gto1973 Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 oh yea you from nz? what does yours look like yea i always look for pics hard to find. need a gto forum lol would have to include new ones lol wouldnt have many members other wise might check out sigma-galant site tomorrow you dont know any other sites for parts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Matt's a yank. BLARDY AMERICANS! He does have impeceble taste in cars though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto1973 Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 haha yea unusual taste wouldnt think many americans would like japas lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwlee Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 My understanding is Matt is originally from Oz. Finding parts is more from word of mouth rather than on sites. What parts are you looking for? Have you contacted Ken and Renee via the club http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mitsubishicarclub/ ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto1973 Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 hey thats cool thanks for that dwlee. kyteler your c110 is it on this site or only your website nice lookn car that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Only really on my site (I haven't updated it anywhere else in years), it might still be lingering on classiczcars (where I first stumbled across Matt) and maybe one or two other places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto1973 Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 oh yea how often do you update it? i was looking for photos of your panel work but couldn't find any. how long you been building it for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 You don't want to see my panel work. Not much of it is there. I've owned it since 2003, I took it off the road... uhh.. a few years ago because it had a crack in the windscreen, I removed the windscreen to fix what I thought was a little bit of rust. Turned out there was no rust where the crack was, but there was rust everywhere else. I've been lacking in cash/fulltime hours for a while and as such haven't been able to do anything on it in the last while. Anything I do though, I usually throw onto my site. You can browse all the entries on it by clicking the "110-Project" category link on RC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto1973 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 yea i had a look at it bout a month ago it'l look awesome when its finished! can't wait to get back to nz and see my car lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto1973 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 does any body know about rear sway bars if it would make my car handle better how hard to do with leaf springs ect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwlee Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Have the springs reset as they have probably sagged and at the same time add another short leaf and replace the bushes. If you are really keen you can add torque rods as fitted to the MR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto1973 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 so the short leaf makes the suspension harder? yea i'm gonna put nolathane bushes all round. torque rods? um how do they attach? i don't know much about cars but thanks for all the input guys. see if i can find some images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I think he means tramp rods (probably just another name for). I think with stiffened up springs and appropriate shocks, you'll be fine though. I assume you're not going to be absolutely thrashing it everywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto1973 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 oh yea guess not wouldn't wanna wreck it just don't want it to feel like such a boat. so would they use a leaf of my other set of gto springs or make up a special one. what sort of place do i contact to do this? (garage or there special places for this type of thing) from what iv herd nolethane bushes would stiffen it up is this true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwlee Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Not quite tramp rods but similar, click of the images below to have a look. These are from an MR that was for sale in Japan a few years ago. I wouldn't use your other set of GTO springs, but you could if you wanted. To get the springs reset is a specialist job and I'm not sure who does it in Taranaki? When I had an extra leaf added it was put in the middle of the stack of 4 so that should give you an idea of the length, as I no longer have that car so can't show a photo. New bushes don't really stiffen, but rather tighten up the rear. To really improve the handling replace the shocks and put in a larger front sway bar, but the biggest killer is the make sure the steering is tight (a gto problem area). Just out of interest what is the diameter of the front eye of your spare springs as I'm about to see if I can find some as there are 2 size listings for the early Galants? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto1973 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 i dont get home for a couple of days um you want the size without the bush in? thanks for the pics mate. i have a 1974-1975 workshop manual for galant, gto, celeste i think it def has gtos in it if anyone wants pages emailed to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto1973 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 oh how do they work i wouldn't have those mounts would i. yea someone said to put two sway bars in one below the existing one does this work as i have a spare sway bar, its got new shocks all round apparently. the back ones are def new i cant tell if front ones are and new springs in the front. ill have to call around for the leaf springs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwlee Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 No, you wont have those mounts sadly. They work by restricting the movement of the diff. It's probably easier to use a single larger sway bar rather than having to fabricate additional mounts, but I imagine it is doable. Your car shouldn't be handling too poorly if it has newish shocks etc so is there a particular aspect you don't like i.e. the twisty stuff or straight ahead stability? When was the last time the car had a wheel alignment? Remember it is almost a 40 year old car with a particularly heavy engine for the body weight so turn-in can be a little delayed and sloppy steering can make response vague. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burabuda Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 omg i half expected this thread to be dead (like any other gto thread haha) and here i find it's got 38 posts already @michael there can be little doubt we need our own gto subforum now @jesse, listen to dwlee and start bringing the wear & tear bits up to snuff (that's what i'm in the process of doing atm as well) once that's all sorted you can explore fine tuning as for rear bar, some guys say use them and other guys say they're worthless on a car with properly re-set leafs and no i'm not in nz (although if i talk like i am it's due to dwlee's influence--haha) my gto and i are living in southern california now ps, fell in love with this car years ago (but my lovely memory was dashed later when i was told it was a bogmobile) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto1973 Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 lol thanx arnt they all.. lol still good looking car!!! and dwlee i couldnt measure the id because its still in the half car ill remove it later in the week an measure it properly but the od was 59mm if this helps i dont mind the cornering is more getting it to hold better at higher speeds, its like a boat. i guess new bushes and a wheel alignment would help the old bushes are in poor shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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