Evo 7 GTA

[Gx7]

yea folks im getting one of these evo 7 auto at a reasonable price thinking of buying it , this will be my first evo , im a Subaru guy just jumping ship ..... can u guys give me the pros / cons of the auto evo 7 , any 1 owns one can give me a lil heads up about the the car , maintenance etc thanks .............

[MISHI]

Pros:

-Anyone can drive it
-Seats not recaro so more comfortable
-still handles corners like a bat outta hell.
-Steering wheel carries shifter buttons

Cons:

-Many came without vented bonnets which IMHO needed here. (many local ones i believed were changed. )
-A/T and Transfer case parts hard to find and would have to be ordered from Japan
-Fuel consumption... yes they drink fuel regardless of manual or auto
-ACD/AYC in evos causes you to have to drive a little diferently when the car slides...
-Parts on the whole are expensive.

Pretty much other than that it's pretty much the same CT9A wise. U can source parts from local tuner businesses like Teknet for example or if you have your own skybox and the part numbers, you can order items from the USA with the exception of RHD specific parts, The A/T and transfer as I stated in cons section, AYC system and the VII specific bumper, bonnet, rear bumper and wing. U would have to source that from at least the UK or more likely Japan.

If you're buying it, first thing you should do is have the timing belts changed. They use two: the cam belt and the harmonic balancer belt. Also would be a good idea to repace the water pump as well. Then you're good for another 5 years or 96000km.

Driveline fluids should change at least once a year or pretty much 15000 - 25000km for transfer case/ rear diff and AYC clutch bath fluids... as well for the ATF. (though that might be overkill). Radiator once a year with a good brand coolant. brake fluid IMHO also annually.

Engine oil of course every 5000km with a good quality synthetic oil. Your choice there. Many like Mobil 1, some like amsoil (as myself) Some like Valvoline etc.

There are lots of resources online regards to understanding the car and any issues etc. I suggest you join the mitsubishi lancer register forum as is has good info on the EVO in general as well as any tips or tricks. There is a section called the MLR evo buyer's guide: this is something you should read. Also a good idea to download the workshop manual. This can be downloaded from evoscan.com website in the manuals section.

The car drinks gas like a child drinks juice: The 48L tank really is nothing and by time you blink and the heavier your foot gets the faster it's done. I'm praying we don't hear about the local fuel subsidy being raised anytime soon.

The drive experience is different to the subarus: even the RS model evos in the fact that the car has AYC (Active yew control) and ACD (active center diff). All it means really is that there so much bloody electrical gizzmos in the driveline to keep you as straight as possible. Now this in mind, driving balls out and the car gets squirly, naturally you tend to countersteer etc but in the ACD/AYC equipped cars it wants to sort out all that for you... which means you can get yourself in trouble if you don't let the car do it. I know it's a strange thing I am saying but you have to experience it to understand. Simple thing like entering a solodex competition and pushing the car to its limits will help you understand it.

Other than that I can't say much more as I don't know very much on the GT-A. I drove one before I purchased my Evo 7 and it was a blast despite it being auto. But I think honestly something about an EVO just doesn't feel right in Auto trim, especially if you have an aftermarket exhaust that makes it sound like your average B14 passing by with a big muffler... but that is just my opinion.

[crazybalhead]

"reasonable price" could mean trouble. Get a mechanic to have a look please. If anything feels wrong, it probably is wrong.

[Dave]

If anything feels wrong, it probably is wrong.

words to live by

[Gx7]

yea the car has a CS2 lancer chassis # and a PCM plate its white ........ not interested in it anymore be on the look out for it ......

[Gx7]

MISHI

that's the chassis #

[MISHI]

That is crazy: on an EVO?

If I read that code correctly it's a 1.5 GDI CVT lancer original color Silver.

I wish you had actual pics of the car.

[BrotherHood]

yea the car has a CS2 lancer chassis # and a PCM plate its white ........ not interested in it anymore be on the look out for it ......

[Gx7]

car is located in chaguanas , i can get picks its being sold by one of the well known car sellers close to Medford Gas station dont want to call names

[Biggs3ne]

Yea d same dealer with the big house and a million car lots on caroni savannah road. bess you leave it right there.

[Gx7]

yep ^^^^^^^^^ but he selling it for $100k ..... good price

[BrotherHood]

See why I 'fraid dem bad bad when it come to vehicles, lawd!

[idlemind]

Mishi was (is usually) right.
See what car that chassis belonged to below.
Whats alarming is the part in the chassis that reads 1U means that thats a 2001 car.
Them serious with the PCM plates???

[Gx7]

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the evo ^^^^^

[MISHI]

Mishi was (is usually) right.
See what car that chassis belonged to below.
Whats alarming is the part in the chassis that reads 1U means that thats a 2001 car.
Them serious with the PCM plates???

Where U think I checked it from?

But that is something that needs to be investigated. This is getting out of hand... Evo 7s go between 130-180K and lower would make me think twice whether it's crashed, ratched... etc.

[Gx7]

its ratched we can confirm that for sure .................... hope no tuners get catch with this .......

[Gx7]

u mods should have a ratch thread warning tuners of cars out there , but then again that thread mite get out of hand

[MISHI]

There was a full thread at one time but dunno what happened to it.

[Biggs3ne]

u mods should have a ratch thread warning tuners of cars out there , but then again that thread mite get out of hand

You can start the thread with this entry bro. Believe it or not, some unsuspecting, evo enthusiastic and not too knowledgeable person is gonna buy this car and realise they got F$%^&ed when it's too late.

That's the sad truth right thur

[Dave]

i would buy that and get a cs 4wd and go to town

[16 cycles]

http://www.triniwheels.com/carsforsale/831/index.htm

[Rooki3]

cedia firewall on evo 7

[Biggs3ne]

I think this is d same car I used to see park up by Marios on Cipriani Boulevard on Mornings...oh well

[Gx7]

http://www.triniwheels.com/carsforsale/831/index.htm

yyeepp thats the car ....

u mods should have a ratch thread warning tuners of cars out there , but then again that thread mite get out of hand

You can start the thread with this entry bro. Believe it or not, some unsuspecting, evo enthusiastic and not too knowledgeable person is gonna buy this car and realise they got F$%^&ed when it's too late.

That's the sad truth right thur

hmmmmmm i'll try a thing and start the thread

[crazybalhead]

Not the same car at Cipriani. That one is not a GTA.

[kurpal_v2]

The way I saw the dealer friends roughing up this car for great race in Tobago, textbook definition of never see come see

[honda hoe]

Pros:

-Anyone can drive it
-Seats not recaro so more comfortable
-still handles corners like a bat outta hell.
-Steering wheel carries shifter buttons

Cons:

-Many came without vented bonnets which IMHO needed here. (many local ones i believed were changed. )
-A/T and Transfer case parts hard to find and would have to be ordered from Japan
-Fuel consumption... yes they drink fuel regardless of manual or auto
-ACD/AYC in evos causes you to have to drive a little diferently when the car slides...
-Parts on the whole are expensive.

Pretty much other than that it's pretty much the same CT9A wise. U can source parts from local tuner businesses like Teknet for example or if you have your own skybox and the part numbers, you can order items from the USA with the exception of RHD specific parts, The A/T and transfer as I stated in cons section, AYC system and the VII specific bumper, bonnet, rear bumper and wing. U would have to source that from at least the UK or more likely Japan.

If you're buying it, first thing you should do is have the timing belts changed. They use two: the cam belt and the harmonic balancer belt. Also would be a good idea to repace the water pump as well. Then you're good for another 5 years or 96000km.

Driveline fluids should change at least once a year or pretty much 15000 - 25000km for transfer case/ rear diff and AYC clutch bath fluids... as well for the ATF. (though that might be overkill). Radiator once a year with a good brand coolant. brake fluid IMHO also annually.

Engine oil of course every 5000km with a good quality synthetic oil. Your choice there. Many like Mobil 1, some like amsoil (as myself) Some like Valvoline etc.

There are lots of resources online regards to understanding the car and any issues etc. I suggest you join the mitsubishi lancer register forum as is has good info on the EVO in general as well as any tips or tricks. There is a section called the MLR evo buyer's guide: this is something you should read. Also a good idea to download the workshop manual. This can be downloaded from evoscan.com website in the manuals section.

The car drinks gas like a child drinks juice: The 48L tank really is nothing and by time you blink and the heavier your foot gets the faster it's done. I'm praying we don't hear about the local fuel subsidy being raised anytime soon.

The drive experience is different to the subarus: even the RS model evos in the fact that the car has AYC (Active yew control) and ACD (active center diff). All it means really is that there so much bloody electrical gizzmos in the driveline to keep you as straight as possible. Now this in mind, driving balls out and the car gets squirly, naturally you tend to countersteer etc but in the ACD/AYC equipped cars it wants to sort out all that for you... which means you can get yourself in trouble if you don't let the car do it. I know it's a strange thing I am saying but you have to experience it to understand. Simple thing like entering a solodex competition and pushing the car to its limits will help you understand it.

Other than that I can't say much more as I don't know very much on the GT-A. I drove one before I purchased my Evo 7 and it was a blast despite it being auto. But I think honestly something about an EVO just doesn't feel right in Auto trim, especially if you have an aftermarket exhaust that makes it sound like your average B14 passing by with a big muffler... but that is just my opinion.

good info

does this mean that in an evo u just need to point the car where u want it to go?

[crazybalhead]

Not exactly hondahoe. let me see if i can describe it. Going around a corner, fast, the car will, grip, understeer. then as you push harder, the backside starts to wiggle. This is the point that you know the car is working to keep you going around that corner. At this point, intuition tells you to coun tersteer and back off the throttle.

If you do that, the car will violently go to one side, and then spin the bakcside around and spin out.

I've done this a few times in solodex.

If you encounter this on the road, especially when wet, I don't even want to imagine what the consequences would be.

So what you do when you get that wiggle is add a little more power, and give SLIGHT corrections with both hands on the steering. You will get mild oversteer, unreal cornering and a rewarding driving experience. it is a handful at the limit, even with the gadgets. it does not feel electronic, or gimmicky in any wya whatso ever. it is noisy, and tactile. Especially the telepathic steering wheel.

[honda hoe]

wiggle? that sounds dangerous... especially if ur not used to it or expecting it.. because, as u said.. ur natural reaction would be to correct it for yourself.

[crazybalhead]

EXACTLY!!!

"especially if ur not used to it or expecting it"


The bamsee gives a lil side to side wiggle.