The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

Hello

Iv got me a new (well to me ) GR black stick shift.
off the road atm fixing her up bit of tlc pic moro

welcome

welcome to the club.

What needs to be done to your fto?

its sorn atm

well its back so fix roof rust, so 1/2 doing that , and a re-trim -seats head liner and dash is out atm, then i have rsr springs and buying up bodykit on the cheap...

mini rebuild its healthy so not a overhaul , then on to "Project 6.5 " (talked about this in the uk site ) getting the GR to do 0-60 in 6.5 with out a turbo, with full trim
so lighter bonnet etc and n/a tuning

fair bit on my plate to get on with , an save for :'(

Surely a gr isn't a great starting point in that case?

Ah sure if it keeps you busy.

if it was a dog of a gpx it might have less hp than a good gr so no , 20 hp is noting over lighter panel's and good tuning
real good rubber to, 1sec of its time will be cost of a full fto but hay its gona b fun,

A GR is 170 hp though, that's 27hp less than a GPX, work away but there have been plenty people with GRs and tiptronics who put effort into trying to make their car as fast or faster than a manual mivec. With the price of ftos these days it seems like a chronic waste of money, but granted it'll be lots of fun trying.

Have a serious think about the cost implications.
A gpx would be a better foot hold to a project like this.

Whats the 0-60 in a GR GX and a GPX?

holio wrote:Whats the 0-60 in a GR GX and a GPX?

Mines 6.4 in a gpx.
It wasn't me who did it but I was told not much was done to it, so it could easy be beaten with more weight reductions etc.
Its said to the fastest standard one in ireland timed . Not my words but I'm not going to disagree.

the way to top speed is bhp + gearing + air flow
low 0-60 speed is bhp / kg + gearing + grip
i am holing out that it to look feels stock.

Airbag heavy ?? take it out?
gp is 40kg lighter and 20hp down so difference to 60 is minimal 50-140 mivec has the upper hand .
can drop about 20kg with lighter wheels,

The to do list---------------50% is save or rob a bank tasks
Wheels with good rubber
the bonnet fibreglass (on ebay says from ire?)
c/f boot + c/f spoiler
motors from wing mirrors
fast road track clutch - found place that can do lighter flywheels
short throw gears
cleaned out boot + dump the cd changer , swap sup for a active sub(all done)
relocate the battery to boot (parts on way)
hks spf green (new blue on the way from japland )
custom header and downpipes with straight through to a apexi N1 (got the N1 decat through)
pal in usa has a apexi safcii for me,(payed for still to post)
redo all bushs and arms-lower with springs ,got not fitted


its gona be this time next year before she see light of day ,