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  1. The world's worst kept secret is out: After years of pining, I finally went full retard and bought a Starion. To be honest, it wasn't even supposed to be this way. Only last weekend I'd lined up a nice, modern, comfortable, and fiendishly fast 2008 Mazdaspeed Axela to purchase as my new daily driver, having owned one before and knowing exactly what to expect in terms of ownership, tractability and reliability. Sunday was supposed to be the day of the full and final transaction, and I wasn't looking back in any great hurry. THEN... over dinner with friends on Saturday night, while idly browsing Trademe, one of them came across a fresh listing for this here thing. They showed me the ad, I rolled my eyes and chuckled, and told them in no uncertain terms that I'd already decided on the Axela and I didn't really have space, nor the extra folding, to also buy a Starion, and a NZ new one at that (not even a lush Japanese imported one). "But the price!" they exclaimed. "You'd be stupid not to at least take a look!" As with most pressing matters, I slept on it. The next morning, because I wasn't realistically able to get hold of Phil, I called my other Mitsubishi foamer friend Ant (but not without first posting it on OS Trademe finds... ) as I'd decided that taking a look would be the wisest thing to do after watching the price of Starions climb and climb in Japan over the last 5 years. Secretly I hoped that by tagging along with a person who knew '80s Mitsis somewhat well, he could point out all of the bad stuff wrong with the car, and steer me away from buying it. Trouble is, there wasn't actually all that much bad stuff for Ant to point out. In fact the good stuff outweighed the bad by about 20 to 1... and it didn't even blow any blue smoke! So as you can tell by the mere fact you're reading this post, I let gut instinct take over, and purchased the Starion. It's a 1988 NZ new, Euro spec narrowbody EX model. From what I can tell that means it's got the 175ps intercooled 8-valve G63B and super tall 3.5:1 LSD diff, and has a full black leather interior (more on that below). Speedo is in miles and it's only done 52,000 of them, which was one thing that swayed me towards buying it. The key differences between this and the Jap model 8-valve GSRs are the interior (leather didn't seem to make an appearance except in the very early GSR-X models, and never in black, only in blue/tan/maroon), the large TC06 turbo, and the 3.5:1 rear diff, which is obviously geared - no pun intended - towards top-speed Autobahn cruising. Jap ones have a more usable 3.9:1 diff and smaller TC05 which I can only guess makes them more responsive down low. The previous owners have definitely taken great care of the car, and I hope to continue that tradition as well as they have. The last owner, Mike, replaced the clutch and cambelt, and rebuilt the turbo. What can I say about that interior? It's totally ribbed for her pleasure, smells like the 1980s, and wouldn't look out of place in the cockpit of a starfighter spaceship. It's a shame there's no digital dash to top it all off, though! Full photo album here: https://flic.kr/s/aHskEhDhXk Time will tell whether I eventually flick this Starion on to try and fund the importation of a proper Japanese DASH-powered GSR-V narrowbody, or just hang on to it and continue blocking out of my mind the fact it's NZ new, which wreaks havoc with my OCD something chronic. But to be honest, that's the irrational side of me talking... because in hindsight if I'd ignored this one locally, I don't think I would have another opportunity to buy one at a realistic price ever again. Especially when you consider that genuine GSR-Vs are now fetching upwards of $25k in Japan. The car yard wasn't fazed when I called them to cancel the deal on the Axela - luckily I hadn't decided to pay a deposit on it. On the flip side I'm still annoyed at myself because I said I wouldn't buy any more garbage '80s cars and I'm still left with the glaringly obvious conundrum of not actually owning a suitable daily driver! Guess I'm dailying the Starion then. Discuss: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/54171-ted-huangs-starorion-0r10ns-1988-mitsuhishi-starion/
  2. I've had this since around 1998 but store it for a few years at a time. It had been 3 years when I went to get it from the ex's place a few weeks back. It didn't start first turn like normal but it started and run fine until a small bang and a lot of black smoke from I assume was a fuel leak catching, a bit of panic and a garden hose stretched further than what seems possible fire was contained and the outcome was better than expected with so far only minor damage to paint and some wiring to replace. So I've got it into work for the repairs, it has never needed anything but maintenance in my ownership so its a bit unusual to have to work on it. Removed manifold, I'm not doing a thing wiring wise I'll get an electrician to sort it and might claim insurance if costs get too high, might anyway because of the painting required. Hoping to have it running by Christmas which in my time scale is quickly.
  3. Hi guys, Hopefully someone can help me. I have a 1988 Starion widebody with the larger euro-spec fog lights in the bumper. The foglight button on the instrument cluster isn't wired up, the foglights themselves only activate when the headlights are switched to high-beam, regardless of weather the foglight button is pressed or not. What am I looking at in terms of difficulty for wiring up those fog-lights so that they activate solely when the foglight button is activated? The park-lights (which are part of the same unit) light up when the park-light button is switched on - so hopefully the wiring is there and can easily be utilised. Also, I am after amber lightbulbs for both the headlights and foglights too if anyone knows where to get those. Thanks!
  4. I've owned my 1983 Starion GSR-II for almost 5 years now. This is taken earlier this year: Bought it sight-unseen from Christchurch and drove it back to Wellington. I moved to Dunedin in 2010, so drove it all the way down packed full of gear. Spent the next three years tinkering with it and driving it all around Otago, it was pretty solid and reliable considering 80's, turbo etc. but the paint was flaking badly in places (from a poor respray sometime in the distant past), heaps of play in the steering and it was getting a bit of rust in sills, doors etc. So at the start of 2013, I returned home to Wellington, got a better job and the last couple of months I am finally starting to make some progress on the car. I hauled it into my garage and went over it with a fine toothed comb, noting down every flaw to be fixed and improvement to be made. I ended up with a list of around 160 items! The major ones are a repaint (properly this time),new wheels (probably 15" this time), getting steering sorted, LSD (if I can find one), and just a really good tidy up of everything else. So the tear-down begins : Found a bit of rust so far (mostly in the rear corners), but not as bad as I expected. Paint is flaking off all over the place, it looks way better in the photo than in real life. Pulled off the fenders: I think I've saved about 2kg in weight just from dirt and dust I've removed from underneath panels and other places. Luckily very little rust on either fender, which I am really happy about, as starions usually rust like crazy there. Underneath the fenders looks pretty good too. Just needs a cleanup and a coat of paint. The door in the background of the second photo is rust free and almost ready to go on the car also. discuss here
  5. The time has finally come to start work on the starion. the escort is pretty much done and the lancer is waiting on some funds for a link so the starion has made it's way into the garage. Plans: Rebuild engine with bigger turbo and multipoint Make a custom front to go with the kit Fit coilover suspension Panel and Paint, don't know what colour yet Put nice exhaust on it and ehjoy driving it. It has only done 37000 miles so the interior is in good condition. gearbox feels to be good aswell and hoping the factory LSD is also in excellent condition. Side by side starion projects Pulled the head off. Now have to pull the block out. engine has a loud knocking. Think its big end. Some shots from different angles
  6. Ive owned this starion for about 5 years.Just about on the home stretch.Finishing the exhust at the mo.Other bits and peices like interior and windscreen THE LIST OF MODS: 1983 starion ex euro spec Fitted with gsr5 dash motor,eterna ht eci unit,computer Hybrid 16g turbo,front mount 450x300 intercooler custom stainless intercooler piping and air flow intake with k&n pod 2 1/2 stainless mandrel bend exhust, siamese dump pipe 87 gsr5 running gear,brakes hubs etc 16 inch roh z's painted white with blue pearl
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