another successful meet... this time it was very exciting,
Adel the proud owner of the NOS Lancer did show up and we all got the chance to see what NOS is really all about.
first i would like to say that their is only a handfull of cars that got NOS in Egypt so getting to "see" one is a really slim chance... i was lucky enough to test it, i didn't drive it yet just beeing in the passenger seat when the thing kicks in is quite a thrill :twisted:
first a little bit about the car:
it is a standard issue '99 Mitsubishi Lancer with a 1.8 MIVEC engine swap... the engine pumps up to 175HP and its red line is at 8200RPM, the car got 17" rims, K&N filter, front and rear strut bars, koni suspension... its a quite nice car even without the NOS.
http://www.egytuner.com/2005/car/gallery_g13.html
the car is equippted with a 75 shot NOS and we were so eger to see what it can do... with and without the NOS, i clamed the first trialand here is the feedback:
that MIVEC engine is quite a beast... in the first run without hte NOS it felt quite fast, the damn thing really pulls hard and the power is all over the rev band up till 8000 RPM, after the non NOS run i felt that this car is very fast and defenatly should go head to head with the 2.0 Nubira.
now for the NOS run...
Adel hit the switch and DAMN
the car was in second gear and the front end felt as if it was going to fly off the road... the acceleration was so strong that you would struggle to lean forward towards the dash... NOS really really works :twisted:
car topped up to 160 kms eforrtless on a relativly short bit of road...i'd need an air strip to get to that speed with my car, now it was time to put the 1.8 Lancer head to head with the Nubira.
we went for a non NOS run as well at first... at the end of first gear the lancer just kept going and going up till 8000 rpm where we shifted to 2nd at 6000... the MIVEC engine built up a gap to us right from the first gear... the other gears were no different... the Lancer is reall really fast.
On the NOS run we had no chance the gap was so big that we gave up the idea of getting even close enough to read the licince plates,
Zikas got tempted and he wanted a go as well so he jumped into the lancer and i drove the Nubi.
even with beating the shit out of the 2.0 Nubi it is still no match for the MIVEC engine... the damn thing is really powerful... needles to say that i was totally smoaked during the NOS run
but hey its a 1.8l 175 HP with a 75 shot of NOS... anyone in my seat would be smoaked easy.
Adel said the Lancer topped up to 240 Kmh before and he is not going to push it any further than this as he doesn't want to blow the engine, he also said he can get a kit for the Nubira... a very tempting offer indeedn specially after we all saw what NOS can do.
here are some pics of the NOS lancer:
and some pics from Egytuner site:
its a real nice car isn't it??
on the Woo side of things, me and Zikas decided to get the grill and headlights painted, this is how things ended up, what do you think? i know the headlights doesn't look that great as the palstic cover is a bit dimmed and needs to be smoothed and all but overall it is a promising result so that we are tempted to try it on the brand new set of headlights we got:
need you feedback guys and a documentation for the paint job will come soon.
MMamdouh
