Evo IX to get more power

Turbo experts reckon they can get to 450bhp

By PH Staff / Tuesday, 12 July 2005 / Loading comments

Is 450bhp enough?

Within days of the first Mitsubishi Evo IX arriving in the country, technical experts from Turbo Dynamics started work on extracting more power from the Japanese car. TD reckoned that that development work is well underway and the turbo is expected to be available in the next couple of months.

Working with performance company EVO400, Peter Marsh from Turbo Dynamics has designed the new turbocharger, developing new and unrivalled levels of power from the car. Expected to be in demand from owners around the world, Marsh said that the current 406bhp is set to be increased to more than 450bhp.

"Whatever a manufacturer produces there are always drivers looking for more power and using our experience and expertise we are developing an upgraded turbo for the new model,'' said Marsh, who developed the first MD hybrid turbo in 1989.

The Evo IX turbo will have a cast magnesium compressor housing as standard and modifications from the standard turbo will include a four inch inlet and ported shroud together with a larger compressor wheel, ball bearing conversion, cut back turbine blades and an uprated actuator to create the new levels of power.

Expected to cost around £1,950 plus VAT, Marsh said that interest was already high in the newly developed turbo with Evo400 now taking orders for the modification.