383mazda
Well-known member
Hell everyone.
I'm the proud owner of a "new" Galant VR4. Just drove from Texas to Memphis this morning to pick it up.
My quick history: I've grown up around cars. My father had a '67 442 Olds with a BBC making around 720hp. I wasn't allowed near that thing when I turned 16, so together we went and bought an '87 Buick turbo regal - my first car and intro to wonderful world of boost. When I graduated high school (early 2000's) the Buick was running a low 12 second 1/4. Next car was an '86 RX7 with a small block chevy swap (hence the username). My first taste of the import world, only I wasn't ready to fully commit I guess, lol. I loved this car, it was a high 11 second car and surprised plenty of people. While I was still young and single I decided to swap the old gen I small block for a new LS motor along with a turbo; motor swap began 6 years ago and car still sits in a barn with no drivetrain /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Which brings us to today, I'm married with one little daughter and now a son on the way. I bought my wife a Subaru (please no flaming /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif ) XT and instantly fell in love with this little 210 hp car. I started with small mods, but when I ripped out part of the dash to install a triple gauge cluster the wife banished me from her car! So there I was, stuck driving my 200,000 mile Miata beater /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif. With the family growing I knew I'd need to get rid of that and find a 4 door. I had my eye out for another Subaru, but then I found out about these turbo galants after watching Toms Turbo Garage, lol. I also had a buddy who was big into DSM's. All I knew about them was that in high school they were slower than my Buick, so I never paid much attention to them.
Well now that I'm older, more mature and have the money to properly own and tinker with one of these, I'm excited to jump head first into the GVR4 world. Concerning my "new" galant specifically. It needs some TLC to get it back to "stock" reliability and performance levels. That will be step one; getting to "stage 0" before the fun mods begin. I'll post some pics tomorrow of my new old car!
I'm the proud owner of a "new" Galant VR4. Just drove from Texas to Memphis this morning to pick it up.
My quick history: I've grown up around cars. My father had a '67 442 Olds with a BBC making around 720hp. I wasn't allowed near that thing when I turned 16, so together we went and bought an '87 Buick turbo regal - my first car and intro to wonderful world of boost. When I graduated high school (early 2000's) the Buick was running a low 12 second 1/4. Next car was an '86 RX7 with a small block chevy swap (hence the username). My first taste of the import world, only I wasn't ready to fully commit I guess, lol. I loved this car, it was a high 11 second car and surprised plenty of people. While I was still young and single I decided to swap the old gen I small block for a new LS motor along with a turbo; motor swap began 6 years ago and car still sits in a barn with no drivetrain /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Which brings us to today, I'm married with one little daughter and now a son on the way. I bought my wife a Subaru (please no flaming /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif ) XT and instantly fell in love with this little 210 hp car. I started with small mods, but when I ripped out part of the dash to install a triple gauge cluster the wife banished me from her car! So there I was, stuck driving my 200,000 mile Miata beater /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif. With the family growing I knew I'd need to get rid of that and find a 4 door. I had my eye out for another Subaru, but then I found out about these turbo galants after watching Toms Turbo Garage, lol. I also had a buddy who was big into DSM's. All I knew about them was that in high school they were slower than my Buick, so I never paid much attention to them.
Well now that I'm older, more mature and have the money to properly own and tinker with one of these, I'm excited to jump head first into the GVR4 world. Concerning my "new" galant specifically. It needs some TLC to get it back to "stock" reliability and performance levels. That will be step one; getting to "stage 0" before the fun mods begin. I'll post some pics tomorrow of my new old car!