Towing with your evo??
Jan 20, 2011, 09:48 PM
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I used to tow 2 dirtbikes, a pressure washer, and a half-full 30gal drum of water back and forth with my Dad's 95 4cyl accord, and my moms 99 Toyota Camry. Neither had a problem (I will admit, the camry was a little hairy above 45mph though haha)
Jan 20, 2011, 10:00 PM
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towing a motorcycle with an evo is nothing compared to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6yj7kHHg08
Jan 20, 2011, 10:17 PM
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When I had my wrx I towed a 450 dirt bike on a small trailer with it for 2 years. The car had an 18g turbo and all the mods to go with it. It was tuned with a Utec so I just copied my normal map and added some fuel and pulled a bunch of timing. It worked great. I used tell people that my tow vehicle ran 12's. LOL
Jan 21, 2011, 12:03 PM
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i wouldn't hesitate to tow that much weight at all, especially since it is rolling weight if it messes with anything on your car there are deeper problems that need to be addressed anyway
Jan 22, 2011, 06:02 AM
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I used 3 locations to attach the reciever to the Evo,its fine.
Using the factory tie down/tow hook gives a strong mount location right behind the hitch itself.
No worries.
Jan 22, 2011, 01:53 PM
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Now that being said, what does that mean?
The vehicle was never meant to tow anything, which means it never passed any gov. tow regulations/tests etc. or internal OEM tests.
In general most vehicles can tow 1000lbs, and that is because the vehicle's passenger loading/luggage is normally double that (depending on the vehicle). So fully loading your vehicle up and towing a trailer would not be a good choice.
Some reasons for towing limits are:
1) Axle gross weight (added by tonge weight)
2) Bearing loading
3) Engine cooling
4) mission/driveline cooling
5) Engine torque
6) Frame loading
7) Brake capability
Not saying these apply, just in general.
In addition, most unibody vehicles with tow packages can not attach to the subframe, so hitches are mounted to the actual white body frame, but those sections of course have increased strength/stiffness for towing capabilities.... IE look at all Honda vehicles.
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Jan 24, 2011, 11:50 PM
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If you do a search you'd see this had all been covered in the past. I bought the tow hitch from a rally team on this board. I believe it was used to tow equipment around.
You are right about the limitations of towing and what you can get away with on the Evo. I am sorry if I hadn't explained it enough. But like I said, a simple search will pull up all the information you need.
You are right about the limitations of towing and what you can get away with on the Evo. I am sorry if I hadn't explained it enough. But like I said, a simple search will pull up all the information you need.
I'm curious who "they" is, but I'm 100% sure the manual states this vehicle (evo 8/9) is not towing capable....saw it the other day.
Now that being said, what does that mean?
The vehicle was never meant to tow anything, which means it never passed any gov. tow regulations/tests etc. or internal OEM tests.
In general most vehicles can tow 1000lbs, and that is because the vehicle's passenger loading/luggage is normally double that (depending on the vehicle). So fully loading your vehicle up and towing a trailer would not be a good choice.
Some reasons for towing limits are:
1) Axle gross weight (added by tonge weight)
2) Bearing loading
3) Engine cooling
4) mission/driveline cooling
5) Engine torque
6) Frame loading
7) Brake capability
Not saying these apply, just in general.
In addition, most unibody vehicles with tow packages can not attach to the subframe, so hitches are mounted to the actual white body frame, but those sections of course have increased strength/stiffness for towing capabilities.... IE look at all Honda vehicles.
Now that being said, what does that mean?
The vehicle was never meant to tow anything, which means it never passed any gov. tow regulations/tests etc. or internal OEM tests.
In general most vehicles can tow 1000lbs, and that is because the vehicle's passenger loading/luggage is normally double that (depending on the vehicle). So fully loading your vehicle up and towing a trailer would not be a good choice.
Some reasons for towing limits are:
1) Axle gross weight (added by tonge weight)
2) Bearing loading
3) Engine cooling
4) mission/driveline cooling
5) Engine torque
6) Frame loading
7) Brake capability
Not saying these apply, just in general.
In addition, most unibody vehicles with tow packages can not attach to the subframe, so hitches are mounted to the actual white body frame, but those sections of course have increased strength/stiffness for towing capabilities.... IE look at all Honda vehicles.
