best built evo 7-9 quote... "...sometimes I shift at gravel, sometimes I shift at snow..."

926whp @ snowthousand rpm 812tq @ gravelthousand rpm

Coming up in the 80's, turbo lag meant the time it took for turbos to spool up.

Sometimes i shift at gravel sometimes i shift at snow!

900hp, 50psi of boost, and 2 liters...the essence of reliability.

Hands down, Matt Farah, you need to go to Puerto Rico!!! The car scene down there is OUTRAGEOUS! Some of the fastest, craziest and odd cars in the world are in PR. I promise you that you wont be disappointed

I drove a 550WHP Evo and it was the fastest car I’ve ever driven. I can’t imagine how crazy this monster has to be. Built Evo’s can definitely be scary fast

Germany has those 1250bhp AWD golfs, street legal too, you should go check those out Matt

"Runs 9's and i take my kid to school in it" best line ever!!

5:45 50lbs of boost?!?!?! What is it running on "diced lions"? lol

An RX7 without a rotory is like taking a super model and then slapping Jason Statham's face on her.

Come to The Philippines please, we have a great car enthusiast community here. From, Euro/American/Japanese. Hell even public transport have custom builds, not necessarily in the performance department lol.Nice snaky roads with fantastic scenery, roads with no tarmac (fun) and we happen to have a couple of race tracks and an airfield for drag :)

Europe ! Germany, Polska, Czech, Danks, Netherlands, France!!! We all love cars, visit Europe!

From the Garrett website FAQ "Boost threshold is the engine speed at which there is sufficient exhaust gas flow to generate positive manifold pressure, or boost." "Turbo lag is the time delay of boost response after the throttle is opened when operating above the boost threshold engine speed. Turbo lag is determined by many factors, including turbo size relative to engine size, the state of tuning of the engine, the inertia of the turbo's rotating group, turbine efficiency, intake plumbing losses, exhaust backpressure, etc." So I guess all you keyboard engineers know more than Garrett about turbochargers.

Lag is none existent? The 'waiting waiting waiting' part is the lag...

This show would be *a lot* better if they actually showed off the car more instead of him just driving it. Let us see the engine, interior, mods, etc..

"sometimes I shift at gravel, sometimes I shift at snow" LOL this is gold!

What about a bit of snow in Drive too? Would love to see Musto maybe get out of his confort zone and do some kind of crazy rallying... Or Chris Harris talk about tuner cars... Or Matt doing an historic endurance race :) I feel like it could be fun to reverse the roles you guys have, for just one episode of each serie :)

I personally drive a WRX.. but seeing how perfect this car is.. from the paint.. to the power delivery.. RESPECT

You have the best show on Drive Matt and you make it that way! Keep up the great work, we all appreciate it.

Cool three parter, the school bus was most interesting. Don't get me wrong, 900 hp evo with drag chute... nice, but ridiculous fast cars we have plenty in the US. A 100 mph school bus with smoke stacks? more please.

There is no awd dyno in Panama. This number is purely speculative.

Turbocharger lag ("turbo lag") is the time required to change power output in response to a throttle change, noticed as a hesitation or slowed throttle response when accelerating as compared to a naturally aspirated engine. This is due to the time needed for the exhaust system and turbocharger to generate the required boost The boost threshold of a turbocharger system is the lower bound of the region within which the compressor operates. Below a certain rate of flow, a compressor produces insignificant boost. This limits boost at a particular RPM, regardless of exhaust gas pressure.

I will never forget this sick car. The color and cleanliness is unreal

Daily driver, 50lbs of boost, EVO...yes please.

I don't really drive fast but, when I do. I shift at snow! ahah

I noticed a lot of people bitching about Matt getting Turbo Lag wrong but it's hardly a big deal as most people get it wrong and now he has it right! Most people confuse a high Boost Threshold with Turbo lag including most auto journalists. Turbo lag is NOT what most people think it is. What most people think is Turbo lag is a high Boost Threshold (just as Matt said!) and Turbo lag is something different. Almost everyone who knows the basics of turbocharging gets this wrong but who can blame them when EVERYONE calls Turbo Lag something it's not. Turbo lag is harder to explain but it's usually measured when you're above the boost threshold and making rapid changes to throttle position. You may let off throttle quickly and get right back on it within a second or less, say during a fast turn while correcting. During these fast throttle changes you may still be maintaining a high engine RPM and be above normal boost threshold. Only during these fast throttle changes is Turbo Lag the issue and not when you're pedal to the metal, off the line, waiting the the turbo to initially spool up and build boost. That's the boost threshold, not Turbo Lag. That's what most people confuse. I'm not an expert by any means but I hope that explanation helps anyone who actually reads it. Too many people who barley know the basics of turbocharging are acting like experts and that's the point. Since most people confuse this and almost everyone gets turbo lag wrong, no one knows it's wrong.

This Evo is jaw-dropping, but... I want to commend you guys on the outro of this video - it reflects the Panama series of videos as a whole, extremely well-directed in terms of camera shots, commentary and soundtrack. Great work, Tuned team :)

Hit up Sweden or Norway, The "Gatebil" Festival. I can promise you, it will be the craziest car experience you have ever seen.

Matt's giggle meter was off the charts

Tuned and Chris Harris on cars is my favorite series of car videos

loved the panama series guys, for everything falling apart around you, you guys managed to make one hell of a trip out of it and 3 great videos to boot. keep it up, cant want to see more

"Sometimes I shift at gravel, but sometimes I shift at snow"

possibly the best tuned episode, Also the episode with the most hp/liter

As an evo driver and someone from the Caribbean I'm really glad to see you not only finally feature an Evo but one from Central America (which isn't too far off geographically speaking). I'm glad you're showing cars outside of North America. Seeing this vid reminded me of home (Trinidad & Tobago) which also has rhd car and some very impressive builds. And much like Panama there's little room to let such cars out. You've got to love the evo. It's amazing what you can squeeze out of the 4G63 when properly built. I'm glad the owner gave credit to Collin @ Toxicfab. He's one of the most talented and hard working welders in the market.

He was laughing like a little kid, and who wouldn't be driving a beast like that? The evo, by far is my most favored car on the market.

Hey /Drive, I live in Germany and while we actually don't have coffee as good as Panama, we do have some quite good beer. ...and things like ///M, AMG, nice products from Zuffenhausen and of course the Autobahn. So pass by if you want! You're always warmly welcome!

come Australia we have cars for you

Thanks Matt for thinking outside box (and working with what you had) JF thanks for letting them try something new & unique. Take care guys can't wait to see the next car on Tuned and the next country Drive visits! Great series on Panama guys!

By far the best car show! thanks guys

Turbo lag is fun anyway "the calm before the storm"

I hate it when a guy who built a 900hp car says "and i can drive my kids to school in it" but u know it just sits in a garage when its not on track couse even he knows its impractical, I'm from Europe and i thought your import culture was all about affordable modifications until i see a guy spending like a 100k on a 15k car, might as well buy a supercar and not worry about engine blowing up, and i can't believe this dude saying this evo is not laggy with its huge ass turbo, they built a redline at 10k cause power band starts at 8k lol

i like this allot, could watch it over and over again...

Hungary has great old cars and a crazy night scene. The car tunning exabitions are out of this world!

You need to go down to the dominican republic, stop playing. Fast cars, great roads, good food and alcohol and beautiful women!! Premium package!

By the sound of it this evo has no Anti-lag so how the hell could you have a turbo that size at 50psi with almost no lag? If you had more room to test the car you would notice it.

Come to VANCOUVER :) You will like the scenery and the people...

Am digging the parachute.Amazing vehicle and a color that describes its ferocity.

You guys should definitely visit australia!

"...There is no way 900hp is going to stay together during this shoot..." Well, that's because unlike a lot of dreamers and tuner-douches out there, this guy is among a relative slim few who actually did EVERYTHING to make that engine actually able to handle the power.

Possibly the best episode of tuned yet

I respect the humility and acceptance of being corrected about the lag terms

Thats not a car, its a monster!

/TUNED is the only good thing about Mondays..

I listen to The Smoking Tire's podcast, and have been waiting to see this in video! awesome to finally see it!

Glad things came together for your guys at TUNED!

It's an Evo 8. JUST SAYING >.> The Evo 7 had a Full black grille and not the little triangle in the middle for the logo..... C'mon can't you read Roman???

6:58 ... Listen to that part Wo! MuAAHhhaahaaHAHAHHAaahahahahaha!

brilliant!!! seeing a big guy like that, whose driven countless super/hyper cars tremble in fear ... really shows how much of a monster "The Myth" can be ...

the end of that video almost made me cry. thats what car culture is all about.

Come to Puerto Rico, The 4x4 here is amazing, Also the coffee is better than panama's.

Toxic Fab FTMFW Collins :)

LMAO, "sometimes I shift a gravel and sometimes I shift at snow" that part was hilarious XD :)

Drive is awesome. Im glad to see this kind of program on youtube. keep it up.

This is the kind of car ricers continue B.S.ing about. Imagine a muscle car junkie challenge Carbano thinking he's a ricer: Muscle Car Junkie: Let's race, I bet I'll beat that ghetto ricer of yours. Carbano: I don't know if you can, it's running 900 hp at 50 psi. Muscle Car Junkie: You're talking B.S., I'll show you the power of American Muscle! (At drag race) Carbano: 3,2,1 go! (Evo pulls quick and leaves MCJ in the dust) Muscle Car Junkie: Dude, he wasn't kidding...

I was waiting for him to pull the parachute... :/

this may be my favorite videos that you guys have ever done and ive been watching since garage 419. you should do one quarter of the year with traditional tuned and a second quarter making an alex roy/ anthony bourdain type traveling series that also shows a bit of your interactions in these places with the rest of the smoking tire crew

EVO legend EVO IS DREAM CAR ❤️💪🎌

Surprised they let Matt drive it in the rain.

Who's Gary Carbono (from RaceLab) foling? He said that the shop's car was an Evo 7! That's a fucking Evo 8! I used to own an Evo 7!

So to butt in on this debate, Firstly that evo is crazy, 50 psi is alot of presure in my country we reffer to atmospheric preasure as bar so 50 psi is 3.4 bar and one bar basically equates to the atmospheric presure you are experiance while reading my post. As far as I understand once a turbo is up to speed (spinned at over 25 000 rpm) the air being forced into the engine doesn't vary much as the turbo doesn't really slow all that much after the blow off. yes people have dump values to make it sound cool, but once you have your engine reving in the effective boost range (where the presure of the exhaust gases spin the turbo's (depenant on size) intake turnbine fast enough to produce the presure that is required my the fuel management system to produce the most power from the fuel to air ratio). Natually ECU's compensate for low presure by supplling less at low revs to meet low psi/bar (very low in turbo engines when not in the "boost range", hence slow performance), and then is waits for preasure to build to inject the correct balance of fuel. So to say that turbo lag is caused by gear changes can be right because you might drop below the boost range in relation to the revs of your car, therefore needing more engine revs to bring the turbo back within the boost range. ie: your car is sluggish below 2500 rpm and above that you feel that sweet boost, slowing to take a corner in 2nd the revs drop to 2000 rpm car is sluggish/ no boost takes time to get to 2500rpm hensse turbo lag same applys to pulling off from stand sill lag untill 2500 rpm : Turbo Lag next turbo boost threshold

Evo 7 still looks awesome today.

Isn't turbo lag the time you are waiting for the exhaust pressure to reach a level to boost turbo or turbos once you have put your foot down? Or have I been living a lie all these years???????

Come to australia.. show you the skids :P

You just gave me another reason to love evo's more !

Don't think i've seen a grin or a giggle like that on farah for a while haha! looks insane!

I'm confused. They keep saying Evo 7, but everything screams Evo 8. The spoiler is an 8 and the trunk badge says Evolution VIII. All I see are JDM Evo 8 parts (headlights, tail lights, rear bumper with OEM diffuser, etc). If you have a legit 7, why hide it behind 8 styling? The 7s look better in my opinion too. Between the spoiler, rear and front bumper, the all red tails, that shit is sexy.

I take dat evo, I bring it to a nice place, I marry dat evo.

Never seen Matt so happy, I know that evo is putting it Down

Finally a 4G63!!!!!! Thank you tuned for representing this iconic motor so well!

That Obama slam though. LOL XD

Get in touch with mightycarmods in New Zealand and stick Matt in Marty's turbo Miata.

When I retire Ill make time for some fun travels like this one. Great show. Keep up the good work...

I'll add my way of wording it: Turbo lag is the "wait" after flooring it before you get the fun-fun turbo hit (the point when you've hit and passed the "boost threshold" - ie. 4,400RPM's in 4th - as in - you're "in boost"/above 0 PSI/positive pressure) if that makes sense! :)

Try Finland. They drink the most coffee (per head) of anyone in the world, and have awesome rally racing!

3:30 YOU BETTER LEARN. Even Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson mistook boost treshold as lag when he tested an evo on a runway with 6th gear :)

You definitely need to come to Trinidad & Tobago in the Caribbean. Huge fast cars to country size ratio.

What an awesome evolution. Keep up the good vids Matt!

Need to come to canada

50psi!?

Evo8 fq 340 is THE best production car ever, my dream car, when I get mine, no one will be able to touch me.

you guys should come check out Prescott/ Prescott Valley, Arizona. Theres some Jems up here. A Nissan sileighty with over 400hp at the wheels with 20lbs of boost, an old datsun with a buick 455 in it that runs 9's, and a ratrod that has around 700hp. There's a few other nice cars here that you wouldn't expect these towns to have hiding. All homegrown rides.

Booooooost!

come to Finland where everyone knows how to do a Scandinavian flick :P

Matt is a such a kid in a candy store, love it

Dear /Tuned and /Drive: I am a 19yr old student who has been looking to start a build for 3 years now. What I have done so far is get a 93 hatch back Fox body mustang shell. Which I know sounds like a stupid thing to start, I had an idea that I thought would be the ultimate tuner car. As I boy, and all my life in fact I was into cars. Weather it was hot wheels to my dads 03 SVT cobra. Ive always had a deep passion for them. One day in a car book I saw a 88 Mustang Gt, but it was different, It looked nothing like the one my dad owned or what I saw at the mustang round up. It had a body kit that make the car look like something amazing. It featured a tall spoiler inspired by a Superbird, yellow and orange and it just, stuck in my mind forever. When I was 16 I looked around online until one day I saw a body kit, called the Wings West Dominater. It was the picture of the car I saw when I was a boy. after seeing it I started looking into how people made these and what they all did with them. Eventually I came up with the idea of my dream car. I imagine a Mustang 93 Gt hatch back with a WW Dom body kit, mineral gray paint and a Flat black line wrapped around it. Inside the interior would be stripped and only have sound and weather proofing covered in black suede with grey/silver stitching. Two Recaro bucket seats with memory foam ( for my back ) and custom but not too serious sound system. The wheels would be Solid back thick 5 spoke wheels. Wide ones though. a suspension system out of a Boss 302 leguna seca. Not exactly heart set on exhaust but the motor. oh the motor now, I would have a 5.2 from the ford gt or a edelbrock coyote motor. id have the handling down with a more track based suspension but the power to blow away any thing in a 1000 mile radius. I dont know. Ive just wanted to share..

Im pretty sure this isnt a 7 like they say, different spoiler and an evo 8 front end...

go to Puerto Rico we got the best coffee in the carribean

Drive tuned should deffinately head to a Powercruise event in Australia. Matt would love it.

Defiantly think that you should consider coming to New Zealand. We have such a wide variety of car cultures here such as the jdm scene due to our import laws. Also we have our fair share of v8 (mainly Holdens and fords). Kiwis have such a unique out look of a 'can do attitude' and 'she'll be right' attitude that also goes with our cars. We also have some of the most amazing open roads.