The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

by **d_dan** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:25 pm

Other than the EVO IX and X
is the FTO the most powerfull MIVEC that mitsubishi mass produced?

by CJ » Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:34 pm

No, the 4th gen Eclipse released in the US had power figures in excess of 260bhp from a 3.8l MIVEC V6.

The Pajero Evolution puts down 276bhp from a 3.5l V6 MIVEC plant.

CJ

by **d_dan** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:44 pm

woooah........

by **paulkenny** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 4:32 am

Would it be fair to say that the FTO is the most powerful NA Mivec engine in terms of BHP/Litre or am I clutching at straws?? ;-)

by **Wildhound** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:37 am

1.6 V6 Mivec has 170 odd BHP if I'm not mistaken, which makes it better in BHP/Litre terms.

It was also the smallest ever production V6 ever at the time (and probably still holds the record?)

by **d_dan** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:42 am

nope the Mazda mx-3 was as myself and CJ both have owned mx-3's
and they were 1.8 V6

by **Wildhound** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:44 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_6A1_engine

"Although now out of production, the 1600 cc 6A10 still holds the distinction of being the smallest modern production V6."

by **d_dan** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:58 am

2 points toy you!

by **johnny** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:25 pm

Wildhound wrote:1.6 V6 Mivec has 170 odd BHP if I'm not mistaken, which makes it better in BHP/Litre terms.

Very few standard 1.6 Mivecs (4G92) would dyno at 170bhp....round 160 is more realistic.....Id expect a healthy FTO to dyno close to its 200bhp rating....so tis a close one on the ''most bhp per litre'' topic.

by **Wildhound** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:33 pm

I was mistaken about the V6 Mivec, the 1.6 V6 doesn't appear to come in Mivec form. BUT the in line 4 cylinder 1.6 Mivec IS rated for 175ps.

by **d_dan** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:59 pm

another thing is that iv always heard of mirages etc. underperforming on the dyno.

but not about the FTO even in the banzai feature the dissapointed owners still put out close to standard spec...

although its appenently not too easy to get past the 200 mark! hitting standard output in a 11+ year old car is quite impressive!

by **Wildhound** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:22 pm

Hmm. I find those Mirage Mivecs a lot less interesting now that I know they're not V6 anyhow

by **d_dan** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:27 pm

yea i was looking into them before i joined the world of fto-ireland

by **steelroe** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:04 pm

I sold a 4G93 engine from a gs to a guy a couple of weeks ago. He has use the bottom end with a 4G92 1.6 mivec head. Fits straight on. He is now fitting Forged pistons and rods.

Bore of both engines the same but stroke is longer on 4G93. Not sure of power gains yet but will be interesting to see. He is the second guy that has approached me to do this.

by **Wildhound** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:30 pm

Ok that does sound pretty sweet.

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