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| Extreme Tuners Evo IX |
8.000rpm is something not many road cars can do, especially
not turbocharged ones.
9.000rpm is something even fewer cars can achieve. Notable
mentions are high strung VTEC engines and the manically rotating Wankels.
10,000rpm you usually only see on YouTube videos.
What about a street car revving to 11.000rpm and with every
gear shift comes the distinctive whistle of a blow off valve? We here at
Speednation.tv have only witnessed that with Extreme Tuners Mitsubishi Lancer
Evolution. The best part was, we got to ride shotgun while it was doing it!
The 4G63T has a well known reputation of being a bulletproof
motor with tons of potential by being able to withstand increased boost
pressure and producing lots of horsepower in the process.
It is though a hefty little engine with it’s iron cast
block, and it’s been years since it was first designed and engineered.
Generally, it’s not that good at revving and it can have sluggish throttle
response.
The last two disadvantages needed to be violently
extinguished, and it was the determination of Mr. Spiros Panopoulos to find a
solution. For those who are not familiar with his name, that will change soon
enough as he has got a couple of top secret projects in the works that will
largely out do the car featured here!
At first glance you’ll notice it’s a black Mitsubishi
Evolution IX MR US-spec.
When you start looking at the details the only thing that
may give it away are the wide 18inch wheels with semi-slick tires and the
humungous 10pot D2 calipers on 380mm brake discs at the front and 6pot calipers
on 333mm discs at the rear. Head to the rear of the car, and you’ll see a
GReddy exhaust. Not much gives away this cars violent intentions. If it wasn’t
an EVO, you might say this car is a bit of a sleeper. But you can’t really call
an EVO a sleeper, can you?
The first shock is felt from the triple plate clutch which
is capable of withstanding 180kgm of torque (1300lbf*ft). It’s incredibly stiff
on the pedal and it takes quite a bit of practice to get used to especially
when you’re in traffic. Yeah, that’s right, we said “traffic” cause this car
sees a lot of it as it’s a true streetcar that does a lot of daily driving. The
Lancer weighs in at 1447kg as it’s got a full interior, sound system, stock
seats and functional air condition.
The next shock comes from the transmission. It’s incredibly
fast and accurate with the ability of changing gears in just 100msec. It
doesn’t even need the clutch to change up (see video) and it’s very durable as
it withstands the power and torque from the engine with ease.
The biggest shock of all though is the engine, which is what
most of you want to read about, but we’ll get to the that in a bit.
Being in this EVO at full throttle is a great experience
that’s more addictive than… [You know we can't say that. The Ed.]
In most cars you can feel that when you’re close to the rev
limiter that the engine is at it’s peak and you can feel it start to lose
power.
In this EVO IX there is no such feeling. It’s as if the
power never stops coming no matter how high in the revs you are. The only real
reason this car shifts at 11.000+ rpms is not cause it’s out of power, it’s
just a safety precaution to protect it from itself!
In most tests, we notice that with every gear change, the
rpms drop significantly. Upon review of the video we took, we couldn’t believe
our eyes when after gear change the rpms were still at 9000 keeping the engine
at peak band of power.
ENGINE
Displacement: 2021cc
Bore x Stroke: 85,5 x 88mm
Extreme Tuners custom Turbo T3 frame
Compressor’s impeller 72mm (diameter)
Compressor’s A/R 0,76, Turbine’s A/R 0,86
Extreme Tuners custom 1500+Ps specs pistons 13:1cr 12000rpms
Extreme Tuners chromoly 4340 custom pins
Extreme Tuners Aluminum rods 1500+Ps 164mm length
custom Age 12mm 625 stud kit
custom Age 625 rod bolts
Extreme Tuners custom forged 88mm 4340 billet crank 10.8kgr
Extreme Tuners custom port stage 3 cylinder head
Extreme Tuners titanium valves
Extreme Tuners berilium valve seats
Extreme Tuners stage 3 custom cams
mechanical lifters
HKS cam gears
HKS timing belt
Small battery kit ETS
custom Extreme Tuners 12000+rpm capable spring kit –
valvetrain kit
Magnus intake manifold
Extreme Tuners 1200Ps fuel kit
1600cc injectors
aeromotive fuel regulator
Boomba Racing Throttle Body flatshift system + ecu
Extreme Tuners Custom ECU management system with traction
control
4bar map sensor
HKS ignition
Custom ETS 1400Ps spec intecooler Kit
Tial blow off valve
Tial new gen ext wastegate 60mm
Extreme Tuners Custom stainless steel exhaust tubular
manifold
Custom exhaust pipe 80mm
GReddy titanium tail pipe
TRANSMISSION
Extreme Tuners custom 3plate (178kgr torque clutch cintered)
Extreme Tuners billet lightweight flywheel
Extreme Tuners custom dogbox for 1400+Ps (custom ratios)
RearDif solid cast us spec 1400+Ps capable
Transfer case Quaife
Drive axle driveshaft shop
SUSPENSION
custom KW variant 3 new stainless suspension
BRAKES
D2 racing 380mm frond big brake kit 10pot with billet
calipers
D2 racing 333mm rear big brake kit 6pot with billet calipers
WHEELS
18in x 9,5 wheels
Semi-slick federal 245/35-18
CAR WEIGHT (no fuel)
1477kg
Roll (2nd gear)
60-100 1,4s
60-120 2,19s
60-160 4,03s
60-200 5,99s
100-200 4,59s
Acceleration (3rd gear)
100-120 0,75s
120-160 1,86s
