Raul - Genuine Manual VR-4 - 340 HP - 1997 - Birmingham, United Kingdom

[foxdie]

Car Details

Car: Raul - Genuine Manual VR-4 - 340 HP
Year: 1997
Colour: Pyrenees Black
Transmission: Manual
Mileage Total: 135000


M.O.T. Expiry Date: 16 July 2013
TAX Expiry Date: 31 October 2012

Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom

Contact Method: Send a PM for contact details

Price: 4000 ONO normal members, 3800 ONO paid members

Car Description

Car History

Original specs:
* 2496cc DOHC V6 Engine with Twin TD03 Turbochargers (6A13TT), producing 276 HP & 271 Ft/Lb torque (on paper)
* Pre-delivery inspection and Dyno run at Eurospec 2000 on 20/11/2010, completely stock result was 277 HP & 282 Ft/Lb torque
* Full time All-Wheel drive and Active Yaw Control from Evo IV-VII series
* Rare manual gearbox - genuine manual VR-4 from the factory, not a conversion!
* Full electrics and digital climate controls

Modifications.

* Black leather interior with electric / heated front seats from facelift Galant V6 Sport
* Silver center console from facelift Galant V6 Sport
* SAF68 6-puck Evo clutch with lightened flywheel (rated to 600 HP / 650 Ft/Lbs)
* Evo 7 uprated AYC rear differential
* Evo Brembo calipers (recently changed to red from silver) with braided lines
* Toyo Proxes T1-R tyres on Enkei Evo 8 Alloys
* EBC yellow stuff pads all round with Evo discs
* Facelift hub carriers, Selby Adjustable Anti-Roll Bars (expensive!) and Daiyama Coilovers
* HKS Hybrid III Panel Filter
* Fujitsubo Legalis R 3" center / rear / backbox
* Evo 3" Stainless steel de-cat pipe
* Torqueflow Stainless steel 2 x 2.5" into 3" downpipes
* Refurbished / cleaned injectors
* Walbro 255LPH Fuel Pump
* Malpass / Sytec Fuel Pressure Regulator
* Magnecor 8.5MM HT Leads
* Iridium NGK BKR7EIX Spark Plugs
* Aluminium FMIC with SFS Silicone Hoses + Clamps
* Facelift ECU reflashed to run 1.25 bar boost with switchable maps
* Launch Control + Anti-Lag + CEL Knock ECU features
* Innovate MTX-L Wideband o2 gauge kit
* R-Spec stepper motor / peak warn Oil Temp + Oil Pressure + Boost gauges
* ABX-AGM D26L 750A Battery mounted in boot with facelift 120A alternator to suit
* Swinks Angel-eye HID Projector Headlights - Very sought after!
* Quick Shift Kit and newer gear shift
* Facelift foglight switch conversion (much nicer, rear fog light not some stupidly fitted aftermarket switch)
* In-Phase 8" Subwoofer, FLi Amp and Sony iPod-supporting head unit
* RAC Trackstar GSM/GPS Tracker

Other information.

Well looked after, serviced with only the best fluids (Amsoil fully synthetic oil, ATE Super Blue brake fluid, etc etc), always babied until the engines warmed up (by the oil temp, not the coolant temp, takes twice as long but you know it's safe that way!) and allowed to cool down after every journey. Long story short, it's been treated with respect.

The car has 12 months MOT, 3 months tax and has also been serviced recently. It will want for nothing for a good few months (bar the tax disk, which is still far cheaper than most fun cars these days!) and will give its new owner many years of service if continued to be looked after and treated with respect (FYI, service intervals are officially every 4500 miles, using Amsoil however permits this to be extended to 10-12k safely).

Good points
* Genuine manual VR-4 from the factory, not a cobbled-together conversion
* Bloody quick! One of the highest UK VR-4 BHP on stock turbos; 340 HP and 380 Ft/Lbs Torque takes off like a scolded cat! See photos for dyno sheet.
* Handles like a dream, no body roll, slightly lowered but stiffened suspension
* Looks stunning with recently refurbished anthracite alloys and angel-eye HID headlamps
* Refurbished AYC pump and uprated AYC diff will give many more years of service
* Anti-lag (pops bangs), launch control, flat-shifting and switchable maps
* Had it's "A" service (oils / filters, plus front discs as preventative) about 3 months ago and its "D" service last year (cambelt + its pretensioner, water pump as preventative, rocker cover gaskets as preventative)
* Brake pads, discs and rear tyres all have at least 2 years left in them, front tyres have at least 1 year left (based on moderate driving, keep pushing it hard and obviously these times will be much shorter)
* Recently had new lower arms fitted as preventative measure, along with track rod and rack rod ends replaced, this car is tight all round!

Not so good points
* Clock reads 135k miles, however as it's an import with some KM, this is estimated to be more like 100k miles (6A13 engines are good for 160k miles+ though, search for 'Gowfs SWOC', reliable 450 HP at that mileage!)
* Bodywork isn't perfect, has the occasional mild dink and dent with one scratch down the left side
* One alloy has been kerbed recently (some dick of a work colleague thought it was funny to smack the back of my head whilst I was parallel parking) but this will be professionally refurbished before selling (if asking price received)
* Engine has the usual 6A13 tappet noise, this goes away once warmed up though
* Front tyres have about 50% life left in them (rears however have over 75%)
* Although there's oodles of meat left on the current brakes, they have the typical Brembo squeal under very light braking
* Heated elements of front seats not wired in yet, again this will be sorted if asking price received
* (struggling to think of stuff) passenger side pillar cover occasionally comes loose, tiny bit of glue will fix it


As the car is an import, temporary insurance specialists won't cover it (nor will your 3rd party cover), so I'll (happily) do any demonstrating. Car is HPI clear, never had finance against it and any trials welcome.

I feel I need to say I'm not in a rush to sell this car, roll up thinking you can offer me a cheeky £2.5k cash and I'll tell you to politely bugger off home This car has had over £10k spent on it and is well-known in Club VR-4. Should I have chosen to break the car instead of selling it I'd recoup £4k+ in aftermarket parts alone, but I don't want to see such a rare and special beast destroyed. Therefore, I'll only sell the car for the right price to someone I believe to be a genuine owner who will look after it.

Thanks for reading,
- Jason

Bad bits

See above

[Wobble]

sod you jason , you know im looking at buying another .

£2k pick it up tomorrow

[foxdie]

Hah, keep going

[Racing.Sandals]

Awesome car, as I told you when I was looking to buy it before. Glws!

You looking at getting another VR4 or something different?

[foxdie]

Awesome car, as I told you when I was looking to buy it before. Glws!

You looking at getting another VR4 or something different?

Hoping to put a deposit on a VXR8 tomorrow

Price reduced for paid-up club members, need to sell this quickly now.

[Wobble]

£2k

[foxdie]

£2k

[Badger_01]

Geez if that was in NZ and in NZ dollars it would've been picked up so quickly lol

[foxdie]

Yeah. it's a huge bargain at that price, I just need it gone for a deposit for a new car

[alan]

wouldn be a red one with fancy exausts and 465 horses would it by any chance ?

[foxdie]

wouldn be a red one with fancy exausts and 465 horses would it by any chance ?

One of them is red but not sure about that specific hp? linky

[alan]

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/c...ails?l4=401468
very close to me i may be tempted lol

[foxdie]

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/c...ails?l4=401468
very close to me i may be tempted lol

Saw that ad numerous times, looks good. Not the one I went to look at today (another sting red one), went out for a test drive as passenger, sounds GORGEOUS!!!! *drools*

[alan]

tissue ?

[foxdie]

tissue ?

Why thank you

Face doesn't need it though

[SGHOM]

If only you had tighter nuts

[Humpty's Revenge]

£475 a year tax.........

[WOODY72]

Plus two back tyres every week!

[exevoowner]

shame to see you selling up jason hope it stays in the club

[foxdie]

Stop trying to talk me out of it guys

I'm hoping it'll stay in the club, there's another club member interested but no sale / deposit yet