I was at Midnight Madness this passed Saturday night here in San Antonio and saw 2 evo 8's running. They both ran mid-15's. I was completely baffled because I could have sworn these cars were a mid-to-high-13 second car. Now, they both had passengers, but at SAR (San Antonio Raceway) you're allowed to run down the 1/4 with a passenger if your car runs 14 seconds or slower. The two lined up next to each other, so I thought, cool, they'll run probably all out and let off at the end to stay +14.

I had to look several times when the 15.52 showed up on the board. I was like WTF??? They weren't plain lancers, unless the body work was done perfectly, including the factory-looking i/c.

Is this normal? I'm guessing they were sand-bagging, waiting for a mid-14 second car to put some money down or something.

~Luke
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evo 8's run in the 13's stock. anyone who gets worse than that cant drive worth a damn and should give the car to me.

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Yup according to Sports Compact, they run 13s.

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nothing like driving with the windows down and the music low: i love hearing the turbo spool, swwwhhhttt!!!!

maybe they were really babying them off the lines? even then they should be able to get 14s, somethins wrong there

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I ran a 13.5@103 with just an air filter back in '03 my very first time at the track with the car (and my very first time launching an AWD). The 05's are EASY mid 13's totally stock (bigger hotside on the turbo than the 03-04's). There are a few documented Evo IX's that have dipped into the 12's stone stock...

Greg

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Were they auto? I don't know what an auto EVO's time is though

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I didn't know they made auto evos?

New Car:
2004 350z base, Nismo CAI, pioneer avic-n1 (dvd, cd, navi)



Old Car:
1998 GS with hrc stage 2, HID 6000k conversion kit, AEM UEGO wideband, sfmu, ml, prokits, Greddy warning gauges: egt, boost gauge, and oil pressure, apexi tt, haydans tranny cooler, costum dp, groundwires, dynotune fp gauge. gst muff, turbo spoiler
Boostin since Aug 03.

nothing like driving with the windows down and the music low: i love hearing the turbo spool, swwwhhhttt!!!!

They make everything automatic, but do you want it to be an auto., that's the question.

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Did the passengers look like this???

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buddy of mine has a near stock evo 8 MR...catback and some tuning and has went 8.12 in the 1/8th, which is getting deep into the 12's...they either really sucked at driving or something was wrong...

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Evos do not come in an automatic. Even if they did they wouldn't be 2 whole seconds slower.

They were just shitty drivers.

Originally posted by Jeff_99gs
Evos do not come in an automatic. Even if they did they wouldn't be 2 whole seconds slower. They were just shitty drivers.

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I'm thinking they were just sand bagging, or going easy because of the passengers.

At Midnight Madness, you can 'call someone out' and race for a trophy and put a side bet on it if you like. They were probably putting on a show hoping to make some cash. I've seen bike street racers do this shit all the time. Put on an exibition race where neither launch worth a shit, or driver very well. Then completely whoop ass when it's for money.

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Originally posted by jsupetran
I didn't know they made auto evos?

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wow, talk about shitty racing. I've never seen an evo hit 15's. All i see at my local track is 13's and below. On a LUCKY night one will pull off a 14. lol

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Originally posted by injendsm

Originally posted by jsupetran I didn't know they made auto evos?

they dont.

Greg

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'88 Chrysler Conquest TSI

Originally posted by 992gnt

Originally posted by injendsm

Originally posted by jsupetran I didn't know they made auto evos?

they dont.

Actually they did, they just never sold them here. They're badged GTA's, but I think the last ones made were VII's.

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