Mitsubishi Evolution’s are one of the most sought after tuner cars on the market. Brought to the U.S. in 2003, the Evo VIII was the first version of the Evolution to be sold stateside legally. Mitsubishi made the decision to sell the Evo in the U.S due to their competition, Subaru, bringing the WRX here a year prior to that. The Evo VIII came with a 2.0L Turbo engine that produced around 275hp to the crank. Depending on which model you bought they had different options for the transmission, wheels, brakes etc. Enough about the history of the Evolution, lets talk about our Street Car of the Week which happens to be one of the sickest Evo VIII’s out there, the “V8 Eatr.”
Photos by Debo Shots and 1320Video
Josh Wiesemann of Oklahoma City bought his Evo almost 8 years ago. Starting as a pretty stock-ish car, the Evo has made quite the transformation performance wise and aesthetically over the years. We were first introduced to this car at TX2K14. The car was making well over 1000hp and ready to kick some ass. Unfortunately for Josh, TX2K was cut short from an Oil issue that caused the motor to blow coming out of the corner for roll racing.
Photos by 1320Video at TX2K14
Fast forward a couple years and a few more speed bumps and this car is running better than ever with one of the most serious setups you can have for an Evo. Josh decided to have the car wrapped in Satin Pearl White by Josh at The PAD to give it a fresh new look. The powerplant behind this AWD street beast is a fully built Evo 9 block bored .020 and concrete filled. Top that off with a Precision Dual Ball Bearing billet 7675 turbo T4 .96 a/r housing powered through a Hayes racing custom modified synchro transmission. To make sure he’s able to deliver the power to the ground he installed a 15″ Weld Racing S76B wheels wrapped in some beefy Mickey Thompson E/T Street Tires. The car has been worked on and tuned by Evolution Dynamics. Needless to say, Josh has one of the most badass street driven Evo’s on this planet. Check out pictures of the current setup below.
Photos by Kevin Cox
