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Mitsubishi GTO - Opinions?
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Re: Mitsubishi GTO - Opinions? -
08-02-2004
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Ok then, how about this one (you all successfully put me off the XJSV12) Early 90's Mitsubishi GTO Twin Turbo. Seem to be a lot around, 300+ bhp for around £4k can't be bad? Insurance is suprisingly affordable. Anyone owned one or got any comments, good or bad? The 4WD would be nice, has anyone ever had 4WS before - is it an appreciable difference? Lots of stuff to go wrong but fairly common so presumably not too hard to sort out and replace parts if needed? |
There is a reason they are so cheap. They are a grenade waiting to go off.
Also they are overly complicated (Even compared to a GTR) and are way to
heavy to be a real sports car. Good luck trying to find parts for one.
Fraser
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"Depresion" <depreso_n (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:2n271nFs8boeU2 (AT) uni-berlin (DOT) de... a> wrote in message news:410ada51$0$6440$cc9e4d1f (AT) news-text (DOT) dial.pipex.com... "**-**" <nospam (AT) tamate (DOT) com> wrote in message Gearboxes tend to explode every other Tuesday and clutches on most Thursdays. Utter shite and if you buy an old one thats been 'used' it'll cost. Oh and the interiors are shite and you need a medallion and a chest wig should you buy a red one. Matt Not sure I'm worried at all about the speed, I'm certain it'll be more than enough for every day use - it might not be a supercar but it's still pretty quick compared to most stuff on the roads. More worried about the gearbox/clutch issue you mentioned - is it a well known failure point on these? They seem to be quite common weak spots on most 4wd Jap stuff, I remember the Imprezza ate clutches like smarties. Then again Skyline ones seem to take quite a bit of abuse is the owners I know are anything to go by. WRX drivelines are as weak as piss. Most 4wd jap cars have pretty weak drivelines with the exception of Skylines and Evo Lancers. Fraser |
the rear diff apart doing hard starts when the boosts been wound up a touch.
Matt
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"Fraser Johnston" <fraser (AT) jcis (DOT) com.au> wrote in message news:2n73vnFu0fppU1 (AT) uni-berlin (DOT) de... "Depresion" <depreso_n (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:2n271nFs8boeU2 (AT) uni-berlin (DOT) de... a> wrote in message news:410ada51$0$6440$cc9e4d1f (AT) news-text (DOT) dial.pipex.com... "**-**" <nospam (AT) tamate (DOT) com> wrote in message Gearboxes tend to explode every other Tuesday and clutches on most Thursdays. Utter shite and if you buy an old one thats been 'used' it'll cost. Oh and the interiors are shite and you need a medallion and a chest wig should you buy a red one. Matt Not sure I'm worried at all about the speed, I'm certain it'll be more than enough for every day use - it might not be a supercar but it's still pretty quick compared to most stuff on the roads. More worried about the gearbox/clutch issue you mentioned - is it a well known failure point on these? They seem to be quite common weak spots on most 4wd Jap stuff, I remember the Imprezza ate clutches like smarties. Then again Skyline ones seem to take quite a bit of abuse is the owners I know are anything to go by. WRX drivelines are as weak as piss. Most 4wd jap cars have pretty weak drivelines with the exception of Skylines and Evo Lancers. Fraser Err Evo's eat clutches at an astonishing rate and Skylines rip the clutch or the rear diff apart doing hard starts when the boosts been wound up a touch. Matt |
in which you would have to be crazy to do.
Fraser
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Then they should have spent some money on a good clutch as well. I believe they they were using fairly decent, know brand paddle |
I know at least one was a Helix group A paddle, and lasted 6 months.
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