My new car..

[TopCat]

Well, I finally decided a while ago to put the GS up for sale (after months of debate in my own head and a final gentle push, you know who you are ). At first I wasn't too pushed about selling, as there was nothing that caught my eye on the market, but that all changed last week. So, after some more agressive advertising, I sold the GS last night. Was genuinely gutting seeing it go, has been a great car for me.
But, I've moved on, and now I'm the very proud owner of...





Don't think I need to say a lot about this car, most of you will be familiar, some more than others.

[Marie]

Oh Shane's old car, could be a problem, he will be on your back alot to keep it in good shape!

Well-wear though, really nice car!

[Myfeckin FTO]

Delighted to see this FTO back on the forum and with a guy I know will really look after it. Looks like a small bit of work to be done (front splitter, paint match on rear etc) but you should have a sound FTO there.

You'll also have a nifty FTO for any 1/4 mile / track days you might want to do.

[TopCat]

Cheers lads.
Yeah, to be honest it does need a bit of work, but its nearly all aesthetic, she still feels very tight and runs very well, so thats a great starting point.
The back bumper isn't actually that bad, I think the photo made it look worse, but I'm still considering putting a DC bumper on the back, not sure what to do with the front yet.
One of the brackets on the front light is broken, need to have a look at that and see if I can fix it myself or else will be on to Rory. Centre console is cracked, but I have a project in mind for that anyway. I need to wire up the radio too (put back in Shane's one), and a few other bits and bobs, but nothing major, and I still think I got the car for a bit of a steal.
Have to say when you get her in the mivec range (overtaking only of course), my god does she move!
And yeah, I will be looking to put it back on the quarter mile at some stage, see if she's still the quickest about!

[fatboyfat7]

Congrats Tom, know what you about that Mivec alright! Never got a chance to see this one in the flesh but all in good time please god!

[d_dan]

savage buddy congrads. looking forward too seeing how things get on

[Sebastian]

nice one kiddo .
good choice of a car

probably the quickest FTO in Ireland (of course you have to prove it in 09 )

[Muad_dib77]

Awesome - congratulations! Good choice of car.

[Uncle B]

All you need is a turbo to go with the timer and intercooler!

probably the quickest FTO in Ireland (of course you have to prove it in 09 )

Sounds like a challenge to me!

[Sebastian]

All you need is a turbo to go with the timer and intercooler!

probably the quickest FTO in Ireland (of course you have to prove it in 09 )

Sounds like a challenge to me!

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GPX manual MyFeckin FTO 14.789 (06)
GPX manual muad 14.832 (07)
GPvR manual Russman 14.920 (06)
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[Uncle B]

I'd like to see dan's have a lash at it

[TopCat]

Thanks for all the nice comments. I'd a feeling it would get a welcome return.

All you need is a turbo to go with the timer and intercooler!

No way. I admire Dan for what he's doing, but its not something I'd personally go after.
As for the 1/4 mile, yeah, it still holds the title, but I'm not one to let it rest at what it could do, so I likely will be finding out if its still in the 14's as soon as possible.

[TopCat]

I'd like to see dan's have a lash at it

Yeah, that will be interesting, but should be a hands down win for Dan.
Personally I would love to have seen what Dan's would have done with all the mods bar the turbo itself. A lot of work went into it and there's a shame there is no real numbers of what it (and potentially other FTO's) can achieve n/a.

[Bernard]

Nice one Tom, I think we'll have to organise a Limerick mini meet sometime soon.

[colm_mcm]

Good to see it go to someone who'll take care of it! serious bargain considering.

Was the 1.8 sold to someone on the forum?

[power]

congrats on de new car, i love the moulded dc skirts!

[TopCat]

Was the 1.8 sold to someone on the forum?

He's not on here yet, but I told him about the website.

A limerick mini meet would be good, gutted I can't make it to the one up north.

[CJ]

Delighted to see this car back on the forum, best of luck with it Tom.

CJ

[ftolam13]

Congrats

[Dave]

Nice one Tom, glad to see this car back in the club, it was always one of my favourite FTO's, I'd go with the top mix front splitter again if I were you, it looked quality with that!!

Anywho, well wear!

[TopCat]

I'd go with the top mix front splitter again if I were you, it looked quality with that!! ...

Thanks. Was thinking about something like this perhaps. Thoughts/comments??

[Myfeckin FTO]

The variants of the Bozz front bumper do look very well - but they are also very low.

I'd also consider a HKS front end (a la Ivans FTO on here) -

http://www.rb-performance.co.uk/catalog ... ucts_id/80


or maybe a DC front to match the side skirts.

http://www.epracing.co.uk/list.asp?Prod ... idCode=FTO

[Muad_dib77]

There's a couple on here..

http://www.jdltuning.com/mitsubishi/fto.html

[Dave]

I still think the top mix lip is the best of the bunch...

[TopCat]

Yeah, I'm a little bit worried about how low it would be. How do you find yours to live with from day to day Dan?

I just spotted the above one for sale over in on the FTOOC site, so thats why i was thinking about it. Its the right colour and all so might be good value.