Originally Posted by Evo_Kid

I agree with you to some extent.

You very right about how most of these american EVO owners want a gt30 blah blah turbo and to do a 10 in the 1/4.

I would never concentrat on drag racing, but I do it and like it. I love taking my car to any motorsport event, weather it be drag racing, road racing, auto X and the touge. I understand what these cars were made for (and its not strait lines), but it doesnt mean you cant run some 1/4 miles every now and then.

Basically what I'm saying is I would never put a part on my car with the hope of just running faster in the 1/4. Its all about bulding a well rounded car that can kick *** on the road couse, have fun on the touge and beat a lot of imports at the 1/4 (maybe not the american EVO guy with a GT35 and 500 billion HP).

Thats the difference between Japanesse and American tuners.

Japaness tuners know a car has to be well-rounded and not just excel at drag racing.

Originally Posted by sonicnofadz

Buying an Evo to go drag racing with is pointless. Why spend all the money to drag race an Evo when you could of built a DSM or mustang for $10,000 to run 9's all day long? You have missed our point. The Evo is what it is because of its handling, not its straightline acceleration capabilities. If you want to go fast and straight, buy an older car to modify. You will go much faster for a much smaller amount of money. However, there is nothing wrong with taking the Evo to the dragstrip every once in a while to test performance, but to me its pretty mind numbing to see a dedicated Evo drag car...

Originally Posted by Varrius

You guys are basing your opinions on being dyno queens and drag racers, typical Americans. Why not look at the car from what it was made to be. The car isn't an NHRA drag racer with 1000 whp. Infact the japanese don't even mod these cars for the 1320. Probably why we have the highest horsepower Evo(supposedly) and the fastest one in a straight line after only having two of the nine models ever produced. It goes to show how ignorant we are. If you want horsepower and drag racing power, please, go get a mustang. Don't go by a rally-bred AWD race car and expect it to be a drag monster. The fact alone that this vehicle was bred solely to take turns like no other and race in the dirt, yet is still killing people in the 1/4 mile is astonishing, though. The japanese people had no intentions for this car to be a drag-warrior. Maybe thats why we go through clutches and LSDs faster than any other country with the Lancer Evolution. Could it be that this ten year engineered bearer of the 4G63 was not intended to run in a straight line, nor put down huge numbers on a dyno!? Maybe thats why the clutches weren't engineered for fat americans to launch the crap out of them. I watched a video recently where an American tuned Evo with a god-foresaken amount of power attempted to take down a japanese bred evo with barely 400 whp. The japanese evo was bred for response. So, lo-and-behold the high-horsepower guy fell behind in the first few turns, probably because he had some huge turbo that was going in and out of the power band, and by the time it made its 800 something horsepower, the japanese driver had put three - four more seconds on him. I know you all will argue with me, now. You will tell me your opinions, etc. But I'm sorry, I will take the advice from the japanese people, who not only made this car, but have had it long before most of us knew what it was.

Originally Posted by al dopa

Nope, not overated at all. Best bang for the buck going. Oh, yeah, this thread is a bit silly. So I excuse myself.....

Originally Posted by TruBluIX

The 1/4 mile is overrated. I went when my car was freshly broken in and ran a 13.3. That was my first time ever on a 1/4 mile track and as far as I'm concerned it can be the last. Remind you that this is strictly my own opinion. I have 1 friend with a '01 GT Mustang with all the bolt-ons and I have another friend with a 530 RWHP '98 Supra. I love to go to the track and watch them blast through gears. I can get them both in my car comfortably and take a turn at ungodly speeds and make them giggle like kids. My car is soon not to be stock and will continue to pull away from 95% of street cars when going through the turns. OVERRATED.....no. This car is what it is and if you want to run this car down the 1/4 mile 10 times a weekend then you bought the wrong car. AWD=handling, not top speed, not amazing pass times. AMS does have a sick A** drag car though. To be able to spin all four wheels before a pull is a sight everyone should see.

Originally Posted by 4 Wheel Slide

fools... how many cars under 100k do a 1/4 mile in the 12's stock... now that you cant think of enough cars to take up all 10 of ur fingers. name one other car under 30k that can do that.. or hell lets bump it up to 50... hmm... i guess a vette can...but i never see it at the track or read about it... no traction... how about a cobra... okay so 2 cars under 50k that can do 12's stock....

any questions?