Vishnu's Evo on car and driver
 

did anyone watch Car and Driver tv this morning? The Vishnu evo came in 4th and had the Least amount of mods and cos in it. {thumbup}

Yes, but they said for $6,000 it put out about 310hp.


My evo (considering the conversion off the dyno) puts out about 305-310 and that's with under $600 in mods!!

Plus, the AMS silver EVO placed 2nd!!!!!!

Yeah I noticed that too. but power wise the Evo was way out done by the other cars. The $6000 covered suspension and body strengthening too not just motor.

I saw that as well but the vishnu site only shows 2200 - 2450 for that package.....I wonmder if that is w/ install and tuning.... :dunno: Still they sadi that the AMS car idle like **** and was hard for regular drivong but great for track...Which isn't what most of ya'll use the car for.....

This was a re-run by the way. The total amount also included the wheels and Xede and turbo-back I think.If you do a search you can find all the mods for that price 6k

AMS Silver EVO? You mean the RMR EVO, right? RMR EVO is second place in that test but it's an EVO 7 conversion.

FWIW, $2500 of the total modification price was the wheels (volks) and sway bar. A few hundred $ was for the underbody splitter. The power mods was basically an old version of the Stage Zero+ (XEDE, cat-back and downpipe). At the time, this cost around $2000. But this was way back when we didn't even have control over boost or any of the ignition control features we currently have. This is why we are now aking the same power now with just an XEDE (without any exhaust mods).

Cheers,
shiv

so if i get the exed i wouldnt need a boost controller right?

Gauging mod price vs. speed is only really accurate if we're talking just power modifications. Case in point, my Evo is at Works right now getting worked on. The total mod cost will be around $7000 including install, but only about $3000 of that is on power modifications ... and the handling should be significantly better than comparable hp mods (I havn't gotten the modded car on the dyno yet, but we expect over 330+ flywheel hp out of this setup (probably more ... that was the original ballpark))

It's still gotta pretty neat to have Car and Driver knock on your door for a car!

And you guys are right, several of those cars were $80k cars and had much more hp with higher numbers! Case in point, that WRX I think had 450hp.