So I’ve finally made my way to making an introduction thread. My name is Ernie and have acquired #924/2000 last year.
It was owned by a friend of mine and had good intentions of autocrossing the car.
Well, after the previous owner replaced the clutch, transmission, and doing minor suspension and exhaust modifications, the water pump failed shortly after. He was at a point on whether to continue sinking money into it, or move on to another hobby. He moved on to the Volvo-side of the world. It sat on the side of his house for almost 3 years until I found out he was thinking about selling it. I had never even thought about getting a GVR4 ever, but knew that they shared the 4G63 motor to the DSM’s. After talking with my friend, he said he had many offers in the past for it, and just couldn’t see it going to a ricer, or getting parted out. He knows my history and gave me the opportunity that he said he wouldn’t give to others, because he knew it would fall in good hands. So after talking it over, I paid $2000 for it in four easy installments.
1991 Mitsubishi Galant VR4 #924/2000
Mileage: Around 125,000(no OEM gauge cluster so who really knows)
• Odyssey battery
• K&N intake
• KYB AGX
• H&R springs
• 3†testpipe
• 3†Megan Racing exhaust
• EVO wing
• 2 sets of OEM wheels and tires
• 2 sets of JDM Taillights
• JDM corner lights
• SBR Clutch Kit
• Rebuilt transmission with less than 10,000 miles
• 4WS still in tact
• Brand new AMS FMIC in the box
• A ton of miscellaneous parts like an extra fender stored in the GVR4 and inside the house and stuff I probably didn’t see in there.
He did pull the seats and stored them indoors while he was stripping the interior to take all the sound deadening crap off. I have most of the interior pieces in my closet now. I checked for rust everywhere and couldn’t find any.
I risked my life searching on the undercarriage hoping a frog or snake wasn’t going to appear while I checked for rust or hidden damages.
I inspected the body lines to make sure they all still closed and everything was ship shape. The latches work to the hood and trunk, and doors closed like they are expected. The door jams looked good with no signs of rust and the same results when I checked around the gas filler. It does have a slight crack on the front windshield, so that will definitely have to be replaced.
So here comes the pictures…
Where it’s sat for years…
The lines looked pretty straight to me…
Needs a little TLC…
No rust and still has the OEM labels…
I popped in the corner light while I was there. I’m still learning and don’t know which version these are…
Switches still look good…
Rough, but I can do some magic to get it back to looking sharp…
Fits like a glove…
Checking to make sure the levers at least click…
The sunroof assembly still looks pretty decent and no signs of leaks…
I am unfortunately NOT fond of the EVO wing…
The trunk…
JDM gauges…
Megan 3†exhaust…
Right side looked good…
My girlfriend checkin’ out the new grocery gitter…
The poor clear peeling off the roof…
A few of the documentation of the transmission rebuild…
I had not done anything to it for about a year, because we were pretty busy buying a new house and hosting the last Southeast Regional 4G63 Meet. Around the beginning of summer I finally had it towed to one of my best friend’s house and dropped the engine and transmission out.
The tow truck driver was determined to get it out of the soft dirt/mud/grass. Notice the rear wheel off the grass!
Off to my friend’s house...
Rolling it in...
After a few weeks, we dropped the engine and transmission, and I had it sent to my friend’s shop to get painted back to the OEM Summit White...
And that’s about as far as I’ve gone. I’m currently getting all the fun stuff to do the timing belt job, take the head off to verify if it needs more work after it overheated years ago with the water pump failing. Maintenance before mods is always a big motto I follow, so hopefully this site will be of major help in cleaning her up as nice as our current DSM’s(pictures upon request). Thanks to raptorreed, bmxkid415, and 4Grim for inviting and being persistent in having me come on board. I’m an Administrator to DSM Purity, and have a ton of hobbies, so I normally have my hands full.
Look forward to learning and meeting a ton of new people!
Well, after the previous owner replaced the clutch, transmission, and doing minor suspension and exhaust modifications, the water pump failed shortly after. He was at a point on whether to continue sinking money into it, or move on to another hobby. He moved on to the Volvo-side of the world. It sat on the side of his house for almost 3 years until I found out he was thinking about selling it. I had never even thought about getting a GVR4 ever, but knew that they shared the 4G63 motor to the DSM’s. After talking with my friend, he said he had many offers in the past for it, and just couldn’t see it going to a ricer, or getting parted out. He knows my history and gave me the opportunity that he said he wouldn’t give to others, because he knew it would fall in good hands. So after talking it over, I paid $2000 for it in four easy installments.
1991 Mitsubishi Galant VR4 #924/2000
Mileage: Around 125,000(no OEM gauge cluster so who really knows)
• Odyssey battery
• K&N intake
• KYB AGX
• H&R springs
• 3†testpipe
• 3†Megan Racing exhaust
• EVO wing
• 2 sets of OEM wheels and tires
• 2 sets of JDM Taillights
• JDM corner lights
• SBR Clutch Kit
• Rebuilt transmission with less than 10,000 miles
• 4WS still in tact
• Brand new AMS FMIC in the box
• A ton of miscellaneous parts like an extra fender stored in the GVR4 and inside the house and stuff I probably didn’t see in there.
He did pull the seats and stored them indoors while he was stripping the interior to take all the sound deadening crap off. I have most of the interior pieces in my closet now. I checked for rust everywhere and couldn’t find any.
So here comes the pictures…
Where it’s sat for years…
The lines looked pretty straight to me…
Needs a little TLC…
No rust and still has the OEM labels…
I popped in the corner light while I was there. I’m still learning and don’t know which version these are…
Switches still look good…
Rough, but I can do some magic to get it back to looking sharp…
Fits like a glove…
Checking to make sure the levers at least click…
The sunroof assembly still looks pretty decent and no signs of leaks…
I am unfortunately NOT fond of the EVO wing…
The trunk…
JDM gauges…
Megan 3†exhaust…
Right side looked good…
My girlfriend checkin’ out the new grocery gitter…
The poor clear peeling off the roof…
A few of the documentation of the transmission rebuild…
I had not done anything to it for about a year, because we were pretty busy buying a new house and hosting the last Southeast Regional 4G63 Meet. Around the beginning of summer I finally had it towed to one of my best friend’s house and dropped the engine and transmission out.
The tow truck driver was determined to get it out of the soft dirt/mud/grass. Notice the rear wheel off the grass!
Off to my friend’s house...
Rolling it in...
After a few weeks, we dropped the engine and transmission, and I had it sent to my friend’s shop to get painted back to the OEM Summit White...
And that’s about as far as I’ve gone. I’m currently getting all the fun stuff to do the timing belt job, take the head off to verify if it needs more work after it overheated years ago with the water pump failing. Maintenance before mods is always a big motto I follow, so hopefully this site will be of major help in cleaning her up as nice as our current DSM’s(pictures upon request). Thanks to raptorreed, bmxkid415, and 4Grim for inviting and being persistent in having me come on board. I’m an Administrator to DSM Purity, and have a ton of hobbies, so I normally have my hands full.
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