LOL, I can give you props on the Evo I guess, they do very well on E85, althouh you still have trouble even besting a bolt on Z06 or cammed C6. The 350Z, how much cash did you dump into that pitiful thing to only make 550rwhp on twins? If it's making 550rwhp I'm sure you had to build the motor, etc. too.
I put enough into it... and some days I regret it, then I take it for a drive and any regrets go away. How is 550whp referred to as "only"? that is well into the 600's if you rate it BHP. I could have pushed it further -> maybe another 50-100 hp, but for a street car there wasn't much of a point. I can still do so if I feel I need to... that is the great thing about turbo cars. adjust boost pressure with a dial or computer and couple hrs on the dyno and you are set.
In comparison The Z06 that APS used for their twin turbo conversion R&D shipped to them via the shop that tunes my ZR.LINK to APS Z06. It made like 120 whp less on the same dyno as mine pulled (obviously before they boosted it). Considering that, I think my Z is plenty respectable for the money I have into it
And I don't know if I would call the Z33 pitiful. Sure it needed some help from the factory, but still a very well rounded car for the money
And you're ragging on the Corvette while driving a Lancer (HAVE YOU SEEN THE INTERIOR ON THE OLD LANCERSs??!@!@?!@?!?@?!).
Jesus people, try sitting in one sometime, they have the 4LT option now on newer models with upgraded leather and many interior components. Sure, the base models are plain and the dash is plain, but it's not hideous, but of course that's all opinion anyway.
I'll take my lancer ANY DAY of the week over the vette's interior. And then we are talking roughly half the money and it still is better. I know it isn't the greatest, but the evo is about so much more than the interior. It never pretends to be something it is not -> vette pretends to be some luxury'ish type sports car with things like the 4LT that is basically lipstick on a pig.
I refer to my lancer as a 15k dollar car sitting on a 20k dollar drive train. If you have never driven one, you need to. just an believable driving experience.
Saying the motor is not bad would be like saying the new Veryon is only "pretty fast" in a straight line, which is retarded. The entire driveline of the C6 series is top notch and can handle big power without replacing all the major components.