Mitsubishi considering 4cyl "380"

[Falcon500]

Originally Posted by nota

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

No our old red stude was a local car but it was orgionally green and we got it as a rolling shell and we also got our siamese cat of the same person but i had a
quick word with my old man and he recognizes the description of the car (i didnt mention it was a 64 but he added that scary) and said it was in cambell in the late 70s but thats the last he saw of it....both ours a 65s

And we stumbeld on that one before i read that but thanks....also from a good source (and make note i dont give out bibliographys :P) i also have pictures of studebakers at bathurst also what they didnt mention in australian muscle car was in 67 our mate in the studebaker came 3rd outright but was regulated back to 5th on the technicality that his car was old (holden and ford didnt like being out done by and older car froma dead marque so they winged bitterly and even made threats)

But seeing as how you seem intrested ill make a thread in users rides and try and give you as much info ill keep you posted

[nota]

Originally Posted by Falcon500

i also have pictures of studebakers at bathurst also what they didnt mention in australian muscle car was in 67 our mate in the studebaker came 3rd outright but was regulated back to 5th on the technicality that his car was old (holden and ford didnt like being out done by and older car froma dead marque so they winged bitterly and even made threats)

Sorry but I don't believe that

In reality the Studebaker qualified 10th in 1967, and finished six laps down in 11th place. That edition of AMC magazine featured the very bloke (Warren Weldon) who drove the Studebaker in the 1967 Bathurst race. Weldon claims the car "was reasonably competitive, at least in practice and the early laps" but admits it required an incredible six disc-pad changes (in 500 miles!)

Considering those six pad-changes how could Weldon's Studebaker have achieved anywhere near 3rd, or even 5th?

http://www.nmrm.com.au/fact.cfm?ID_Race=8&

But seeing as how you seem intrested ill make a thread in users rides and try and give you as much info ill keep you posted

Looking forward to it!

Weldon/Hall Studebaker Daytona @ Bathurst 1967
http://www.studebakerracing.com/internat.html

[69six-pack]

I think that the 380 should come with the choice of a 4-cyl and a V-8 the only thing is that if they had a 4-cyl they may have to think about making it lighter at the moment it weights in at 1625kg even though 4-cyl will make it lighter thats still a lot of mass for it to move, as for putting in a small or big block V-8 in it Holden and Ford would have to really worry, the great thing about the 380 is that Mitsubishi have really tried there hardest and have not held back and any way I think that if the 380 had a V-8 it may be one of the best car's around... Being that they are owned by Chrysler imagine if they had a hemi in it.

[fpv_gtho]

It would still be FWD though.

[69six-pack]

I did not know that they were fwd, they would really amazing if they were a awd like in the magna surly it would not be hard to swap them over... but still i still think the 4 cyl could not do it justice.

[SlickHolden]

Up there sales by 30% if these things happen.
Mitsubishi is guaranteed long term in Australia.
1 RWD car

[Falcon500]

Originally Posted by 69six-pack

I did not know that they were fwd, they would really amazing if they were a awd like in the magna surly it would not be hard to swap them over... but still i still think the 4 cyl could not do it justice.

AWD was optional on earlier magnas and only became standard on 03 vrxs and are only available in auto.

And yes it wold be hard the 380 is a completly diffrent car...and your right performance wise but in todays markets somethings need to be considerd especially if we dont want mitsu to go.

And as a queastion what does a big block superbee have to do with this section

[69six-pack]

Im not really sure but it sure is a cool picture though... oh I mean it is what I think of when i see the mistsu 380

[69six-pack]

and do you mean that the AWD would be a bad thing?

[Falcon500]

Originally Posted by 69six-pack

and do you mean that the AWD would be a bad thing?

In this case yes the AWD system would have to be developed as there is little to no similarity between the 380 and the magna (the magnas system was made easy by its similarity between the early galant and lancer models)

It is a pretty cool picture though.

[SlickHolden]

Make life easy and buy the Torana off holden GM??? Holden buys it off them cheap and they don't need to outlay to much money mitsub gets a mid size RWD car and holden and GM gets it to.?