4g61t.org

Awesome! So glad you have stuck with this project. Because of you every time I get parts for my car that are dirty I have to clean and paint them.

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92 Colt GL 4g63t + AWD swap
00 Mirage LS

Thanks Aaron and sorry for causing you extra work on your project .

I did manage to weld up half of my exhaust today and bled all the brakes. It does feel good to complete another project, well it's close enough so we'll call it complete.

My last few builds didn't go so well. Well I did ok with my summit wagon but after my buddy backed into it by accident I lost all motivation to work on it. There are still a ton of things that I want to do to this car but it'll be down the road a bit. For now I just want to drive the thing for the first time.

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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

All good! Its makes everything much nicer.

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92 Colt GL 4g63t + AWD swap
00 Mirage LS

Small update. I cut some 3/8" spacers to go between the rear upper strut mounts and the strut towers. The rear of my car sat about 1/4" lower than the front and it was bothering the crap out of me so this was my remedy to fix it. Thankfully the stock studs had plenty of threads left so nothing had to be modded there. Here is the new (and level) stance.






I also worked on my exhaust some more today since it was almost 70 degrees here. I still need to weld in the flanges and make some hangers but most of the hard work is done.

This thing was built on a super budget. $27 shipped for the 2.25" in/out Thrush turbo muffler from Jegs. A $47 catalytic converter from ebay and $84 worth of bends and flanges from http://www.mandrelbendingsolutions.com . They had the cheapest prices that I could find online by far. The parts were at my door 3 days later so I'll be using them more in the future.

You'll also notice my abandoned 4g coupe in the background. Hoping to get started on it next. I sold the engine and transmission to members on here over the summer and she's been sitting under a tree ever since.

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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

Ha whats the chance we both post up a bunch of home built exhaust pics the same day.
ive kind of forgotton how much work it was to do. Up and down a million times from under the car bleh!

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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

I was thinking the same thing when I saw your thread. I know there's only so many ways to do an exhaust but it was weird to see how similar they were.

Funny thing is I tacked mine up with my brothers Miller 135 with flux core and then walked down the hill like 30 feet to my little shop to fully weld it up using my Hobart 187 MIG. So that meant taking it all off and on many times. A job for sure but I'm happy with the outcome and I didn't have to pay anybody to do it.

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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

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91 Summit hatch "Sunchaser" R.I.P.
94 Mitsubishi Mirage "4dr"
06 Kawasaki Ninja 250r "daily driver"

My brother helped me finish welding up the exhaust yesterday. I took it for a spin today but the left rear caliper was sticking. I came home and swapped it out since I had a few sets here, bled that corner again and all is good. It really is peppy. No weird noises or leaks so I'm happy.

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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

Awesome!

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49 International KB-2
72 Dodge Colt
73 Dodge Colt (Project)
84 GMC K3500
85 Dodge D50 Diesel Swap
90 Mighty Max V6
89 Mirage Turbo
94 Mighty Max
99 Montero

Chris how is it compared to a stock 14b 63t swap? I've been debating between the two for a while now.

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1991 Plymouth Colt - Project
2001 Audi S4- Stage 3 Daily Driver

I've only driven it a few miles and haven't had a chance to really get on it. It's fairly easy to get 250hp from a 4g63t though so I think there will still be a decent jump in power over this setup.

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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

Any updates on the car Chris?

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1991 Plymouth Colt - Project
2001 Audi S4- Stage 3 Daily Driver

Not really, chasing down a gremlin in the braking system. It'll drive perfect for about 30 minutes and then out of nowhere the front brakes start to drag. Let the car cool off an hour or so and all is well again. I'm thinking its the brake proportional valve but not certain. Other than that it runs great. Can't wait to get my GT lip, skirts and wing on and get her repainted. That will be the summer project I guess.

I actually drove it today as a matter of fact. Got into it a few times and its quite peppy. It's been a few years since I drove my old 91 1.5 colt with a 4 speed and this one is quite a bit quicker. Still nothing compared to a turbo csm but still quite fun.

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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

Update: After some searching online I found a guy with a similar problem on a 3000GT. He mentioned swapping out his brake booster. Then it hit me, I never bothered adjusting the little threaded nut on the booster where it goes into the M/C. Tore it all down this morning and sure enough, the rod was adjusted almost 1/8" out too far. I screwed it in, put it all back together and bled the brakes once again and it fixed the issue. Just got back from driving it around for an hour and all 4 wheels and calipers are cool to the touch. Before after 15 minutes of driving the front wheels would be warm and you couldn't touch the calipers. It's amazing how over looking something so small can cause such a headache but that's how it goes. The car is so much fun to drive and seems even faster now. The brakes were slightly dragging the whole time before and I didn't even know it.

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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

hmm i never adjusted mine either... might be why my back brakes arent working very well?




Steve

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Steve 89 colt 2.3 stroker stock top end. evo3@20 psi 13.489@99.30mph 3/10 2012
On drag radials.auto trans.launching @ 5 psi and no traction thru 2nd.