I'm confused about Evo 1 - 3's
96 Evo IV got the flip just like Paul Walker 96 2nd gen Eclipse 
You must've missed my post a while back... could've been yurz!
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Ok, I'm home now, yes it's Evo IV they flipped the motor for weight distribution, but it was the Evo III that first saw the AYC (Rally car version only though) IV it was an available option in the GSR. I obviously need to learn the difference between the S-AYC and the AYC before I type things about them 
The book is called:
Mitsubishi Lancer EVO: The Road car & WRC Story
Published by Veloce books (www.velocebooks.com www.veloce.co.uk)
Author is Brian Long
The book is called:
Mitsubishi Lancer EVO: The Road car & WRC Story
Published by Veloce books (www.velocebooks.com www.veloce.co.uk)
Author is Brian Long
Last edited by GTisRule; Jan 15, 2009 at 04:33 PM.
There is another good Evo book from England, "You & Your Mitsubishi Evo", by Andy Butler. It too covers the development of the Evo, but only through the Evo VIII. I learned a lot from it, don't know how it compares to the book being discussed. But I have two copies of this book, PM me if you want one (free, except you pick up, I'm in Renton).
The one I have does. They go back to the first lancer turbo, follows the short lived starion and begins with the mirage market only with WRC. It's not nearly as in depth as the lancer models specifically, but there is mention. (For anyone else following along, Mitsu produced the FIRST production cars that were turbocharged back in 1979)
It's called Evo: road car & WRC story. It even explains the TME edition from the exerpts head engineer of the Evo program at the time. He explained why it wasn't the Evo VII (Marketing wanted a TME edition, and the Motorsport division saw it as a way to further modify their racecars to take advantage of new WRC rules. Marketing wanted stickers and different paint, and the engineers had a whole different idea The original engineer died after the Evo III, and there is some exerpts from the new engineer. I'm only to the V at the moment, but I've page flipped for pics thruout.
It's awesome to really learn about the car I love, the thing is really meant to be a racecar. I love how they recast the 4G63 just to thin out the castings to reduce the engine weight(EvoII), how doors were restructured for thinner glass(evo IV), etc. They really built these cars all in the name of winning. Makes me proud to drive one!
Seeing an Evo X on a lift makes me wanna cry with the crap stamped subframes and control arms, a far stretch from what they built just 2 years before.
It's called Evo: road car & WRC story. It even explains the TME edition from the exerpts head engineer of the Evo program at the time. He explained why it wasn't the Evo VII (Marketing wanted a TME edition, and the Motorsport division saw it as a way to further modify their racecars to take advantage of new WRC rules. Marketing wanted stickers and different paint, and the engineers had a whole different idea
The original engineer died after the Evo III, and there is some exerpts from the new engineer. I'm only to the V at the moment, but I've page flipped for pics thruout. It's awesome to really learn about the car I love, the thing is really meant to be a racecar. I love how they recast the 4G63 just to thin out the castings to reduce the engine weight(EvoII), how doors were restructured for thinner glass(evo IV), etc. They really built these cars all in the name of winning. Makes me proud to drive one!
Seeing an Evo X on a lift makes me wanna cry with the crap stamped subframes and control arms, a far stretch from what they built just 2 years before.
You have to be careful with the histories according to the origin of the book though. Just as with the VIII-X here there were slight differences in trims between territories for the older cars.
I've always wanted a hybrid setup. Take the VI (chassis/suspension), do whatever it will take to get it to work with the VIII engine (sorry not a big fan of the MIVEC on the IXs) and you've got the best of both worlds.