GreenGSX
DSM Wiseman
- 371
- 5
- May 13, 2002
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Rochester,
New York
Let me tell you how wonderful it sounds to be entering a Mitsubishi Evo X into One Lap of America for 2011.
First of all, One Lap is a survival race, so our expectations of taking a stock Evo X and surviving are pretty good. The car has no mechanical issues, hasn't seen any of the NY winter roads and isn't starting to rot out, and for the most part would be a great car to take a cruise across the country in. It has A/C, Recarro seats, and the factory Rockford-Fosgate stereo for easy cruising no matter how hot it gets in Florida and New Orleans.
Here is where we fall into a large problem. There is no way in hell we are going to be able to roll into Indiana in a completely stock car. As budget conscious as we are, bringing a stock car to the event would be the same as picking up a rental car for a week. While there is no rational reason for this problem, we can only blame it on some form of genetics which gearheads around the world seem to be infected with.
This main problem seems to have a list of supporting factors, all of which are like dangling a big carrot out in front of the rabbit.
1. It sounds like there are going to be at least four other Mitsubishi Evo X’s running on One Lap this year, all in the same “mid priced sedan†class that we would be in.
2. You have Chris and Sean running in the reigning champion car, which not only has 3 years of modifications ahead of us, but has two guys who really know how to drive.
3. You have the Kids with Cancer built car with somewhat of an unlimited budget, which should come in around the 600+ WHP mark thanks to AMS building a full track car.
4. Then you have the second Kids with Cancer car, which is the white Evo X we saw last year. Although not a full blown race car it has evolved under the watchful eyes of Chris and Sean into a fierce competitor. Not to mention Paul and Barry are no longer rookies and are expected to make a big jump in there performance.
5. We just left the best support of the planet by leaving the VR4 platform and the following it brought. If we drive a stock car and don't step up the game, we will never hear the end of it.
Let’s go over our assets.
We have a stock 2008 Mitsubishi Evo X GSR with about 15K miles on the clock.
Two guys who are passionate about racing, and who race to support the fans and sponsors that keep them running. Our budget is small but our goals are big. We want to be competitive. We want to be able to show what we can do when we are not bogged down with broken parts, up to our elbows in grease, or lagging behind because we spent all afternoon installing front wheel bearings in Oklahoma while the rest of our competitors were racing to a good nights sleep.
What we need is some help. But not just any help. We knew our way around the VR4 pretty well but the EVO X is a whole new ballgame. Long gone are the days of us on our backs wrestling in transmissions. The EVO X clutch job is a 10 hour job with every minute of that spent sweating, shoving, prying, and spewing some of the most liberal use of sailor talk this side of Annapolis.
So we need an expert, somebody with the now how and the swagger to help us take on the big guns. Part slingers need not apply. We need a guy who’s raced, lost, won, and blown up everything under the sun. A guy who eats, sleeps, and drinks cars not because he can but because he needs too.
We need to find a way turn the wick up on the EVO to the tune of about 200hp and improve the handling on what is already a spectacular chassis. Making that happen on our local track is simple. But we aren’t in Kansas anymore and we’ll be all over the country, on different tracks, from hot, to cold, to 94 octane gas, and all the way down to 91 skim milk for fuel so we need to build the car to win and survive. We need and expert..
The Philistines are camped outside. The largest of them, wears a cool AMS t-shirt, is hurling momma jokes at our camp every morning hoping we’re going to crack. We’re not scared and on an early morning in May we’ll take that challenge, reach into our bag, and pull out a stone…or a well modified EVO X and let the fun begin…
First of all, One Lap is a survival race, so our expectations of taking a stock Evo X and surviving are pretty good. The car has no mechanical issues, hasn't seen any of the NY winter roads and isn't starting to rot out, and for the most part would be a great car to take a cruise across the country in. It has A/C, Recarro seats, and the factory Rockford-Fosgate stereo for easy cruising no matter how hot it gets in Florida and New Orleans.
Here is where we fall into a large problem. There is no way in hell we are going to be able to roll into Indiana in a completely stock car. As budget conscious as we are, bringing a stock car to the event would be the same as picking up a rental car for a week. While there is no rational reason for this problem, we can only blame it on some form of genetics which gearheads around the world seem to be infected with.
This main problem seems to have a list of supporting factors, all of which are like dangling a big carrot out in front of the rabbit.
1. It sounds like there are going to be at least four other Mitsubishi Evo X’s running on One Lap this year, all in the same “mid priced sedan†class that we would be in.
2. You have Chris and Sean running in the reigning champion car, which not only has 3 years of modifications ahead of us, but has two guys who really know how to drive.
3. You have the Kids with Cancer built car with somewhat of an unlimited budget, which should come in around the 600+ WHP mark thanks to AMS building a full track car.
4. Then you have the second Kids with Cancer car, which is the white Evo X we saw last year. Although not a full blown race car it has evolved under the watchful eyes of Chris and Sean into a fierce competitor. Not to mention Paul and Barry are no longer rookies and are expected to make a big jump in there performance.
5. We just left the best support of the planet by leaving the VR4 platform and the following it brought. If we drive a stock car and don't step up the game, we will never hear the end of it.
Let’s go over our assets.
We have a stock 2008 Mitsubishi Evo X GSR with about 15K miles on the clock.
Two guys who are passionate about racing, and who race to support the fans and sponsors that keep them running. Our budget is small but our goals are big. We want to be competitive. We want to be able to show what we can do when we are not bogged down with broken parts, up to our elbows in grease, or lagging behind because we spent all afternoon installing front wheel bearings in Oklahoma while the rest of our competitors were racing to a good nights sleep.
What we need is some help. But not just any help. We knew our way around the VR4 pretty well but the EVO X is a whole new ballgame. Long gone are the days of us on our backs wrestling in transmissions. The EVO X clutch job is a 10 hour job with every minute of that spent sweating, shoving, prying, and spewing some of the most liberal use of sailor talk this side of Annapolis.
So we need an expert, somebody with the now how and the swagger to help us take on the big guns. Part slingers need not apply. We need a guy who’s raced, lost, won, and blown up everything under the sun. A guy who eats, sleeps, and drinks cars not because he can but because he needs too.
We need to find a way turn the wick up on the EVO to the tune of about 200hp and improve the handling on what is already a spectacular chassis. Making that happen on our local track is simple. But we aren’t in Kansas anymore and we’ll be all over the country, on different tracks, from hot, to cold, to 94 octane gas, and all the way down to 91 skim milk for fuel so we need to build the car to win and survive. We need and expert..
The Philistines are camped outside. The largest of them, wears a cool AMS t-shirt, is hurling momma jokes at our camp every morning hoping we’re going to crack. We’re not scared and on an early morning in May we’ll take that challenge, reach into our bag, and pull out a stone…or a well modified EVO X and let the fun begin…
