HxCGuitars

I would second the JLT, I'm prolly picking up the 3 series combo from AM within a few months. Can't wait

Also, should probably say you better be dang good at shifting your car if you'd want to win haha.

stephen1371

i have the c&l racer i love it with a bama tune. the race though i think its up if its a roll or from the dig. street or strip.

Entaille

the evo has the power to weight ratio advantage and has one of those fancy dual clutch auto boxes. he has a seriously advantage from a stop and at lower speeds. he's going to shift hard and fast and it's pretty hard to mess up tapping a paddle. if you guys went beyond a quarter mile I think you'd begin to pull on him.

my friend has an evo 9 with maybe 2000$ in performance mods, and he makes 385/380 hp/tq at the wheels, on the stock turbo etc.. all just simple bolt ons and a tune. pretty disgusting what those cars are capable of. that turbo spools very early too, it's not like a typical laggy single turbo setup.

Thrashard340

Since we don't know how well OP drives himself, let's just compare hardware.

I can find all sorts of documentation on Evo in the low 13 second range...for the Mustang GT (2005 - 2009) in the mid to high 13's. Just from a hardware perspective, the Evo is quicker.

Just pointing this out because I don't think we should sell the OP in a false sense of security by saying his car is quicker than the Evo.

BTW, my friend did have an Evo VIII. That thing had wicked top end. Turbo cars normally do...

rdsx18

Not saying it is quicker, but I think it's more of a drivers race than you think. I ran a stock S197 at the track and he got a 13.3 to my 13.8 on my first run ever at the strip. From a dig, he will win if he isn't afraid to launch it hard but if he misses a shift or launches easy then I think you could win.

Riptide

IMO you're outmatched. Based on what I've seen at my track anyway. Stock EVO cars typically run high 13s to low 14s. Stock 3v cars are low to mid 14s.

S8ER01Z

At elevation the difference is much bigger. At sea level the Evo still has the advantage bit it takes a good driver to get the launch down right. I've seen a lot of bad passes from Evos over the years.

bluebeastsrt

Just race him and find out. With equal drivers it'll be alot closer than you think. And if you lose big deal gives you an excuse to put a 100 shot on it.

Stone629

I think it'll be closer than expected. Both typically run mid to 13.8 1/4 miles. The EVO is definitely much easier to launch with their dual clutch launch control stuff. Run him and get back to us.

Thrashard340

I think I've seen more Mustang owners screw up launches than Evo owners. On the Evo, you can come down heavy on the gas without dumping the clutch and still get a good launch. If you try to do that with a Mustang, you could still lose traction in 1st. If OP has 3.31 gears then traction may not be a big issue unless he dumps the clutch. But if OP has 3.31's then even an Evo that's a bit lazy off the line will make it up in the top end.

I agree that OP should just run and find out for himself.