saw a lancer evolution get slapped around by lesser cars

OS

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I went to the street races tonite with a friend to show him what it's like. There was a 3 way run, lancer evo, old vw bug, 2G eclipse. The eclipse was revving like no tomorrow, hooked up and hauled out. The VW bug was right beside it and went sideways off the line. :Q The kicker is the evo was left behind by the first two cars. :Q:Q

What gives? I remember mitsubishi was gonna sell a watered down evo-looking lancer, that has the same body style, lights and wing, but much slower. Are those floating around out there now?
 

Desslok

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Originally posted by: OS
I went to the street races tonite with a friend to show him what it's like. There was a 3 way run, lancer evo, old vw bug, 2G eclipse. The eclipse was revving like no tomorrow, hooked up and hauled out. The VW bug was right beside it and went sideways off the line. :Q The kicker is the evo was left behind by the first two cars. :Q:Q What gives? I remember mitsubishi was gonna sell a watered down evo-looking lancer, that has the same body style, lights and wing, but much slower. Are those floating around out there now?

Are you thinking of the Lancer OZ? It was just a wheel and sticker package. I am sure those other cars were modded to the hilt.

 

malbojah

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my little Honda 4 banger that only puts out 110 hp could beat all those cars ;)

Seriously :)
 

KokomoGST

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Some people baby their cars... launching the Evo is an exercise in clutch annhilation. Plus, even though it's pretty darn fast in stock form driven by the right people, driven wrong it can be very slow indeed. If the Eclipse was revving like no tomorrow it's because he wanted to not bog his AWD launch which is exactly the same thing the Evo should have been doing if it was a real Evo. I've seen DSMs with stutterboxes too. Love that sound of the ext wastegate/O2 dumps with stutter. rraaaaAAAAAA-AAAAA-AAAAA-AAAAAAA!! And if they have a big turbo, you hear all that lovely induction noise right alongside it with the exhaust. mmmmm...

But again, you can make an Evo very fast for just the $$ it takes to buy an STi (a grand or so) but I've seen more than a few VERY fast DSMs and VWs.

http://www.pruvenperformance.com/ Mebbe the Evo was stock and just simply annhilated by 12-low 13 second cars.

It very well could be a fake Evo, either a Mirage with a body kit (seen plenty of those) or a Lancer with a body kit.
 

Salvador

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These days any car can have anything in it. I've seen stock looking 10 second Civics that can dust a Viper, so never assume that the car is stock just because it doesn't have all the typical "ricer" additions to it like the decals and huge wing.

Sal
 

NutBucket

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Either a body kit or the dude was being very timid. Apparenly a friend of mine has a friend who never even comes close to pushing his WRX hard.

And some words of advice: Anytime you see a Bug showing up at a drag strip or street race or whatever, you should be smart and put your money on the bug. Its guaranteed to be fast. Last time I went out to LACR there were two bugs I think. Both of them broke into the 11's.
 

Vic

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I would not call an Eclipse and an old, built VW Bug "lesser cars."
 

WinkOsmosis

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What makes you think the Lancer is so good? People seem to put it in the same class as the Skyline GTR and such.