No More Evos
This website explains the fundamentals of how a differential works and why you need it.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/differential.htm
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/differential.htm
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Originally Posted by Mister2zx3
Toyota can't afford to put any money into a fast street car, they are chasing Ferrari in Formula 1. So while they develop Camry's for us to buy, they develop 100s of millions of dollars worth of incredible awesome engines and chassis for a handful of folks to play with.
Read the article here:
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackage...3§ion=news
Here:
http://www.detnews.com/2004/autosins...c01-150577.htm
And here:
http://www.toyotageorgetown.com/detailnews.asp?PRID=81
Originally Posted by MadJerry
But you forget that Toyota is the worlds most profitable car maker. They made about $1500 in profit for every car sold in the 2003/2004 business year for a total of about $10 billion. Their oprating profit for the first quarter ending june 30 was just over $4 billion. That was for ONE quarter. The money they make alone on just the 800k camrys that they sold year-to-date in june, and the more than 500k every year, more than pays for their Formula One endeavors... As such looking at the fact that they have the most money to burn of ANY car maker, they can do what anyone else can do. Add to that the fact that Ford, Ferrari, Honda, BMW, and Daimler all have Formula One teams as well. If they can all crank out high performance cars while running an F1 program, Toyota could do that, plus some...
Read the article here:
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackage...3§ion=news
Here:
http://www.detnews.com/2004/autosins...c01-150577.htm
And here:
http://www.toyotageorgetown.com/detailnews.asp?PRID=81
Read the article here:
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackage...3§ion=news
Here:
http://www.detnews.com/2004/autosins...c01-150577.htm
And here:
http://www.toyotageorgetown.com/detailnews.asp?PRID=81
well said.
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Joined: May 2004
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From: Manila, Philippines
Originally Posted by norapat01
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well to be honest, we had tested a USDM evo 8 and we were quite disappointed as compared to the Evos 5 to 7. the us 8 is 70kg heavier to match the body to weight ratio needed to comply with US laws.
I don't think the U.S. Evo is that bad, I own one. Consider the U.S.'s strick (and B.S. ) laws, I think Mitsubishi did a good job in transforming it. There's not much different in the power, the main differents are just the 6-speed gear box, AYC, and ACD. Beside, I heard lots of story from Evo owners (Europe and Japan) saying that the AYC and ACD are high-maintainace items. Plus, it not unusual for those part to fail when the car is being push to the limit.
U.S. Evo still performs really good without these parts
well to be honest, we had tested a USDM evo 8 and we were quite disappointed as compared to the Evos 5 to 7. the us 8 is 70kg heavier to match the body to weight ratio needed to comply with US laws.
I don't think the U.S. Evo is that bad, I own one. Consider the U.S.'s strick (and B.S. ) laws, I think Mitsubishi did a good job in transforming it. There's not much different in the power, the main differents are just the 6-speed gear box, AYC, and ACD. Beside, I heard lots of story from Evo owners (Europe and Japan) saying that the AYC and ACD are high-maintainace items. Plus, it not unusual for those part to fail when the car is being push to the limit.
U.S. Evo still performs really good without these parts
