Car co.s have been underestimating their true HP for a long time; goes back to the muscle car era.

I heard it's mainly for insurance reasons, but I bet there are more...

 

Would the dyno results differ for a regular IX, compared to a IX MR? I know it's the same engine and all, but I wasn't sure if the gearing/transmission has an effect. Either way, that's pretty rad that the engines still have 300+ hp and aren't too far behind the JDM motors.

 

Seeing threads like this makes my day!

 

The WHP numbers are around the same, no EVO dynos exactly the same as another though, so even a 5-Speed IX compared to a 5-Speed IX could have different power, and both make more than a MR IX, but the point is all the cars, RS, GSR, MR are all putting down approx. the same horsepower.

 

The main reason is this... Nobody really cares if a car's hp numbers are underated. But if they have been overated, mitsu would be in some $hit just like ford with the cobra's and mazda with the rx-8's. It just covers their a$$. Plus, sooner or later, we're bound to see some IX's dynoing right around the advertised numbers. Look at all the diversity we've seen with the VIII's so far.

 

I dont know if this has already been said, but I am glad they are underrated. Less power would seem to equal less insurance, less reason for the insurance companies to have an excuse to rape your wallet.

I want a IX so bad, it is all I think about. Hopefully by September or something......ahhhhh

 

I must admit; it's a kind of a relief to be driving a car where every visit to the forum doesn't reveal yet another person whining about how the manufacturer had grossly overstated the car's horsepower. With the RX-8, it went from 250 to 238, and the people on the board were saying the real number was way lower. Always killed my buzz.

 

You must have really hated me then

 

well I figure the EVO 9 stock is about 320fwhp. And the EVO 8 300fwhp Thats my opinion.

 

thanks daved, do you know what rpm those numbers were at? Just curious