SkunT

yes, i have already set up another bank account for a deposit only transfer from my paychecks. I figure if I make a car payment to myself while in japan, when i get back, I should have a nice down payment, possibly even almost pay for it in full. plan is to buy a ---- load of parts for her while over there, come home and slap them all on at once

what am I talkin about...

the 2006 evo 9

sexy video of the beast
















...Those revisions are a larger turbo
...new spark plugs with longer threads that help cool combustion chamber temperatures
...a new magnesium center cover and a reshaped oil ring that the good doctor says will reduce oil consumption by 10 percent
...MIVEC, or Mitsubishi Innovative Valve timing and lift Electronic Control, has also been added to the mix. It's Mitsubishi's variable valve timing system, and it has improved the midrange torque of the 4G63 engine. Its 7,000-rpm redline is unchanged


what i wouldnt do to own one of these. if only mitsubishi would fix the weakest part...the clutch. i have read on the evo forums an added 20hp and a dump of the clutch and the clutch is fried. 290whp out of the box...300 would be very easy to achieve, probably with just a new exhaust. this thing would be unreal to drive/own. I would want nothing more.


i love this car.

Ravage70

you will always want more

jecu

Im suprised mitsubishi is making another one, I heard that the company was going belly up

SkunT

what more would you want? this is everything I would want in a car...

a car that:
stops on a dime
suspension virgin tight
a nice turbo mated to an engine that can be easily modded
tight gearing
interior ready for go fast driving
AWD with the 60/40 center dif

what would I add/change...of coarse i would get rid of all of that air filter ---- air box and just get a cone filter, I would put a different turbo manifold on it, I would get a clutch that would handle a day at the track and a day of cruising riding town, i would probably add a boost gauge, and an external wastegate with a MBC. I would probably leave it at that.

and jecu, the talk of mitsu going belly up, i would still buy an evo. BTW, the evo X is in the works as well....
mitsu has talked about going belly up since the 1g eclipse.

con

Thats what happens when you dont recall your trucks for killing people and just cover it up. :P

Ravage70

im not talking more as in another car
im just talking more horsepower
imagine how easy it would be to get 500 outta that thing

Dr.Boost

Jesus, you're already planning what car your going to buy after you get back from Japan? Are we going to have to hear about this for the next 2 years? :P

I couldn't imagine what my insurance would be on a car like that. I pay like $100 a month for liability on a family car.
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d16forlife

LOL!

Whats funny is that thats what Ive ben looking at lately.Ill probably get mine befor the end of the year though.At first I couldnt decide wether to get the evo or the sti but I like the boady of the evo better .

But I promise I wont make a post about it till its sitting in my driveway

djfob

Good choice......I've read reviews where the evo is a bit better than the sti

jecu

I had just heard this recently from a mitsubishi dealer bc I went to look at an EVO