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Since the birth of Ling Shuai in 2003, many domestic modified car players and EVO fans have begun to complete their own modification dreams and EVO dreams. In many cases of Lingshuai transplantation and modification, our protagonist today has taken a path that is both traditional and authentic, and upgrades it to a racing upgrade while maintaining EVO pedigree as much as possible, which I think is not unrelated to the fact that its owner also owns an EVO IX.
For the transplantation of this modification method, some people say that it will affect some of the performance of the vehicle, such as the power increase, but the handling has decreased, and some people say that the transplantation that requires cutting the frame will affect the safety of the vehicle. But I think this is the same as the aesthetic of the appearance, like the person has its own like the truth, the control of the drop people do not care, cut the frame I can also weld the anti-roll frame. You can say that due to sentiment and financial problems, the Ling Shuai part of the transplant EVO; you can also say that due to the pursuit of performance and emotional problems, the RX-8 transplanted EA888 engine, in short, the existence is reasonable.
Speaking of the pedigree of Southeast Lingshuai, it goes back to 2003, when Southeast Automobile began to get involved in the car market and launched a Lingshuai model based on Lancer, but this model did not have much to do with the technology of Southeast Automobile at that time, because this production line was moved directly from Taiwan Zhonghua Automobile, or the Lancer produced by Taiwan Zhonghua was renamed Lingshuai after being introduced to the mainland after some changes.
Why is It possible for Southeast to use Zhonghua's production line to produce Mitsubishi models? This brings us to two more words about the relationship between the three of them. Taiwan Zhonghua Automobile Full Name China Automobile Industry Co., Ltd., Abbreviated as CMC, was founded in 1969 by Yulon Motors founder Yan Qingling, the main manufacturer of cars, the initial development is mainly with Mitsubishi Motors, and in 1973 began to produce Mitsubishi Delica Delica, in 1993 production Lancer model. In the early 1990s, Zhonghua Automobile, which had been looking for partners in the mainland for many years, and Fuqi Automobile, which was looking for investors everywhere, signed a joint venture letter of intent in January 1995, and established Southeast Automobile Company in November of the same year.
Figure: For better powertrain cooling performance, the front bumper was fitted with a larger heat dissipation hole than the original EVO VI. The big three letters on the back indicate that it uses HPI's intercooler kit.
Pictured: The double diamond-shaped radiating hole-like cover that appeared from the EVO V also appeared on this diamond.
Pictured: The prototype car has a very high degree of similarity with the EVO VI, coupled with the rim from the EVO IX and the non-logo competitive aerodynamic kit, it is really difficult to judge whether this is a Ling Shuai or an EVO from the appearance.
Pictured: The rear part of the car has been modified with EVO VI's trunk and taillights, bumpers, and exaggerated carbon fiber tail fins, which can provide more downforce for the vehicle at high speeds and in track driving.
Pictured: Wide body, large tail, straight exhaust, this Ling Shuai does not lose the momentum of those real EVO.
Pictured: Also from EVO is this ENKEI OEM rim and BREMBO braking system.
Pictured: The RE-71R tire predecessor from Bridgestone, the RE71, was the first performance tire to be dubbed Potenza in 1979 and was the designated original tire of the Ferrari F40 and Porsche 959. The RE-71R inherits the performance genes of the former, officially launched at the 2015 Tokyo Modified Auto Show, and is currently the latest top model of the Potenza family, a semi-hot melt street tire.
Many track-tuned vehicles or cars will have some flaws in the appearance details, but this fully racing Ling Shuai has brought us a little surprise, the rivet wide body is not as perfect as RocketBunny's perfect seams and workmanship, but its completeness is also quite high.
Pictured: Although the exaggerated wide body has no design aesthetics, it is full of power and competitive taste, and it should be known that the elegant shape in the track does not allow you to improve the lap performance, but the wide body kit can let you get better high-speed stability.
Pictured: Such a wide body width seems to have exceeded the practicality of daily transportation or the tolerance of street car aesthetics, and perhaps only the track is really where it belongs.
Pictured: Although this is a racing car, its wide-body craftsmanship is worth studying.
Pictured: Despite the racing modification, the workmanship of the rear wing is also very commendable, and the use of carbon fiber material can also reduce weight while increasing strength.
Figure: There is no three-way straight exhaust at the tail beak, which is even more designless, but there is no general modification of the EVO, impreza and other common "sandbag large" tail mouth caliber on the car.
Pictured: How can just be domineering in appearance? You should know that this transplanted and upgraded Ling Shuai is seriously making compromises for performance, and even the rubber strips on the roof have been removed.
For a racing car, the interior stealing light, shifting gears and other actions of the operation convenience and vehicle information simple and direct display is particularly important, in the competitive taste of the appearance, the interior of this Ling Shuai also shows a professional competitive style.
Pictured: Momo's steering wheel is wrapped in Alcantara material, which provides a superior feel and anti-slip ability.
Pictured: The AIM MXL integrated instrument displays a very rich and concise amount of data, making it the perfect choice for racing car modifications.
Pictured: Comfort devices such as the car's radio and air conditioning switch have been replaced by carbon fiber covers and various power switches.
Pictured: A'PEXi's Power FC computer replaces the original ECU for more detailed engine management.
Pictured: The Greedy Profec turbo controller appears in the car, and it is known that the upgrade of the powertrain must not be small.
Pictured: ASPEC's spherical metal gear grip feels superb.
Pictured: The handbrake, which is also coated with Alcantara material, has been slightly vicissitudes, and it must be the best mark of the battlefield.
Pictured: In order to adjust the braking force more conveniently, the Lingshuai also installed Tilton's braking force distribution valve.
The name Tilton may not be familiar to street car enthusiasts, but it has a high status in the racing world. Founded in 1972, Tilton Engineering was first founded in El Segundo, California, with mac Tilton and Adelle Tilton, whose purpose is to provide consumers with innovative and cost-effective products and reasonable use advice. Tilton's contribution to motorsport has to be said to be the carbon/carbon clutch piece it created for F1 racing.
In 1987, Tilton supplied carbon/carbon clutch sheets for Lotus-Honda racing cars, the first carbon/carbon clutch sheets to be applied to an F1 car. At that year's American Grand Prix, Aryton Senna, the car god who drove the Lotus-Honda F1 car, won the station, Senna knocked the door to victory for the carbon/carbon clutch F1 car, but also made the industry pay more attention to this cutting-edge technology, since then, the carbon/carbon clutch plate technology pioneered by Tilton has become a standard equipment in F1 cars.
Pictured: It makes sense that a metal pedal that is more durable and easy to perform heel-toe movements is also here.
Pictured: Racing seats from BRIDE with four-point seat belts can also ensure the safety of the driver's life while reducing weight.
Figure: Unlike the general multi-point safety fixing method, the car does not fix the seat belt to the roll cage, but is fixed to the body anchor point.
In addition to lightweighting, the safety of any performance modified car cannot be ignored, especially for racing vehicles, and the roll cage is the standard configuration.
Figure: The roll cage adopts carbing, a well-known Japanese body strengthening brand, which can provide a high level of safety protection for the personnel in the car.
CARBING is not yet accepted by the public in terms of its current popularity in China, but in Japan CARBING has always been a model of balance between quality and performance. In fact, when mentioning CARBING, we have to mention its founder, Mr. Masaru Okuyama. Mr. Masayoshi Okuyama is a very good racing driver, who joined the racing department of Toyota In Japan in the late 1970s and won many honors for Toyota in the Selicarali race car. In the mid-1980s, Mr. Masamune Okuyama visited China several times to participate in the 555 Beijing-Hong Kong Rally. Subsequently, for various reasons, Okuyama left his toyota racing division and established the CARBING brand.
The development of the CARBING brand is not as strong as some Japanese manufacturers. At first, there were only three people when the company was founded, but with Okuyama's many years of experience at Toyota and the expertise of his friends, CARBING was very durable in the Toyota body reinforcement parts that CARBING was studying and designing at that time, including the top bar, chassis and so on. But after all, it needs to cope with more market demand, after a very difficult period of research and development of Toyota's reinforcement kit, the team also added the chassis reinforcement accessories of Japan's more popular models to its production and manufacturing ranks. Today's CARBING factory still has only about 20 people, but these 20 people are ensuring small output and high quality production every year, so that CARBING is becoming more and more popular in Japan.
Figure: Of course, the stealing of the interior can not be limited to the seats, floors and roofs, and the door interior parts are also the preferred light stealing items for racing modification.
Pictured: The degree of modification of this Lingshuai has exceeded the general EVO transplant version, and even higher than the EVO level of many track modifications, and its trunk is equipped with explosion-proof fuel tanks and SARD fuel recovery devices. At the same time, the battery is also moved back using the SARD battery rear shift kit to better distribute the front and rear axle counterweights.
If a Ling Shuai has carried out the EVO modification, then its power is likely to be only a 4G63 engine, but for this Ling Shuai, armed to the teeth of the racing transplant EVO Ling Shuai, how can it be satisfied with the original EVO's 4G63?
Although the degree of transplantation of the car is very high, but as far as the EVO itself is concerned, it is also unchanged, not only has it been expanded to 2.2L, but also the high-pressure oil rail, air intake, water tank, etc. have been upgraded. In terms of transmission, the owner did not find a suitable solution, Ling Shuai's certainly can not be used, but does not want a very conventional version of the 6-speed transmission to fall into it, so the owner deliberately found a 5-speed transmission from the RS version and the nose docking, and specially customized the Carlosser straight tooth wheel, so that it can withstand more torque output, power transmission is more direct.
Pictured: This slightly messy engine compartment may have long been spurned by German players, but this is also one of the characteristics of Japanese modified cars, and this superficial mess does not represent the chaotic wiring of pipes and wires, and even in my opinion, this is the charm of modified cars.
Pictured: The classic of the redhead 4G63 engine no longer needs to be repeated, the huge modification potential makes it easy to burst out of the power parameters comparable to the supercar, and this 4G63 has further strengthened the interior, and the Tomei 2.2L kit we know is falling into it.
Figure: Even the Fit (GK5) uses electronic throttle valves today, and the power response and foot feel and reliability brought by the pull-wire throttle valves are unmatched by electronic devices.
Figure: In order to reduce the temperature of the engine compartment and increase the intake density, HKS's exhaust manifold heat shield is a good choice.
Pictured: The HKS 3037 turbo kit allows this 2.2L Tomei engine to reach even greater potential.
Figure: For greater intake, hkS's high-flow style is also one of the EVO's preferred modifications.
Figure: In order to ensure stable, high-quality fuel injection, PLAZMAMAN high-pressure oil rail can be well qualified for this position, and the Dynomics 1000cc injector is used.
Figure: The fuel pressure regulating valve adopts A.C.E+ own products.
Figure: The oil cooling kit and the exhaust relief valve are both from HKS.
Pictured: SARD's three-layer competitive water tank provides better heat dissipation for the engine.
Pictured: The triangular top bar from CARBING also appears in the engine compartment.
Figure: In the face of many power system upgrades, HPI's increased intercooling is also an indispensable modification project, which can better ensure the intake air temperature and density.
After all, Ling Shuai is only a model related to EVO, the transplantation difficulty of the chassis is greater than other aspects, the front drive to four-wheel drive, the suspension part and the modification of the body structure are certainly not small, so the transplantation of the subframe and the transmission system is also indispensable. Of course, it is said that the owner has several EVO, and the daily work is basically to disassemble different accessories from different EVO cars and replace them on different EVO (I say it is like a tongue twister), so even the technicians who modify it, including the possible owners themselves, do not know which car the accessories of the Ling Shuai come from, so the chassis of this Ling Shuai looks more "assembled".
Figure: The subframe transplanted from the EVO can save a lot of the later modification steps.
Figure: For the car's powertrain upgrade and actual use, the ordinary production version of the suspension system is not suitable for it, spirit Z custom suspension can solve this problem very well.
Pictured: Unfortunately, the owner was not present on the day of the shooting, only that he replaced The Spirit Z's tooth grinding system and customized its data.
Pictured: The front hem arm has also been replaced with ct9A's aluminum alloy style.
Pictured: In order to make it closer to an EVO, A.C.E+ also transplanted the entire set of CT9A RS rear axles to this Ling Shuai, and the transplantation is very thorough, if you do not look at the body light to see the chassis, you basically can not detect that this is a Ling Shuai.
Pictured: Of course, the set of differentials with AYC in EVO9 has also been transplanted into this Ling Shuai, of course, whether the specific function can be started is still unknown in terms of the condition of the car.
Pictured: The rear axle assembly from the CT9A RS makes this Lingshuai truly transform into an EVO.
Pictured: After such a modification of the Ling Shuai in addition to the body and nameplate, it is difficult for us to see its true identity, and the 4G18 engine on the name plate has long been gone.
Editor's comments: Although there are countless cases of domestic Lingshuai transplanting EVO, this modified Lingshuai, which has both plot and dry goods, still makes our eyes shine. After transplanting some EVO parts, it was upgraded to the track, making this Ling Shuai a full-fledged track powerhouse. Although Ling Shuai and EVO have a blood relationship, but the transplantation process is not simple, this similar situation also appears in the domestic Civic (FA1) and Civic Type R (FD2), if it is not the owner of the complex and performance of the appeal, this kind of big move I want to bring about a high time cost, in addition to the transplant process, heat dissipation, fuel supply, body strengthening and a series of work will come with the transplant work, and such a large change in the original car structure, the later matching, debugging work will also be cumbersome.