How I Spent $65,000 Modifying my Evo 9

This is my love letter to the Evo chassis. Hope it's helpful!

Music from Soundstripe and Artlist:
Pamoja - In This World - IL7Z6IMMU5QVXNUG
In Search Of Discovery - Cast Of Characters - LIYRTRVKC6SCFSE1
Garden Song - Shimmer - SGDFYLYJCFLQWNWR
Conversation Funk - Cast Of Characters - FMQQF7CYHHRBVAOD
Escalator Funk - Cast Of Characters - FGBGJDFN12ECPMM6
Kilter - Cast Of Characters - 55RCATANOICHGYUI
Hypnotized - Cast of Characters - U5DUHBEU5CETZINJ
Janus - J.A.K.
Bridges - Shinto
Blooming 4U Instrumental - Henry Young
Autumn Embrace - Ziggy
The Edge of Time - Will Van De Crommert
Freaky - messwave
Dark Souls - Ikoliks
Little Hero - Aleksey Chistilin
Summer Dance - Russo
Autumn PIzzicato - Veaceslav Draganov
Neverness - Semo
Elapsed - Semo
Struttin - Luc Allieres

00:00 - okay I'm redoing these chapter titles
00:22 - classic influencer nepotism
01:06 - sorry about those initial chapter titles
01:26 - i was tired and completely manic
01:35 - next time i try to make 3 videos in 1 stop me
01:55 - a couple of young guns
02:27 - SE lip #1
02:57 - no one's ever been this happy about 336hp
04:06 - at some point I got a cusco-rep front bar
04:52 - really fond memories of this 2020 build
07:55 - getting the chassis fixed was huge
08:26 - lost lip 1 at hyperfest 2019
09:31 -basically perfect evo power level
10:06 - I bought the RG3s for my RX7 so idk if it counts
10:36 - I won a time attack at VIR Grand before this
12:55 - oiling solution at 20:25
13:29 - probably irrationally scared of dry sumps
14:03 - have half of this wheel hanging in my office
17:00 - someday i'll actually upgrade the turbo
17:08 - oi mate what's this cah make in kilowatts?
19:50 - bought lip 4 at a minnesota mitsu dealer
20:14 - lip 4 lasted 3 days
20:26 - shouted mikey pugs on the pump solution
21:17 - actually forgot to mention I lost a lip at this event
22:39 - so after this was actually lip 6
23:23 - the final costs
24:17 - guide to building an Evo
24:45 - forgot to mention you'll also want a exedy twin-disk
25:50 - shoutout @BoostedFilms
27:10 - wow how dramatic

[MyRealName]

Any car story that starts with a dad being involved can only be great 😁

[frun]

The humble beginning makes it seem much more relatable. Glad the failures have never stopped you from making progress

[hyde_official]

It's so strange how I watched the motor build episodes not knowing anything. but today, it all makes sense now as I am building a motor from scratch.

[CrescentKnife]

So confession time…I first saw this video come out this morning and immediately thought-“Not another filler video with material I’ve already seen…when are they going to put out new content like the highly anticipated road trip video with the RX8 and Eclipse.” A few hours later I decided to to give it a try. Glad I did. This is not your normal rehashed how to build a blank car video in 30 minutes that everyone puts out. The Ben’s kept my interest with the narration and the pricing recap. Well done lads!

[luukia]

that ending was the best, it was like
"SURPRISE! I'M BACK BABYYYY!"

[jvepps]

Not lying, it looked SOOO much better with white on white. The black/graphics hid all the super nice curves and angles the car has.

[TheFleckening]

Not complaining, but these recap vids make me really excited for progress that must be happening in the background!!

[imanimannami]

That Aussie accent mate just killin! Always fascinated with Lin's work!

[jackbotman]

Step 1: Get a job that allows the time and money for this

[cullum]

The swell of emotion in the final seconds of the video seeing you guys working on her and Mark saying "let's get her running..." I've been watching your journey since 2017 and love every minute of it.

[BoostedFilms]

Nice job Ben! Very informative for people looking into buying or modding their EVO. Glad a little sliver of my video made the cut. I've kept my evos in street form and learned from other evo friends on what not to do from when they pushed their evos too far. In short, for a street evo, i always recommend and OEM short block, e-85, exhaust, tune, clutch upgrade and minor upgrades to fueling to support running E-85. Lastly, speaking of fuel, I think your 255 pump in Lana is due for an upgrade with your current setup! Or at-least replaced it after years of use :)

[nodekapunk]

I just got my 9 back from the shop. I bought it for 9.5k with a blown head. After getting the head fixed, a new exedy twin clutch, white line sway bars, and bump steer kit, and a few other replacement parts. I’m 22k in on the car. I love it!

I can’t wait for another year to start modifying like this for the track. Thanks for the video!

[LucasWIZONE]

My cousin used to compete in Rally in the National Championship with Evo's, now he's a factory Hyundai driver, because of that he has loads of Evo's laying around, from evo IV to X, some for parts, some for training, some he lends to other drivers for Rally as he has a garage. Going to his garage and see all different types of Evo's is such an eye candy that made my childhood, just went yesterday and they were changing the livery on a Evo X. Evo's are my fav cars of all time, such a bummer that Mitsubishi stopped building racing cars.

[Infinitas]

So back in the summer of 2006, I was in need of transportation. I remember relentlessly searching all across the East Coast for a Wicked White MR. In September, I finally found one at the Malloy Mitsubishi dealership in Woodbridge, VA. It had sat in the showroom the entire time and had 7 miles on the odometer. $38k later, I had my dream car I've always wanted to own since I was a kid watching Tommi Makkinen racing in WRC. Then inevitably, 2 months later I was rear ended on the capital beltway. All the more reason to get a JDM Rear bumper and while I was at it, an SE lip :)
I never modded the car much other than an Amuse R1 Titan turbo back and an intake. And from 2012 till about 2020. It sat in the garage and was occasionally turned on every few months. Sold it in the summer of 2020 to some guy from South Carolina (I think). Mostly because my wife thought it was a waste of space.
Watching this video, yours looks (ed) exactly like mine and I miss it dearly. So much so, I think I'm going to track down the owner and try to buy it back. Thank you for reminding why I shouldn't have let it go in the first place.

PS: I think I might have a non se wicked white lip sitting in my folks' attic, you're welcome to it. Might be better juju then the SE ones.

[GabrielCassandri]

This is easily the best car channel, the production, audio and image quality, the humble beginning and the part "you don't need to this if you want a fast car and less headache"

[poonnintechachaiponpoj]

As someone who just bought Evo 8, this is going to be very helpful. Thank you and keep up the good work🙌

[purwantiallan]

The Evo 8 both in stock and tuned trims are equally gorgeous.

[j.]

I haven't watched any of you guys vids in a while. not sure why they weren't coming up on my feed. this video is a keeper. nice work ben!

[bhcamaro]

Ben needs a sponsorship for front lips 😂

[drown-media]

First of all, that australian accent sounded alot like marty from MCM good job ben! :D
And second of all, you won't believe how stoked i am to see Lana back up and running stronger then ever before! Let's see if you can do it by march, crossing my fingers!