i just bought an 04 evo 8 and my friend bought a 05 mr mine seems way slower even on the highway i feel like it wont pull is the 04 evo 8 much slower than the 05 anyone in ny that specialises in evos that can help

 

05 evo has a slightly bigger turbo.

 

^What he said.

 

04 below VIII has a 9.8 hotside and 05 has a 10.5 hotside. Did you check for boost leak and such? How many car length did pull away from you?

 

at least 3 i just got rid of my v-dub for the evo so im not sure exactly what to check for its definitly faster than my vw but still does not seem as fast as an evo should be

 

Thats a little too much, i would check to see if all your IC pipes is all tighten, is both you guys car all stock?

 

his is stock mine has an exhaust

 

Obviously you bought it used and modded. Does it have a boost gauge? How much boost are you running? I would do a compression test, change the plugs and do a boost leak test. That will tell you alot about the car.

 

ahh man yours was mod'd , and hopefully not ragged out before it was sold to you.

 

thats gonna be one tough cookie...
but yeah as everyone said 03-04 had smaller hotside than the 05...

 

More than likely the previous owner had a boost controller on the car and when he put the car back to "stock" he didn't reinstall the boost lines properly. I guarantee you're just running on wastegate boost of 12lbs or so. Double check that the lines are on correctly to the boost celenoid with the pills in the boost lines facing the same way.

Had the same issue when I bought my car, I knew something was up when i almost lost to my buddy's Spec-V

 

i have had it less then a week do u think the dealer will cover any repairs that it might need it only has about 32k miles

 

Mitsu dealer or used car dealer?

 

i bought it from a used dealer and got a 30 day warranty i called mitsu and they said its still under factory warranty for engine and tranny so im bringing it to them in monday

 

take the exhaust off and then take it to the dealer. They might void the warranty for it. They did that to my last one.