With all the money I spend on my truck, and my desire to keep it beautiful, I went and I'm buying another car for "winter" driving.

I'm picking up a '92 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4... now the problem, got the mod bug from the truck, how does one prevent this from spreading to other vehicles? Before I go run out and buy a bigger turbo, etc, etc..

Ack!

Daniel

 

Good luck with resisting Daniel...

I drive my other vehicles and it seems like they are so slow compared to the L..

You coming to Cecil Friday night??

 

Every time i drive my firebird, i really think like it is broken cause it is soooo slow!!

 

Daniel, you are not alone. I bought a 1989 Mazda Mx-6 turbo that i was gonna beat around.........yeah right.

Here is the list of mods i put in within 5 months of ownership

T3/T4 turbo E trim

Custom turbular header

High boost eliminator chip

Greddy blow off valve

Greddy boost controller

HKS intercooler pipe kit

Fidanza aluminum flywheel

Centerforce clutch

255 fuel pump

Cartech high boost regulator

BTW. i bought the car for 500 dollars with 116,000 on the clock....runs like a charm and bought another 88 model for spare parts!

That VR4 was limited edition vehicle back in the day.....it should have a build number on the dash......

Anthony

 

D that is how I am going to feel when my 02 arrives. The L compared to my jeep...

mad difference! can't wait!

 

Our 95 Thunderbird was very happy with it's 4.6L SOHC motor. Then we got the Lightning and began to modify it. Now we are building a blown Cobra motor for the Thunderbird. Once you get the bug, it will never go away.

 

Heheh, guess I'll have to get a second job then. Dosn't help the guy I'm buying from has friends in the biz that do DSM work and has a nice big list of "little things I can do to get it to about 300hp". Ha!

DL -- Cecil on Friday night would be a tough one for me. Takes me er, 2.5-3 hours to get down there from here... Anything going on over the weekend? (sat/sun) I can manage that.

Daniel

 

Daniel,

maybe you should have procured a Chebbie Citation/Pontiac Phoenix for winter flogging.

Just add a Flowmaster and appropriate "tip" and you'd be good to go...

Just watch those rear brakes....

 

Do what I did. By a car so plain that you can't possibly bring yourself to mod it. Something like a '91 Oldsmobile Delta 88 (Brougham of course!). I'll never do anything but put gas in it, and avert my eyes when people point and laugh.

Of course with a 3.8 L V-6, the turbo and intercooler from an '86 GN would bolt up nicely. Ah, dammit....

 

Heheh, glad to see I'm not alone.

My main goal was to get something with all-wheel-drive. I was going to lease a new car originally, figuring that if I wasn't going to keep it, why would I mod it? But then the offer on my friends VR-4 was too good. Its a turbo, AWD, AWS limited edition car. There are maybe 2000 on the road. They only made them in 91 and 92, (in Japan they still make them, its now twin-turbo)... heheh..

Fun. Of course...one other interesting thing...this will be my first MANUAL car... never owned one... lol

Daniel

 

I could teach you how to drive one

 

I wouldn't buy a Mitsubishi if you hard a gun to my head.
They are war criminals. IMO - Buying a Mitsubishi is like spitting in the faces of the Vets that were killed and tortured working in the Mitsubishi labor camps in wwII. Yes it was a long time ago, however Mitsubishi is one of the companies that have never had to go on trail for their crimes against humanity.

 

Pawn,
If u have a hard time learning how to drive it and want to sell it just let me know!!! I can be in Clifton in minutes!! And if u want another car to drive around in the winter I have a half way customized Astro van I can trade if u like Its automatic, shifter on the floor.
Later
Smok'n L

 

And weren't they the company that built the fighter plane , the zero? You know the kamikaze bastards. Sorry for the rant, its an age thing

 

Well i would have to say it is about even after the Japanese were incinerated by two revolutionary weapons..........Those days are long ago......