peachy wrx

i know the evo 5/6 is the car to have but i can't afford one of those!

so is the evo 3 any good?

i know the rear end is just nasty but i try not to look at that end!

Brother_Will

I believe the 3 is the first model to be fitted with anti yaw control i also believe they are 280bhp (please dont take my word on that one) the only thing to remember its an early 90s Mitsubishi so the interior is fairly poor and high milage ones should be avoided like the plague.

R1916v

3 did not have AYC, that only came in on numero 4.

It's the last one to not have all that stuff on it, it's light and absolutely flies yet doesn't cost a fortune to run. Only thing that can cost is insurance, Tescos for instance rate the 3 as a 96 on their 1-100 groupings, iirc no Impreza is above 90 in their groupings.

If you can't afford a later one they are absolutely stonking, keep up with most things on the road nicely

Paulo P

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I don't agree with any of that. The interior of the evo 3 is lovely, it has really nice Recaro bucket seats and climate etc and is a nice to car be sat inside.

The evo 3 was actually 266bhp and the acceleration is very raw. As I've said on here before though this is sadly spoilt by a nasty gearchange If you can live with the gearchange they are an awesome car for the money, don't let anyone tell you that they can't sound nice because they are talking boll0cks These can be made to sound fantastic.

The evo 3 didn't have yaw control either.

EvoCarl

If you are into track days then a Evo 4 maybe a better bet to a 3.

4's are a better handling car, feel better at higher speed and turn in better.

in a straight line drag(1/4) though think me money would be on a 3 over a 4.

Evo 3 seats are the best in the range untill maybe the 7/8's

agree with paul that the gearchange isnt THAT great, makes up for this by having a very strong tranny. 9 sec 1/4 Evo 1-3's using standard running gear out there.

Gear ratios are short like a scooby typre R.

Had a little run in with a Evo 6 RS last night.

My mods are filter/decat and 1.1bar boost and I out dragged in with 2 passengers in me car ok it was only a few feet but winning is winning!

oh and if you get a Evo 3 there is only one colour to get(excuse to post pic of me car)

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

peachy wrx

cheers for the info guys! look nice in yellow,the 2 near me for sale are dark grey and black!

is there any after market rear lights for the 3? not crappy lexus ones though!

EvoCarl

only rears I have seen are the lexus ones....you may think they look bad on a classic scoob but you aint seen nothing yet

Get a few differant ones for the front

A Evo 3 will need to be de-tango'd

only the Evo 3 out of the 1-3's come in yellow

peachy wrx

cheers carl mate! do you know of any websites that sell things for the early evo's coz i can't find
anything!!!

peachy wrx

also would a 3 be a match for my old 98 wrx scooby? that was 276 bhp 242 lb standard!

EvoCarl

Service parts here:

http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m8b0s0p0

Tuning parts is best from USA/AUS :

ask on the forums here http://www.nzmmc.co.nz/

very good forum for early Evo's

Slowboy racing for DSM(4G63 Evo 1-3) stuff

http://www.slowboyracing.com/dsm.htm

a few others

http://www.dsmparts.com/customer/home.php

http://www.machv.com/index.html (goos site. grab the Monster turbine housing http://www.machv.com/motuho.html)

any other help needed just ask

when looking at parts you need them for the 7-bolt 4g63

peachy wrx

thanks carl thats just great! spent all last night searching.....should have just asked!

EvoCarl

Nice figures

When car was standard it was same performance as my friends STI PPP bugeye

over take him at will running my very small amount of mods.

Can also take a few lengths out of my friends M3 Evo from a rolling start

You run about 0.7 bar standard on a 3. Turbo good for towards 380bhp

Can really only goto about 1.1bar/1.2 on standard Evo 3 internals. Compression is a tad high which doesnt help.Pistons and rods are CHEAP though

EvoCarl

Interesting site here also showing the history of a drag Evo and some times produce from mods

http://users.tpg.com.au/adslfjbb/rob/specs.html

peachy wrx

wow that car is awsome! nice to see the actual mods listed!

really love that carbon bonnet!!!

Brother_Will

I stand corrected I've never actually been in one so I'm just going by the other Mitsubishi I've been in, wasn't far off on the ayc though it was the 4 it was fitted to.

Looking cracking in yellow sadly all the ones i see round here are trashed.

EvoCarl

From memory about £400 from someone on http://www.nzmmc.co.nz/

was kinda tempted myself