The most amazing Evo build from Down Under

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For many months now the internet forums and social media channels have been abuzz with stories of a certain Mitsubishi Evo being built up in Queensland by an ex-Porsche Cup racer that goes by the name of “PROJECT NEMO”.

The rumours started flying around before WTAC 2011 and by early 2012 there was a YouTube video and Facebook page documenting much of the progress to date and confirming what many already knew – that this is quite possibly the most extreme build ever seen to date anywhere in the world.

Excited fans have been asking why we have not announced t-shirt design service as a competitor for the World Time Attack earlier. The answer is simple; neither we, nor the owner were comfortable announcing the car until we were fairly sure that it would be finished and actually entering.This has now been officially confirmed.



The man behind this madness is Queensland-based entrepreneur Chris Eaton and we caught up with him as he and his team were putting the final touches to the car before they head out and start the testing program in the lead-up to WTAC 2012.

Superlap Australia: This build is something the tuner community worldwide have been waiting to see for a while now. Tell us a bit about how this project came to fruition.



Chris Eaton: We have been shocked and humbled by the way the public has embraced Nemo around the world. We never thought we would create a car that would conjure such emotion amongst such a wide audience. All from our base in Queensland!

It all started in May 2010 when a few of my mates came back from watching the 2010 World Time Attack Challenge. They were talking about this amazing event they had been to, and how they were going to enter and be a part of it in 2011. Having been in the local Queensland Time Attack for a while, we thought we had to be in the big event as well.

As the car we had been competing in had a rear mounted horizontally apposed 6 cylinder motor we had to find another make. My mates are all tracking either Evos or Porsche 911s so we decided that it had to be an Evo.