Hi all,
Long time lurker, I have actually been following along mke's frankenferrari build and never really felt my "builds" were worthy of this forum. However, all my other forums are dead, slow, and nothing happens. Not really a fan of facebook or instagram for car builds, so here we are. I have better documented most of the work I have done on other forums, but I will just start from here forward on the cars. You will probably notice I just like things neat and tidy.
Anywho, here they are:
In order of acquisition:
1999 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6 GSR, this car kind of started the whole Mitsubishi thing for me. It is just a great car to drive.
(I actually want to tidy this bay up)
Picked it up in 2015, from auction in Japan and now lives with me in Canada. I have a hard time changing anything on this car, to be honest. Most of anything I have done have been addressing old serviceable items with something more robust.
The car has 17x8.5 31 Advan RG's, 245/40/17 Bridgestone RE71R's, ported exhaust manifold, MAP front pipe, test pipe, custom cat-back, tomei diverter valve, turbosmart wastegate actuator that is about it in the engine bay. For the suspension, car has some old Tein control master flex, sway bar bushes and endlinks and that's it for handling. Interior, I just have an OMP velocita wheel and a beatrush short shifter, innovate wideband / boost pressure and coolant temperature and oil pressure guages, other than that the car is as standard.
Next, 1999 Mitsubishi Pajero
Very standard, I just maintain this thing as it is my daily. I have re-done the frame with POR15, installed high load springs in the rear, and for summer put on the 285/75/16 bfg km3's.
Next, 1995 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 3 GSR
This car was a real mess when I got it, roof rust, broken lip, botched fender pull, bolt on widebody... just a lot. I saw it pop up for sale locally, it needed saving (was rust free which is the biggest thing with all these cars IMO) and I like having a project so I bought it.
Engine wise: cusco intake, ported exhaust manifold, jmf o2 housing, apexi front pipe, fujitsubo cat back. When I got it, it ran pretty poorly so I went over everything and just brought it back.
Exterior: I ordered a truth ms widebody, had that painted and installed and actually cut the rear arches to clearance them. There was no going back from what was done without doing rear quarters, so maybe some day I would like for the car to be stock body again. I have a carbon fibre roof to install, to rid the standard evo 1-3 rusty roof problems. I also found a factory rear spoiler for the car. Currently has Enkei rp01 with 225/45/16 Firehawk Indy 500's.
Handling: JIC Magic coilovers, poly suspension bushes, ralliart rear 22mm sway bar with bushes and endlinks, has a bolt in cage that might actually make the car more dangerous in a crash but provides some rigidity, it has cusco front and rear strut bars, cusco underbody brace, as well as a brace that runs along the car north to south just inside the rocker panels.
Interior: stock seats didn't come with the car, had a trashed recaro spg which I replaced with an OMP seat, has an OMP velocita wheel, custom short shifter, some of the sound deadening was removed by the PO, proper tin can of a car, not the most comfortable to drive. I also have innovate wideband, boost and oil pressure guages just because I like the old analogue feel of them and like to monitor those things.
This car is a work in progress, I one day will 5 lug convert the car and install some brembos which I have to go on it... then I would like to take this one to the track.
Next was the 1986 Mitsubishi Starion ESI-R
This one kind of just happened. A guy I knew had it, told him if he ever wanted to sell let me know, then one day boom. In Canada, I have never seen another for sale, and I have never seen another in person, so they are quite rare so I just went for it.
I haven't done a lot to this car, but just still working out the kinks. It was an Arizona car, that came to Alberta like... 20 years ago. The original owner parked it in a garage 10 years ago and it just sat there. For what I have done, replaced some fuel lines, re-torqued head, nut and bolt checks, tidied up some things.
The guy between the owner who had it in a garage and me did a pile of work to this car, and is a Nissan mechanic. He has more problems then me and has about 14 Nissans, so having 1 mitsubishi he let this one go.
106,000 miles, paint isn't very good, very rust free for a 36 year old car. First year of the widebody, I think the 87/88 is the one you'd want because more flexibility on the standard ECU, but this is a single year only colour, which is olive gray.
Engine: freshly rebuilt, non-jet valve head, balance shaft deletes, freshly rebuilt turbo, freshly cleaned injectors, manual boost controller.
Drivetrain / suspension: fresh tie rods, end links, steering box, all bushes new, new brakes and lines, new coilovers, bigger sway bars, refurbished standard wheels with re71r/s, new fuel pump, radiator was rodded, fuel tank was cleaned.. just a lot to get it back to fresh after sitting in a garage for so long.
Finally, 2001 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 7 GSR:
This one kind of just happened. Pajero was having issues (which I think I have dialed in to being an ECU issue) and I work up in the NWT, needed something to drive up there and the other cars don't drive in winter. My friend had this, although he had already driven it for a single winter, it was still very rust free and I didn't have to feel bad being the first person to drive it in winter.
Pretty nice car, but higher kms than the rest. Currently around 165,000 km. Before I winter drove it I fluid filmed everything, I have a 360 degree sprayer and got it into everywhere and I have re-applied it a couple times now this winter. In the NWT it is just too cold for salt, so it doesn't really rust cars.. but they use gravel everywhere. The front bumper was already pretty chipped up from the previous winter, but I will be getting it re-sprayed in the spring and doing a paint correction. The swirls, ugh.
Engine: ralliart intercooler pipes, ETS intake, AMS full turbo back exhaust, grimspeed boost controller and re-mapped on the standard ECU. Handling, fortune auto coilovers. Interior, AEM wideband, boost guage, some fancy shift knob, short shifter. It came with WORK RS-Z wheels, which turned out to be 17x8 and 17x9... which I don't like. I have since found another two from Japan and waiting for those to arrive.
Anywho, at the risk of already making this too long I will end that there. I have a bunch more pictures, will have a lot of answers if you have any questions on anything about the cars, anything that has been done, future plans... whatever.