fluids. Next yr I'm adding the ets air filter kit and a ets catted test pipe. Getting tuned on stock boost. That will be it for mods. That seems pretty bare bones.

I think a downpipe and custom tune with higher boost should still be super reliable, just don't launch the car too much. Just make sure your tuner tunes for partial throttle and not just WOT, and you log / monitor your engine's air fuel ratio. Downpipe / tune will transform the car

Congratulations on finding a clean sample of a BBY Evo...have lots of fun in the coming colder months, these cars really wake up in terms of power in colder weather

Amazing find! :thumbup:

The car gets put away in the winter haha. No snow no rain lol

Nice! Always loved the Evo 7-9 - much better looking than the 10, IMO. Great color too :)

looks clean

Thanks gents. Prolly not the place to say this but I don't miss my s2k at all. I'm in complete love with this car

Looks awesome. Congrats man!

Nice gem find man, enjoy!

Congrats on the purchase!

Is this an RS model? I never see any of those out in the wild, and I thought that was the only model that came without a wing.

The owner decided to go wingless. The spoiler that he gave me wasn't the evo spoiler. Apparently a smaller spoiler was also an option. I bought an actual evo spoiler and am getting it installed today

You're still in the honeymoon phase. I give it 5 months and you'll start missing the s2000, especially when Spring rolls around.

That'll be when the modding starts :p

Beautiful Evo dude...nice find!

"She will stay mostly stock." Famous last words

Lol trust me it will. When I bought the s2k people said the same thing. One I put the air cone on and a test pipe my engine mods will be done. I'm not gona add this car to the list of modded to hell evos.

Spoilers on

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Looks good! I always liked those with the wings better than without! Love the color too!

Great pick up! and bone stock with that mileage??? wow thats awesome! Not telling you what to do, but a Full Turbo Back exhaust, intake, E85 and tune does wonders :tipwink:

That u sir. I totally agree . I hated wingless. So glad it's on

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Love it!

Been away for awhile. I finally got the ets intake and catted tp on her. And it sounds amazing . Didn't really push it at all. Needs a tune.

Going to Jeff Evans March 25th to get her tuned

You should consider swapping the tail lights for Evo 9 lights and perhaps adding a front lip to give it a more aggressive stance.

I had an 04 evo 8 for a little while... it was a little pocket rocket for sure, but the crank walk in the end...

Enjoy it man, rare color! :)

I can see that it's starting lol. The mod bug is infectious.

Next update we see is Cams, Injectors, E85 and bigger turbo. :)

haha no. People said the same thing on here about my s2k.I'm keeping her as is because this is a unicorn evo. Doubt anyone can find an evo with 16k miles with very small mods. Got my tune with Evans next month and I'll be done with mods. I'm buying a new sti soon as well.

I'd skip the STI, you'll regret it. (former 2016 STI limited owner)

why don't u like it? My buddy has a 2015 WRX and loves it. It's not a decent DD?

The WRX is, the STI not so much. Fragile engine in the STI. WRX has a new motor. The EJ is ancient and just isn't as robust as the EVO motors.

It it only took you 2k miles to dump it! :p

I get that , but I want a stock sti. I'm not modding it. Is it not reliable in Stock form ?

It is more reliable with a proper tune that it is in stock form. I completely disagree with "fragile engine" though. My 2008 STI took a beating as well as anything out there.

But arent we all obsessed with S2k? why change?

I'm not. I sold mine lol

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Nice, I miss my 03 Evo as well. I sold it to pick up my 94 supra. About 4-5 years ago I picked up a 09 STi and a bearing spun within the first week due to oil starvation I think. The dealer wouldn't tell me if it was the oil or not. They ended up replacing the entire motor plus turbo. From experience, the newer STi has always had issues with ring failures. Subaru know its a problem but wont actually fix it going into the new generations.

How bout a evo x then ?

Nice ride. Owned 2006 Evo 9. Great car for everyday use. I sure do miss my evo. Still have brand new Evo9 floor mats in the garage lol.
Make sure to register on evom.

She cleans up nice. How cold was it when you washed her? :p

haha it wasn't. It was in the the 60's or high 50's.

So, I went to my mechanics today for an oil change and he started making fun of the tiny down pipe. Sooooo, we ordered one. He tried getting me to get an o2 housing as well, but I turned it down..

Downpipe is on. Tune this Saturday . Going speed density too

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Had a pretty good day at the dyno. Pretty happy with the tq with my minimal mods, small video included... ets intake, ets catted test pipe, Invidia downpipe, magnaflow exhaust.
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Looks like she made a hair over 300 on a Dynapack. Very nice numbers!

280 whp and 312 tq. Unfortunately a few complications arose, I'm hoping for a retune soon

So guys ran into some issues after being tuned . The stock fuel pump was losing pressure close to redline. So we installed a Walbro 255 pump and my mechanic had an old greddy bov lying around that he sold me for 40 bucks. We got that installed. Car ran fine but WOT it was a turd.
figured the fuel pump was just running dumb rich. So bring it to the tuner and I have a huge boost Leak. Ugh.
Drive back home and the bov is leaking. Get that fixed and car is running really damn good. Notice the CEL is blinking to indicate knock. Hook a wide band to it and Im running really lean. 13.0 in the higher rpms. So now I bought anew aem wide band and boost gauge and getting retuned on the 20th.

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make sure you keep all your oem parts, these cars are so rare now to have with low miles....... i'd just keep her stock and enjoy as is, its gona be a collectors car.

18k miles i envy your pick up! so nice. like a blank canvas :drive:

I'm pretty much done with mods. I might do a bigger intercooler down the road . But the car is quite fast now. I pulled quite easily on a modded newer sti . I might also pick up a 2017 sti as well. Prolly wont drive this car much if I go through with the purchase.

Glad to report everything went well at the dyno. The new bov is sounding nice and I met a fellow s2ki member getting tuned before me

what did she put down?

It made exactly the same it did last time. The only reason I went up there was because when I put my fuel pump and greddy bov it screwed up my air fuels and I had a huge boost leak. The only good part is that I made some more on the top end thanks to adding the Walbro fuel pump. Here's my dyno comparing my 1st tune to today's tune. There pretty much the same, just the top end is a little better
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315 WTQ @ 3400 rpm in a light AWD 3000lb car... mother of god.

beautiful! low miles and stock..dont see many of those now

do you have a members ride of your gtr on here ? Would love to check out some pics!!

Raced my buddies stock 2010 camaro as. We were dead even. Idk if that's good or what haha

Picked up some new parts for the evo
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Their FMC's are excellent, bar and plate instead of tube/fin. Good price too. I'm assuming you are getting the charge piping from them also?

oh yea. I bought the entire kit from them. Getting re tuned on the 31st

Had a roommate that "shared" his 03 with me a lot. only had cat back, tune, and intake. Tuned by Vishnu. Got to meet him, Very cool guy. Car made over 300WHP.

That was one of the most fun cars I've driven. My only criticism on it was you ran out of RPM's really fast. Needed a 6th gear.

Enjoy, What a find!

Agreed. That's the only reason I sold my evo 10. No 6th gear made highway driving annoying.

I loved how they geared it though - they made the best of the 5 gears they had. 1-4 was really short and close together, and 5th was actually almost identical to the STi's 6th.

Hold the phone - the Evo 10 didn't have a 6-speed either on the non-MR?!