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As some of you know, I have been in the throws of organising a new car in the past couple of weeks after selling my last Evo back in February.

After much tooing and frowing and 11th hour changes by the bank, I now have it.

The car is very well known in the Evo circles and was owned by the main supplier of modified parts to the community, Ryan from Just JDM. If anyone wants Japanese parts even for Skylines, I can highly recommend him.

www.justjdm.com.au

Big thanks must go to my g/f for flying up to Sydney with her dad yesterday to drive it back for me. 7am flight and 10pm arrival back from Newcastle was a long day. Also thanks to Ryan for jumping through all the hoops the bank threw at him to ensure I got it yesterday as I go O/S tomorrow so had no time spare.

Few pics courtesy of Ryan as I havent had chance to take any yet:

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Thanks all - I havent even driven it yet, in bed crook today and it arrived last night, talk about injustice. :(

Snows - It looks a lot like Blaise's definately. 34, still a little out of my reach for maximum enjoyment I felt. I could afford a stockish one but wouldnt have had much left for mods or if it broke. This with all the trickery was still a lot less than a stock nice 34.

A fair bit of coin in mods on it, the list is longer than an A4 page...

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maybe I should keep the spec sheet under wraps.... :(

Nah it isnt an FQ400, just all badges, plates and mods to be a near replica to one. Think there is only one in Oz and thats in Perth, am not sure on the import regs for them or if they can only be used for competition.

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Ah man if you got the FQ 400 = :(

Lancer Evolution VIII MR FQ400 upgrades:

Custom built Garrett GT Dual Ball bearing Turbocharger

Owen Developments custom manufactured cast Stainless Steel Exhaust Manifold and Exhaust Elbow

Omega Forged Pistons

HKS Forged Con Rods

HKS 680cc Injectors

Zytec ITP116 High Pressure Fuel Pump

HKS 1.6 mm Steel Head Gasket

Motec M800 OEM ECU

HKS Iridium Spark Plugs

Jan Speed High Flow Sports Cat

Alcon competition derived 240 mm high clamp mode, heavy duty clutch complete with Cera-metallic 6 paddle sprung centred drive plate

HKS High Strength Head and Big End Bolts

Alcon Mono6 Brake Kit incorporating Monobloc 6 pot road caliper with 343 mm curved vein Disc on a Aluminium mounting bell assembly with Ferodo DS2500 brake pads

Ralliart Aero Mirrors

Carbon Fibre Front Lip Spoiler

Carbon Fibre "Sharks Tooth" Rear Vortex Generator

PIAA High Performance Light and Wiper Upgrade

Gloss Black Team Dynamics Lightweight Alloy Wheels

You even get a Driver Training course on how to drive the car. LOL!

0 - 100km/h in 3.5 secs, where as, Porsche Carrera GT, requires 3.9 seconds to sprint from 0-62 mph, while the ultra-exclusive Pagani Zonda needs 3.7 seconds.

REF - http://www.fast-autos.net/vehicles/Mitsubi...Evo_VIII_FQ400/

I think you can use the EVO 8 here for road use?

Don't think Mitsubishi AUS sold a lot..?

Gota check that SEVS law or whatever.

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