I have an New Zealand SST Evo X.
I have had it for a few months now and I am very impressed.
I had an Evo ix before the X. If you have any questions regarding the X SST from a driving or owners point of view then let me know and I will try to answer them.
Here is a link to the spec's of my car.
http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.nz/v...tion/specs.asp.
P.S It is one of only nine SST's in the country-5 red, 3 Tarmac, 2 Blue.

 

Congrats mate.
I'd like to ask which gear does it start out in if you're driving normally from a stop?
Is the shifting smooth in normal driving?
Have you done any mods yet?
Do you hear any gearbox whine at highway cruising speeds?
Thanks and enjoy that beast.

 

Ohhhh man. Youre gonna get grilled for info... enjoy!

 

I'm curious if the SST still gives you a kick in the butt while punching the gas

 

It selects 1st from a normal stop. If you roll through a give way say at 10 KPh it will select 2nd. but from stationary all ways 1st. It seems to have no discerning drive train whine. Hope this helps.

 

yes it does. It can drop 1 or even 2 gears before I could even make the gear stick in the ix. Very good for passing.

 

Good, so the gear selection and change speed is much like the CVT. Hardly noticable and you can just tap down to whatever gear you want and it switches almost simultaniously. BTW im jealous just by the fact that you guys got electric blue Evos.

 

Are you going to mod the car in any way? I noticed that onthe option list it does not specify leather seats only cloth, do you have any pictures of the interior? Actually exterior as well as we do not get the EB Evo's here.

Damn, they get Tarmac Black as well, I like the pure black!

 

Congrats, the MR rocks!!!

 

Thanks for the info mate. Good to hear it drives so smoothly and responsively. This definitely helps in my sst decision making.

 

Yes I am going to mod it. I have all ready ordered the upper and inlet pipe kit from http://www.ralliart.co.nz/Parts.html. Getting though local dealer.
Will all so add FMC ,Filter, Test pipe and exhaust, Boost controller and stiffer waste gate spring and of course ECU Flash. We have 98 oct pump gas here so hope for 350 Whp

 

Oh hell yes, that is what I am looking for. PLEASE keep us updated on how it goes, you have no idea how many people will be following along on this one...

 

Have you encountered problems with the TC SST Short shifting and overheating , the few articles i have read here in Australia mentioned the earlier cars had this problem ?

I believe the delay in releasing The TC SST in US, CANADA ,BRITAIN AND AUSTRALIA was caused by those malfunctions .

Cheers
Michael

 

5+3+2=10 LOL!!! 1 of 10, not 1 of 9...

 

i'm sorry... but I believe that 5 + 3 + 2 = 10. had to give you a hard time... back to the SST question madness that i'm sure is to follow

EDIT
Damn you Bighec beat me to it.