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    New 6G Galant

    So, my fiance was complaining about the petrol consumption in the VR4 and I wanted to take it off the road to do some work on it for a while.

    My mother was speaking to me about wanting to sell her car as she wants a Landcruiser or similar - so I jokingly offered her $1000 for her 6G Galant.

    Long story short - we now have a new car sitting in the driveway.


    I'm the second NZ owner, and it has relatively low mileage on it - the engine snapped a cambelt shortly after they got it at around 90,000km. Mitsubishi brought in a front cut from Japan - apparently it's now got an engine from a 1994 car, not sure which model though. All I know is that the new engine is a 4G63.
    The new engine had 20,000km on it - so the engine and trans have approx 150,000km on the clock.
    Cambelt is due in about 40,000km but it's cheap enough to get replaced.

    The rest of the car is in pretty good nick, there is a dent at the back and a few scratches on the paintwork but it's to be expected on a car this age.

    I know about the maintenance history as well which is a nice bonus. Only thing I really have to pay attention to is replacing the radiator (it's the OEM one and looks very brittle!) and the aux belts as they are showing age. I think there's a slight brake fluid leak from a caliper as well, so all calipers will be rebuilt soon.

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    7000rpm redline. What's the "cyclone" all about?

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    I think the idea is to give it more power. The filter is weird as it is - looks kind of like a pod filter/carby filter with a MAF in the middle - but it's not the usual kind of MAF. When you put your foot down and she winds up it makes a loud induction noise, kind of the same sound that a pod would make.

    Here's some more info: http://codsm.org/forums/showpost.php...99&postcount=7

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    very nice mate.. like that a lot

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    Needs more manual transmission and turbo

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    Quote Originally Posted by wintertidenz View Post
    Ahh right, okay. My friend's 1988 Mazda has the same sort of thing - sounds cool but still as slow as a brick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scott.mohekey View Post
    Needs more manual transmission and turbo
    Manual trans maybe, turbo no. I'd rather keep the car as stock as possible as it'll be worth more in the future. (and besides, we already have one turbo car... I get enough crap about that one).

    Ryan - this car does seem to like to get up and go when you put your foot down. It feels to have a fair amount of torque.

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    Cool man. I guess that is the point of the Cyclone system - more torque

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