Originally Posted by HorinayHotiness

If you figure you are loosing at least 25% of your crank HP through the drive train (probably more in 4WD) , then realistically a stock Evo is going to be putting out around 200 HP at the wheels. It's true the 05's have slightly more HP and Torque, but don't forget they also have ACD. There are more parts moving togther and thus more friction in the drive train = more loss of HP. My guess is the reason Mitsubishi upped the HP in the 05's was to compensate for the additional losses from the additional drive train hardware. I don't think there will be any increase in stock acceleration numbers untill the IX.