The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution may be one of the modern-day performance icons, but this car was definitely not built for sheer speed. Well, the aftermarket world begs to differ and you’ll see plenty of Evos out there battle the speed traps. The latest example brings us a new 1/2 mile record for the Evo breed.
The feat took place at a recent event called Shift Sector Airstrip Attack 7, where a seriously tricked out Evo played the half-mile game with an impressive 202 mph (325 km/h) result.
Of course, such runs have to be backed by similar times on different occasions in order to gain the desired credibility and the Evo in question managed to pull this out by performing a 200 mph (322 km/h) run soon after the record-breaking one.
The trickery under the bonnet
In order to achieve such performance, the Evo saw its displacement enlarged to 2.2 liters. The four-cylinder unit was gifted wit ha 7285 turbocharger, whose custom manifold is nothing short of a piece of art. The car was modded by a crew called English Racing, but they obviously didn’t want to let any of their rivals find out their exact specs, so we didn’t receive the actual engine output.
Nonetheless, to put this into perspective, we can compare this tuned Evo to, say, a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, a hypercar that places 1183 hp and 1,110 lb-ft (1,500 Nm) at the mercy of the driver’s right foot.
A Veyron SS would deal with the 1/2 mile task in about 15 seconds, completing this at 190 mph (306 km/h), which is slightly slower than what the tricked-out Evo posted. Let the "at the end of the day a Veyron is a Veyron and an Evo is still an Evo" stories begin.
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