Author Topic: My 1992 Lancer Evolution GSR new pics, photoshoot (Read 2087 times)

Brett Haviland · « **on:** August 11, 2009, 09:51:32 pm »

Well me and my buddy who has a '92 Toyota Celica GT4 RC edition with the same rimz as me went for a photoshoot at stanley park last week. Thought i would post up the goodies. I was quite happy with the shots we got. These ones i selected out of 100's of photos and i think they are the best ones.

Please note these have not been photoshoped yet at all so they may look a bit off. I would love to have some of shots cleared up or lighting added on the night shot to illuminate the car more buit i dont have photoshop anymore. I guess to do it properly you would need spot lighting while taking the shots.

Anyways.... the pics

This one would have been awesome with the right lighting.

John Hartman · « **Reply #1 on:** August 11, 2009, 10:00:23 pm »

Looks great, for the most part!! What is RC edition about?

As for the pics, you can do a bit to correct for that back lit situation. Best to shoot with the main light source behind you but sometimes you cannot.

What you do is compose the shot thru the viewfinder, then aim the cameras focus crosshairs at the darker part(in this case, the car itself). Then hold the shutter button down half way to have it focus, meter its light sensor etc. Then keep holding it down half way, but move the crosshairs back to your original composition for the shot you'd like to present. Do this fairly quickly.

Then squeeze the trigger. It will be metered for the darker area on the down-light side of the car. This will allow detail in those areas that are now too dark or just blacked out completely.

You can loose some detail in the extremely light areas, but its a trade off. This is one of the disadvantages of digital cameras. They have a hard time with very bright or very dark areas, even quite pricey ones do, so you have to learn to work around it.

The 5th and 7th ones down are VERY nice, the 7th one could be in a magazine easily if that wee bit of Toyota or whatever it is in the foreground right side(grey car with factory mags) was photoshopped or cropped out.

daniel Dee · « **Reply #2 on:** August 11, 2009, 10:01:57 pm »

Great looking DSM,,, looks newer than 1992.
Its nice to see and hear a happy DSM story...
By the way,,,how are my parts coming along???

Brett Haviland · « **Reply #3 on:** August 11, 2009, 10:17:57 pm »

Thanks guys!

The "RC" edition celica is a special edition of the Celica GT4 (AWD turbo 3S-GTE). It was never availible to the north american market. NA just got the plain jain LHD All-track that you see every now and again.

This is the car that won the WRC championship for a couple years in a row in the early 90's. The made the "RC" edition to celibrate it. "RC" stand for "Rally Champion"

Sy Haw Wong · « **Reply #4 on:** August 11, 2009, 11:26:47 pm »

Quote from: Brett Haviland on August 11, 2009, 10:17:57 pm

Thanks guys!

The "RC" edition celica is a special edition of the Celica GT4 (AWD turbo 3S-GTE). It was never availible to the north american market. NA just got the plain jain LHD All-track that you see every now and again.

This is the car that won the WRC championship for a couple years in a row in the early 90's. The made the "RC" edition to celibrate it. "RC" stand for "Rally Champion"

Actually it was turbo also...

But for a VERY limited run. The All Trac was not as powerful as the RC edition though... Anyone with a North American version of this car has a VERY super rare car even though it was equivalent to the GT-Four A.

Brett Haviland · « **Reply #5 on:** August 12, 2009, 07:40:23 am »

Yeah i knew the USDM Gt4 all track was turbo. has the same 3SGTE engine but it doesn't have the same water/air intercooler if im not mistaken like the RC edition has. I think the RC has different suspension and different ECU tuning then the USDM GT4.

Matt Mann · « **Reply #6 on:** August 12, 2009, 08:15:19 am »

I think a show down on the track should be due between these two to see if the Celica can back up the RC badging.

Brett Haviland · « **Reply #7 on:** August 12, 2009, 08:35:11 am »

Well we did a bit of back and forth on the highway when we were driving.

Let me just say that the RC is short 20HP and its heavier. You take a guess on who got pulled on.

Remi Raymond · « **Reply #8 on:** August 12, 2009, 08:36:34 am »

< Former Alltrac guy

The RC was the homologation car. It had the wicked air to water intercooler (hello no intercooler upgrades ever) and the homologation aero kit, namely that really nice heat extraction vent on the hood. It also had some gearbox and diff changes and a bump in power from more boost and water sprayers for the intercooler system (they were hidden and most owners aren't aware of them, not sure if they were active)

Only 5000 were made world-wide and were also sold elsewhere as the Group A or Carlos sainz versions.

And as brett says, stock for stock it is the slower car but it responds to mods just as well as our engines do and I would argue has a stronger drivetrain. Also came standard with a rear LSD

However the really cool thing was they are wired for an anti-lag missfiring system with injection into the exhaust manifold. Everything is there for that system except the ECU to activate it. That would be fun

Sadly toyota dropped the celica as the wrc car shortly after this car because they were kicked out for a season for cheating, then they used a one-off 4wd corolla with the 3s-gte, and then they just stopped after that.

Also god damn you Brett, every time I see your pictures it makes me want to get an evo as my next car instead of an r32.

Nathan Lehfeldt · « **Reply #9 on:** August 12, 2009, 03:52:18 pm »

Great pics, I like the "head to head" pic

Ryan Singh · « **Reply #10 on:** August 14, 2009, 12:27:47 pm »

Nice pics!

Lucas Reid · « **Reply #11 on:** August 15, 2009, 07:31:04 am »

loving the last one

Chris Gaudreau · « **Reply #12 on:** August 15, 2009, 09:04:08 pm »

Thats a nice car

Cole Chalmers · « **Reply #13 on:** August 17, 2009, 03:04:42 pm »

Quote from: remi raymond on August 12, 2009, 08:36:34 am

Also god damn you Brett, every time I see your pictures it makes me want to get an evo as my next car instead of an r32.

Having the opportunity to have driven both an evo (two seperate evo's at that) and a skyline I can tell you that you definitely would want the evo more. Unless you want to drift, but even that's doable in the lancer

. The moment I can afford another one I'm picking up another Early evo, preferably an E3.

Nice pics brett! If you send them to me I might be able to fix up some of the darker ones in Ps.

Richard Steger · « **Reply #14 on:** August 20, 2009, 06:29:30 pm »

Quote from: Cole Chalmers on August 17, 2009, 03:04:42 pm

Having the opportunity to have driven both an evo (two seperate evo's at that) and a skyline I can tell you that you definitely would want the evo more. Unless you want to drift, but even that's doable in the lancer . The moment I can afford another one I'm picking up another Early evo, preferably an E3.

What did you like/dislike about either car,(Evo or Skyline)? Which Evo did you drive and was the Skyline a GTR? My bro has a GTS. I'm sure he'd let me drive it if I could get in the same place as him and his car(sigh).

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