The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

Hy Guys,I`m Gary from Dublin,but originally from Hungary.I raced 400cc class motorbikes back In Hungary for 3 years,and been co-driver in amateur rally for 1year.I`m originally a motorbike mechanic,my father is a car mechanic,so the love of cars and bikes is in my blood:)
4 days ago I bought my first fto(but not the first Mitsubishi).its a yr.95 gpx mivec manual,with high mileage,it requires some work,and of course its not the prettiest,but its mine:)
First thing I did after buying was looking for a forum like this,and I was very glad finding fto ireland:)
My headlights looked very crappy,so I did what I`ve seen here,sanded it down and then polished it:) Car looks a lot better now:)
I bought this car for several reasons.First of all,I love jap import sportscars,I have a suzuki cappuccino and a mark1 mitsubishi sapporo aswell,and my dad has a 300zx tt swb back at home.
Secondly,I`m planing to make a roadtrip back home,stop in Paris for one day,and then have 2 laps on the Nurburgring,and then go home:)
So I`m checking everything on the car now,changed the oil already,and i`m planing to change the plugs,and adjust the tappets, and a good few more things:)(we`ll se what I`ll manage to do )
I only drove this car a few kms,but I just love it,eventhough I`m big rwd fan. I have 36 days,to get my Fto ready for the big trip, hopefully everything will work out fine

Cheers:

Gary

Welcome. Have you been at the ring before? It's fantastic.

I wouldn't go near the ring without upgrading my brake pads (like ferodos for example, not crap ones) and discs. And tyres too.

No,haven`t been there before,tbh for this time the plan is to be there,and go around without pushing too hard,as I have to drive another 1100km after that:) But I`ll deffo buy tyres for the car,and check the braking system aswell.
I`ve been working on the car today,got the tappets adjusted on the rear cylinders,what a difference:) My car sounded very bad before ,I was a bit unsure if its only tappet noise,so I`m very happy with the result(no bearing problems,huhh):) during the weekend I`ll do the front cylinders aswell:)

Szio . Nice photo there,let's see more.
I'm at the ring this weekend really worths . Make sure you and the car are 100% ready. You shoud go to the meets also.

FtoGeri wrote:this time the plan is to be there and go around without pushing too hard

You say that now, wait till you get there

optical illusion wrote: You say that now, wait till you get there

Haha I know what you`re saying,I used to race motorbikes for 3 years, everytime I enter a closed circuit,something changes deep inside me:)
But I`ve driven home 4 cars already from Ireland to Hungary, and I know I`ll have to be sensible this time
I`ll get the car ready,hopefully everything will be alright on my 2200km tour:)

I`ll post some more pictures later.