{"id":338,"date":"2009-11-21T09:36:55","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T09:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/?p=338"},"modified":"2011-10-09T20:50:16","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T03:50:16","slug":"edmunds-inside-line-track-battle-our-project-mitsubishi-evo-vs-nissan-gt-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/21\/edmunds-inside-line-track-battle-our-project-mitsubishi-evo-vs-nissan-gt-r\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmunds Inside Line – Track Battle: Our Project Mitsubishi Evo vs. Nissan GT-R"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mission Improbable<\/p>\n

From\u00a0Edmunds Insideline Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

By\u00a0Jason Kavanagh, Engineering Editor<\/a>\u00a0| Published Dec 21, 2009<\/p>\n

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“Beat the GT-R around Streets in the blue Evo. I still want to take my kids to bassoon practice with it, though. And you know how I hate getting my hands dirty. I’m an ‘arrive-and-drive’ kind of guy. Get it right or pack your stuff, Pal.”<\/p>\n

With these words from Scott Oldham,\u00a0IL<\/em>‘s big enchilada, it was clear from the outset that Project Evo, our\u00a0long-term 2008 Mitsubishi Evo GSR<\/a>, wasn’t to be a one-string banjo. The boss wanted a fair fight.<\/p>\n

A fair fight? Not the words you’d expect to hear when it comes to challenging a 2010\u00a0Nissan GT-R<\/a>, one of the most comprehensively fast cars extant.<\/p>\n

Truly Dual-Purpose<\/strong>
\nStreets of Willow Springs is a road course in the high desert of Southern California. It’s got a mix of corners, cambers and speeds. It’s technical. Every weekend…<\/p>\n

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