Evo X FQ400?
 

So I was at the local rice killer meet here in Dallas (not lame like the MN, this one has exotics and whatnot) and I saw an older gentleman standing next to an Evo X with some funny looking side skirts.

At any rate i walked up to him and asked him what he had, "just a few bolt ons?" And he very politely said, yeah I have put some stuff on it since i bought it.

He then went on to tell me it's a prototype HKS FQ400, one of only 400 LHD Evo X's shipped to the UK and one of 111 of the FQ400's. It has a built HKS bottom end, stock turbo, HKS intercooler, intercooler pipes, an HKS BOV recirculating, Jotech custom built cams (a shop by my house), etc. When he dyno'd it here after the cams it made 390WHP/420TQ and does a quarter mile in 10.8. The computer/sat nav detects via GPS (kind of like the GTR35) and starts keeping track of lap times via the GPS for you, I guess that's an HKS addon or he thought so.

In addition to all of this it still has the HKS/Mitsu 36,000 mile warranty and if anything goes wrong they just ship a new power plant here to the states. He knows a guy at HKS Europe and I guess there were 6 left over and he acquired it from his friend at a premium.

It still has the stock exhaust/suspension because he has a 996 that's already dropped and loud as hell and "he's getting too old to have a DD like that".

Figured you guys would find that interesting, I was kind of blown away and obviously asked him a lot of questions. I have his e-mail address and he's going to send me proof of his purchase and his time slips :)

Peace,
Shawn

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wow.

When did you move to TX?
I remember meeting you at Wendy's once when you still had the silver gsx.

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No pics? Damn, son! Haha ;)

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nice get any pics of it?

my car is on ricekillers as a full on rice car from some dumb ass that has a quest that has no clue what a old evo is got a pic from the cook out and posted it up on there

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Dang no pics! Sounds sweet though.

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I don't think there were a combo with HKS, but i thought it was some UK deal.

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HKS Europe is the company that did all the R&D for the engine components for the Evo VIII/IX/X FQ engines and are the ones that are backing the 3 year/36k mile warranties with Mitsubishi.

I'll try to get pics of everything this evening, I left his e-mail at home :(

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That Jared guy from that site is a douche imo.

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Pics or no pics, I'm calling shenanigans. The Evo X can come with an aero package that has side skirts that go straight all the way front to back, where as the base model ones curve inward toward the doors and out at the ends. Also, anyone can bolt on HKS parts and say it's something special. The FQ models that are in Europe are made by Mitsubishi themselves and by no one else.

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Umm, I don't think they have made a FQ400 yet. FQ360 yes, but FQ400 no. It sure would not have a stock X turbo, and not a stock X exhaust on it. Sounds like an SSL with some minor mods on it and a story behind it. I think there's one or two X's running in the 10's in the world, not from texas.

http://jj.am/gallery/d/33157-1/callbullshit.jpg

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Just b/c its not a famous online leghumper car on EvoM doesn't mean it doesn't exist though. Shawn, I'm anxious to see if he emails you the papers on it like he said he would. Also, on the phone last night didn't you say it was the 360?