Years ago I bought an evo and enjoyed it a summer. I had 83 mm wheels and cast ronins on it. It was a speed machine with the turning radius of a bus. The steering is super indirect and the rear truck has a minimal steering angle. Quite cool going fast, but I didn’t like it for sliding. It makes similar sounds like an Evolve while sliding. Very unattractive imo. Switched to an Topspeed with the same trucks top mounted. It was much sharper and more agile. I haven’t used the evo since switching because the topspeed is more fun to me while doing downhill. Imo the Evo could be a great eboard for commuting and ridicules speeds.
Ive got a top speed, love the deck. I just want something that I can use with 6 shooters that will stand up to some punishment, but its gotta have a decent turn radius. Did you change the geometry at all?
Please buy the whole Carvon Evo and sell me the motors and stuff. You can have the deck 
The board is just north of 100 bucks, that leaves a lot to sell … And if I got my hands on carvon v4s I’d HAVE to keep them 
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Yeah that will work! Excessive wedge angles can be tricky but are totally doable. About 10° on cast trucks shouldn’t be a problem at all. With precision baseplates, anything past 5° can be annoying to get mounted. The key is getting your bolts to bend slightly, or modifying the deck a bit to accept the angle. I’m actually running a -17.5° custom angled riser on my e-sk8 with precision plates; I had to put a drill bit in the truck holes and cock it back to give them an angle, so the bolt is perpendicular to the angled plate
The wedging up front on the Evo is +15°. With 50° Calibers, that would put you at 65° (gross!). The deck was actually designed around the old Randal DH trucks (35° baseplates)
I prefer 50° up front, but 47~52° is a good angle in my experience
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@mmaner I have one. I’ll be posting my build soon after I finish redoing the enclosure and battery. It’s an excellent ride. Steers like a car (by that I mean front steering). Very stable at high speed. And with the perfect drop, you’re nice and low to the ground. My enclosure is 3.5cm tall and there’s still plenty of clearance. Was a little tricky fitting dual motors because of the deck/drop curve but it’s worked in the end.
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Looks great. I can’t tell in my phone, did you have to change the geometry of the truck angle?
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This is also an evo deck. I hit 49mph on it with stock 50 degree baseplates, still felt very stable compared to my other boards at high speed. I have 35 degree randle baseplates on it now and its a lot less turny but still more than agile enough for me and rock sokid at high speed even with the bushings pretty loose. Where did you find the deck for $100
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Had a discount coupon from Nord, the board was 135 with a 25 off coupon, 110 total with free shipping.
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I’ll try it with 1/4 risers and then change out to wedges if I need too. I’ve got a set or Paris 195s and a set of surfrodz 177 with 80mm axles, not sure which I’ll use.
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Is your coupon reusable? I like this deck so much I want to buy another
Me too… haha. Maybe I should contact them and see how much they go wholesale… I’m thinking $65
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I heard they want 100 board minimum for wholesale
Jesus… sometimes I forget that there are huge skateboarding companies out there… I sent an email, we will see where it goes 
My Evo is on standard 50 degree baseplates. I was a little concerned because I bought the trucks first before I new I wanted an EVO. I’d also been reading about what is a good truck angle and thought 50 might be too much. Having said that, I think 50 degrees is perfect. You don’t want to fiddle with it too much otherwise it defeats the purpose of having a wedged deck.
It wasn’t. It was given to.me as one use code when they had to reship a deck that had gotten lost.
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No haven’t changed th angels, because that was the selling point of the evo to me. It is a special ride wit low ground clearance.
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Agreed, if you arent breaking 35mph I dont think Id change the baseplate angle.
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So does this board come with the baseplates or is this something you buy separately?
The deck is available by itself no baseplates included