Motors Mates new ride

I REALLY want one of these babies!

Lancer Evolution VIII

Just like his, except his is BLOOOO!

Specs

Nice fast ride with the economy of a 4-banger.

 

one word.....uber un1337.....

 

I want!

 

Man that Evo VII is nice. Also wanted one of those myself. Maybe one day.

 

Very nice - shame it wont have the burble or purr of a straight or V engine though, inline 4's sound a bit pants

 

Um...It is a straight engine

The newer ones seem rather bulky...

Evo VI or VII, please

*n

 

RTT means an inline 4 doesn't sound as good as a flat 4 or V engine he practically creams himself everytime he hears a Scooby STi . The flat four in the Imprezas sounds great.

Evo's are great cars IMHO, rarer than Imprezas, and are generally more tuneable, and more powerful in standard trim if we're comparing the more common Scooby WRX and not the WRX STi. Still think I'd pick the Impreza over an Evo though, to me it looks nicer and is more aggressive and it sounds nicer

Is his Evo VIII the 'normal' one or more powerful FQ-300 version?(I reckon the FQ means ******* Quality )

 

a flat four *is* an inline four.

Col

 

No it isn't

Flat four - two pairs of pistons, horizontally opposed.

Often called 'boxer' (the pistons look like two boxers back to back, punching alternately).

Straight four = four pistons arranged in one straght line.

*n

 

Except 'straight' engines are usually known as engines that are perpendicular to the axels, inlines are parallel to the axels.

well, thats how I know them to be

 

EEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVOOOOOOOOOOO

me like
Theres a silver one you see sometimes around campus, havent had a good look at it but it sounds nice. Theres also a v nice white Scooby that hangs around engineering, that looks (and sounds) sweet as ****. I'd prefer a skyline tho

PS: perpendicular to axels = longitudinal
parallel = transverse

 

LOL, economy ! 18mpg is hardly frugal - especially at UK fuel prices. And the tiddly 50 litre fuel tank needs refilling every 150 miles or so !
Still a great motor though - the active yaw control system on it means you have to be really mental with it to break traction. I agree with the noise comments though, it sounds a bit tinny (compared to my WRX with Prodrive backbox )

 

You know it wrong then

 

Thats what Cosworth call/refer to them as then, cos my dad used to work for them

 

At what point in Cosworth's history did he work for them?

Can you ask him if he knows of any decent 2.2 or 2.4 BDAs around...?



*n

 

1986 -> 1992, would that be the right era for him to know?

//off topic

 

As far as I can remember they were an evolution of the old F1 engine that was then dropped into mkII Escorts for rallying....

1984 seems to ring bells but I dunno why...

*n

 

the older evo's used to looks so much meaner and better. starting to look a bit soft now

 

Scooby STi >*

building a dealership right down the road, as we speak....

 

that would be transverse and longitudinal

edit: how do these cars have 4wd with a transversely mounted engine?

i know how a land rover's 4wd works (transfer box), but that can't really work when the engine's the wrong way around, can it? :s