Stock
IX SE
19,100 miles

 

i literally laughed out loud.

 

That's a misconception. I've had two Evos since February 2006, both of which remained completely bone stock, never knocking once on California 91 octane.

 

03 VIII, 67k miles, still stock. Miracle I found it.

 

there was a guy right near me who wanted to keep his stock, but apparently just bought an exhaust. i guess its what ppl are saying, you can only keep it stock for so long then it just gets to be too much you need something else

 

I think you may be confusing crank HP (what Mitsubishi quotes) with wheel HP (what a standard dyno shows).

 

I am glad you did

 

do you have a knock light? or are you just going by sound?

not always are you gonna be able to hear it..... then its to late

 

damn around here every one said there stock but normally have a Green turbo

 

Well, if something happens, guess what... I take it in and get everything covered under warranty.

 

Take a 100% stock evo IX and go dyno it.. and come back and say that again

 

i only have an exhaust.... everythin else the same

 

I agree, its covered up to 100K plus I hardly doubt anything would go wrong from Cali gas on stock ECU.. If anything, it would happen on none stock aggressive tune. Many people think Cali gas is horrible but I have tried 93 east coast and 91...Honestly 91 from Shell is damn close to 93 on the east coast. No doubt 93 is better for our cars but 91 is not that horrible.

The manufacture leaves room for errors whether its user based or actually bad batch of gas/weather just in case if anything occurred. After market tune achieves more HP simply by taking the margin of safety away or minimizing it.

While traveling some states/roads only had 89 gas I was wondering if I had an after market tune what I would have done?? Maybe towed my car across that state.

Regardless I support tuning and after market parts” BUT”

Back to subject who’s else is stock.. I am surprised how many we found, that’s good news.

 

100% stock (for now)

 

still stock, 1 year / 12,000. (still....trying....to.....resist)