Win a 550-HP Widebody Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X — Dvniemela August 2026

What you're looking at

Orange Evo X, widebody, sitting on 18x11 Volk TE37SL wrapped in 285-section Toyo R888R. That stance is doing a lot of the talking, but the interesting work is under the hood: the stock twin-scroll setup is gone in favor of an ETS top-mount kit carrying a Precision 6266BB Gen2, fed by DeatschWerks 1700cc injectors and a Walbro 450 with a hardwire kit, breathing out through an ETS V3 exhaust with a T51R mod on it. Tuning is credited to Chag, with 550 horsepower claimed. The bodywork is a Victory Function widebody with Varis V2 bumpers and side skirts, Varis carbon underboards, a Do-Luck carbon trunk and APR carbon mirrors — real Japanese aero, not eBay panels. Fortune Auto coilovers underneath, VLAND lighting front and rear, and an iDoing CarPlay unit inside.

That is a coherent build rather than a parts-bin car. Somebody picked a lane — big single, wide track, sticky rubber — and committed to it.

Why it matters

The Evo X is the end of the line. Mitsubishi stopped building Lancer Evolutions in 2015 and never came back, which is why the chassis has spent the last several years quietly appreciating while everyone was watching GT-Rs and Supras. A 4B11T with a modern Precision snail on top is one of the more satisfying ways to spend a Saturday: all-wheel drive, a short-geared box, and a torque curve that arrives all at once.

Be clear-eyed about what a 550-horsepower Evo X actually is, though. That power level is well past what the stock driveline was designed around — the SST gearbox in MR cars is the known weak point, the 5-speed in GSR cars is stout but not indestructible at that output, and rod bearings and the stock crank are the usual conversation once boost climbs. A big single also means lag off idle and a car that wants E85 or race gas to make its advertised number. None of that is a knock on the build; it's the ownership reality of the platform, and the running costs are real.

The listing does not publish an odometer reading, a trim (GSR or MR), a gearbox, or a title status. Those four facts are the difference between a $20,000 car and a $45,000 car, and none of them appear on the operator's pages.

The fine print worth knowing

Entries are earned by shopping the store — stickers, air fresheners, jet tags, apparel — at one entry per $3 spent, with the cheapest qualifying item at $5. A $300 bundle is advertised at 100 entries, which lines up exactly with the stated $3 ratio. The entry window opened at 12:01 p.m. PT on August 1, 2026 and closes at 11:59 a.m. PT on August 29, 2026 — note that is a late-morning cutoff, not midnight — with the drawing set for on or about September 14, 2026.

There is a genuine no-purchase route: a handprinted 3x5 card mailed to the sponsor's Chattaroy, Washington PO Box returns three free entries per envelope, and it runs the same window as the paid entries. The exact wording, address and postmark requirements are reproduced in the free-entry section of this listing straight from the official rules.

Two things deserve your attention before you spend anything. First, the official rules describe the prize only as "one (1) 2012 Mitsubishi" — no Lancer, no Evolution, no Evo X — even though every piece of marketing points at this one specific build. Second, the rules set the prize's total approximate retail value at $15,000 and offer a $15,000 cash alternative, which is comfortably below what a 2012 Evolution X trades for before a single modification. The rules are the enforceable document; the banner is not. And whichever way it lands, the winner owes federal and state tax on the prize's value, with no tax allowance included.