Don't know if this has been discussed before, but what would you all think about Mitsubishi offering a rear wheel drive only Evo. The weight would be reduced by 150 lbs which theoretically give you better braking, better handling, better acceleration, better gas mileage, allow burnouts, maybe increase the life of the clutch and front tires and would cost less.

 

The only advantage I can think of for this would be for drag racing and those of you who are JDM-TYTE and like to drift. The AWD system handles amazingly on this car and I think you have a bunch of better choices in cars if you want RWD.

And also the biggest reason is "lol 60/40 weight ratio RWD car lol".

HOWEVER,The Evo can be made RWD as well as the Eclipse/Laser/Talon line, it just requires some tweaks.

 

I bought the car for the awd...and maybe the turbo lol

 

There's a video on this site of some guys who converted a jdm evo 9 to RWD. I'll try to find the video for u.

 

Here you go..................http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...46147271&q=evo

 

RMR did this, there was a big thread on it.

 

Thanx Tsurara.........lol

 

It's suspected that a few EVO RWD conversions were made for the move "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift". I hate those movies, but of course cant wait to see the RWD evos drifting! BTW, this is my first AWD car.....and I love it. I would not purchase a RWD EVO.

 

If the Evo is not AWD, it is not considered to be an Evo. It is meant to have such handling by using its AWD system.

 

The weight distribution is too biased to allow it to be RWD. With only 40% of the weight on teh rear wheels they wouldn't have very good traction, which means the rear end would slide out too easily. This is what RMR wants of course since its a drift car, but it would be too dangerous for mitsubishi to even consider.

 

thats like saying a gsx and a gst arent the same car.. there both eclipses..

 

How will RWD work in the dirt. The evo is a rally car.

I would not give up 4wd, so useful in planting the power down. Yes it may benefit you in a road course where conditions are ideal and rods are dry, but I drive in the real world on a daily basis where 4wd allows me to plant the power down.

 

I doubt you would benefit at a dry track either. The reason why the evo is fast at the track is because of its corner exit speeds from awd traction. A RWD car if pushed as hard as you would an Evo at corner exits would spin out. Take away the one advantage it has and its over.

 

Dont most people buy the EVO BECAUSE it is AWD?

 

How bout some kind of system that would allow you to switch between AWD and RWD, weight issues and all that would still be the same but that'd be cool I think.

Hell while we're at it make it to where you can switch between AWD, FWD, and RWD..
That'd freak people out at the track, do a burnout w/ rear tires, then front, then take off in AWD.

I'm sure somebody could figure out how to make something like that work.