EVO in to 8G

[Big Ian]

well today i called the owner of my old GLS and made him an offer for the car, which i left him to think about.
just need to sit and wait on him calling me back with an answer, i got thinking more this morning and i'm now thinking even if i don't go the EVO route i'll still be looking for a spring time project and ive had enough project E30 BMW's to last me a while! (5 in 2 yrs)
ive offered him quite a bit less than he is looking for, but i feel it's still a decent offer for a car with no mot or tax .. he payed way to much for the car, (£1600 in Oct 08) ive offered less than half .. well yeah got'to start somewhere £££

[ritch_w]

£500 would be fair for the car (its done over 100k right?), but its still a car with no MoT & Tax, so putting through an MoT can always be costly. If it was me I would be comfortable around £300 and spending another £300 for the MoT.

Roll on project "8Gevo"

[Big Ian]

i offered him £550 as it sat ... he TxT me today saying he wanted £850 at least for it .. needless to say but "ive not been back in touch with him"

[ANTHONY]

so you gonna keep the supra

[bradc]

Call him back in a few days and offer him 650

[ritch_w]

£850 is a bit steep....stick with your £550, no one in their right mind would shell out £850 for a car with no T&T!

I'm sure you could pick up a suitable project vehicle for that money else where

[Big Ian]

so you gonna keep the supra

yip .. having to much fun with it .. unless i get offered a manual VR4 or V6

i'm going to leave it a couple of day's, ive a freind who stay's in the same street as the seller and he said if it help's any he'll report it for no tax and parked in a public car park then once it has a ticket on it he'll tell me and i'll go and see him with cash in hand .. sneeky

[N9nebar]

i was thinking about a 4g93t from a 99lancer gsr into my 1.8gdi , would there be any complications with the 4speed tipbox? same size engine so road tax will be the same.

[bradc]

You would really want to change to a manual gearbox. I doubt the 4 speed auto would handle it very well at all

[N9nebar]

there is an auto version of the 1.8gsr could i just beef up the torque convertor or is that possible?

[bradc]

Is your one 2wd or 4wd?

[Turbo_Steve]

I think you'd be surprised how much abuse the old 4-speed boxes will take.

We started slapping them into our drag scoob when it was shredding a manual every 4000miles, and it lasted much much longer. Dunno what the mitsi ones are like, but the older, lower tech stuff tends to be pretty strong IMO.

[dutch driver]

hi guys,

yep i did the swap from 2.0L to evo6
it running now on 0.6bar.
the clutch is burn as hell and the tires are giving nice blue smoke all the time
and yes it's now fwd.
and that's nice playing.
only i miss the traction.
when the clutch is ok and the weather is going to be better it's going to 1.2 bar.
and when it's on the dyno i'm going to bring it to 1.40/1.45 bar
only on the road it not to handly on 1.40bar that's to much.

and yes we are coming to japfest this year.
so we can talk it all over on japfest how it's done.
you need to know some tricks to get it all done.

here is a little movie off how it's running.
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=zB7q-F0O08E

[bradc]

Is it even driveable in 3rd gear without spinning the wheels?

[elnevio]

Is it even driveable in 3rd gear without spinning the wheels?

Perhaps not for your cloven hoof Brad , but these are sophisticated Europeans we're talking about here!

[bradc]

Heh It would be fun smoking the wheels up at motorway speeds

[Eric]

I am unsure of the Galants from the rest of the world but it is possible to swap it in to a USDM Galant. With that being said AWD is a little confusing. Some parts have to be swaped out and it "Should" go in. As far as I am aware nobody has attempted it on a Galant but I knew someone the did it into a third gen Eclipse (2 door slightly shorter USDM Galant). His website is http://www.blueeclipse.net/