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I agree, these little vans are so fun to drive and you can haul a ton of stuff in the hatch. I've often wondered why they didn't send more of them over here. They should have sold really well but I guess they didn't since you hardly ever see one on the road.

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93 Mitsubishi Expo LRV 1.8/manual
95 Eagle Summit DL Coupe 1.5/manual
01 Mitsubishi Mirage ES Sedan 1.8/manual

I don't see a lot of Mitsu products from the early-mid 90's on the road, in general...
I hope you like the side-exit. Every side-exit car I've ever been in has been very droney and loud, but they also weren't using full-size mufflers.

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91 GSX - 511fwhp and 352 lb/ft 25psi 110 octane, 7.68 @ 95.9mph 1/8th 21psi 91 octane, 11.93 @ 112.9mph, 117.7mph best trap speed, 20psi 91 octane
98 Volvo S70 T5 - DD

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if it is annoying in anyway I can just add the piping all the way to the back. full size muffler in cat position does far more than full size at back. two full size under car should be great. little worried about scaring cars on my left side though. or scaring myself getting on it next to brick walls.

tires for the 15in rims came in yesterday. immediately drove to walmart to get them mounted. they dont look as good or corner as well as the low profile 16s. but WOW does the car ride nice. the 16 inch tires are worn out, very noisy and didnt take bumps well. . pretty much hated driving the car. the kuhmo sense tires are super nice. very quiet, very smooth, and steer very well considering the sidewall height. this setup likely wont be final, bit will do for now.. will revisit 16s and 17s after the turbo setup is in and kickin and the suspension is rebuilt and setup the way I want it.

shaved 10lbs. today. 5lbs. with old momo steering wheel, and another 5lbs. removing two small dash speakers. still chipping away at the cleaning. need to take carpet out for pressure wash. need to pick up some dye to refresh all the plastics. but looking pretty good with just a good cleaning.

Good news, the tach goes to 8K.

I hope to have Ricelss90 built summit at shootout this year.
I am excited to see this build as it encourages me to work on the summit to tidy things up and to all around enjoy the car.

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92 Colt GT 4G63t
92 Summit TSI AWD 4G63t Auto
92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD Auto DRag CaR
5 X 90 Talon TSI
90 GSX
99 GSX..........31 Dodge 4dr Rat Rod, 67 Catalina, 92 3kgt vr4, 83 Civic,4 00 F-350, 01 Chevy 2500HD
3 KIDS, FUTURE FIANCE, AND CAR ADDICTION

spent about an hour cleaning up the engine bay today. clean enough to share a picture. also used the car today to cash in on about 600lbs of steel. got to see where the suspension needs to be. want to get it lowered about 1.5 inches in front and two in the back.

detailed the door panels today. started here because the original door speakers were blown. when building a car I like to start with the largest annoyances and work my way to the smaller ones. the speakers are from an evo VIII and fit nicely by trimming the door panel. two of the original mount holes line up. the other two work by adding washers and clamping down on the lips. I wondered why the panels were fading on the lower section but not the tops. its because the tops are a nice quality vinyl and the bottom is plastic. i used SEM "bumper coater". the shade is a perfect match for the darker grey inside and the trim strips outside. dont use any other plastic sprays available. I tried most stuff on the market and this stuff is high quality. just smokes everything out there. purchase from automotive paint supply. they have like 40 premixed colors available and can mix any shade you want.

This the stuff?

Which color?

Charcoal or Medium Smoke?


http://www.semproducts.com/automotive-b ... per-coater

aw yeah, didnt remember there being that many colors for the bumper spray. 39193 dark grey

added a readers digest rundown of build plans to post number one.

my mini projects for the weekend. bumper cutouts. cut some cardboard out to play with design. there will be coolers in the fenders so I need airflow there, plus extra cooling for the I/C. not final but will be close. The goal is to make it look cool while not looking hacked. as factory looking as possible.

also picked up another wheel. felt the smaller 14.25 momo wheel didnt add much in the way of steering response. so i started shopping for a full size wheel on ebay and found this 15in wheel. I like the look of this wheel much better. and it should have a safer feel with the knurled back. I think this wheel with a talon 2.75 rack will be the winning ticket. the stock rack is 3.10 turns and just feels lethargic to me. will give it a try anyway.

That is a cool steering wheel. What is it from? I like that it looks very oem and period correct for a car like yours

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Black 1989 Colt GT with 4g61t. 200k miles and climbing. Rebuilt 2.0 in the works.....
14b, 450cc's, 3" exhaust, small fmic, all running on megasquirt version: DIYPNP
White 1992 colt-vista wagon 2.4, awd, auto (daily)
Keane

Thanks, I believe it is a factory wheel from some production car. ad didnt say what it was from. My thoughts were exactly as yours. I think it fits the era of the car perfectly.