Okay, for this post, I am not going to write about my car, but another car, which I can only dream of having one at the moment.
Mitsubishi Evolution X & me
Considered as a very fortunate day for me, I encountered this Mitsubishi Evolution X at Karamjit Motorsport workshop. I sent my car for a 5000 km service when this beauty in red arrived silently, without any lumpy exhaust sound or violently shaking the ground with it 280 horsepower (officially stated by Mitsubishi but I think the real figure is around 340 hp) in the engine bay. Quite silent for a car with this level of armory. It can be considered as an assasin in semi-disguise.
Karamjit Motorsports (satisfaction guaranteed and the price is very reasonable - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED by me)
I was very excited to found out that this legendary car arrived with a legendary driver, Karamjit Singh (FIA WRC Champion 2002 - Production Car). Either the car or the driver is very formidable on its own, so, when you mix it up, I don't even want to think about it. If you are driving the latest Nissan Skyline GTR and you meet them on a straight, YES, you may have a chance. BUT, a big BUT, if you meet them on corners, trust me on this, 'don't even try', even if you are driving a Ferrari/Lamborghini/Koenigsegg/McLarenF1/F1 cars... I'm not joking... this is serious... please don't even think of it. You may ask, how do I know this? I'll let you know on my future post.
Karamjit explained that the car was given to him for a day by Mitsubishi Malaysia for him to test and review. Lucky guy and also lucky me as I have the chance to take a closer look at this car with my own sweet time.
I believe that Mitsubishi has done a very good job with this car's design. It looks clean, handsome, sporty, elegant and the same time brutal. I don't really know how they manage to do this, but they have done it, in spade.
Front view (please make way for it when you see it in your car's rear view mirror)
Rear view (dual exhaust outlets-should be nicer if it is spread further apart, at the edge of each side)
What do you think of the look? Nice right.
To be honest, I don't really care about the look of this car. Mitsubishi can put on 3/4/5 or whatever number of exhaust outlets they wanted to but the thing is, I am really concern about the powerplant. The new all-aluminium 4B11T engine that actually replace the legendary iron-cast 4G63T engine. Can it deliver the same thrill and reliability? Hopefully so, because they are replacing an engine that can withstand more than 1000 horsepower and proven itself after near 20 years of serving.
This new engine, not only turbocharged but also features MIVEC that should helps a lot at higher RPM range. I think it will work like this:
Low RPMs- Mountains of torque delivered by the turbo (TD05H-152G6-12T in action)
Higher RPMs- Mountains of torque delivered by the cam timing change (MIVEC in action)
Results: Huge torque on-standby at any RPM
Nonetheless, I will be following 4B11T development closely to see if it can justify replacing 4G63T. For now, I will be enjoying my 4G63T, although without MIVEC, it is fast enough to give me a scare especially when the road is damp or wet.
I will try to post the 2nd part by tomorrow, for now, I need to get some sleep, feel really sleepy and dizzy, ZZzzz...
Mitsubishi Evolution X & me
Considered as a very fortunate day for me, I encountered this Mitsubishi Evolution X at Karamjit Motorsport workshop. I sent my car for a 5000 km service when this beauty in red arrived silently, without any lumpy exhaust sound or violently shaking the ground with it 280 horsepower (officially stated by Mitsubishi but I think the real figure is around 340 hp) in the engine bay. Quite silent for a car with this level of armory. It can be considered as an assasin in semi-disguise.
Karamjit Motorsports (satisfaction guaranteed and the price is very reasonable - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED by me)
I was very excited to found out that this legendary car arrived with a legendary driver, Karamjit Singh (FIA WRC Champion 2002 - Production Car). Either the car or the driver is very formidable on its own, so, when you mix it up, I don't even want to think about it. If you are driving the latest Nissan Skyline GTR and you meet them on a straight, YES, you may have a chance. BUT, a big BUT, if you meet them on corners, trust me on this, 'don't even try', even if you are driving a Ferrari/Lamborghini/Koenigsegg/McLarenF1/F1 cars... I'm not joking... this is serious... please don't even think of it. You may ask, how do I know this? I'll let you know on my future post.
Karamjit explained that the car was given to him for a day by Mitsubishi Malaysia for him to test and review. Lucky guy and also lucky me as I have the chance to take a closer look at this car with my own sweet time.
I believe that Mitsubishi has done a very good job with this car's design. It looks clean, handsome, sporty, elegant and the same time brutal. I don't really know how they manage to do this, but they have done it, in spade.
Front view (please make way for it when you see it in your car's rear view mirror)
Rear view (dual exhaust outlets-should be nicer if it is spread further apart, at the edge of each side)
What do you think of the look? Nice right.
To be honest, I don't really care about the look of this car. Mitsubishi can put on 3/4/5 or whatever number of exhaust outlets they wanted to but the thing is, I am really concern about the powerplant. The new all-aluminium 4B11T engine that actually replace the legendary iron-cast 4G63T engine. Can it deliver the same thrill and reliability? Hopefully so, because they are replacing an engine that can withstand more than 1000 horsepower and proven itself after near 20 years of serving.
This new engine, not only turbocharged but also features MIVEC that should helps a lot at higher RPM range. I think it will work like this:
Low RPMs- Mountains of torque delivered by the turbo (TD05H-152G6-12T in action)
Higher RPMs- Mountains of torque delivered by the cam timing change (MIVEC in action)
Results: Huge torque on-standby at any RPM
Nonetheless, I will be following 4B11T development closely to see if it can justify replacing 4G63T. For now, I will be enjoying my 4G63T, although without MIVEC, it is fast enough to give me a scare especially when the road is damp or wet.
I will try to post the 2nd part by tomorrow, for now, I need to get some sleep, feel really sleepy and dizzy, ZZzzz...
