Mitsubishi told us numbers, they let us know the cars capabilities stock, and now we wanted to see how it would truely perform. Whether you dyno test it correctly or with skewed numbers, the point is to simply establish a baseline. From that baseline make sure every test is done consistant with those initial conditions, numbers, and variables. Our friends at Dyno Comp in Scottsdale Arizona were more then happy to help.
We arrived at Dyno Comp and loaded the car on the dyno. Set the appropriate parameters on the Dyno Dynamics machine and reviewed all aspects of the vehicle. As experience dyno tuners, we were 100% positive that our inputs were all correct. The all wheel drive dyno was ready to rip.
As all 4 wheels were turning I became excited. Starting out in 1st, then 2nd, then getting into 3rd. Once he reached 3rd gear he let the car rip. Watching the dyno graph sky rocket up, I simply said, holy shit! The first pass on 91 octane bone stock EVO VIII was 230 wheel horsepower at 18lbs of boost. As we did a couple more passes we achieved the same data. We had now established a good baseline.
Project EVO had no set its mark, 232.8 wheel horsepower. Unlike all the other companies that quickly tried to dyno customers EVO’s, Vivid Racing used their own EVO, a correct all wheel drive dyno, and not biased numbers for the official wheel horsepower. From here on out we will be dynoing the car using the same variables to show you how each addition of products makes a difference. With the addition, you will be able to compare it to our other graphs and see what products are truely effective.
