The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

by **d_dan** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:20 pm

Guys myself and Eurospec have teamed up to build a turbo kit for the Mitsubishi FTO. the kit includes fitting, mapping, ecu and everything else you will need to have your car successfully converted from NA to TURBO.

All details can be found here
http://www.ftooc.org/phpbb/viewtopic.ph ... 90&start=0

or be our guinea pig see below
http://www.ftooc.org/phpbb/viewtopic.ph ... highlight=

by **Bernard** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:57 pm

Does this mean your car is now fully up and running?

by **d_dan** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:21 pm

my other kit was finished a few weeks ago.

but this kit I will be selling will be built and setup for 6psi so it ban be fitted and setup without any majour engine work

by **colm_mcm** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:40 pm

what bhp is your own white car gonna run?

by **d_dan** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:42 pm

tell ya when i get the ecu mapped.

im looking for somewhere from 280-300BHP
seeing as the other kit is running 263BHP @ 6 psi and ill be going up to 12psi

by **colm_mcm** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:01 pm

so these kits you're doing won't be as much of a pain to fit as the one on your own.

by **d_dan** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:06 pm

nope as theres no work needed to be done to the engine other than T'ing an oil feed and changing your sump.

This kit you wont even need to remove the manifolds.

by **Bernard** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:14 pm

I wouldn't fancy sending my car to England and parting with thousands on an unproven (therefore potentially catastrophic) turbo conversion.

It'd be a long way to go if anything were to go wrong... that's just me though.

by **colm_mcm** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:16 pm

For a lot of people, being able to see one that's been up and running for a while would make the decision to go for something like this a lot easier. It would be great if there was an off-the-shelf tried and tested kit out there.

To be honest, turbo-ing my car isn't top of the list at the moment, although a little more power would be nice. I'm more curious about it than anything else.

You say you've teamed up with Eurospec, which bits are you doing and which bits are they doing?

by **d_dan** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:18 pm

whats unproven?
The kit that i wll be selling is on 2 cars fitted for over a year and no issues.

Dyno proven @ 163BHP.
Id have no bother fitting the kit here and getting it mapped in ireland too.

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:22 pm

d_dan wrote:Dyno proven @ 163BHP.
Id have no bother fitting the kit here and getting it mapped in ireland too.

you mean 263bhp right?

by **colm_mcm** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:22 pm

d_dan wrote:whats unproven?
The kit that i wll be selling is on 2 cars fitted for over a year and no issues.

Your original post gives the impression that it's a new product,

d_dan wrote: myself and Eurospec have teamed up to build a turbo kit for the Mitsubishi FTO

Bernard (and myself actually :oops:

) could be forgiven for thinking that this was a new venture given that you haven't mentioned it in the last year.

I'm genuinely interested in this topic, and don't want to see it devolve into a lets-pick-on-dan thread, there's just so many questions that a package like this raises.

by **d_dan** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:23 pm

colm_mcm wrote:It would be great if there was an off-the-shelf tried and tested kit out there.

This is how you make a tested off the shelf kit and as Iv said this kit is more than tested with 1/4 mile times & dyno printouts

colm_mcm wrote:You say you've teamed up with Eurospec, which bits are you doing and which bits are they doing?

Eurospec will be supplying a Map 2 ecu and mapping it. they will also offer to fit the entire kit at a good rate. so you will be albe to drive in Na and drive out Turbo

by **d_dan** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:25 pm

colm_mcm]Your original post gives the impression that it's a new product,
[quote="d_dan wrote: myself and Eurospec have teamed up to build a turbo kit for the Mitsubishi FTO

Bernard (and myself actually :oops:

) could be forgiven for thinking that this was a new venture.[/quote]
I understand where your comming from and its grand.

The new product is the fact that there will now be a turbo kit that you can now get for your FTO

by **Bernard** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:25 pm

Fair enough Dan, it's just you posted looking for guinea pigs, that would suggest the kit hasn't been proven.

d_dan wrote:or be our guinea pig see below

If it's a proven and tested kit that changes things completely.

Also, I presumed that if Eurospec were doing it (as per the links) that it would be done in England.
An Irish fitted kit would be a lot less worry.

by **colm_mcm** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:32 pm

Is it still using the Impreza turbo unit? who's doing all the plumbing etc? Eurospec are tuning it, but who's doing all the greasy work?

by **d_dan** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:34 pm

we need somone whos looking for the kit so we can work out costs.

Thats why both Eurospec and I are offering to do the kit at cost price.

If you would be intrested in getting a kit done over here as iv said ill arrange for an irish tuning company to supply and map an ecu for them.

The reason im teaming up with Eurospec is that most people looking for the kit will be based in the UK and that they will be familiarsed with the kit and mapping and working with turbo FTO's

by **d_dan** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:40 pm

colm_mcm wrote:Is it still using the Impreza turbo unit? who's doing all the plumbing etc? Eurospec are tuning it, but who's doing all the greasy work?

the IHI-RH5F turbo is grand for this kit as its not too big with a reletivly quick spool up but can also run up to 8000 RPM without stalling.

d_dan wrote:Eurospec will be supplying a Map 2 ecu and mapping it. they will also offer to fit the entire kit at a good rate. so you will be albe to drive in Na and drive out Turbo

As you can see Eurospec have offered to fit the entire kit but they will be recieving a completely built kit ready to fit. But I would happily fit the kit for anyone in ireland looking for the kit as id probably do it cheaper than any garage and its money in my pocket a the end of the day

by **colm_mcm** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:41 pm

That's all my questions answered anyhow, best of luck with it, and give us a look at the white one when it's running.

by CJ » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:42 pm

Interesting venture Dan. Is there a demo car running the same hardware and ECU? Eurospec are highly regarded among the UK Mitsi community and have been working on FTOs for years.

How will the deal work, are you representing Eurospec on the organisation from (i.e middle man), have you both deveolped the kit as a joint venture?

I'm trying to understand how the deal will work in terms of the research thats been done on the kit, how many cars are running it reliably and lastly, how will payment work?

CJ

by **d_dan** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:55 pm

With Eurospec
I will be having the downpipes, turbo intake & turbo exhaust fabricated, then i will be supplying a NEW turbo and all the pipework for the kit including a modified fuel rail, modified sump, more powerfull fuel pump, bigger injectors and a battery relocation kit.

Ill then ship the kit over to eurospec where they will fit the entire kit, map2 ecu & mapping it.

In terms of payment.
The final price will be for a complete turbo kit, fitting and mapping. So the price will be for a complete turbo conversion from start to finish.

But I am willing to review the prices for what people want. EG. some people in the uk just want the turbo pipework and that alone.

by **steelroe** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:16 pm

Dan just wondering here but are you just copying the setup on the new FTO you bought and seeling it as a kit?

Is the white one up and running yet?

by **d_dan** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:11 am

steelroe wrote:Dan just wondering here but are you just copying the setup on the new FTO you bought and seeling it as a kit?

Is the white one up and running yet?

yip just got the breaks finishd

by **Uncle B** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:04 am

Ballpark figure for the complete job?

by **steelroe** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:06 am

And the answer to my first question is ??

The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

anyone looking to convert their 6a12 into a turbo?

anyone looking to convert their 6a12 into a turbo?

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