Lancer EVO VIII FQ330

[Kenny]

EVO VIII FQ330 Friday 24th October




It's now Fantastically Quick as power is hiked once again, way north of 300bhp

The relentless march of the Evo continues. Not content with the FQ300, Mitsubishi has developed the Evo VIII even further to give us the FQ330. As the name suggests it's fairly quick and develops 330bhp from its two litre turbocharged engine.

The FQ330 retains all of the FQ300's distinguishing features and to produce a further 30 bhp, two specific modifications are made:

1. A supplementary ECU is hard-wired to the cars existing engine management system, the unit controlling ignition timing and air/fuel mixture.

2. A revised waste-gate actuator ferrule is installed, which increases turbo-charger boost to 1.4 bar at peak pressure, which falls well within accepted engine and turbocharger tolerances.

Both of these modifications can also be carried out by Mitsubishi Ralliart dealers, allowing existing FQ300 customers to upgrade without having to buy a new car. All FQ300 owners can upgrade and have the extra 30bhp for £1500 (incl VAT) + fitting charge . Ralliart dealerships can fit the upgrade in just two hours.

The eighth manifestation of the Evolution was launched at the Autosport Show in January this year. Then in March, Mitsubishi UK launched the 300bhp FQ300 version. Immediately sales of the more powerful and higher specified model out-grew that of the unmodified Evolution VIII.

Official performance figures are yet to be confirmed, but the FQ330 is expected to better the 4.4 seconds 0-60 time achieved by the FQ 300. Top speed will continue to be limited to 157mph.

The Mitsubishi Evolution VIII FQ330 will be available through Ralliart dealers from 1st December, with on the road prices starting from £31,999.

[The "mecca" project]

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[WagenMeister]

1.4bar stock boost?!!! i never heard a stock turbocharged car boost above 0.8bar, very impressive.