Mitsubishi considering 4cyl "380"

[charged]

Originally Posted by john14

Yes, I care. The Mitsubishi 380 is arguably the best car which is Made in Australia and the arguably the best car ever made in Adelaide.

What about the Charger and the Pacer

Hemi Pacer family racer

[charged]

Originally Posted by Daz27

Thankyou Mitsubishi, for more 4 pot, largish shitbox's for me to kill in later years...

They are actually a fairly underratted motor, mate has one he races and with decent pistons and rings the only smoke they make is off the back tyre's as they hose the V8's

P.S Its racing next weekend at Mallala in the second state round, racings Sat and Sun, come out if you enjoy motorsport.


http://www.iprasa.mx.com.au/cars/Peddey.htm


http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/re.../2005.MALL.R43

[nota]

Originally Posted by charged

What about the Charger and the Pacer

Hemi Pacer family racer

Good friend of mine has a limelight VJ Charger 770 cloned to E55 specs .. and then some! It's a really good example too. I went along when he bought (ten years ago!) it had a nicely warmed 340 with 4speed which did mid 14s on the 7" mags. Since then he tidied it by fitting P/S and the factory push-button A/C, then Commodore R&P, a brake/wheel upgrade and E48 diff etc etc. Currently just took delivery of an unassembled Mopar 400 B-block bored/stroked to 511cid with alloy heads & lots of good bits, a Tremec 5speed ..

I've owned three Hemi Pacers. All those old Vals still look really cool imo, I should make a post of his

[charged]

Nota, I had a VG Pacer as my first car and absolutely loved it, white duco , 3 speed hemi with a 3.5 lsd, also had a CL Charger 264, 4 speed, cam, head blah, blah pulled low 15's down the quarter. Also had a couple of CM Regals.

Once my kids get older would like to build up a charger with a 4l lexus V8, twin turbo's, 5 speed and IRS rear end.

[SlickHolden]

Originally Posted by nota

Yeah I know what you mean .. they were all fan noise and no motor .. the dinky little 13" wheels .. that dreadful whooshing exhaust sound, like Mum's Hoover on full boost

Amazing as this might sound but the Sunbird was even worse, because at least Holden-engined Commodore 4cyls did keep going. Sunbirds began with this incredibly bad Opel 1.9 litre 4cyl motor which shook and leaked oil, never stayed in tune, and to cap it off the donk usually wore out within 5 years - they were shockers!

Them little ugly wheels made it look like one of them American pimp rides the ones that have the hydraulics with them real small wheels.

[nota]

My 3 Pacers were all VG E31s, two sedans and a Hardtop. This was back in the day when Vals were dirt cheap. Both sedans were Bondi Bleach White, for $200 and $112 respectively .. with rego! They were in quite reasonable condition too. The Hardtop in Hemi Orange was a VERY nice example, like you rarely see today. Faded blackouts but otherwise virtually faultless in/out and super original, bought from a Nissan dealer in the early '80s, for $400 !! I really liked that car, it handled well and went like .. well it went like a Hemi

Not wishing to brag but I've owned around 30 Valiants over the years. Most were registered goers, ranging from a VF manual 160hp Hardtop with 3 weeks reg for -get this- $30 dollars (!) also two CH 360 coupes, a couple of CJs (one 5 y/o & 80,000kms, in black .. for $900!), a green S-Series manual, AP5s, VEs, VFs, a modded VG Regal Safari 2 BBL which was only 7 years old, various VHs & VJs (including a top-cond 265 factory-4speed wagon in red) CL, CM, a neat ex-SA Highway Patrol VK Charger V8 - you get the picture. Even an AP3 V8 pushbutton in black

I'm a fan of VH-on 'whale shape' Vals, but Chargers never seem to 'settle' in the back end like the longer wb's do, so not surprised you want a (Jag?) IRS

[Daz27]

I would kill for one of those Chrysler by Chrysler Coupes, I reckon a black one of those with a big fat old Hemi V8 and 3 speed auto, slammed on its guts with some nice chrome and a decent set of wheels, as long as there wide... I seriously think that would look awesome... I got a thing for those big aus coupes though, hell, I'll even by a HQ 2 door to make the set...Already got the XA...

[nota]

Originally Posted by Daz27

I would kill for one of those Chrysler by Chrysler Coupes.

Best I can do today is this crappy compilation pic with the better one (top left) a very straight & original one-owner CH coupe in that rare candy colour - the pic doesn't do it justice. Inside was black with the brocade cloth still in exceptional condition. I bought it off a old lady (husband recently died) with an average motor for only $1250, very soft and quiet to drive with 90mph in 2nd. The other coupe in russet metallic for $850 was quite good, I lent it to a 'friend' who stacked it within 200 yards. The huge boots of these coupes would make for a great LPG conversion

It just goes to show the risks of late-night posting, as I completely forgot about my fourth VG Pacer - the best one too, with 340 4speed! About $3500 iirc but didn't own it long and upsold for profit soon after. I had all cars in this pic except the little red Alfasud. The P76 was $500 V8 4speed ex-police and I've written about my VK Group A previously. That red CJ (also a one-owner @ $2250) was same colour as the VJ wagon, I fitted widened sportswheels, dual exhaust etc with eventually a thermoquad carby on LPG - a tidy unit imo. That's me back in the day with the linamint LC XU-1, a tidy & super original car the seller insisted had raced in the 1970 Bathurst 500 (no confirmation, although it did find rollcage evidence to correlate its vintage/rare Rainsford harness belts). I sold this really neat XU1 complete with non-original engine # (but still X-2 block with tri-carb) in the late '80s for a pathetic $2200

(sorry for off topic blab-boosting, although btw there's an excellent net-video of VH Pacer I can re-find if anyone is interested .. back to 380 4cyls!)

[2ndclasscitizen]

Damn it nota, first the VK Grp A, now a XU-1. I'm seriously jealous. Is that you in the photo with the hose?

[SlickHolden]

Originally Posted by Daz27

I would kill for one of those Chrysler by Chrysler Coupes, I reckon a black one of those with a big fat old Hemi V8 and 3 speed auto, slammed on its guts with some nice chrome and a decent set of wheels, as long as there wide... I seriously think that would look awesome... I got a thing for those big aus coupes though, hell, I'll even by a HQ 2 door to make the set...Already got the XA...

If you can find a side on pic i can slam it on the guts

[charged]

Got that right nota the old chargers have some trouble putting power down out of corners, I used to have a road behind my work with a big sweeping bend, I could do a massive drift in 2nd for a hundred metres with smoke pouring off the rear bags . Wished you could buy cheap chargers and pacers and coupes now . Mate at work is doing a VH 2 door up with a 440, progress has stopped now because he and his wife are breeding like rabbits.

[2ndclasscitizen]

mate of mine from college is a big Val fan. Had a 265 (IIRC) Regal that he always drove, as well as beat up Charger. Got rid of that one, and is building a new one. Built 265 EFI Turbo with nitrous and a 3-spd auto. It's gonna be insane

[nota]

Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen

Damn it nota, first the VK Grp A, now a XU-1. I'm seriously jealous. Is that you in the photo with the hose?

Yes, but I'm just another enthusiast who's been at it for years - made a lot of money out of cars, but lost a helluva lot more. Had some pretty good cars but alas they're all mere memories now

On a Newcastle/Melbourne trip in the XU1 I recall bombing down the Hume near Junee - a pretty rough section in those days. I was really pressing on, cruising on 90-100mph and getting bounced about something terrible, when up behind comes this XA GT Tudor which followed me for maybe 5 miles, then swept past and disappeared serenely into the distance at what must have been a sustained 120+ ... I never saw it again

The thing I liked best about XU1s was their fantastic controllability during slides. No wonder they were such great rallycars. Honestly even on narrow suburban streets in the wet you could get them sideways in a straight line and just hold them there on full oppy-lock - for as long as you liked - then with the merest tweak it'd come back perfectly straight with no dramas at all, and no subsequent fishtail either. It was easy to look good in XU1s

Maybe you'll get a smile from this crap pic of the Torana and my blue Hemi-powered MGB, with mate's old MG Magnette parked between in green. Check out all those parking tickets - we're in the process of burning 'em

[Falcon500]

Originally Posted by fpv_gtho

They'd more than like run a shorter stroke version of the current 6's

I must of done something right your begging to sound like me
It worked for fleets and taxis from the first falcon all the way to eb i cant see why a detroked lump built for ecconmy wont work now (as uninspiring as it may sound) and holden wouldent have much devolpment required seeing
as how theres already smaller versions of the alloytech used by other branches and shit their even being built here.

A 4 banger wouldent hurt the 380 and the astron is better then the sirius motors (and both are still in production and the sirius is still being used in vans and the majority are carbied ) at least the astron doesnt have half the strange hoses for pollution gear and so on.

lol nota you arnt doing too bad all ive had was a rusty XY falcon(when i was 14 drove it a fair bit too :P) 80 datsun sunny (shitest car id ever owned) and my current 84 Nissan Gazelle i like the gazelle but i got diddled i was told it had the rear IRS (rare for the year model standard since mid 85) but for $1200 with 11 months rego and a new clutch i couldent complain....if only it was irs i would of done an FJ20 conversion on it

[nota]

Originally Posted by Falcon500

lol nota you arnt doing too bad all ..

Mate I reckon there's a really good chance I also owned your Dad's old red Studebaker ..?

Please see 2nd to last para of my post here Commodore reliability