I read a lot about the '08 MR having terrible 1/4 mile times, i tried searching and i saw no one has spoke about this yet. I was reading the new article in Road & Track with their Ford Taurus SHO vs. MR Touring. With the SST tweaks Mitsu made for 2010 they managed 13.2 in the 1/4 mile, their '08 run was 13.7. Very nice improvement IMO. I hope this wasn't a repost and is good info for you guys.

Here is the comparison sheet:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/assets/d...-Evo_chart.pdf

The article:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....&page_number=1

 

Thanks for the links

 

and pushing 104 mph trap speed...hmmm sounds like a ringer or maybe a secret new tune that makes 330hp stock now. Wasn't the last MR clocking like 99 mph or so?

 

is it because they use the lauch control and in 2008 they didnt use it?

 

^ that seems likely. any proof of either one?

 

Road and track has the 2010 Evolution MR touring running a 0-60 of 4.6 seconds, and Jalopnik.com has the MR touring running 0-60 at 4.9 seconds.

Sometimes it is worth the wait, and with apologies to 08 owners, it is great to have a car that STOCK (with no extra flashes, straight off of the showroom floor) that runs in the FOURS
That is a great improvement in the EVO X's second year!

 

^ yes thats true. the problem is when i purchased my car the MR touring was going for 10k+ more. not really worth it, for me. especially since my 08 was at 0%.

 

^^^

Its not like these things can't be fixed with a simple tune :P

 

How interesting... has anyone examined and compared the ECU maps from each car? Are the stock tunes really different?

 

same here

 

12.9 sec for Evo X GSR stock.

 

2010 MR's have revised TC-SST tuning that eliminates the annoying lag off the line that is present in 08's.

 

Now the question is... can you flash an 08 with the 10 sst ecu setting. I do not think there will be any problems doing it.

 

ford taurus sho is governed at 131???? now that's a LOL

i guess that 6th gear is really useless

 

This is the same thing i have been wondering as well. If so it will restore faith in some of us who are disappointed in the MR. 1/2 sec drop is very impressive.