Perth, 4G63 GSR owner

[AllanG]

Hey guys,

I bought a GSR about 3 years ago after wanting one for at least 10 years - but it's been in storage for most of that time due to it's on again off again nature.

Now I finally have some time I have decided that instead of fixing things here and there - it'd be best to take the car back to a bare shell and build it up with everything new (maybe change the colour but nothing gay), so this forum is going to become invaluable and I hope I can get in touch with other early Lancer owners in Perth to find out more along the way.

Also if anyone knows anything about this car i'd love to hear about it, from what I can gather it was built by some place in Albany called 'Guru racing' for some kind of tarmac rally purpose as there were 'collie motorsport complex' passes in the boot - it was then sold to someone who let it get to the state it's in (and filled it full of cheap chinese rubbish parts which are now in the bin) and now to me who will do it properly (and then some).

Some of the winner things that has happened along the way

I have been informed that when removing the air con, a spacer is needed to stop the driveshaft going for a walk (which happened obviously)

I already knew about this issue from a mate in Sydney (Steve with the '4G63' numberplates on his insane GSR) so no big deal, i'll just add a new roof to the list.

big crack thanks to that mitsubishi bounce between gear changes

I would also like to point out it takes no mechanical knowledge to strip a car to a bare shell so I am having lots of fun.

That's about it for now, each day is a chance to pull another bit off the car (doors and roof came off today)

Al

 

[BMGTZ]

I havent seen that one around....is it still regoed?

hope it all goes well for you...if you get stuck, give me a shout

 

[Qik-1.8]

abit of work ahead of you mate but hope all goes well with the build

 

[AllanG]

Thanks guys, the car ran out of rego shortly after i bought it.

Today I lifted the carpet and found a nice golf ball sized rust hole under the passenger seat area, so that's just fantastic.

I already knew about the Mitsubishi roof rust issue but the floorpan was a new one

I have a feeling this car has seen some salt water in it's time, add to that 2 years of siting in storage in Rockingham I'm guessing hasn't helped with the salty breeze every afternoon.

No surrender though

 

[BMGTZ]

I know of one that is being wrecked that you could get a piece of the floor to weld over that hole.

 

[AllanG]

I'm pretty keen on hearing more about that - unless of course a new floor / floorpan (i'm sure it has a proper name) is something I could get from Mitsubishi brand new ?

There's an EVO II shell on ebay at the moment for $1500 - it's starting to become a serious consideration !

 

[AllanG]

Bit of an update, this thread is going to be a build thread soon enough.

Most of the dash is now out, everything else came out shortly after this pic was taken

I wasn't aware that Mitsubishi's suffered from that classic Nissan 'clutch pedal bracket cracking issue', but there you go - lucky I noticed this one or else I could have found myself sitting on the side of the Kwinana Freeway at 2am with a clutch pedal dead.

Now I just need to find somewhere in Perth that sells dry ice so I can get every piece of sound deadening out of the car !

 

[4piknup]

Is a ice works in sth Freo/ nth coogee that sells it. 2 doors down from a place called alba industries.

 

[7zark7]

Got mine at BOC in Malaga
FYI take a pre-chilled esky to help the ice last longer and do it while the weather is cool

 

[AllanG]

South freo sounds a bit closer than Malaga lol, thanks guys.

 

[benozi]

wish i knew about the dry ice technique i spent hours scraping mine out but you do save 10 kilos , I weighted it .

 

[AllanG]

yeah I used the old screwdriver and hammer trick in my GTI-R but ended up scratching the shit outta the floorpan, plus you can only really get to certain areas - now i have the whole interior stripped I can remove every single piece of sound deadening & maybe that rubber matting that goes up against the firewall (laws permitting of course).

 

[steve]

Holy shit - who let this guy in here?

I completely forgot that you bought a GSR! What happend to the pulsar? Does Dave still have it?

 

[AllanG]

Hey brother from another mother

Yeah the pulsar is still in Sydney, it put down 261kw at all 4 the other week on powertune's dyno and the head / ignition system are both still stock lol, dave just keeps it going for me cos I don't really feel like spending 10k to finish it when this Lancer is more of a priority !

How could I not get a GSR after the time when you got the 3076 up and running and we went for a spin, I was hooked man- it was funny as :drool: