Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

I doubt it will be dyno ready for the spring dyno day, 59 days away. I would like to have it up and running under its own power by then, but dyno ready will be pushing it. Then its track ready before I worry about putting the power down on a dyno day. Besides the last time I tried this dance I was smoked by some white evo anyways.

~John

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

lol

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_13329.jpg
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http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_13330.jpg
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_13331.jpg

Here is what it looks like for the basic spark plug changes, timing check, water to air intercooler work or filling with ice, etc.


http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_13332.jpg
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_13335.jpg
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http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_13337.jpg

Anything more and the 4 pins are removed the front end come off to make working on stuff a lot easier. I will be making slide in bolt trays for the front and fire wall mounts.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_13343.jpg
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_13341.jpg

Let me get in there and just pull the tranny real quick like.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_13340.jpg

Swifty, this pic is for you.

There should be more to come in the next few days. I have compiled a list of parts needed to make this the record breaking car that it should be. Thanks for looking.

~John

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

Sooooooo bomb john!! Awesome project

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

haha, You might need to be able to pull the tranny a few times making this kind of power. Looking good man, is this just the mock-up motor yet?

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

Fucking badass, lets get this thing rolling!!

A lot of records are getting set this year so do it up!

I remember this thing a few years back at the shop I can't believe how far it has come, also how far it has come since the pics I saw of it when you first had it.

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

Are you doing straight cut gears with this car?

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

It would need a dog box at its full potential for sure. I will start out with a shep stage 4 or equal and see how far it will go. This is just a mock up motor the real deal will be home soon and I will just get it up and running with a regular tranny and the clutch I had before. Then save up cash needed for the tranny and clutch situation to get worked out.

~John

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

Thanks for the pic, looks like you will clear everything just fine under there. I am curious as to it's conditions soon. You thinking about doing the sequential shifter setup at all? There was one on talk a while ago that was for sale for like 1200. Just all the brackets, shifter, etc. looked pretty slick..

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

Standard hand and foot shifting for me. If I did anything else it would be the auto trans.

~John

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

Auto baby oh yeah!

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wow. amazing work man. Every time I look at the engine bay, I forget it's a GVR4 lol!

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http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_14001.jpg
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_14005.jpg
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_14004.jpg

The 4 pins for the trunk lid and installed and the heights set. The 2 in the back fit nice under the wing and its easy to slide on and off for filling up, battery or fuel pump service or filling the nitrous bottle.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_14006.jpg
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http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_14013.jpg

Now with the trunk lid off the break lights and license plate area are mounted to the chassis and just the trunk lid and wing come off. I have a little more lining up and finish work back here.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_14017.jpg
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_14018.jpg

Here is the trunk lid down to the basics. I also added 2 braces on the rear deck lid. Also the front hood pin locations are fabricated, now I just need a hood to install.

http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/s.../50R15&type=SS

Here are the tires I want to run on all 4 corners. Now I just need to find a wheel to fit a 4 x 114.3 bolt patter and be 15" x 8" wide. Enkei RPF1 or similar.

~John

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

I think I just pooped myself.

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

Nawwzz!!!! lol


Only 8" tires? I guess I figured you would need wider for the kind of power you will put down. But hey I'm sure you know waaay more than me haha

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

The rim is 8", the tire tread is 10.5".

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

Amazing work as usual.

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

I converted my GVR4 to standard from a donor DSM in the junk yard....its well worth it because the wheel options are much better....also I own only one set of 4 lug wheels.

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

I have thought of doing the 5 lug conversion, if the rims become an issue I will switch over.

~John

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

Ok, makes more sense. lol

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I've also heard good things about the QTP's for tires john.

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

the 17421 or the 17500 would work. I would have to run tubes but thats not a big deal.

http://www.summitracing.com/search/B...iew=sku&page=1

~John

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

Just saw this thing. Amazing!!! This will be one heck of ride. I can't wait to see the finished product.

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_15003.jpg
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http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_15005.jpg
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I now have the 4 hood pins mounted, then I just set the height when I have a hood to install. And the hood can be removed for easy work or can be pulled off with the front clip for bigger jobs.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_15010.jpg
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_15011.jpg

I boxed in the upper frame rail to the unibody structure, this will help make the front end as strong as possible. Just a little more clean up and a few more welds, then its onto painting before the motor goes back in for finish assembly.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_15008.jpg

This strip of aluminum replaces the 2lb stock blob of metal, and this does the same job but is a 1/4 of the weight. This is the rear subframe front mount to the body.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_15006.jpg
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_15007.jpg

The rear bumber cover is back on, I have some tabs on the top underside lip, then the plate in the middle that holds the bottom up. Now just a few more rivits and brackets in the wheel well area and the back of the car is done minus the rear window.

It is getting closer, we will be painting this weekend, then build the dash and start to lay out the wiring.

~John

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

I realized the other night that I rode in this car back when it had no interior and two seats. We did a pull on 694 with Ryan in his green Galant VR4. Kind of surreal seeing it take on this transformation.

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

I'm also thinking your wheel selection will be much better with a five lug conversion but you never know, there might be some out there.

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

That rear subframe aluminum piece looks scary, is that really gonna help?

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

The aluminum strip is 3/16" thick and tomorrow I will add spacers to hold the sub frame tight up to the body mount. The stock unit is 1/16" steel and just has what looks like a big washer welded to it to make it as big as the sub frame. But the stock unit tightens down on the center sleave thus not making contact with the sub frame itself.

~John

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

Looking good dude! I love the hood design, that it can come off with the front clip or by itself.

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

We have decided to paint all the high traffic areas mat black, and the interior a grey color, the exterior will remain summit white. The idea is to keep the engine bay and trunk looking cleaner.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ture_16006.jpg
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This will match the block and valve cover that are black also.

~John

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

I suppose I never did post up a complete mod list, so here is updated version.

Engine:
2.0 block bored and honed .040 over
wiseco 9.25:1 pistons
Crower rods
stock 2.0 crank, balanced and polished
King std sized rod and main bearins
ARP main studs, line bored and honed with pins in the main caps
removed balance shaft
Cometic HP head gasket
A1 L19 head studs
major head port work
1mm over ss valves
shimmed crower valve springs and shaved down chrome moly retainers
Crower 288 cams
Crower cam gears
Greddy blue timing belt

Turbo setup:
Garrett standard bearing GT4202 with 1.01 divided housing (I will up grade to the Billet 4202 and Tial exhaust housing later)
custom divided top mount T4 exhaust manifold
custom REEF drag SMIM with 3 injectors per cylinder
PTE WTA intercooler core with custom end tanks 3.5" in and out
custom wta intercooler heat exchanger, 4 gallon system with ability to add 1.5 gallons of ice
twin tial 38mm waist gates
4" tube style exhaust
10lb NOS bottle, will be a 75/100 shot dry in the TB or 100 shot direct port dry

Fuel:
8 1600cc injectors (2 per cylinder) as secondary injectors
4 450 or similar injectors(factory location) for low throttle
fuel pump/s will be aeromotive A1000, aeromotive eliminator pump, or 4 Ford GT fuel pumps(330lph)
-10 aeromotive AFPR
1/2" aluminum hard line, feed and return, -10 SS braided line from pump/s to hard line and hard line to fuel rails and AFPR
pump gas fuel E-85 3x psi
race gas E98 or C/Q-16 5x psi
AEM EMS, 5bar map, GM IAT, secondary injectors ran from a injector driver box to split the secondary injector signals(4) to run the 8 1600's.

Drive train:
shep stage 4 or similar tranny
twin disk clutch or equal
stock tcase
stock 3 bolt ring and pinion
4 bolt LSD diff
stock 4 bolt rear axels
stock front axels
solid mounts on just about everything
Tire option 1 click
Tire option 2 click
tire option 3 BFG drag radials 275/50/15
Rim will be a Enkei RPF1 or similar 15x8 4x114.3

chassis:
8 point 1 5/8" .083" wall DOM chrome moly roll cage
tied in front tubular frame structure retaining factor strut location and engine mounts
1 5/8" .083 dom chrome moly dash bar
added 2" x 3" .125" wall mild steel frame rail for main hoop and D bar mounts
Kirkey race seat w/ custom mounts and 5 point G force safty harness
I will buy a Hans device when things start to get fast
K sport coil overs for a 1g
lexan rear window
removable front clip
removable trunk lid
stock breaks
EBC red pads all around
slotted rotors up front
SS break lines
new ball joints and tie rod ends
custom fabricated strut bars
The rolling chassis weighs in at 1500lbs
Total race weight with drive should check in at around 2400lbs
The fastest this car has gone is 11.66@122, as posted on DSM Times. This was 3100lb race weight and about 440awhp.


~John
Any other questions or if you want to see more/different pics of something let me know, thanks for looking.

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

That's one big ass list, looks real nice though, cant wait to see it run.

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

Why a cometic headgasket? Why not a Felpro permatorque or whatever. All the HIGH hp guys are running that with L19s and love it.

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

Wow, that's quite the mod list! I hope I get the chance to see this run down the track sometime!

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

I bought this gasket 6 years ago. It seemed to hold up fine last time it ran. The engine did not push coolant. If the gasket does not work out I will buy the Felpro, again I am starting low on the power and this should hold for a while.

~John

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

That engine bay looks amazing painted.

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

This thing is really shaping up John, do you have an ETA on when you expect it to be done?

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

I can't wait to see this, I'm loving all this crazy build stuff I'm seeing lately.

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

Don't forget last "go around" the car made 660+awhp easily on the last setup, never saw track duty.

Re: 91 Galant VR4
 

The ETA on going down the track is riding on getting the cash together to finish it up. I made the list of stuff still needed for this, and its kind of a big number, a little less then I was thinking though. It might just get up and running enough to drive around, but no track duty for a while, I hope this race season it can show a little of what it can do.

~John