Here is the link to the full article : http://dsportmag.com/the-cars/featur...n-ix-wagon-gt/

Specialists excel at what they do, and customers that know what they want are drawn to them. In the case of Naohisa Tazawa of Garage G-Force, he became a specialist by default. Tazawa recalled, “I worked on Galant VR-4 rally engines at my work, so I was already familiar with Mitsubishi engines.



While most shops can bolt on parts and handle basic tuning, aiming for exceptional performance warranted the skills of a specialist. The owner of this 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Wagon GT came to Tazawa with a unique penchant for high speeds. He wanted to build his EVO wagon to reach 200 mph late at night on the streets and on Tokyo’s infamous Bayshore Route, the Wangan.




With a solid 4G63 mill in place, attention shifted to pressurizing the cylinders of the engine. Tazawa fitted a Garage G-Force manifold to the exhaust ports. The tubular manifold channels high-enthalpy gasses into the turbine of an HKS T04Z turbocharger. While spent gasses leave the turbine through a Garage G-Force titanium dual exhaust, charge air generated on the compressor side feeds through custom intercooler piping to the HKS front-mount intercooler. Once heat is rejected through the intercooler, the chilled air flows to the intake ports by way of a Hypertune intake manifold.

 

Did it hit 200?

 

On a remote road, the wagon pushed its way through the gears and achieved its fastest speed of 311 kmh, which is just over 193 mph.

*taken from the article, seems like they did more work since then, so maybe it is closer now?

 

SW20Mike is correct. It got to 193 MPH

 

193 is still fast I wouldent dare go that fast not that my car could I would love to see the cars at the wangan in action

 

Shoulda had Extreme tuners build it they are almost doing that in the 1/4 mile fricken wangan pussies.

 

such a shame north america never got these

 

Way cool wagon. Loved reading the article when I bought this issue, but then again, I buy all of the issues that have Evo's. Thanks DSPORT.

 

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absolutely gorgeous wagon. I would change that wing, personally, but it does flow well with the car. as many others have said, It's too bad we never got these in north America. DSPORT is a great mag.

 

I want an ct9a wagon so bad! This thing is awesome!

 

Thank you for the kind words!

 

That thing is sick!

 

I want one....

 

I must be the only one who would feel like a soccer mom hopping in this...