FQ-440: The Evo X is back! (merge)
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FQ-440 annouched to celebrate Mitsubishi's 40th anniversary in the UK
In the pantheon of the mightiest four-cylinder engines, surely Mitsubishi's "FQ" Lancer Evolutions stand near or at the top. This series of UK-only special edition Evos were tuned to produce as much as 400 horsepower in Mitsubishi FQ-400 form. Great news, rally hoons! Even more juice is coming.
This is the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution FQ-440 MR. It was done up to celebrate Mitsubishi's 40th anniversary in the UK. As you can probably guess from its name, its 2.0-liter turbo four has been tuned to a mind-bending, unfathomable, insanely insane, I pee my pants just thinking about it 440 horsepower and 412 pound-feet of torque.
How does such a humble engine produce such numbers? According to Mitsubishi, it has a custom ECU tune; an exhaust system with a high-flow sports catalytic convertor, intake & intercooler piping kit and tubular manifold from Janspeed; motorsport-grade high-flow fuel injectors and other tweaks. This FQ-440 comes with the Evo's six-speed twin clutch paddle shift gearbox and boasts a lowered suspension.
On the inside, you even get nice-ish stuff like leather Recaro seats, a nav system with a 7-inch screen, Bluetooth and a Rockford Fosgate premium audio system. All that for the low, low price of £50,000 (about $82,000 in the U.S.).
Sure, plenty of tuners have done up their Evos to have as much or more power than this, but the FQ-440 comes with a full factory warranty. Peace of mind is important when you're driving like a maniac in your over-tuned rally beast, isn't it?
Top Gear once said the old FQ-400 was faster than an M3, a 911, and was within shooting range of the 911 Turbo; it has a better place on their leaderboard than several Lamborghinis. I can only imagine how nuts this one will be. It's a giant slayer.
These days, Mercedes claims its CLA45 AMG has the most powerful four-cylinder engine in production because it comes out of the AMG factory with 355 horsepower, while the FQ cars (that means exactly what you think it does) are after-the-fact tune jobs by Mitsubishi UK. P
I think it's a slippery slope when you start talking about what is and isn't a "production car" since no one ever agrees on that, so I'd like to see these two duke it out on the track instead. Having driven the CLA45 AMG, my money's on the Mitsu.P
Some supercars should come along for the fun, too — if they think they can hang with the FQ-440.
This is the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution FQ-440 MR. It was done up to celebrate Mitsubishi's 40th anniversary in the UK. As you can probably guess from its name, its 2.0-liter turbo four has been tuned to a mind-bending, unfathomable, insanely insane, I pee my pants just thinking about it 440 horsepower and 412 pound-feet of torque.
How does such a humble engine produce such numbers? According to Mitsubishi, it has a custom ECU tune; an exhaust system with a high-flow sports catalytic convertor, intake & intercooler piping kit and tubular manifold from Janspeed; motorsport-grade high-flow fuel injectors and other tweaks. This FQ-440 comes with the Evo's six-speed twin clutch paddle shift gearbox and boasts a lowered suspension.
On the inside, you even get nice-ish stuff like leather Recaro seats, a nav system with a 7-inch screen, Bluetooth and a Rockford Fosgate premium audio system. All that for the low, low price of £50,000 (about $82,000 in the U.S.).
Sure, plenty of tuners have done up their Evos to have as much or more power than this, but the FQ-440 comes with a full factory warranty. Peace of mind is important when you're driving like a maniac in your over-tuned rally beast, isn't it?
Top Gear once said the old FQ-400 was faster than an M3, a 911, and was within shooting range of the 911 Turbo; it has a better place on their leaderboard than several Lamborghinis. I can only imagine how nuts this one will be. It's a giant slayer.
These days, Mercedes claims its CLA45 AMG has the most powerful four-cylinder engine in production because it comes out of the AMG factory with 355 horsepower, while the FQ cars (that means exactly what you think it does) are after-the-fact tune jobs by Mitsubishi UK. P
I think it's a slippery slope when you start talking about what is and isn't a "production car" since no one ever agrees on that, so I'd like to see these two duke it out on the track instead. Having driven the CLA45 AMG, my money's on the Mitsu.P
Some supercars should come along for the fun, too — if they think they can hang with the FQ-440.
It is interesting that it ships with the SST.
my 4g63 is extremely old and used in lots of other cars. i have no less respect for it. i agree, though, that there is little visual difference between the Lancer and Evo. but i'm not in the market for a X, so not too worried about it.
What do you consider a "real" evo? I promise you those are real evos, at least thats what the VIN will tell ya. I dont think the evo Xs are as raw a feeling to drive as the evo 8/9, but then again if you ask the Euro or Aussie folks, they will say the evo lost its rawness when it got introduced to the USA, fwiw.
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atleast it slaps that amg snobbery fans with their cla 45 amg crap and 367hp in the face.
edit: to clear the price tags stuff: UK price reflects price+ VAT, so the total of 50.000 sterlings is counted with 20% tax. In reality such a product FQ440 Evo in US would cost somewhere around $50000-55000
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atleast it slaps that amg snobbery fans with their cla 45 amg crap and 367hp in the face.
edit: to clear the price tags stuff: UK price reflects price+ VAT, so the total of 50.000 sterlings is counted with 20% tax. In reality such a product FQ440 Evo in US would cost somewhere around $50000-55000
Last edited by PZ.eu; Mar 26, 2014 at 03:13 PM.
Evo X FQ-440???
A friend of mine just forwarded me this link...pretty cool stuff.
http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/t...ack-2014-03-26
http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/t...ack-2014-03-26
i missed the pricing. wow. so many other cars i'd rather have. since they only come with b!tch sticks, i'd go with a used GTR as well.
Last edited by kaj; Mar 26, 2014 at 03:46 PM.
there is another thread on the forum about it. i'm not psyched about the idea of Big Brother watching how i drive. and the price? that's GTR territory.
cool car, not for me.
cool car, not for me.