SpeedHunters Magazine reporter Stefan Kotze has chanced upon this deeply customized Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X MR with an aero kit, new wheels, and plenty of punch. Care for a closer look?
The sports sedan wears a comparatively modest body kit made of carbon, which includes a front spoiler, canards, and an enormous APR Performance rear wing. The body is painted light blue, and the arches reveal expensive RAYS Volk Racing CE28 RT Black Edition wheels wrapped in Falken Azenis FK453 tires. The suspension and brakes are likewise new.
However, it is perhaps the powertrain that represents the most interesting part of the entire project. The two-liter, four-cylinder engine gets bored out to 2.3 liters of displacement and receives a BorgWarner EFR 9174 Twin Scroll turbocharger. This and many other tweaks bring the output to stellar 710 horsepower (530 kilowatts) measured at the wheel. This should translate into 800+ hp (600+ kW) at the crank, a fabulous achievement given the available displacement room.
A new digital dashboard, which slots nicely into the place of the old one, rounds off the impressive project.