New member saying what's up!

What's up fellas and fellets.

I haven't been on this site in about 2 years. I had an eclipes in my other life. Made the upgrade to something better in my opinion. Just wanted to say what's up and you'll be seeing me often.:smokin:

welcome to the 3/s forums man. saw your car in the photo thread, looks nice.

what year/trim eclipse are you coming from?

Welcome (back) to AF. Its always nice to have people in the 3/S section. You should take pics of your car and put it in the "Pics of Your Ride" thread, cause we all like to see what each other are rollin in:)

Edit: never mind i just looked at the photos of your ride thread lol

Welcome to the forum. Did you custom build you CAI or how did you get your hands on it?

Blink - Thanks, I'm coming from a beat up 1996 Mitubishi Eclipes Spyer GS. The top leaked bad so im glad I got rid of it and have a hard top again.

SL3000 - Thanks also, I got lucky and bought it like that. The sad that about my car is that it's a BASE model. I would be happy with just 40 more hp.

Welcome (back) to AF. Its always nice to have people in the 3/S section. You should take pics of your car and put it in the "Pics of Your Ride" thread, cause we all like to see what each other are rollin in:)

Edit: never mind i just looked at the photos of your ride thread lol

I could've sworn it was there. I think it got removed cause of the size. I'll report a smaller pic.

welcome, check out the FAQ when you have a chance....lots of good stuff in there for new owners.

Thanks IGO:sunglasse

***Update***

So I thought I bought a BASE model 3000gt. To my surprise, that GTO on the back was not a fancy sign someone made up (like I thought). This car was listed as having just 161hp@5500rpm, SOHC, FR drive, etc... I checked out the FAQ's then did some research of my own.. This is what I have...

Grade GTO SR, produced from 1998 (august)

GENERAL

Body type Coupe
Drive FULL 4WD
Transmission Advanced 5 speed manual
Displacement, cc 2972
Frame GF-Z15A-MNPM
Price of new car, thousands yen (Tokyo area) 2998 (~$24900)

SPECIFICATION (SPECS)
EXTERIOR

Exterior dimensions (LxWxH), mm 4600 x 1840 x 1285
Interior dimensions (LxWxH), mm 1570 x 1510 x 1070
Wheel base, mm 2470
Treads (F/R), mm 1560 / 1580
Ground clearance, mm 145
Curb vehicle weight, kg 1600
Gross vehicle weight, kg
Seating capacity, persons 4
Doors number 3
Min.turning radius, m 5.7
Fuel tank capacity, l 75

ENGINE


Displacement, cc 2972
Engine model 6G72
Max.power (Net), kw(PS)/rpm 225 ps (165.49 kw) / 6000 rpm
Max.torque(Net), N*m(kg*m)/rpm 28.0 kg*m (274.59 N*m) / 4500 rpm
Power density 7.11
Engine type V type 6 cylinder DOHC24 valve
Engine information
Fuel system ECI-MULTI (electrically controlled gasoline injection)
Turbocharger No
Fuel type Unleaded premium gasoline
LEV system (Low emission vehicle) No
Compression ratio 10
Bore, mm 91.1
Stroke, mm 76
Final gear ratio N/A
Fuel consumption at 10-15 modes, l/100km 10.8
Fuel consumption N/A

welcome back to af, if you haven't already you should post a pic of your car in our sticky above.

I could've sworn it was there. I think it got removed cause of the size. I'll report a smaller pic.

Its in there. I was just saying that i hadnt looked at the thread yet and i didnt know you had a pic in there. Very nice looking car:thumbsup:. So its a real SR? I dont know much about the jdm GTO's but i thought the SR was dohc. And isnt the compression ratio on sohc's like 8:5:1 or something? I know its 10:1 on dohc. Now im all confused lol. Nice car nonetheless.

Thanks man.

I guess i'm going to have to post pictures of the engine, etc..


Stay Tuned.

Yeah, can you post picks of the engine bay and of the rear differential. Not saying I doubt you, it's just pretty uncommon for them to be imported to the USA. Not really cost effective, you know. SR is the DOHC 222hp AWD version of teh SL basically. If it is in fact an SR, congrats you maybe the only guy on here with one.

Ok here are pics of the interior & engine bay. Although this looks like a SOHC, at this point i have a feeling that this is a true GTO. If base models dont come with Leather seats, whoever had the car before put alot of work in the interior..
http://home.earthlink.net/~twc4078225795/images/Interior.jpg

Here is a quote from Wikipedia

The 3000GT SL was the luxury version of the family. This model was mainly interpreted by the standard options that were not standard or available on the base models. Some examples were the rim size, ECS (Electronically Controlled Suspension), anti-lock brakes (http://www.3si.org/wiki/index.php?title=Anti-lock_brakes&action=edit), alarm system, sunroof, cruise control, power options, leather, and in the last three years, the engine plus many others.
Now here's the funny part, this looks like SOHC to me. You be the judge...
http://home.earthlink.net/~twc4078225795/images/Engine%20bay5.jpg

Here's a side shot

http://home.earthlink.net/~twc4078225795/images/Engine%20Bay3.jpg

Here's a tag

http://home.earthlink.net/~twc4078225795/images/Engine%20Tag.jpg

That's an SOHC plenum.

Easy way to tell, look under the back of hte car. Is there a rear differential between teh 2 rear wheels?

http://www.stealth316.com/images/reardiffdrain.jpg

Is there a driveshaft going from the front to rear of the car?

What side is hte steerng wheel on?

The steering is on the left side.

Not looking too good..lol

how do i post a new thread?

Go to the main 3/S page and in the upper left corner there will be a button that says new page.

As for your car, unfortunately it is not a GTO. As to my knowledge there are no LHD GTO's(except maybe in Australia?). Still, SOHC's aren't that bad.

OK guys.. We can call off the search now.

I called the local Mitsubishi dealer, gave them the last 8 digits of my vin, he pulled up SOHC:banghead:

Well it's still better looking that 98% of everything on the road :grinyes:

Igo.

You are right about that!!!:grinyes: