Doink

Hi Gang,

Have any of you had any experience with the Mitsubishi Evolution III?
I am currently waiting on a nice one to come up because I fancied something a little different.

Last year I had a STI V-ltd which was very nice and i loved every minute of it but this year there are quite a few Scoobys in my area and I like to stand out from the crowd.

Can any of you guru's comment on the mitsi or on the differances i should expect between the two cars.

Thanks in advance
Steve

Bobby Peru

The V is where the fun really starts IMO, the previous 4 just dont look mean enough.

EvoCarl

more or less is the reason I bought a Evo III.

Most my friends have either a scoob/pulsar/gt4 etc and wanted something a little differant.

Wanted something quick so did a bit of reading and found out the Evo 3's where pretty quick with a 13 sec 0-100 book figure.

Looks not to everyones taste though.

Pretty crap for long distance driving as it has gearing pretty much the same as my friends Type R scoob. 5k revs@100 in top.

Bad points

Gear change not as smooth as a scoob
No scooby burble
poor motorway cruiser
Brakes

Good points.

pretty unbreakable
0-100 and anything between it rocks
more tail happy than the 50/50 suggests
4G63= massive amount of tuning options at pretty cheap prices
Very easy to work on
Nice quick steering rack.

I have treated mine pretty rough over 2 years.Good thrashing most days and all it has needed is normal service stuff like oil changes.

heres a picture.Yellow is a great colour for the 3's

http://www.evocarl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Side.JPG

Doink

EvoCarl,

Great info thanks. Sounds like you enjoy your car!

Other than the brakes is pretty much what I was expecting, Thought they would be ok. Do you know of any big brake kits for the III that i could start saving for?

I like the yellow but I think i'm looking for a black one with white compomotive MO's.

Cheers
Steve.

Roll on the III.

scooby595

I'd try looking on the lancer register site. This question is always being asked on there, loadsa people gone from scoobs to Evo's overthere.

Doink

Thanks will do

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

I still prefer the 4 for the looks. IMO

shaggy

chiark

EvoCarl, that's a very tidy looking car mate. Less than 5k? That's just rude

lukey1

hi i have just gone from a my 97 uk turbo modded to evo 6 gsr as i too found the scoobs a bit too common in my area and wanted to be a little different. i dont know much about the earlier ones but as said above the 5 is where they start to get interesting

luke