Guys,

My father has a Mitsubishi dealership. As a racing team we own an evo6 which is my dream car. I have suffered from owning my dream car and not being able to drive it on the street. I have been waiting for mitsubishi to bring a street legal evo to the US and PR. Now the arrival has been postponed till May or June. When my dad asked about the reason, he was told Mitsubishi will replace the 45-17 tires for something higher, maybe 50, because of very bad roads here. He was also told that our premium octane rating is less than in the US (93), so they will modify the ignition timing, make the car slower. I can't believe we will get a watered down version of the US spec car. Frustrating . I was wondering if any of you guys who have connections in MMC could find out if there is any truth in this. It seems un likely that Mitsu would modify cars and make a Puerto Rico spec car just for the island. Specially since they will only bring about 40 evos to the island.

Sorry for the long post, had to share my misery.

Julian Gutierrez
Autocentro del Sur Inc.

 

Geez,

And we though we had it bad

At least you don't need to drive it in the snow

 

I'm sorry to hear about these potential changes.

We'll keep our fingers crossed though.

 

Thanks for the crossed fingers.. jeje.... I was waiting and considering selling our race car evo6 and purchasing a new evo8 to race as well. Depending on those PR spec changes I'm not sure if I will keep my 6 after all.

Julian Gutierrez
1999 Valvoline Evo VI #79

 

julian,

Hey, I moved out of PR around 15 years ago, I lived in San Juan, good to see the island is getting at least some. I know that PR has different standards for cars, as there are a few cars there that are not legal on the mainland. The roads do suck over there, so the bigger tires are probably a good idea, otherwise you'll be hammering your rims back to round in no time. I think the gas ovet there is actualy highr in octane than in the states, than california at least.. If they dont have to retard the timing for california, they shouldnt for you guys. My best advice is to buy the EVO in the east coast, near a big port (Miami, North carolina, Virginia, Maryland, NY), and have it ferried down (it shoudlnt be more than a grand). then you can have a usdm spec, and not have to wait until summer. I believe theyre legal, since the registrations carry over pretty easily (at least they do from PR to the mainland) Dont leave it parked in San Juan too long though, or you'll find it stripped and on cinder blocks.

 

Jaja.. stripped down is right. The car could be imported and registered from the US.. But we have to pay taxes for importing cars and it ends up being veeery expensive. Anyway, since my dad owns a dealership we will wait till they arrive and see what we get rather than spending alot more money on importing one.

Julian

P.S.: I go to University in San Juan, but we live and have the dealership in the south of the island, Ponce.

 

I was in PR back in January for a vacation and I've never seen so many Mirages and Lancers! Are they giving them away down there or what?