I'm always puzzled by these treads.
I still can't see how the Evo feels worse built than the scoob. I must have had a sh1te scoob because the Evo feels much better put together than the STi we had
I'd love to try the 360 once. The 340 was very nice. Very brutal. The 320 was even more brutal but didn't pull that well low in revs.
On the modification, from talking to Spike, I'd be careful of what is done to it.
I explained clearly the car needed to be set up for VERY cold temperatures. So MAF had to go and car needed a more careful map than a simple standard map download.
Spike said his only had the boost up, but the car was still running as rich. Mine turns out to be much more fuel efficient than when it was in FQ320 guise (consumption went from 10mpg to 17mpg).
Also pretty sure it has its 380bhp. It's clearly faster than the FQ340 and the Spec C Type 20 (360bhp) I drove.
Belgian Mitsi & Scoob dealer who fixed Martin's car tried it also and guessed it had just under 400bhp.
Overall very pleased with it as power delivery is very smooth and car goes pretty high in revs easily (7500rpm without probs). (scoob actually also did).
The chassis is its main asset though.
Agree with depreciation. Bought my FQ320 as prereg, was just taken out of the showroom and being prepared to be run as demonstrator when I found it (had 50 miles on the clock). They asked 26900 for it and threw in the radio-CD, carpets and sill protectors... Not bad as discount I thought. For the 3K I saved, I got the power upgrade, the gauges and the brakes plus kept some pocket money