Mitsubishi Evo X Final Edition Review (My First EVO Experience) (JDM Legends Tour Pt. 24) 

MoreBooostRacing that’s what I love to hear !

Evo X also pioneered the giant open front grill. Now every car/SUV/crossover has it.

@@oof771 Audi open grill followed the X’s

@@oof771 You know I never gave the A4 a second look in 2004 because I was 11yrs old. But you’re totally right. I was always into Evo’s as a kid and the X was the first car Ide ever paid attention to with a grill like that and that stuck with me as “the first” ever since. I stand corrected.

@@oof771 What are some examples of vintage cars with open grill design? Out of curiosity

@@oof771 Im from the states. Was the b7 ever released in the US?

GS Alien that’s the awd confidence right there. I found the e9x bmws were solid chassis and handled well if you drove it properly but I’ve yet to really drive a evo so I can’t compare the two. Kind of surprised to be quite honest you liked the evo more than the m3 but then again I don’t know what you put into it in terms of mods. Solid collection of cars tho dude

must be nicee to have such a garage :)

almost, Mäkinen. Fantastic cars anyhow

AWD fucking sucks period. Have fun with three differential fluid changes and over $1,400 just labour on a clutch. Yea, and no EVO owner ever changes their own shit, they don't even change their own oil. FWD motor layout AWD electronic horseshit is the worst car to work on period.

OP Litchfield Type 25 over any Evo for me.

@@SixCylinderSamurai I didnt suffer the lack of spanner inability as you and managed to service my own Evo VI? The only time i needed assistance was the ayc rear diff that needed a specialist tool, everythings really easy to do on them because they use standard bolts and theres plenty of space to work around !

Justin Uehara You have absolutely no idea.

Yea, try working on one. They are fucking dogshit.

@@SixCylinderSamurai They're not bad to work on. It's mainly just the turbo and the timing chain that are a pain in the ass.

It's actually usually the guys with Evo 8s or 9s that hate on the X for being too soft in comparison to the older generations.

@@JayTac1 which makes no sense since the x out handles the 8 and the 9. In the US atleast. Yeah the car is pretty quiet inside since it probably has more sound deadening. They seem to confuse lack of road noise for lack of ability. 🤪

@@SixCylinderSamurai ive done minor stuff on mine, it isnt any harder than any other 4 cylinder.

Owned both and totally agree

Always the insecure Evo 8 and 9 harping about the X not being liked the 8s and 9s. If they were so great why didnt they sell comapre to the WRX?

Raphtalia ' same here congratulations on achieving your goals and dreams my dream is to get an octane blue evo X

@@rahgawd4533 I wish you the best! I too wanted an Octane blue or diamond white Evo. A stock diamond white one appeared in my state so I decided to pick it up. Octane blue was my first choice too!

You seem to have forgotten the iii, iv, v, vi , vi.5

The Stis were always setup for a tonne of oversteer from v1 to the end. I have no idea why they didn't just tune it out, it's like the first thing you do to a subaru is tune the anti dive geometry out, a rear sway bar on the sti makes it dead even round corners

Except easier to work on with the exception of a timing chain, head gasket, or sparkplugs.

@@SixCylinderSamurai and spark plugs and the exhaust and the turbo and having to replace the pistons and it's easier to modify and the clutch isnt 1,000 pounds, but yeah other than that.....

Seats can be swapped.

@@Djhinn yes but why spend extra 1,000 on it when 14 and below already has it. At that point your not even looking at recaros, you be looking to buy bride

@@LancerXDS Lol, not really. Bride is like $3k+ after you get seat rails. Vs $1k for some plug n play OEM recaro seats.

Got a 15 here in canada and it comes with recaros

@@Nawlege1 The Recaros were only excluded in the U.S.

Yikes a Sunroof. Ewwwww

No mate they totally work. You know that thin metal plate between the filter and the engine blocks 100% of the heat doesn’t it 🤣

@@Chrissy-H If you see the cone is 75% exposed and therefore open to hot air. Plus heat soaks into metal and when the engine runs for long enough,It will have generated heat under the bonnet just about everywhere. Hot air is the enemy of good combustion. That's why turbo charged engines have Inter coolers.

6k on mine, clean title and all. Its unfortunate to see how many has a blemish on their title....... but hey, cheers to us having even rarer cars :)

Its a bigger travesty that you don't drive it. That's what its there for. No enjoyment sat in the garage.

Yeah thats been proven false.

If you want the best possible EVO experience then drive the early models. from my experiences the 4B11T hasn't been as much as a hit with tuners as the 4G63 with a few horror stories however the 4B11T is a newer build where as the 4G63 has been around a long time. Either way the lighter more nimble earlier cars will always drive and look better plus the early 5 speed was a much stronger box, stock for stock there is no contest.

@@freshjive818 there are alot of 4b11t builds running around. The 5speed in the x is good to 800hp which the majority of owners wont build for. Any evo from the 6 and later all handle extremely well. In the US the X outhandles the 9 because the US 9 doesnt have all the handling options from the factory. Every motor has horror stories. That variable depends on the tuner, not the motor.

@@RealAnthonyJones in the UK the 10 has not been so much of a hit, it's not a bad car at all im not saying that but quite often there are complaints and people swapping for earlier cars, from what i have gathered aswell with my experience being in various EVO and JDM clubs that most have found they are just not as raw, designed more to fit the US market as mitsubishi were so desperate to sell cars for there dwindling US sales which made it a heavier car than its predecessor's, there are improvements in areas but there are also issues that shouldn't be there for a newer model which is frustrating and disappointing, one step forward and 2 steps back. Many people are still punching holes through the block having major problems with centre diffs, premature AYC failure (much worse than predecessors) clunky and failing SST's (however 5 speed is still good) over 90% suffering from bad shocks and bad build quality in general, it begs the question why buy a 10 over say a 9? if your from the US you probably wouldn't know just how good the 5 and 6 are and as for handling, every single evolution model handled extremely well but the 4, 5 and 6 will always have the edge due to there lighter weight combined with those sophisticated AYC differentials and were closer to the racing car they were bred from with the 5 having the best racing history, they look better, go better and have that rally history which adds a special factor to them. 1 to 9 were all fantastic models but the 10 was just a bit of a disappointment.

The wrx owners cause that on themselves. Especially the guys with the FA motor wrx. They swear up and down that they can beat evos stock and then when they get their stage 1 ots tune they run away from any evo. Meanwhile a "stage 1" wrx in the real world still makes less power than any stock evo.🤣

What mods?? I love mine too!

@@SendCity ETS Extreme Catback, ETS race testpipe, Cobb EBCS, ETS upper and lower IC piping, ETS Intake, pulled the stock turbo and rebuilt it to a 20G. Street tuned! Still need a downpipe and injectors. Have my E85 pump sitting in my car not installed yet. Upgraded rotors and pads.

@@CO_EVO_8 Nice! You plan on going E85?

@@SendCity yup just reach my 400whp goal on E85. Will hopefully be pushing 500ish next year if I go big turbo.

@@CO_EVO_8 Im sitting at 420whp now im planning my build. Im going to go 6466 and shoot for mid 700s

They got better and better up to the 6. Peaking with the now insanely desirable, almost perfect Tommy Makinen edition. They got worse after that.

@@ThunderChunky101 the TM was an evo6 ;)

Much appreciated

So it'll be a Mitsubishi A45 AMG?

No its not. They're focussing on electrification and their business model

When has an evo ever had longitudinal?

it have a center diff. But the engine is transveral.

I'd stay with your Golf in your case

Stay with vw. The mitsu autobox isnt as capable stock vs stock

I`d get rid of the Golf its a disaster waiting to happen, like all products made by the VW group.

@@kris8742 So, you're either a troll trying to get a rise or someone that doesn't stay current with the automotive world.

stick with the Golf, DSG is just way too good.

Tradded up? Impossible lol jk

2012 pearl blue gtr black edition.. and an aw11 mr2 :)

@@JimCraig_riced Thats my next car but I wont be getting rid of the evo haha

@@JimCraig_riced Thats my next car but I wont be getting rid of the evo haha

In 2015 this was already a fairly old car. It drives like one too and that's not a bad thing. It does boost like an older car too - delivering boost higher in the rev range unlike modern cars which tend to give it up earlier

The T16 was not laggy at all. It had a tiny turbo that was on song very early in the rev range (boost threshold) that when you changed gear it was back on boost very quickly. The T3 turbo on the YBT was more laggy and had a higher boost threshold but wasn't that bad. Don't confuse lag with boost threshold.

reminds me of something the fresh prince of bel air would wear 😂

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Hahaha... but you're right: That is one piece of atrocious looking cloth! :-D

Thankyou Also glad someone appreciated the multiple angles - I get so many comments complaining videos are "just my face" when clearly that is not the case!

@ Yeah its a lady owned car like the Dodge Charger that he test drove and we all know the outcome of that drive 😂, thankfully he liked this car though so no forfeit to pay!!

I know

Please give me some examples and I will correct it in future Evo X videos

Tyler Napolitano lol

It's awesome I got one

Have to disagree. I owned one. Actually, I owned two because the first SST box broke after only 10,000 miles. It was clunky and unpredictable.It may have been made by Borg Warner but it was made by them in China out of leftover pieces of chocolate.

@@AliTaylor777 they are made by getrag

@@rowanlewisuk : my mistake. Still outsourced to China, though.

@@AliTaylor777 getrag is german my friend head company to magna PT ...... They supply transmission system to BMW ,mini,volvo,porsche , Renault and Ferrari ....you probably got a crap transmission ....... July 2015 magna PT brought getrag for 1.9 billion

Be glad they don't, they'd only of made it into an SUV of sorts ..

Alex Baker oh yeah I remember that rumour in the car mags. Thank god they didn't

They're not in a position to do so. They need to make money first, which Evo's don't lol

Tom Richards Car and Driver confirmed that a new sedan/hatchback evo will be made with awd and a Renault engine

@@carhecz4200 not yet confirmed. Just speculation from a "Reliable Japanese Source".

Jonathan Stringer based on a different chassis to the previous 9 cars, that's why.

The company that made evos called it an evo. Your point is invalid.

@@RealAnthonyJones people are idiots unfortunately

Not the Mazda MPS though. They break as well.

Well, Toyota Corolla, Camry is reliable. If s that’s your only concern.

@mhffc : NSX? And the S2000 might not be as quick but it was leagues more fun.

@@tkangwei I'd rather own a car that broke down every time there was a Tuesday in the week than own a Camry.

Subaru engine would be a downgrade. Only the transmission is supposed to be better. But since theres alot less high hp subarus then evos who knows.

Not so for JDM cars though. The UK spec cars I agree were never quite up to the job.

@@machidaman that's a good point I didn't think of that. I was talking North American cars sorry, road and track is american. Funny gran turismo reference. Gt1 is where I got my love for cars too, I've done 14,000 races in gt4 lol

Not sure what magazines you were reading but plenty of imprezas were very heavily regarded and beta evos in tests whilst not requiring servicing every 4k miles.

@@tracktimevideos5164 yea they just needed new head gaskets.. I just listed it, it was road and track

@@MrPorsche91730 watch some best motoring videos at Tsukuba . Plenty of imprezas beating evos and vice versa.

Makinen was an Evo VI.

bollocks

Agree the Tommi Mak is regarded as the best Evo.

That moment when you post something on YT as fact when actually you're talking out of your arse 😂😂😂. TME Evo 7 😂😂😂

@@jackthehat8593 I must take myself out into the shed and shoot myself in the face. Yes. The VI. My most sincere apologies. I'm so so terribly, horribly sorry. I don't think I'll ever be forgiven for this lost treasonous, most horrendous, most unforgiveable errors. And who starts a comment with "that moment when..."? In 2019?! 😂 Jesus.

Why don't you do yourself a favour and google FQ440

You dont buy an evo for its interior...if you want interior go with a Mercedes or something lol not an evo

I know, I did address that in another video

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