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So as the 4G52 is slowly killing it's rings I've decided to hot up a 4G54 2.6 to keep the engine looking semi original as they are the same series engine. Picked up a 1990 L200 for $600, ran like a treat but was deregistered so suited me well. Drove it to my old man's workshop and spent Sunday pulling the engine and gearbox out. It's awesome having forklifts accessible to assist removal and makes water blasting the engine so much easier. I sold my series one Rx7 and bought a daily so the sigma can rest up in the shed. Have been so slack I haven't even test fit my steelies yet but again, all in good time! Spend today pulling the 2.6 to bits to see what I can do. Looking at the valves and the pistons it looks as if I can't shave the head or deck the block so I will be looking at welding up the chambers in the head. Sorry no pics as I'm on a tablet and it's telling me I can only upload 0.78mb of pics which is literally nothing!

cheers mate, not really that keen on 4g54's. if i was to do anything it would be a de-stroker 2.4L hybrid with the 4g63 sohc. turns into a 2.1L and revs to 11,000rpm

if i could get the bloody thing running 100% i would make it to a meet (even if i do blow blue smoke at everyone)

I love that green! ive owned a few of these sedans and this is the only one i have seen in this color, iv had blue, light brown, red, white, poo brown, orange but never green. id love to see it stay that way just because its so different to the other standard sigma colors. if your going shiny everything on the motor, a nice satin black in the bay looks nice as well though, brings attention to the engine. but awesome build thread and ill be watching it every step of the way!

not much progress of late, the old 4g52 is running a bit smokey which i have identified as blow by. still trying to sell my s1 rx7 to get a daily which will mean the 52 gets a birthday. for now its running a litre or two of moreys haha. was running like a bag of shit, missing etc. had a 2.6l 4g54 electronic dizzy i had acquired a while back and decided to just give it a go and see if it will fit and work. purchased an electronic coil off Sidewaysickness and ripped the old points dizzy out. turns out they are identical in length and teeth so its worked a treat, and no more miss!!! stoked as. next will be a new exhaust as it has about 4 holes the size of a $2 coin. but all in good time!

boom!

just been chipping away at the intake manifold have chopped it up, modified the thermostat housing and milled the flange and bolted it up to a steel plate to prevent warpage. also cleaned up the 4-2-1 extractors (just take the heat transfer off) oh and i have pics!!!

So took the old girl for a wof today and was happy with the result, it failed on the faded rear tail light and the front left brake piston, so i swapped out the lense with one that came in the boot of the car along with other parts. i will be removing the caliper and pumping the piston back and for to attempt to free it, but if all else fails it looks as if EX lancer calipers are the same and i have some. also painted my steelies again, left the granit type effect but painted over it with a brushed steel metallic paint and it came out awesome. i found an intake manifold to chop up and a set of extractors that should be arriving shortly. cheers

cheers mate! the legality of widening steelies is that the welds are to be no further than 75mm apart, but thats only if you are welding a band in, in my case i single welded them using two sets of rims

Righto, turbo engine has sold! My laptop has spit the dummy so I can not upload pictures grr. I've bought a set of quad carbs from a honda motorbike and I'm on a mission to find another intake manifold I can chop up and use the flange to make my manifold so if you have something please let me know!!!

So I've decided that the car is just too bloody original to fuck with. And saying that my turbo engine is for sale, but will not come with flywheel and starter motor as I need them to convert my 4G52 to manual. The plan now is to manual convert, headers, cam, quad carbs and a full exhaust:-) thanks for looking and send me a message if you are interested in the G63bt engine. Cheers

so was going to go with 185/55/14 all round but some 195/60/14s popped up for cheap so i got them put on and leak tested and balanced on the 9's and all went great but i think ill source some 185's for the 8's as they wont have much stretch otherwise.

took the flywheel off just out of curiosity and im glad i did now. the spigot bearing was naffed and the flywheel had around 0.8mm recess wear from the clutch plate so machined it up and took a small amount off the back aswell, and also replaced the bearing. but a bit off good news is it has a fairly new exedy clutch plate.

Hi mate, did them myself haha just chucked in the lathe, machined out the centers of 4 donor rims, then parted them with how much offset i wanted, then parted the front lip off the sigma steelies then welded on the new lips.

So turns out im quite lazy when it comes to removing paint. although i left brake fluid soaking on them for 3 days it didnt seem to do a heck of a lot. i tried rubbing with meths but it would have taken a f*cking long time so i thought why not just paint them the same scheme as the wheels, so that's what i did. i found a hidden 420 sign though. so off i went and painted the wheels and centre caps, and im bloody happy how they turned.

So, today went alright. finished off my steelies, 8 and 9 inch. also my new cam turned up in the mail today. has higher lift and longer duration. will being getting ground once i sack up and get an aftermarket ECU and multipoint intake manifold, but for now it will do. still waiting to sell my rx7 to free up space in my shed as the galant is stored in my old mans back lawn which is not ideal to work on, especially when the jack just sinks into his lawn, ha!

So Nothing on The car as such has changed, although i had my Sigma steelies on it to measure up how much i am going to widen them. decided to go with +2" on the front and +3" on the rear. have machined the lips to weld on just haven't got around to welding. also i have bought and mounted a T3/T4 turbo, TIAL 38mm wastegate with a 11psi spring (for now ) and a SCARLES BOV. I Purchased some awesome retro leads of trademe also that i will put on when the engine is ready to rock! aaaaand i Finally found some sigma centre caps that were painted black so will strip that off and pollish. Thats all for now, Cheers for taking a gander and Hit up my discussion page with any knowledge you have.

they are awesome cars! i have been on project zero and am liking the (2.1L Destroker) set up so might give that ago! I am apart of the facebook groups you speak of, Ex Lancer NZ was started by a good mate of mine here in nelson and i was the 3rd member.... haha! Might see you on there flicking some parts and visa versa

Cheers mate, my excuse of working on something while im waiting for my rx7 to sell!

Hi There! will be getting the car wof'd and reg'd with the 4G52 and to be honest it will recieve alot of cruising before the G63B Turbo will be ready to go it, but will definetly give you first pic when i pull it out. poo brown everything! yes has the interior lights on the rear pillars, ideal for alot of activities!

yup, sigma number 6 or something. all my previous ones had the square rear wheel arch. this one isnt to bad so should be alright when i widen the steelies

yup FAKE vinyl! looks like an underseal almost, but is definitely factory. cheers mate she's a beaut

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So, after selling/wrecking more of the cars i had lying around, i finally decided to buy a Galant-Sigma. The story starts over 2 years ago. While walking home from school i spotted this beautiful 1980 Mitsi sitting under a carport. at the time i had my '82 Lancer project and didnt think much of it other than it was a nice original car. After getting older i owned numerous later shape square guarded sigma's. Although they are nice cars, This one had always caught my eye. After about a year of first spotting it, it popped up for sale. The old guy had a ridiculous price on it and it sat on His front lawn for about a year and a half. after that, the house it was sitting at it sold, and the car had vanished. but it didnt take me long to track down where it was hiding and i finally sacked up and bought it for a reasonable price. -Im The fourth owner. -It came with all the service history since nz new including the original sellers papers. -The guy i bought it off owned it for over 20 years. -Fake vinal roof, louvers, roof racks, awesome interior. and later i found out the GSL was a nice model to own. ANYWAY! Pics: Powered by a 4G52 and auto trans. First order would be to get it a warrent, as it hasnt had one since 2009. Then i will be looking at putting my G63B Turbo engine in. Engine is a Starion, but They guy i bought it off Had it in an ex. Custom t3 top mount manifold and modified intake: as it sits: Bit of Paint: Thanks for looking!