All the hype about the MR ans IX, what the RS, that's the fastest of the 3!
Thats why i love the RS is faster than both from 0-30,0-60, 0-100 and 1/4 mile add a wing can be just as good on the track as the GSR and MR. All the evos are awesome tho which ever one you go with...hell they only reason i got my evo cause i knew the guy at the dealer and gave me a deal bought a 04 new RS 24k. With that said Nightshifter are you really vin diesel.
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Originally Posted by ashton13
omg... the rs runs 0-60 in 4.3 the GSR and MR run it in 4.6... done
Originally Posted by PIC Performance
Given the choice between having ABS and not having ABS, I don't see why any knowledgeable driver would choose NOT to have ABS. That is one very possible reason why the RS will consistently put up slower laps around a track then an MR or IX with the same driver.
ABS is not the "crutch" that some people like to make it out to be. Unless you can pump the brakes faster than the electronic braking can, then you will not be stopping faster without ABS, and therefore you won't be braking later and deeper than with abs, and thefore will turn slower times.
ABS is not the "crutch" that some people like to make it out to be. Unless you can pump the brakes faster than the electronic braking can, then you will not be stopping faster without ABS, and therefore you won't be braking later and deeper than with abs, and thefore will turn slower times.
Originally Posted by HaHAAHhAHHAH
why do people insist on calling any USDM EVO "GSR?" there is no GSR here. in japan the car they call GSR is closer to our MR than the regular EVO. in the US there is the RS, IX, and MR. or RS, VIII, and MR. there is no GSR.
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Originally Posted by keevo54
Drivers chose to leave abs off the car for weight savings. They sometimes have a maximum weight limit and for an experienced driver it is unneccessary. When driving around a track in an abs equipped car you are instructed to brake as hard as you can without abs kicking in. So the point of ABS there is to help in unexpected situtation in which experienced drivers know how to avoid.
Again, I have yet to meet an experienced driver that would sacrifice ABS for weight savings with the belief that it will improve the car's performance.
The point of ABS is to prevent you from locking up your tires under breaking, plain and simple. There's nothing unexpected about braking very hard, very late, very deep, as drivers use this tactic all the time to their advantage. Without ABS, this becomes more difficult to do, and is physically impossible to do to the same degree of effectiveness as you can with ABS.
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Originally Posted by PIC Performance
Not everyone can drive, let alone drive well enough to see performance diffs between the different Evo's.
i own an rs and when i shift gears my rpms fall instantly and very quick which makes me shift very quick.
i test drove an 05 mr a few days ago and the 6 speed tranny is very smooth but when i shift the rpms float for a sec and then start to fall which allows me to shift slower than in my rs
do the regular 5 speed evos have that too? or is it just in the 6 speed mr, cuz my rs feels very very different from the MR
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Originally Posted by ashton13
omg... the rs runs 0-60 in 4.3 the GSR and MR run it in 4.6... done
Is 3.9 possible ? 
Oh, motor trend runs the cars several times and takes an average. Read the fine print. I have experience with these guys for over 10 years, and they're pretty much on the money with the same weather conditions and driver. For instance, SRT-4 0 - 60 in 5.6 is capable. Well I owned one, it took a little practice but 5.5 ~ 5.6 was the best I could do. STi 0 - 60 in 4.7. Well guess what, my STi best times, 4.57 ~ 4.8. So they're pretty accurate. They have better equipment to measure each category of performance then your standard twin axis Vector GX
Damn this is a funny thread 
Originally Posted by NightShifter
So let me get this right. The RS is really a GSR ?
Originally Posted by Thugline
It sounds like you don't know that much about the car you posses.
Originally Posted by Thugline
take off your aluminum hood, aluminum fenders, aluminum roof and add the GSR hood, fenders and roof then it is a "GSR". The "RS" is basically an "MR" without the 6-speed, Billstein suspension, BBS wheels, ABS,Power door-locks, power windows and the "Vortex Generator". Oh yeah, and the "RS" has the "Helical differental" that the"mr and the gsr" don't have.
Originally Posted by EvoRobert
Why do you have Vin Diesel as your avatar? 
Originally Posted by NightShifter
why not ?
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Originally Posted by AtO-MiX
Thats why i love the RS is faster than both from 0-30,0-60, 0-100 and 1/4 mile add a wing can be just as good on the track as the GSR and MR. All the evos are awesome tho which ever one you go with...hell they only reason i got my evo cause i knew the guy at the dealer and gave me a deal bought a 04 new RS 24k. With that said Nightshifter are you really vin diesel.
Well I hope my appearence in F&F III will bring back some of the people who couldn't stand 2F2F!
Let's see they all have the same motor....
IX RS weight less about 95 pounds lighter then the MR and 91 pounds less then the IX. So weight is the RS's advantage!! On the straight line at the 1/4 mile the RS wins both. But if racing on a longer run....like on the highway, autoX the MR have the advantage with the 6 speed gearbox!!
Get the RS if you want to keep on modify, the MR is fully loaded from mitsu so its more of a collector version. The regular IX is in the between.
IX RS weight less about 95 pounds lighter then the MR and 91 pounds less then the IX. So weight is the RS's advantage!! On the straight line at the 1/4 mile the RS wins both. But if racing on a longer run....like on the highway, autoX the MR have the advantage with the 6 speed gearbox!!
Get the RS if you want to keep on modify, the MR is fully loaded from mitsu so its more of a collector version. The regular IX is in the between.