Well I've been gone for a while, it took a long time to sort out insurance for my Stolen 2.4 Lancer.

At the beginning of january though I took delivery of an Evo IX FQ-340.

And I guess now I need to compare the two cars for you guys.


First impression was that the Evo wasnt very responsive at all unless in the right gear. This would be the turbo lag. The biggest difference between the 2.4 and the Evo was 1st gear off the line.

In the 2.4 if you put your foot down the wheels would spin and youd shoot off with a lot of torque steer.

In the Evo, You put your foot down and nothing really happens for a second then you shoot forward faster than I could ever imagine.

The Evo itself feels lighter than the Lancer, and the steering is a lot tighter, less assisted. The Evo is very soft suspension wise, but excellently damped so that you get all the road handling of the TEIN's with all the comfort of the Lancer's stock suspension.

The Evo feels much smaller than it is, whereas the Lancer feels quite big. I still think the Lancer was more fun to just have a little blast in, in its modded state. The Evo feels much more serious. Like you have to behave.

The Evo is a wonderful car, the AYC really helps cornering and the grip in pouring rain is fantastic. But it does feel less raw and fun than the tuned lancer. The turbo lag and shocking fuel economy makes the car much more difficult to drive. So I'll miss that.

The Evo is stock btw, and it will be staying that way!

Would I change things? No... The Evo im very happy with and it feels godlike on the road. But I loved the 2.4 lancer I had more.

 

Congratulations Diavlo and the car looks sweet. Question?? though did the car already come with the Ralliart mudflaps and the Ralliart seats looks good

 

Yeah it came with those. Ralliart in UK do loads of extra things to the Evos, such as increasing the power to 340 or 360 bhp and selling them with full warranty.

 

nice bro but i doubt it will be stock for long,especialy with your skills i could see this thing being 600 horspower by next year....

 

looks good Diavlo. Put a top of the line alarm system on her please

Wish I could lose a car out of no where and then buy something even better right after

Good luck man, appreciated every bit of info you had posted on this website!

 

Very nice Diavlo!

Awesome car, all the best from here on end

 

nice car

 

looks good but please man from the bottom of my heart... take the mudflaps out.....

 

I love the seats. I need some of those for my car.

 

that exhaust is huge

how does the car sound like?

 

sweet ride man
get a soundclip or movie clip if u can

and i have to agree with you, i want a new car(hopefully a 2nd hand evo or a 09 RA) but i just cant imagine parting with my mivec

 

I am not gay but I might suck d--k for an FQ.

 

^ Spend a couple grand and make yours run like one... it's not that hard and far less gay. Although you still won't have AYC.

 

 

19'd ... haha that statement made my day.

Diavlo, that car looks great, Personally I'm not a big fan of the Ralliart lettering on the mudflaps but I like the mudflaps in general.

Those seats are pure sex...