Blame the driver thats 2 years he in a row he fails to jump. And well its a evo 8 so that explains it. EVO X FTMFW!!!!!!!!! haha

 

At least he landed on all four tires.


Okay so that is after the end over end flip but still a landing.
Glad the driver only has an injured ego.

Raist

 

had he had Vortex Generators on that sum-bish, it would have surely made the jump... maybe even done a 1080 mc-twist ta boot.

 

nooooooooooooooooo the evo let me down!!

 

His issue was not being nose heavy, he just was not going fast enough for the jump.

They were saying on the broadcast that the new STis are actually the worst of the cars in terms of being nose heavy.

 

if it was an evo X it would be so heavy it woud just go off the end of the ramp and drop straight down.... maybe his navigation could help him through the course too

 

Seriously, the two 08's there were Pastrana and I believe Ken Block. Pastrana ended up winning but Block in one of the earlier races went over the jump and you could see how nose heavy it was, it landed on the front end and I can't believe it still went after that, that fmic, radiator, etc had to take a huge beating.

 

I guess I should of clarified. I dont count those new Ford Focus looking wagons as being STi's... 2007 and under models are muuuch more evenly weight distributed. Thats why whenever you see an STi go off a jump, they just soar threw the air like the prissy *****es they are.

 

He didn't give it enough throttle and landed short. Nothing to do with the car.
An STI nose-dove off the jump (The DC shoe guy), and the commentators spoke about the STI being nose heavy. The Evo looked to have been fine if the driver would've gave a little gas.

 

agree he needed to go faster. if the backend would have cleared he would have been fine

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8yGXFrAcF4

Better vid, including interior view.

 

stis are set up betterin terms if things like that.
also if you were to ever take a sti drifting would succeed and most likely beat a evo.
oh well we still win in the straight line

 

he was to scared to do it. he didnt even try in practice. it is 100% the driver. if your to scared dont do it. when they said he wouldnt do it in practice cuz he was scared from last year i knew he was going to biff it

 

He was scared to do it? To me, the rest of the course provides much more of a challenge. Going off that jump is pure physics. Hit it at a certain speed (which can be calculated beforehand, unless your Ken Block who almost always over shoots the jump due to his "calculations") and you make the jump.

I would give it a try, although not in a street car.

Um yea, well said... Oh wait, no it wasnt.

Hmm, neither car is built for a straight line. I think the Evo could be competitive in the US like it is in other countries for rallying. The problem is Subaru gives money and tech support to US rally teams, as where Mitsu gives nothing. Mitsu entered US rally the first year the Evo came out in the US (03), ran very well, and immediately left. What would you do? Run a car that many others run where you get money and parts from the manufacturer, or run a car no one else runs from a company that offers no support?

I think the Mitsu could definately be a force if it had a Subaru style support program. But we all know that will not happen.

 

At the end is that him trying to restart the car but it wouldn't turn over? He's sitting there like...hmmm, can I go now? hehe