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The X was meant to be a new dawn for the Lancer Evo and it never happened because it was still light years away from an M3 for example, on quality and fit and finish, etc. The best ever Evo by far was the 9. The best 9 by far was the 360. the very long named ''Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution lX 360 MR FQ By HKS''. It had a better power band than the Mark 8 FQ 400 and was the perfect mix of power and usability. My one was mildly tuned to 450 bhp which was inexpensive to do. Don't believe the hype about the Makinnen being the best one, the Evo got better progressively from the start to the 9, then it went wrong with the X as they were after the wrong buyers.
Whenever i think of an Evo i think of the 1,012, yes 1,012 bhp one had at the Ace Cafe. Yes it had a 2.4 bore and stroker kit but even so over a thousand bhp from a single turbo 4 cylinder motor that small is ridiculous. I presume it had turbo lag on a par with second class Royal Mail delivery.
Grindle said:
Whenever i think of an Evo i think of the 1,012, yes 1,012 bhp one had at the Ace Cafe. Yes it had a 2.4 bore and stroker kit but even so over a thousand bhp from a single turbo 4 cylinder motor that small is ridiculous. I presume it had turbo lag on a par with second class Royal Mail delivery.
If that's car I'm thinking of it's a bit 'infamous' in the tuning scene. From what I understand it made that power once on a very generous dyno with race fuel, cold temps etc... The car doesn't go anywhere other than Ace Cafe @20mph so makes people fell like it's a waste. For bonkers Evo 9 have a look on YouTube for Greek firm 'Extreme Tuners' Evo. This is a massive power car (32psi on a GTX55 making peak power at 11,000rpm) and gets used properly (think it currently has 1/4 mile record at 7.14)
https://youtu.be/IW_hFkLD2_k
Grindle said:
Whenever i think of an Evo i think of the 1,012, yes 1,012 bhp one had at the Ace Cafe. Yes it had a 2.4 bore and stroker kit but even so over a thousand bhp from a single turbo 4 cylinder motor that small is ridiculous. I presume it had turbo lag on a par with second class Royal Mail delivery.
Not necessarily tbh, the new age of turbos with billet wheels etc will mean that thing will be on full boost by 4500rpm-ish. Considering oem the td05 is 3300rpm, and likely to pull all the way to 9k+. 4g63's party piece is to hit a hell a lot of torque down lowKarlMac said:
If that's car I'm thinking of it's a bit 'infamous' in the tuning scene. From what I understand it made that power once on a very generous dyno with race fuel, cold temps etc... The car doesn't go anywhere other than Ace Cafe @20mph so makes people fell like it's a waste.
For bonkers Evo 9 have a look on YouTube for Greek firm 'Extreme Tuners' Evo. This is a massive power car (32psi on a GTX55 making peak power at 11,000rpm) and gets used properly (think it currently has 1/4 mile record at 7.14)
https://youtu.be/IW_hFkLD2_k
To burst your slight bubble, that car has the footage sped up. This is the current record, look how its all over the road with 1300whp. Theres no chance the other wone with 2000+ stays straight For bonkers Evo 9 have a look on YouTube for Greek firm 'Extreme Tuners' Evo. This is a massive power car (32psi on a GTX55 making peak power at 11,000rpm) and gets used properly (think it currently has 1/4 mile record at 7.14)
https://youtu.be/IW_hFkLD2_k
https:/youtu.be/Oy0eQh8TYgk
remember your run ins with Aidy lolI’d gor for a nice fresh import 9 GT (as I currently have as the wife’s car) the one we have has 157k km’s so near enough 100k miles On it and underneath looks like a 6 month old car. Compare that to our previous 9 fq300 which was a UK model and only had 40k, it was already going rusty in several places and that was 4 years ago
The GT model also comes with the much stronger 5 speed box ( which is a closely stacked 1-4 and then a longer 5th for motorway )and has the ‘RS’ proper mechanical LSD at the rear rather than the troublesome SAYC rear diff.
Downsides to the GT are the 70/71 series turbo can’t be pushed quite as hard as the 80 series on the other 9’s, but It’s much easier and cheaper to hybrid or change the turbo than change the box and rear diff if you end up wanting big power.
You should get a really nice GT for 16k, and the other 2-4K you have left over should be enough for a genuine 400bhp. (Cams, injectors, turbo, clutch, and rods all pretty much maxed out at this point so going further is expensive.) and a nice set of brakes.
Condition over mileage every time with these cars....our 100k example is twice the car our old 40k one was
The GT model also comes with the much stronger 5 speed box ( which is a closely stacked 1-4 and then a longer 5th for motorway )and has the ‘RS’ proper mechanical LSD at the rear rather than the troublesome SAYC rear diff.
Downsides to the GT are the 70/71 series turbo can’t be pushed quite as hard as the 80 series on the other 9’s, but It’s much easier and cheaper to hybrid or change the turbo than change the box and rear diff if you end up wanting big power.
You should get a really nice GT for 16k, and the other 2-4K you have left over should be enough for a genuine 400bhp. (Cams, injectors, turbo, clutch, and rods all pretty much maxed out at this point so going further is expensive.) and a nice set of brakes.
Condition over mileage every time with these cars....our 100k example is twice the car our old 40k one was
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