Ok, so my friend and I have decided to tackle an even bigger project than the one I had when I finally took over and built the 2011 EJ257 and put it in my 2007 WRX TR. The Culprit: A 1992 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 Twin Turbo. Within the next 2 weeks, we will start by pulling the engine, then slowly rebuilding. I'm going to do it just how I did mine: a well written repair manual, a LOT of patience, and some good old fashioned elbow grease. There might even been a few cases of beer, some un-holy words exchanged, and a few other mishaps. Here's to hoping this goes well. hnoes:
My father had one of the first ones in USA when they were released. Such a fun car and I miss it dearly.
Knew a guy with a dodge stealth, carbon drive shaft and 650hp. Easy to afford that when he sold drugs
The vr-4 and z32 was Japan's revenge on the US for the abomb maintenance wise. I wish your knuckles luck, and may the engine bay gods be with you.
Well, the good news is that he already has a replacement block, pistons and crank included, so that helps with the worry a little. Has less than 1000k on the replacement.
Those cars are pretty solid. And by solid I mean 2 tons of solid. Still a fun car. A friend of mine who was heavy into Conquests and Starions (where I got my username) eventually went into the VR-4 and stealth RT's because it is a natural progression for Starquest owners. Still loving them to this day. He now owns part of 4gperformance.net in Woodstock. I'm kind of the turncoat for all my DSM buddies...
Nice project. I thought about picking one up. Dont worry about the weight, there is always power to make up for it. I would delete as much as possible from the engine bay, that looks crowded!
Everyone complains its a heavy beast at around 3800lbs. I've seen some high hp ones so it cant be that bad. GTR weighs roughly 3800lbs too. Both are Twin Turbo, v6, Awd (just makes a lot more powrr and has a couple of decades worth of new technology)
God I loved these cars. My brother had the Stealth AWD. That engine bay is the most cramped ever behind the Z32 so wear mechanic gloves when you can! And also keep in mind the transfer cases in those things are the weakest pieces of junk ever. I think it's the same transfer case as the DSM's. However when built they are SOLID and fun.
I forgot you come from that 4toegay drag racing website ..did you just compare a gtr to a vr4? because you made fun of my fiero idea, and I'm pretty sure there is a ton of exotics running mid-engine...So they are basically the same thing.
Strip all the tech off the GTR and I wonder just how good it really will be. The tech makes the GTR what it is.