MaxPower

i seen a very tidy but dirty silver one at a mechanics shop down maleme st greeton tauranga,must of been 6 years ago now? looked all standard,to me it seemed like it had just come in the country.didnt ask about it as i could have got excited if it was for sale.was there for a few weeks,never seen it again. 4 door. good luck with your car very nice.

I'm sure years ago i put a 1850 head on my gto,I'm guessing the cam would be different,and yes the dizzy out of the block motors apparently had issues.

i also put a gs gto cam in a 1850 and thought it ran better,but could have been dreaming.

keen gardeners may recognise my garage light,

got the engine bay primed up,just need to find where i left my clear coat for the paint.

more photos

been busy cleaning out all the crap in the engine bay to give it some paint,what a mess,takes such a long time to get all the grime and oil off.not fun and my gas bottle has run out.

anyone want a 4 speed manual box?

swap for a box of waikatos,looks super clean.

also motor will be going to scrappy unless someone wants to swap for beer? its a 1600 with issues.

cool thanks ^^^ does the upper intake manifold and throttle elbow have re-usable gaskets?

hey guys\girls,my aisian neighbours batty was sounding sick the other day so i went over and had a look,found that the leading coil was not producing any spark (middle coil),theres 3 coil packs as you probably already know, (i don't know a lot about these engines)

he doesn't have very good pinglish and wants me to get some new coils and fit them,

my questions are;

*is this a common fault?

*who does a set of these things at a good rate?

*is putting standard ones back on ok?things fairly modified but still twins.

*are they pretty straightforward to change out? any tips or advise?

cheers max

wondering if i should be blanking out my number plates like some of you lot do..

think these were delivery vehicles? has a different back seat compared to my old sigma wagons,folds down easier,has a high stop light in the back id like to bin,has a 4 speed box that will go in the same bin,use a normal 5 speed.looks like it has a ten bolt rear diff too so thats a bonus as i didn't think they came out this early.

will look around for an earlier front end (round headlights like my other one.) no rush though.

more pics for any mitsi weirdos 

could put this in,been slowly building it up over the past year,

vr4 block 

oilling mods,balance shafts removed,new pistons,bearings etc,evo 3 head,arp head studs,new valves,

have made a top mount twin scroll turbo manifold to suit the evo 4 turbo,but can't afford 2 external wastegates right now.

looks like theres room for a windsor though

have a sohc 2L prob just put that in there for now and get it driving asap.

easy part done now,like doing this bit,its the finishing part that i struggle with,have got the paint from another project that i mixed up years ago that just happens to be a close match,haven't sprayed much 2 pack before so well see how she turns out,can always satin black it if i fuck it up.

am after some 14" sigma wagon steelies if anyone is hoarding any.

these rims are 13"s

drivers guard will need a bit of patching up,has an old ding in the front too which ill straighten out this week hopefully.

bottom of passengers guard,no dings or chicken mesh yet.

started stripping all the filth out tonight,looks good no rust for a change,just the bottoms of the front guards which is pretty normal

got the banana wagon (thats what the missus calls it) in the shed with the central heating going.

some tumeke plumbing

looks like it had a new clutch not long ago.

not sure how to put up the comments parts maybe one of you mods could sort it out for me please?.better at motors than computers 

pulling motor out,apparently they replaced the head gasket  but still water in the oil\oil in the water,they reckon the block is cracked but I'm not so sure.

just brought this out of rotorua for $400,wof,reg on hold.

2 owners before me,motor blown up.

plan was to just fix the old motor and touch up the paint but you know how these things go,its all in pieces now.

hope to give it a quick respray and get a motor in,not sure what yet,am open to ideas..

radiators may look sweet after a flush,but we had a truck at work that kept overheating with a 'sweet' rad (rad shop said it looked good) but our mechanic insisted it gets properly looked at,took it apart and it was blocked as fuck.

dunno if this hepls,but i usually start the car up, and cut a 10cm piece of speaker cable and put it across the big fat power cable out the back of the alternator and put it on the pin for the excitor,if she powers up then i know theres an issue,or keep the piece of cable in the glove box for everyday/temporary use.have had a few issues like this.good luck

they're sick mate but fairly difficult to find parts for,I'm sure most will agree that suspension and driveline components are easy to obtain\pillage off similar mitsis.heaps of these things were tectyl coated,I'm sure the owners of these cars probably have spares or may know of people with them.

the u.s? ones have gay front bumpers