Some update on my car

I haven't posted anything about my car in quite some time. That's because it's been jackstand balling for almost 2 years. I tried to sell it a while back but ended up just selling all the performance items & replacing them with stock parts. I never really did any major upgrade under the hood & got a 1st hand experience of how tight the gvr4 engine bay is /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif. Anyway enough BS, here's what I've done:

Mitsubishi 25g
external wg
fmic is back on 2.5" hot side & 2.5"->3" cold side aluminum piping
4" intake
civic radiator
evo 9 mas
3" cmpe exhaust
dump tube (still needs to be extended)










to be done:
5 lug conversion
Evo 8/9 wheels

There are a lot of wires & vacuum lines to clean up but that's going to be done over time. I haven't gotten on it yet but it feels good to be driving it again. My motor is still stock & this turbo can blow out ~550whp under perfect conditions. I'm only going to get it tuned for ~400whp for now & simply enjoy driving it around town.

All the factory accessories are still under the hood including the power steering, cruise control, a/c & all emissions stuff including the charcoal canister. Absolutely nothing was cut as I was anal about not butchering the car.

 

[1941Galant]

Very nice Garfield, it sure does feel good to drive them again after they are down for so long.

 

[blacksheep]

Whats the 25G Garf, is it a greddy variant?

 

25g is a Mitsubishi (I think it was made by Greddy) turbo with a t3 flange. It comes with 2 different size back housings & the one I have it the larger of the two. The turbo is a little old school but rock solid, reliable as a 14b & very very streetable. It will make ~520awhp @ 30psi.

 

Later on, the intercooler pipes will be removed & polished, right now the bov is vented & that will eventually be recirculated. I got that from Keydiver a while back when I picked up some parts from him along with the radiator fan. So far the tempreature guage hasn't shown it's running any hotter than with the factory radiator. I need to charge up my pda to log it to see exactly what's going on. However more importantly, I'm driving it again & just that alone feels so rewarding I'm giddy /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[464/2K]

Garfield, leave the 18"s!!!

 

[I got one too]

I hear ya! After 2-3 years of restoring 1649. I've been daily driving it for close to 2 years now. It's great. Some of us old schoolers who started out with a DSM experimented and hacked them to death now appreciate the time and effort it takes to build a quality fast and reliable car.

The car looks great btw! I wished my engine bay looked that good. I guess it's time for some powder coating!

 

[dmj]

Glad to see it up and running, engine bay looks good, drive it up to Orlando maybe we could do a FL meet soon as most of the FL guys are getting their cars off the jackstands.

 

[Brianawd]

Quote:
Whats the 25G Garf, is it a greddy variant?



The 25g is just a T67

 

True.

 

OK. Today I added something to the car, can you tell what it is? Don't mind the rally stance as that will be remedied soon.

 

[464/2K]

mud flaps?

 

Damn that was too easy /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/applause.gif

 

[4Grim]

I thought you sold the car..but I was wrong. Looks great man...your GVR4 is clean!

Man I want those mud flaps bad /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

Well, i can't promise anything, but perhaps i can arrange 1(!!) pair... Not sure about the costs as well..


@GW, Looking good!!! Very,Very clean car!

 

Here's the good news. The front flaps gvr4 specific & I'm looking into duplicating them.

 

[Ralli380Gvr4]

^^^do it!! I would be in for a pair. BTW the car looking great!!

 

[The_Big_Weave]

did you add a supra?

 

[cspetros]

I love the two-tone theme. It definitely adds to the character of the car.

 

You also added a stock spoiler too right?

Love your car Garfield. Maybe another GVR4 meet but in Atlanta this time and you can drive it up!