EVO VI & VII's vs 4.5 Cerb
Discussion
Fellow Cerb owners,
I didn't realise how quick some of these EVO's can be! I know I posted some while back about showing an EVO VII who's the boss but one of each of the above were extremely quick!
Must admit off the line together my four five wouldn't have a problem, I could tell, and probably a big gap when hitting higher speeds but these baby's are rapid. You can never tell how standard these Jap motors are though!
Also those new M3's thingy's aren't very quick at all are they??
T.
I didn't realise how quick some of these EVO's can be! I know I posted some while back about showing an EVO VII who's the boss but one of each of the above were extremely quick!
Must admit off the line together my four five wouldn't have a problem, I could tell, and probably a big gap when hitting higher speeds but these baby's are rapid. You can never tell how standard these Jap motors are though!
Also those new M3's thingy's aren't very quick at all are they??
T.
A friend of mine has just bought an Evo 8 with the FQ300 upgrade. He had now got 300 genuine horses to play with along with millions of little gadgets that keep the car going in the direction he wants it to go. He wants to keep the revs down for a couple hundred more miles and then we'll see how quick it is in a straight line against mine. If its wet or any corners, I just wont bother to turn up
Having owned an Impreza P1, i can assure you that the rice burners will give a TVR a run for its money - mine was running 310bhp ( as opposed to a 4.2 running 360, or a 4.5 running 360!) and doing the 0-60 in under 4.5secs. My experience with Cerberas is that it is a bit hot and miss as to how you get the power down - in a 4wd jap car, the level of grip is just astounding! The cars are just so committed in corners (providing you have the setup OK) unlike the Cerbera, which i find a little twitchy. Remember, the P1 gets round a track quicker than a 360 Modena (evo mag), and teh new Spec C impreza is quicker than the new bimmer m3 CSL. i would recommend a rice burner to anyone.
I used to revel watching tvr drivers tiptoeing around every time there was a damp patch on the road.
HOWEVER
loads of imprezas and evos around, cerberas are so rare people don't know what they are, and over 100, a lozenge shaped tvr will spank a brick shaped rally special every time - just a shame we can't use 'em.
Reliability wize, Mitsi or Subaru pi$$ on TVR obviously.
My 2 lira
I used to revel watching tvr drivers tiptoeing around every time there was a damp patch on the road.
HOWEVER
loads of imprezas and evos around, cerberas are so rare people don't know what they are, and over 100, a lozenge shaped tvr will spank a brick shaped rally special every time - just a shame we can't use 'em.
Reliability wize, Mitsi or Subaru pi$$ on TVR obviously.
My 2 lira
I've only had a brief drive in an EVO 6 and it was very very quick but it was so easy to drive my mum could have drove it just as quick, and I like a challange, after a 'spirited' drive in a TVR you get the feeling you've mastered something, a quick drive in the EVO and you've just got somewhere quicker 
Still, the EVO owners were very impressed with the space ship they saw go past them!
Jimbob2, you're right about the hit and miss on the power and I usually find my Cerb needs a really good run (especially a hard run) before it's nicely warmed up and it performs superbly. You do have to drive these baby's hard for a little while though and then you notice a difference, in power and noise.
Just can't wait to get my new RR with the CRG
and all the trimmings next year, then we'll see how these crap, sorry Jap motors compare! 
Oh and Rich, you're damn right chap.
T.
Jimbob2, you're right about the hit and miss on the power and I usually find my Cerb needs a really good run (especially a hard run) before it's nicely warmed up and it performs superbly. You do have to drive these baby's hard for a little while though and then you notice a difference, in power and noise.
Just can't wait to get my new RR with the CRG
and all the trimmings next year, then we'll see how these crap, sorry Jap motors compare! Oh and Rich, you're damn right chap.
T.
arcbeer said:
Chased a new Impreza STI last week. Quick car. Wonderful feeling accelerating hard after it changing on the beeps for 2nd and 3rd gear and then reeling him in
Had an EVO VI pull up alongside me at just below 30mph as we joined a lovely wide, straight bit of road a couple of weeks back. We both floored it and by the time I hit 100 the EVO was well behind (was pulling away much more above 70). I was pretty surprised at how badly it'd done - I'm no racing driver, but he must've really hashed his gear changes or something. Good job it'd been dry for a few days!
The state of tune has a lot to do with it, and you are right Big T, you can never tell.
A standard car is no match for a cerbie on a straight road. However at lower speeds or exiting corners the extra grip and better handling makes them seem faster.
If you start tuning them it becomes a different ball game. The cars that turn up to TOTB would smoke any TVR, straight line or otherwise.
I have recently bought a skyline and am having a very mild job done on it so will get about 460bhp (real dyno tested bhp). That should make it ok but still a brick at high speeds unlike the cerb.
The guy who owns the tuning firm has just rebuit his skyline and it is pushing out 800bhp (apparently), I can't wait for a passenger ride (and before anyone asks, yes it is his daily driver so no massive turbo lag or oil changes every 50 miles)
Will let you know how the car performs when I get it back.
Rob.
>> Edited by ro_butler on Wednesday 17th September 14:37
>> Edited by ro_butler on Wednesday 17th September 14:38
A standard car is no match for a cerbie on a straight road. However at lower speeds or exiting corners the extra grip and better handling makes them seem faster.
If you start tuning them it becomes a different ball game. The cars that turn up to TOTB would smoke any TVR, straight line or otherwise.
I have recently bought a skyline and am having a very mild job done on it so will get about 460bhp (real dyno tested bhp). That should make it ok but still a brick at high speeds unlike the cerb.
The guy who owns the tuning firm has just rebuit his skyline and it is pushing out 800bhp (apparently), I can't wait for a passenger ride
(and before anyone asks, yes it is his daily driver so no massive turbo lag or oil changes every 50 miles) Will let you know how the car performs when I get it back.
Rob.
>> Edited by ro_butler on Wednesday 17th September 14:37
>> Edited by ro_butler on Wednesday 17th September 14:38
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