Mitsubishi EVO Hot Cars

Mitsubishi today released images of the upcoming Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution which is supposed to resemble what the car will look like when its launched. While Mitsubishi did release the new Lancer a couple of days ago, Lancer and speed fans are waiting for the next Mitsubishi Lancer Evo. Called “Prototype X,” the sketch shows what the next Mitsubishi Evo will be based on. Click through for an image of the back.
Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the Mitsubishi Evo 10 will allow you to make the right decision when buying a new Mitsubishi. Through your local EcuTeK tuner, you can get the factory ECU in your Mitsubishi Evo 10 converted into a fully adjustable ECU and then increase the performance however what will obviously vary is the level of warranty that you’ll get support from your local dealer.

Be very careful when you start modifying, if you choose to modify your Mitsubishi Evo 10. Because it’s a brand-new car, it uses the new Flash Can technology ECU. Gone are the days where you can do some simple modification and upgrades with hard parts and expect a noticeable improvement in performance because, really, you can’t achieve that anymore particularly with these newer models.
The Evo 10 has a dramatically different engine now from the previous models. It has an all-alloy block. It runs a higher-peak boost level, in fact, a staggeringly higher-peak boost level which, again, makes it even more important to choose your modifications carefully.
nd by the time 3,000 arrives you’re well on the way. That progressive delivery stretches right around to the redline, too, so you don’t have to worry about whether you’ll be off-boost once you hook the next cog. This car is fast, no doubt.

It’ll never let you forget it, either. Unlike the ‘normal’ FQs, the 400 feels like a modified car. Where the 360 makes quiet work of delivering its power, the 400 barks through the box, often firing a shot on the overrun that makes car alarms squeal.The Evo 10 ECU is smart enough to realize that there’s been a modification done and what it will then start doing is detuning the performance that you were looking for as a result of say, for example, a modified exhaust and ultimately you can end up with less power than what you start with, obviously, with factory-standard parts. The advantage of converting the factory ECU to an adjustable one allows that all to be brought together as a complete package, tuned and designed to work in harmony with each other.

So the FQ-400, despite all its excesses, is great to drive. And it’s everyday fast. But £50,000? True, there’s no subtlety to it and you definitely don’t get the class or quality (especially in the cabin) you do from German kit with the same price tag, but that slightly misses the point.

What this is, you see, is the ultimate Evo X. No, scratch that, it’s the ultimate Evo full stop. And it’s got one foot in a world where owners don’t think twice about dropping £15,000 on shouty bodykits and turbo upgrades that kill exactly the premium metal this car is up against. Think about it that way and you can understand some people paying the price. Even if ‘some people’ doesn’t include you.
And the FQ-400 looks modded too. The bodywork (inspired by the now-legendary Makkinen-edition Evo VI) features a wildly scooped and vented bonnet that leaves bejewelled bits of engine hanging out like proud cleavage. There’s a lightweight front bumper with so much surface detailing it’s hard to work out what shape it is and, at the back, a composite rear end with an exhaust pipe you could live in.

Ride quality is not quite so aftermarket. It’s hard, for sure, but the FQ-400 has been treated to a 30mm drop, a wider track and uprated springs and dampers. It feels tighter and more direct as a result, but doesn’t shake your hands numb on the wheel. For all the gravity-bending cornering you can do, you’ll cheerfully live with it, put it that way.
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One of the first things, depending on where you are in the world that may come as a surprise to you but perhaps if you’re in the UK it may not be as big a surprise as others is the modification packages available through Mitsubishi UK, mainly the Evo 10 FQ models, as in FQ320. That is, did you know that all of the Evo 10 models in the UK, as sold as a factory-official car through Mitsubishi UK, actually has a modified converted, factory ECU using EcuTeK tuning software?

That package of upgrades is on all the Evo 10s sold by Mitsubishi UK. On top of that, Mitsubishi UK then offer the Evo 10 FQ model, and the FQ model standing for a very quick car, has been available for quite some time now starting with the Evo 7 and then there’s the Evo 8 and, of course, the Evo 9 and now the Evo 10.

The FQ320 Evo 10 comes with a package of generally HKS modified components including exhaust, hard pipe inlet kit, and some other body kit styling enhancements and things like that and the tuned ECU to bring it all together to make it into a nice reliable package that comes with a full factory warranty guarantee through the Mitsubishi dealer network and of course, Mitsubishi UK.

Another good bit of information is some of this tuning and mapping data is available through the EcuTeK ECU tuning network throughout the through EcuTeK partners. The tuning software that is used by Mitsubishi UK is obviously the tuning software that is used by EcuTeK around the