[hungryhippos]

Yeah so I've been reading. I think the only way I'd buy a previously modded car is if I knew the person personally. Modding always has its price and with any project, ya gotta pay to play and thats just how it goes with any hobby. There are kids that want to play, but don't do it right and wonder why shit breaks. I'm just trying to figure out how much it costs to get a clean FD with little to no mods. My evo was about 35k off the lot and I easily have another 20k in mods and maintenence. I learned from my evo 8 to log everything if I want an easy sale. So this time I have a excel spread sheet of every oil change with miles and receipt of the oil and filter along with other fluid changes, belt changes, bolt ons and the build itself of course.

For anyone that hasn't been around evo 10's they have their fair share of problems. Plastic pulleys? WTF Plastic CMC. The ACD (Active center diff) pump hates cold weather so that $#!T dies every couple years. That is a $2k replacement from the stealership. Shitty paint job. Internals although forged are limited to 400wtq, some people are starting to figure out 500whp on internals which isn't a problem, just surprising. the MR's with the SST double clutch tranny's work fantastic but tend to have overheating problems on the track and they can't hold much power without upgrades past 350whp/wtq

tons more random lil shit haha. Anyways, I don't think I'm going to spring for one quite yet. I don't know, maybe if I see a decent deal around seattle for less than $20 with a clean history and good records. I'll see soon enough. haha thanks for the tips everyone!