Tuscan S vs Evo VIII

[Cliffedge]

I took my Tuscan S to work this morning and had a brief run with an Evo VIII in front of me; blimey those things can't alf shift. Bumpy country lanes with a winglet missing (taken off by a bloody rabbit recently), at high speed really does make a difference to the stability, even so, Evo couldn't shake me off but I was impressed with its performance!

Anyone else come across one of these?

[Djdan]

There is a good chance it will have been fettled with, most have!

[Corkys]

There are about the fastest things point to point.

Most are fettled to around 350ish if they are Evo 8's, with 9's more likely 400.

I previously owned a 7, not as quick as my Tuscan in a straight line, but they give you more confidence on bumpy back roads.

[Session8]

I've got an Evo 8, the cost to go from standard to 380-400 Bhp is cira £800 so quite a few will have been done. They should also be pushing the same torque figures, couple this with the 4wd & electrics makes it very very quick on A & B roads.

I think it would take a very good RWD driver to keep up with an average Evo driver in those circumstances.

Regards

[Robertjp]

Had a play with one of these in a straight line and it was clear that i had the pace, but i certainly wouldnt like to have been playing on twisty's.

And, as mentioned, i can only guess that many will have been tweaked if its that easy.

Hell, i have a friend that has just has his focus RS 'tweaked'. For £4k he now has 380 bhp and ***620nm** of torque. So easily done with modern engines...