Description:

Mitsubishi Evo X Race Car / Track Car by Norris Designs 1998cc

Original vehicle spec: 2008 Evolution X (UK spec) Evo 10 FQ360 in pearl white.

Low Mileage. ONLY 10,100 miles from new.

It's on it's original engine, which has been heavily modified. Road registered with ‘treasured number’, but currently SORN. The vehicle retains its OEM ignition, alarm and immobiliser systems for security purposes.

Engine.

• 2.0 litre Fully Forged Engine built and maintained by Norris Designs.
• Replacement (British made) Nickel/Ceramic coated cylinder liners by Capricorn Automotive.
• Forged 2.0 Pistons and rings specific for cylinder liners by Capricorn Automotive.
• OEM Crankshaft Superfinished by Race Developments.
• Carillo Forged H-Beam Rods
• ACL engine bearings
• ARP Head Bolts
• Head ported, port matched, polished and flowed.
• New Supertech Inconel Exhaust Valves.
• New ND Valve seats cut
• ND Valve Springs
• New ND Fire Ring Head Gasket
• Inlet manifold ported and polished by Race Developments.
• ID 1000 injectors.
• ND bespoke Oil Catch Can system, with return to sump.
• Upgraded timing chain and guides.
• Air Conditioning removed.
• Mapped by Simon Thornton-Norris at Norris Designs @ 668bhp in 2020 (driven once since rebuild)

Turbo/Exhaust System.

• Fitted with the renowned Norris Designs ND6.5R ‘V’ Band Turbo Kit, with bespoke tubular exhaust manifold and external wastegate (manifold by Norris Designs). Incorporating a Precision PT5858 billet turbo and Precision external wastegate with wastegate recirculation., exhaust manifold wrapped with turbo jacket.
• Turbo Smart dual valve BOV.
• 3” straight through stainless steel exhaust system by Janspeed (UK), mated to 3” ND bespoke downpipe with ‘V’Band exhaust joints for security. Recently noise tested at Castle Combe Circuit at 93db.

Transmission

• OEM EvoX 5 speed manual transmission. Rebuilt with upgraded diff and diff pins.
• Transfer Box rebuilt by Transmission Dynamics Ltd., with superfinished internals, upgraded bearings and centre diff.
• Original Rear Diff replaced with an EvoX RS mechanical plated rear diff (No AYC) which was rebuilt with custom diff specification and upgraded bearings by Transmission Dynamics.
• Exedy Twin Plate Clutch fitted by Norris Designs.

Fuel and Intake System

• Aeromotive 340lph in tank lift pump.
• Ross Sport Evo X specific Swirlpot with external Bosch 044 fuel pump.
• HKS Evo X Fuel Rail with SARD fuel pressure regulator – Gold.
• Perrin (USA) Front Mounted Intercooler.
• 4” bespoke aluminium turbo inlet kit and bespoke heat shielding by Norris Designs, fitted with K&N air filter.
• Lifeline Fire Extinguisher

ECU

• MoTeC M800 ECU with:
• MoTeC MDC – Mitsubishi Evolution - Centre Diff Controller (Replaces ACD), six settings mapped for circuit driving.
• Micro switch with three different ECU boost pressure setting on dash. Changing boost levels on the move. See recent 2020 graph showing the three boost levels and power output.

Chassis

• Fully stripped out shell with a ‘Caged’ (bolt in) rollcage.
• Nitron Evo X NTR R1 suspension coilover kit, very recently fully serviced and rebuilt at the Nitron Factory.
• Whiteline ARB’s front and rear with Whiteline Droplinks front and rear.
• Polybushed throughout engine and transmission system.
• Whiteline EvoX Roll Centre Adjustment Kit.
• Plastics4Performance windows, with driver’s window slider. Except Windscreen.
• Drivers seat by MotorDrive. Sabelt harness, (harness out of date)
• Carbon Fibre canards on front bumper.
• APR Performance Carbon Fibre GTC 300 (dual plane) 67” wide adjustable rear wing.
• Varis Carbon Fibre/Kevlar rear double diffuser, sits below OEM diffuser adding greatly to rear down force.
• Carbon Fibre roof mounted vortex generator, increasing rear wing airflow.

Brakes

Front

• Alcon 6 Pot ‘Race Kit’ brake setup. NEW: 365mm ‘fully floating’ Alcon race rotors on Alcon bells. Alcon callipers, rebuilt new with all new pistons and seals. Fitted with Ferodo DS Uno race pads.

Rear

• Brembo OEM Evo X rotors and callipers, fitted with Carbotech XP10 race pads.

The car will come with 3 sets of Enkei wheels in silver, currently fitted with Nankang AR1’s and Rainsport wets on one of the spare sets.

I thought this day would never happen. I am not pleased about selling this car.

This is my ‘bucket list’ track car, I have been building it since retiring; I bought the car from a UK Mitsubishi dealer as a standard FQ360 road car with 1000 miles on it  (6 months old) 11 years ago. I have owned it and treasured it ever since.

This car has never been raced; I have only used it for track day fun, mostly at Silverstone and at Castle Combe Circuit where the car is very well known. The car is road registered, but currently not completely road legal, it is SORN. I have not driven it on road in many years; it has been kept as a dedicated track car.

It has never been crashed. It still has all its original factory paint. It has had 11 years being driven on track, it is not absolutely imaculate, it has a few little scuffs and odd paint chips that you would expect. It has not been resprayed anywhere, so what you see is what you get. A very straight car. For a track car, it is in very good condition, mechanically excellent. It has been continually improved and maintained to the highest level in recent years by Norris Designs the Mitsubishi Evolution experts in Wiltshire. I am not a mechanic, nor am I an engineer. I have used professionals to do all the work on this car.  I have receipts to show that this car has been maintained professionally with no expense spared.

The reason for sale is my increasing age and ill-health, I am approaching 64 years old and I have a health condition that means I have to give up driving this car. I have decided to sell the car so that someone else can enjoy this amazing specification. It has been built for my own use over the last 11 years, no one else has ever driven it.
 

it is a stunning high specification Track Car, however, the car is very close to current race scrutineering requirements, it wouldn’t take much work to make this a very competitive ‘Sports and GT’ race car, it would also be ideal for the ‘Time Attack’ series.

Just before Covid-19 lockdown, Norris Designs had finished a winter refresh on the engine top end. With new Supertech inconel exhaust valves, they machined and cut new valve seats, fitted new seals etc. They fitted a new ND Fire Ring Head Gasket and remapped it. (Graphs attached to show mapping) 

Due to Covid-19, I have only driven the car once at Castle Combe on 31st July 2020, since being rebuilt. It has only been used once in over a year. The car has been lightened as much as possible, it handles with amazing agility, and I am always impressed by the turn in, the front end is very pointy, but without introducing oversteer. The engine is ballistic, and with my age and subsequent heath, I have to be honest, my reactions are no longer up to the requirements to drive a car this fast. It is astonishing to drive. I hope someone can take it on to a new level.

As I will no longer be needing it, I have a Brian James 4m Blue car trailer I used to tow the car to circuits. This I bought brand new about 5 years ago. It is in excellent condition. This will be for sale also. Could be sold together if required.