seriously 15k my *****. Ive read in magazines that with around 4k u can ge MASSIVE power with just fuel management, boost controllers and some bolt ons.

 

Yeah this is the first time I have considered cancelling my Motor Trend subscription. These guys each month are giving different numbers for cars and its just BS. Maybe Mitsubishi forgot to pay Motor Trend for the month so they threw in a Joe Blow driver and those are the numbers that were attained

 

way to much money for what you get, but I think we all know that. And those Times from MotorTrend are very strange, I have never seen a 1/4 mile time that slow from a EVO. Maybe there test car no longer has a clutch. It has some problem for sure with that crap *** time.

 

Not surprising. The High Speed shootout results from MotorTrend were low (i.e., better than average) for many of the cars there. MT even admitted in the article that some of the cars may have been slightly "tweaked" for the showdown. This is not unheard of, in fact the Evo 7 that was in the UK EVO magazine COY test a few years ago was tweaked as well, although they at least admitted to it in the writeup.

The avg stock Evo is a mid-high 13-sec car in the quarter and a low-mid 5 sec car to 60. So there are a handful of cars out there that are faster, and some slower...expecting to hit 105 mph traps in a stock Evo because of one MT article is not a reasonable expectation. At least four magazine reviews (Autoweek, SCC, MT, latest R&T) and have gotten 14 second quarter mile times. Autoweek I can understand, but you expect decent launches from SCC and MT.

TRS

 

Is is belivable that they trapped at 105, i trapped at 103.3 with a crappy sixty foot of 1.99 and i ran a 13.5, and know i could of got another tenth or so out of it if i had lauched good.

 

a guy up here trapped a 103.something

and that was on his first two runs.... stock....

i could see 105-106 with the right conditions/driver

 

For $15,000, I would see 400+ whp, have some serious rotor upgrades, new wheels, etc. PLUS Dalene Kurtis from NOPI TV on my jock...

Seriously there is something wrong here. I have 300+ whp now with just bolt-ons and some ECU work. If I had a 2835 alone, another 80+ would be no sweat. Come on. Seems like someone at HKS is trying to lure some kids with deep pockets to come and play.

 

13.409 @ 102mph with mine.... it was fairly warm (around 82F) sometime in early August at Maple Grove in Reading PA.

I think MT sucks also! 94mph trap speed..... maybe they started in 2nd or 3rd gear.?

 

Are you stock? What technique did you use at the track? launch, rpm shift point etc

 

Just fyi, if you read in the back of that issue where they show the new car line for 2004/2005, they say the evo is going to remain the same as 2003 for 2004.

 

Hello, interesting topic about the MotorTrend EVO 60ft and 1/4 mile times. Just remember, this is the same car that all of the other magazines tested so by the time it came back to Motor Trend you can imagine the condition of the clutch not to mention the warmer weather. I remember the article did say something about why the times were different, but I can't put my finger on it. As far as 105 mph 1/4 mile times. I've laid down a couple 104 mph trap speeds with a best of 104.5. Also a best of 13.185 1/4 mile time (1.74 60ft). This equates to a 4.6, 0-60mph time. Just like trs94 stated, "there are a handful of cars that are faster".

 

Not that I doubt you, but can you post a scan of your timeslip? I really want to believe you got those times. I'll feel a lot better knowing I have a 13 second car and not a 14 second car. I'm just asking because I have never seen an actual time slip posted on this forum.

 

Cayman - what do *you* run at the track? How are you going to know what kind of car you have by someone elses slip??

 

I don't know how to attach a link on this forum yet, but you can do a search on "fastest 1/4 mile" and look for the one I started. It's pretty lengthy but I have scanned images of my 4 times slips and also there is some video of me racing a camaro that a gentlemen took while I was at the track (his name eludes me at the moment).

 

got them thanks nice times!!