I'll start with chassis history, which is actually interesting!
I am the 4th owner. The car was a southern car up until March of last year, and is basically free of notable rust as a result. It has only seen salt for the past month while the 3rd owner was driving it to ensure no issues and then the few times I drove it.
The car was stock with some basic bolt-ons when the 2nd owner, a friend of mine, purchased the car. He was in the Army at the time, and was stationed at various bases in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida when he wasn't deployed. When his time was up, he applied for and got a contractor job, and went overseas again. During that period of time, he had the car, which was then further from stock, sent to Buschur Racing. his instructions? For David to clone the Bad Bish, their 700+whp shop car:
| YOUTUBE ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiTwBAmjoGc ) |
The chassis, following that, made numbers anywhere from mid 700s all the way up to 870hp AT THE WHEELS on E98. it was taken down to TX2K last year and whooped up on some stuff, spun on the dyno, and was all around very good at looking stock but being anything but.
This was with 800lbs of dude in the car:
| YOUTUBE ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVXAVLJL31o ) |
Dyno pull:
| YOUTUBE ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI_R4oGZR10 ) |
I had a chance to ride in the car shortly after that, and that much power is really eye opening. Changes your perspective on the whole game.
At some point prior to the insane build, the car was backed into a ditch at speed, the wing broken and removed, and some body panels a bit messed up. The panels were replaced and the whole car was repainted, so the paint is fresh as of two years ago and has never been buffed or polished, it saw a clay bar out of the body shop and nothing but sealers since. A nice, fresh canvas for me.
Anyway, the 2nd owner got bored of the car (yeah, you read that right) because it just didn't try to kill him enough. He tried to sell it for a month and a half as it sat, and with no buyers, he bit the bullet and parted it out.
That's where the 3rd owner comes in, also a buddy of mine. He purchased the shell, rebuilt the car as near to stock as possible, and then sold it (to me) for a solid profit. The motor and t-case came from a IX MR that had its trunk pushed back into the rear seats and have 46k on them. The t-case, as a result, houses the more aggressive MR/RS helical front diff. The trans was rebuilt 3k ago, with the ever-desirable Evo VIII 4th gear, so it has the same driveline ratios as my old VIII. The only mods are a test pipe and Apex'i N1 coilovers with Swift springs, specifically the setup referenced in the video above on Buschur's car right down to the spring rates and damper settings.
But you guys really just want pics:
Image size reduced, original size: 800 x 534. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2887/11941183064_7f08d16789_c.jpg to view the image in its original dimension.
Image size reduced, original size: 800 x 534. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3707/11941587056_fe8a6579b6_c.jpg to view the image in its original dimension.
So yeah, that's the new SpazEvo.
Spinning all of the tires on the dyno making silly loops on the dynograph 
Word on the street is that they'll also be a bit louder too, so at least I'll get some free entertainment out of it.