Quoting fuel:
You are right, not alot is the same between the two. The front brakes are the same 276mm twin pots but the rears are 284mm vented with internal drum handbrake rather than handbrake on the caliper of the E39A.
Gearbox and rear diff is the same or similar to Lancer Evo 1-3. The 6A12 V6 motor makes same power and torque stock as the Evo VR-4 4G63, but it just seems to be more livelier and sounds fantastic through the rev range. Unfortunately there isn't a great scope of performance for the motor, its main limitations are the two tiny turbos and the small lightweight rods the 6A12 uses. If you push the engine over 300hp or so they start to bend or snap rods and chuck a leg out of bed.
The multi link suspension all round is an improvement over the E39A however they are a bit more complex and the front suspension is prone to both bottom lower ball joints failing on each side.
The E84A isn't that rare at all, a great deal were produced between 1992 and 1996 in both sedan or sports hatch. You can even get them in E74A which is without 4WS.
Canada and US shared the same MMNA cars which means we never had one of these here (Over the whole continent only Mexico was somehow granted this model)In Canada it's rare to get this bodystyle at ANY trim at all because Mitsubishi was not present in Canada until this century. (They entered the Canadian Market only in 2001)
so it's rare as can be. In fact, if you have accessed Mitsubishi ASA Japan for the total number of cars made in this specification (2000DOHCMPI/4WD/4WS+SEDAN) there are less than 2000 absolutely. Which means it's actually more rare than a E39A worldwide. E74A is sort of a VR4 without 4WS and it's a Galant Sport with a hatchback chassis. E84A itself is quite rare.
The engine won't do any good boosted over 300HP (which I think I'm doing now with a boost up and big intercooler, IHE, custom map and tuning) So I'll keep it like this for a while until I can afford to build a 4G63/4 for this. I think a 4G64 is more suited for this car because of its size and weight (a whopping 1540kg compared to E39A's scant 1340kg) the low end torque characteristics feel more at home with it. It's not a white knuckled street racer/rally thoroughbred this is more about like highway cruise missile. A little lazier engine that gets the going early would be my kind of ride.
That's why I think later down the road I'll have more questions which you guys can answer me, when I pop in a E39A-like engine in there.
Yes I've been to thegalantcenter but those guys with the 7G are always playing that one trick game like boosting the SOHC 4G64, swapping heads, etc. recently someone's been trying to do a self-VR4 conversion but very little information comes out of it because most of it was custom fab anyway. Then the rest of the 7G crowd is still living in the 90s putting on bodykits and lowering the car with cut springs or whatever.....that's not my scene.
I'm well aware of the lower ball joint situation and a quick inspection of the undercarriage shows that the lower arm had been replaced recently with a fresh Mitsubishi Genuine parts sticker still wrapped around it so I'm not worried.
Thanks for the information. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/applause.gif