Quote:
http://www.freewebs.com/lancerevoclub/evo78info.htm
"An Evolution body shell is just a humdrum Lancer until workers at Mitsubishi's Mizushima factory weld in the numerous steel body stiffeners. They include a V-brace behind the back bench (thus, no folding rear seats); extra gussets in the windshield base, door pillars, and trunk; additional spot welds on the strut towers and rear-suspension attachment points; and a tubular front strut tower brace that is tied into the cowl at a reinforced bracket.
The extra material doubles the Evo's torsional rigidity to stem twisting and reduces body flexing by 65 percent over the base Lancer, Mitsubishi says"
Originally Posted by savaho
Not sure how reliable this info is but there's something about additional welds to the evo chassis:http://www.freewebs.com/lancerevoclub/evo78info.htm
"An Evolution body shell is just a humdrum Lancer until workers at Mitsubishi's Mizushima factory weld in the numerous steel body stiffeners. They include a V-brace behind the back bench (thus, no folding rear seats); extra gussets in the windshield base, door pillars, and trunk; additional spot welds on the strut towers and rear-suspension attachment points; and a tubular front strut tower brace that is tied into the cowl at a reinforced bracket.
The extra material doubles the Evo's torsional rigidity to stem twisting and reduces body flexing by 65 percent over the base Lancer, Mitsubishi says"
Quote:
http://autozine.org/Archive/Mitsubis..._2000.html#GSR
It's talking about the Evo VII, but of course the VIII and IX are based on the same chassis that was left pretty much unaltered over the next few years.
That's a good find. thanks, 200 more spot welds, cool.Originally Posted by DeeezNuuuts83
I'll look for something more official, but this is what I've found for now:http://autozine.org/Archive/Mitsubis..._2000.html#GSR
It's talking about the Evo VII, but of course the VIII and IX are based on the same chassis that was left pretty much unaltered over the next few years.
