i got Challenged
4th Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,369
From: United States
RE: i got Challenged
not the mr friends. it is lighter and stronger than both the sti and the evo 8. i hate those cars so i dont like to admit it. but, next year's sti will have 350 hp so i would hold off on that evo nonsense.
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Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,898
From: Assachusetts
RE: i got Challenged
( found this: copy/paste from other forum )
What Is It?
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII MR Concept
What's Special About It?
The car that we know as the Lancer Evolution is currently in its eighth generation in the Japanese and European markets, taking the name Evolution VIII. By all accounts, including our own, the Evo is a superb car in stock form — the closest you'll come to a street-legal race car in the $30,000 price range. But now Mitsubishi has found a way to extract even more performance from the Evo, yielding the Evolution VIII MR ("MR" stands for Mitsubishi Racing).
The biggest change in the MR version is the installation of an all-wheel control system, which continually adapts the level of suspension damping applied to each wheel using specially designed Bilstein shocks. The result, of course, is an even higher handling threshold. In addition, Mitsubishi has cut curb weight and lowered the car's center of gravity through the use of aluminum for the roof panel and various other weight-saving measures in the upper half of the body.
Improvements were also made to the electronic all-wheel-drive system (and its driver-adjustable active center differential) and the competition-oriented stability control system (Super AYC, or Active Yaw Control) — both of which are standard fare on Evos sold in Japan — as well as the antilock brake system. Tweaks to the turbocharger and cams increase peak torque output, and the engine has been tuned for competition use with an emphasis on maximizing the available power at mid-to-high rpm.
Why Should You Care?
Given that the American-spec Evo has a mechanical all-wheel-drive system controlled by a viscous coupling and can't be equipped with stability control, we won't hold our breath on the MR version coming here. Still, with a key competitor, the Subaru WRX STi, offering an active center differential, it's within the realm of imagination that Mitsubishi could make some of this technology available to U.S. Evo buyers down the road.
What Is It?
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII MR Concept
What's Special About It?
The car that we know as the Lancer Evolution is currently in its eighth generation in the Japanese and European markets, taking the name Evolution VIII. By all accounts, including our own, the Evo is a superb car in stock form — the closest you'll come to a street-legal race car in the $30,000 price range. But now Mitsubishi has found a way to extract even more performance from the Evo, yielding the Evolution VIII MR ("MR" stands for Mitsubishi Racing).
The biggest change in the MR version is the installation of an all-wheel control system, which continually adapts the level of suspension damping applied to each wheel using specially designed Bilstein shocks. The result, of course, is an even higher handling threshold. In addition, Mitsubishi has cut curb weight and lowered the car's center of gravity through the use of aluminum for the roof panel and various other weight-saving measures in the upper half of the body.
Improvements were also made to the electronic all-wheel-drive system (and its driver-adjustable active center differential) and the competition-oriented stability control system (Super AYC, or Active Yaw Control) — both of which are standard fare on Evos sold in Japan — as well as the antilock brake system. Tweaks to the turbocharger and cams increase peak torque output, and the engine has been tuned for competition use with an emphasis on maximizing the available power at mid-to-high rpm.
Why Should You Care?
Given that the American-spec Evo has a mechanical all-wheel-drive system controlled by a viscous coupling and can't be equipped with stability control, we won't hold our breath on the MR version coming here. Still, with a key competitor, the Subaru WRX STi, offering an active center differential, it's within the realm of imagination that Mitsubishi could make some of this technology available to U.S. Evo buyers down the road.
I ♥ Acer
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 2,042
From: Suwanee, GA
RE: i got Challenged
the EVO VIII MR is alot faster than the regular version. the regular version has 271 hp, the MR is rumored to have 350. and the regular version weighs 3263 lbs, the MR is rumored to weigh at least 150 lbs less. that is so they can compete with STis and cobras. i think by these numbers these things will run mid-12s stock.
Thread Starter
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 22
From: Bahrain
RE: i got Challenged
Firstly .. i aint From America 
... Secondly .. i already went to the dealer and got info and goin to pay !! for the 05 mr .... everythin is set and ready ... asked them when are they gonna recieve them .. said later this year ....
... Secondly .. i already went to the dealer and got info and goin to pay !! for the 05 mr .... everythin is set and ready ... asked them when are they gonna recieve them .. said later this year ....
