How To "Evolutionize" your Lancer!

luvnish · Rebel Speeder Joined: 19 Jun 2008 Posts: 84

oh thanks man.

i think the GSR box code i mentioned is the right one, i had asked my friend from New Zealand to check it out
and he went out in his garage and checked right there and then. he has a CM5A GSR, so i think it should be accurate.

Thanks for still keeping an eye out for me i really appreciate it. better sooner than later i convert to some
manual goodness. i'll even make a big "how-to" on the whole ordeal.

but i have a question. say i can source a used GSR box that wasn't workin' properly and the owner had it replaced,
is it possible to source parts to rebuild a box? i dunno like gears and bushings and synchros, and the shift fork maybe.

luvnish · Rebel Speeder Joined: 19 Jun 2008 Posts: 84

Hey nipe this is the whole number i got for the code. does it look accurate?

W5M511S84
UA4054

Mitsubishi Part Number
MD975667

can u check yours and see if it matches up? if u could post your findings here, would be great. thanks!

Sanctifier · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:47 am Post subject:

nipe · Looking for the Jedi base Joined: 17 Jun 2008 Posts: 30

My one was different, I think mine ended with something like ..hmmm can't remember, will have to go to
the garage and check it, but they can differ, this last 3 bits of the number tell you if it has LSD and the ratios

luvnish · Rebel Speeder Joined: 19 Jun 2008 Posts: 84

i found a gearbox in australia, $1000 AUD for the gearbox with the transfer case, and $1000 AUD to ship. WOW.

What do you guys think?

Sanctifier · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:14 am Post subject:

$2000 AUD = $13,500 TT at least... + Duty + 15% VAT.
Don't know what your Duty and VAT (if any) are but IMHO that price is WAY too high for me...
... and you still have to ADD the cost of pedal-box / clutch master & slave-cylinder etc. etc.

BTW here's a thought. Why not buy a pedal-box / clutch master & slave cylinder etc.
from a scrap yard in Grenada FIRST. Then, as 1.8 GSR parts are so hard to get, why not just
"Evolutionize." Buy a 4G63 (with ECU, harness etc.), gearbox, Brembos etc. Then sell 4G93
& trans after you get ALL the other parts. Less "downtime" doing the conversion that way.

nipe · Looking for the Jedi base Joined: 17 Jun 2008 Posts: 30

If anyone of you guys decide to rebuild the brembo calipers with some new seals, looks like Mitsubishi
charges to much for those kits and subaru wrx sti 02-05 kit should fit just fine, but is a lot cheaper!!!

Sanctifier · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject:

^ ^ ^ I have to service the Brembos on all three projects.
I'll definately have to check prices first.
Thanks for the heads up nipe. BTW how is the project coming along?
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nipe · Looking for the Jedi base Joined: 17 Jun 2008 Posts: 30

Not too well...still searching for tyres and sizes and couple bolts to get suspension done, then have to service
those calipers and put suspensions on the car...but I'm very afraid that 8.5 rims will stick out as hell.....

Sanctifier · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:45 am Post subject:

nipe · Looking for the Jedi base Joined: 17 Jun 2008 Posts: 30

Hmm evo7 rims are 8inch wide, plus E5 suspension track is wider than e4, sooo I might be able to sort something out:)))))

luvnish · Rebel Speeder Joined: 19 Jun 2008 Posts: 84

My car has been parked up for about a month.. Sad

Front tires were badly worn and I had 17's + tires on order from the U.S. so I didn't wanna buy tires for the 16's on the car now.

Thankfully though I am clearing the rims+tires off the port tomorrow, so I'll be back on the road Midweek latest.

As for the Gearbox search, I've come up with absolute zilch, EVO conversion seems like the only logical way to go,
it's really too bad I do not have the time or money to put into that conversion right now, maybe next year, who knows.

I once found a complete EVO5 engine w/gearbox, harness/ECU, shifter console, cables, pedals, cylinders, transfer case, driveshaft,
EVERYTHING, on Ebay for roughly $3,000 - $3,500 USD, if I had the money then I would have swooped up that deal in a heartbeat.

All for now I think I am just gonna enjoy my car and drive it everyday like I usually do
(and cross my fingers behind my back for a gearbox to drop onto my doorstep).

Sanctifier, have you made headway on anyone of your projects?

Nipe, what's your status?, any update pics? Smile

I'll post some pics of the car with the new rims when I put them on.

luvnish · Rebel Speeder Joined: 19 Jun 2008 Posts: 84

Hey guys I promised to upload some pics of the car with the new rims on so here they are:

Sanctifier · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:07 am Post subject:

Rims look good, luvnish. Glad to see that you're back on the road... LUCKY YOU!

ToyRoom coming along slowly but surely at last. I fired the 1st so-called "contractor."
New guy was foreman on a new house built next door and finished two months ago.
He's a bit pricey but VERY good. Finally some light at the end of the tunnel! Smile

I'll post some "before" and "during" pix later. Hopefully just about a month more to go
on ToyRoom. Then there's my wife's commercial catering kitchen to finish. Cool

1st off after all that is getting the E6 RS2 back on the road as a "daily driver" until
the "E6 GT Clone" is finished. I saw another white E6 TME with white E7 rims last week...
Seeing it was almost as good as sex! GOD... I MISS MY CAR Exclamation

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