Do you ever get sick of the powerband?
They haven't driven cars that have appropriate DD powerbands. The Evo is great, don't get me wrong, I'm even repping Utah Evos stickers on the sides of my STi. But my friend's 400 whp FP Green, cam'd, meth inj Evo goes from 70 to 80 in 5th slower than my stock STi goes from 70-80 in 6th. That's called turbo lag. Now, 80-100 he gets there in 1/10 the time I do 
I remember the first weeks with the Porsche felt like a dream. I couldn't believe I was driving on the freeway in 6th without ever even thinking of downshifting to pass people. The other day I drove that friend's car, great car and super fast once it gets going, but the gurgling motor struggling to move the car is not a sound I love.
With the stock turbo and a tune and exhaust it is a little more bareable, but still horrible IMO. Riceball if you have a stock Evo I'd love to do a top gear pull from 40-80 with you (closed course, of course). Just to show you how "little to no lag" the Evo has.
I remember the first weeks with the Porsche felt like a dream. I couldn't believe I was driving on the freeway in 6th without ever even thinking of downshifting to pass people. The other day I drove that friend's car, great car and super fast once it gets going, but the gurgling motor struggling to move the car is not a sound I love.
With the stock turbo and a tune and exhaust it is a little more bareable, but still horrible IMO. Riceball if you have a stock Evo I'd love to do a top gear pull from 40-80 with you (closed course, of course). Just to show you how "little to no lag" the Evo has.
the on-off nature of a small displacement turbo vehicle is the nature of the beast...some like it, i know i do, some dont...
But it is just like opinions on the looks of the car, I never said it sucked or that it was stupid, just that I hate/d it. Had it been possible to find a regular WW, GG, EB, or TB IX in decent shape with low miles for a good price I'd have gotten it instead, unfortunately that was no where near possible. And I wasn't about to buy another new car with no warranty from Mitsubishi after the first one.
The only time my "power band" bothers me is when im not in it...
At first i was kinda bummed about the lag on my hta35r, but now i learned to drive it a little better. I must say I love the big turbo setup. While running the stock turbo "lag" was almost nothing. So if you are talking about hating the "lag" on a stock turbo Evo.. Your crazy.
At first i was kinda bummed about the lag on my hta35r, but now i learned to drive it a little better. I must say I love the big turbo setup. While running the stock turbo "lag" was almost nothing. So if you are talking about hating the "lag" on a stock turbo Evo.. Your crazy.
LOL - I'm not clowning you bruh, your car is a beast no doubt. The fact remains that the Red is not a big boy. With that said, it is plenty big for me and will likely be what I go with. In fact, your whp # is right about where I want to be and I don't think any higher. 
Last edited by yahu; May 20, 2009 at 12:17 AM.
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I drove a rental car all weekend long and drove my Evo today for the first time in 5 days. It was like night and day.
I love the stock spooling turbo... for a daily driver, anything more than stock or FPRed IMO is too much for the traffic and lights and what not on a daily basis.
I drove a rental car all weekend long and drove my Evo today for the first time in 5 days. It was like night and day.
I love the stock spooling turbo... for a daily driver, anything more than stock or FPRed IMO is too much for the traffic and lights and what not on a daily basis.
I actually love the Evo's powerband. I have had a 2 liter WRX, and a 350Z in the past, and I prefer the Evo's powerband over those. The only thing I did like over the Evo, was that in the Z, I didn't need to give it as much gas from a stop, to make it not bog like the Evo does sometimes.
The EVO's power band is like any other small displacement turbo. The IX helps things out a bit with MIVEC. Once you learn to anticipate the lag and/or launch it better it makes little difference. If you can't figure that out, you shouldn't be driving it..
