Newbie looking for advice

[Roody]

Hello everyone.

Ive not yet bought an evo but I am hoping to in the near future.

I'm after an 8 or a 9 but im a complete novice when it comes to evos.

Currently driving a astra VXR modded sensibly ( Handling over power ) but i have fallen out of love with it dramatically and I've always wanted an evo.

What are the things i should be looking out for when viewing/buying one? Any horror stories? gear boxes, diffs, turbos and manifolds all strong?
I understand the running cost etc will be higher than the vxr but by how much?

Also what are the main differences between the 8 and 9? Im going for big power with the evo as ive seen alot running close to 600bhp but how much £££ are we talking about getting it to that point ( under 10k ? )

One last thing, from an owners point of view do they really meet the 'hype' that they create amongst other car owners? i.e are they really that good?

All help will be appreciated.

Thanks, hopefully soon to be evo owner Paul.

 

[evokaralis]

running costs are mileage and driving style dependent. if you keep to under 10K miles a year and don't track them all the time, they're reasonably affordable - dearer than
a VXR but not excessively so.

IX has the mivec head so it behaves better off boost, spools up sooner with the 71/80 series turbo. IMO best of the 2 - but I am biased owning one. you can *maybe* get to 600 just about for £10K.. but to do it properly double that and factor in costs for gearbox/transfer/diff breakages - which become a distinct possibility at these levels. I would be wary about going huge power straight away... a 400/400 8 or 9 with good handling mods will be a big leap from a VXR and will be a handful on b-roads

and yes they really are that good

 

[Belly]

I've gone from a 330bhp corsa vxr to a standard evo9 fq340 and it amazes me everytime I put my foot down. Go for it mate, you won't be disappointed . And it's crazy but it's better on juice than me vxr .

 

[martinthegooner]

i would buy a standard or lightly well modded one and own it a while,get used to it and then go from there,like has been said before depends if its a daily driver etc.

 

[yates]

One like minę be ideał haha

 

[Phatfaceuk]

I to am a VXR (Corsa) driver going over to an Evo. My missus is gonna take my 240bhp Corsa. I'm interested to see what you think when you do the change. I want to go for about 400/400, just waiting for the right Evo IX to come along, don't want to rush into it.

 

[evokaralis]

definitely don't rush - IX is really simple to get to 400/400 from too( if not already done)