i just got the new modified and they have an evo on it with all the hks goodies

2.3
30r
twin plate
265 tires
lsd's

pretty much at least 30+ invested in performance

they say 481whp

and it runs an 11.81 @ 116.2 wtf is up with that?


HAHA, I'VE SPEND LESS THAN 600$ ON PARTS AND I RAN A 11.82

but seriously... can someone explain why this always happens?

evo's with serious money get into mags and theyre almost always slow... the e.t. doesn't bother me but the trap speed is puzzling..

still give props to the guy for a super sexy looking car!

CHEERS!

 

It's called having more money than "sense."

 

haha agreed

 

but still, how can those mods not produce a low et or a high trap....

just rolling my car out not giving it 100% effort i ran a 12.6... decently fast shift, no lighting action, 2.3 60'


i should get myself in there somehow

11's on the cheap!

 

Sexy looking evo, but your right the time seems a little slow for that kinda power... Mind you i believe the article said it was set up for road tracks. Have to re-read it though.

 

its all about knowing the right people with the magazines...

 

Anyone see the last Sport Compact Car with the Blue Evo with the Gold Volk CE28s? I can add further details, but sufice to say it seems like more of the same. It has a custom turbo set-up with a supposed 500 hp on tap. It also referenced a large sum of money that was spent. Among other things that made me puzzled, they chose D2 coil-overs and get this, ran 225 series tires (aka narrower than stock). Other than trying to get less bog for the drag strip (which shouldnt be an issue with the claimed hp), the narrow tires really confused and irritated me.


Sorry my rant is over, for now..,

 

but even them... wide tires look sick...

unless its a 800hp mustang and they put the 225's up front and 315's in the back lol

 

road and track means two things.. they actually get good suspension coil overs, tuner.. etc instead of just getting some tein s tech for the lower racerlook drop

and instead of get 280/280 hks cams or jun 272/272 for peak power and getting a big housing.. they went with small hks cams and the smaller housing to have a better middle powerband

if they wanted peak power they would have pick 280/280 hks and the big housing

cause lag doesn't matter as much for drag cars, hence 2.0 for high revving.
they went with a 2.3

so this car should definetly be able to do that cause it his big numbers doesnt matter how it's set up... 480 car is still 480 and should easily be 128 mph trap and run low 10's

 

Maybe they can't drive, or the strip they tested the car at really sucks. I don't know I started questioning these things when I started reading Sport Compact Car Magazine and it's Ultimate StreetCar Challenge and honestly some of the 1/4 mile times for these cars were just horrible.

 

with the new sport compact car challenge the reason they ran slower times was because they didnt treat the strip with that sticky stuff
they even said it they did that so everyones run were the same in recent years the first few cars would get sick traction and by the end the last cars were getting none because they wore it off
either way i seem to NEVER see dyno sheets in these to go with there supposed hp numbers you would think these "import tuners" would have gotten there car dynoed have a graph and the magazine would throw it in the pics but for some reason thats NEVER the case

 

also they ran the 1/4 mile for that USCC at LACR located in palmdale, which is not even close to sea level (it's at least a couple thousand feet above sea level) and notorious for slow 1/4 mile times because of the altitude.

 

im sure that car is a beast on the streets

 

My mustang came stock with 245's all the way around so nobody puts that narrow of a tire up front. Unless you are talking about slicks and skinnies, in which that is a true drag setup and the thin tires up front actually help keep times low and the car straight. I have 275 F and 285 R so its much more like a road/race setup.

And an 800hp Mustang needs more than 315's in the rear to even think about hooking up.


Anyone have pics of this Evo you speak of?

 

you guys are talking about the HKS USA EVO VIII RS.

it's their project EVO so the $60k** investment you speak of is really just a cumulative showcase of their own parts.. very nice car nonetheless. it recently won the C&D super-four challenge, where it competed along with Buschur for four-banger dominance.

http://www.caranddriver.com/supercar...ge-page16.html



** Don't forget, it's most likely $60k retail cost, not actual cost.