A Chicago company prepares another goes-like-heck Evo for SEMA....




Check out the full article with more pics on CarandDriver.com here:
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution GSR by AMS Performance

 

congrats !!

 

Awesome! BTW, have you guys considered painting the carbon fiber to blend with the rest of the car? I like the weight reduction of carbon fiber as much as the next guy, and although I like accent pieces to be in raw form (like a front lip or deck lid spoiler), whole body panels just don't look good IMO. It looks too much like ricers that roll around in civics with fart cans and primer covered body panels because they can't afford to get them painted. Again, badass car and no offense intended. BTW, what's with the rear diff? Cusco? Did that get rid of the AYC? Was it really necessary? On a side note, it's great to see you guys showing the world how great the X really is. Stuff like this shuts the haters up. Anyway, good luck at the "baddest evo competition." You guys already won the USCC, so go rack up another win for us X guys!

 

We like the dry CF look a lot, I think the pictures don't do it justice as it really looks good in person. This is the Paint scheme the car will be sporting for the 2009 Time Attack season:








Thank you

Rich

 

Speechless... and very jelous

 

So AMS,
With the cusco rear lsd did you loose sawc or ayc? I did not think you could install the cusco bits unless it was an rs model....??

 

Hey Bruce,
I think they mentioned in another thread that they lost the AYC. let me take a second and see if I can track it down for you...

John

edit: heres the quote: "We just put in a Cusco 1.5 way rear diff in our new X and I'll be testing today at Autobahn to see how it works. I should see a difference right away. It does eliminate the AYC, which BTW is pretty complex. Ivan took it all apart and we inspected the guts. It's basically two clutch packs that are independently hydraulically actuated going through an open diff. The interesting thing is that each clutch pack can apply a speed differential to each whee, meaning it can divert torque to the outside wheel for example, helping to turn the car. The fluid that came out of our unit smelled really burnt and I think we're just overcoming the torque capacity with more power, stickier tires, better suspension, ect.
The trick would be to have a heavy duty AYC unit that can handle the power and that you can electronically adjust/control (like an ACD controller). For now though I think we'll be better off with a mechanical diff like the one offered from Cusco."

 

congrats guys that is pretty damn cool

 

Right on, Thanks John!

 

"Many of the upgrades are components made by AMS and are available directly from the company, so that Joe the plumber can build his own 560-hp Evo. "


Very cool and true! Huge fan of AMS.

 

Looks great. Color's are a little bright but thats ok. I thought your Evo was all about weight reduction? I still see the rear headrests in! You don't need those for sure.

 

man that is awesome...

 

looks great