Everything Mitsubishi upgraded on the Pajero Evolution!
Everything Mitsubishi changed on the Pajero Evolution!
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The Pajero came into production in 1982 with what’s now known as the Generation 1 Pajero. It was designed to compete in the growing 4x4 market and featured independent front suspension, a solid rear axle and a fairly advanced selectable 4x4 system. In its first year of production, it was only offered in a 2 door and in the following years, became available in 4 doors and various trim levels from rugged utilitarian vehicle, to wannabe Lexus spec and had a bunch of engine options the best of which being a petrol 3L V6. The year following its launch, the Gen 1 Pajero was entered into the Dakar rally and finished in 3rd place, then won the for the first time in 1985, which was the start of the Pajero’s long history of success in the Dakar.
In the 90’s, the Pajero continued its dominance in the Dakar winning in 92 and 93 in the T2 production vehicle class of the race. But Mitsubishi wasn’t satisfied with just winning most of the Dakar races. They wanted to completely dominate. So, in the mid-90s they decided to exploit a section in the FIA T2 rules which defines a “production car” as a vehicle that had at least 2500 road legal homologated units produced.
What did Mitsubishi do? They made 2500 road legal homologated Dakar rally ready race cars, slapped an Evo badge on it and entered in it in the Dakar rally hoping that the sales generated from the publicity of dominating the Dakar would offset the cost of developing such an insane vehicle in such low numbers.
This is what’s called making a “homologation special”.
The Pajero Evolution got:
- A stiffened chassis
- All Road Multilink Independent suspension for Evolution (ARMIE)
- The suspension arms were made longer, making the Evo's track 1.59m, which is 12.5cm wider than the standard Pajero.
- 6G74 MIVEC engine "276"hp
- Intelligent Vehicle Electronic Control System, aka INVECS II sports automatic gear box
- Limited Slip Rear Diff!
- Aluminium Bonnet
And much more! It's all in the video.
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those mitsubishi drivers are awesome, i cant believe they jumped out in the road to slow down the buggy. epic.
wow that footage of a Pajero hunting in the desert was amazing!
So much love for the Pajero Evolution😍🔥
@PavesGarage
3 жыл бұрын
Driving a manual one of these on a dirt track is about as much fun as you can have in a street legal car I reckon
Got a Gen 4 - only regret I have, is not getting one sooner :)
90s motorsports were just crazy. I’m decided to buy a 90s Pajero lol
Subscribed. I pray I can own 2 of these beauties one day. 1 for rally 1 for shows
The legends car I love pajero evo
Own one. Great vehicle.
@adriang450
3 жыл бұрын
How well does the suspension handle corrugations and potholes etc when going at high speeds on dirt roads?
Good video with details!!! Great job
Good effort, I enjoyed that
A great video! I missed out on the chance to buy one 5 years ago and the prices have gone crazy.
Thank you for such a detailed video of my dream car! 🙏
Great video!....
Nice work man :)
@PavesGarage
3 жыл бұрын
Wish I used more footage of yours
I bought one of these!
The one ive been driving for the last month has ~220hp at the wheels with air intake / exhaust / auto. Its such an impressive car. Comes alive at 120kph. My research is that the dakar cars were all auto. I believe the evo was ~400kg heavier than the stock 2 doors.
@dannyliu9344
2 жыл бұрын
No kidding 400kg what's for
@donthitmeimwoozy
Жыл бұрын
@@dannyliu9344 roll cage, spares, tools, underbody armour.
Only Mitsubishi got Guinness world record as the king rally championship
Wish we got this in the states
@PavesGarage
2 жыл бұрын
They're eligible for import in less than a year :)
Hi and thanks for the video. Is it difficult to get parts for it? Drivetrain, suspension etc?
I wonder if the front suspension components are at all compatible with the normal Gen 2s. So from what you are saying, the factory Gen 2s only have 18 cm or 7 inches of travel at the tire in the front?! Or is that at the shock mounting points? Do you think swapping in the upper control arm from the Evo into a normal Gen 2 might work to give a higher operating angle to the upper ball joint thus allowing further droop of the wheel? Also do you think the CV axles were custom to allow further articulation as well or are the CV axles interchangeable?
Cant tell you how many times I tried to rub the dirt off the front of your car thinking it was on my phone screen
Nice info man , do you know if the dashboard is the same as a normal pajero ? I want to convert it to lhd? Thanks
@PavesGarage
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it :) As far as I know, yes, the dashboard is the same. There's some Generation 2 variants which don't have the 3 gauges in the center or air bags. But I think those are the only differences you'll come across.
@drtone
3 жыл бұрын
All the Dakar EVO's are converted to LHD ;)
7500 horsepower it's insanely fast
We Pajero owners are always biased😂❤
our pajero evo have only 6,000rpm
@surajnanda1712
3 жыл бұрын
Max is 9000 rpm
@kaelfernandez
3 жыл бұрын
@@surajnanda1712 idk why, maybe it's another model of pajero evo
So you look like kiddy fiddler with that mustache !!! Ha ha ha . You ruined a beast ya plank. But I happen to know this is not your first pajero ! Ha ha Fairplay taking on the roof must have learnt that from Ramsey engineering !
@PavesGarage
2 жыл бұрын
Oi
@PavesGarage
2 жыл бұрын
Still growing hair on my head at least :P I've been trying to track you down for ages. Get in touch. Email sales at pavesgarage[.]com
@PavesGarage
2 жыл бұрын
Phil, please get in touch. I don’t want to put my personal email on phone number on here but please chuck an email to sales@pavesgarage.com
@PavesGarage
6 күн бұрын
@philmoon69 Phil. I really want to get back in touch with you. Please email me or reply or something