Kills Showing the competition your tail lights?  Tell us about it!

Is There Such A Thing As A "fast" Galant?!

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 02-20-2003 | 08:08 PM
  #1  
CrashFactory's Avatar
Thread Starter
Senior Member
 
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 370
From: Cowgill , Missouri
Default

Coming home from work as usual, in the slow lane, just relaxing and enjoying the unseasonable warm weather (50+ in February, in MISSOURI!?!?!? who woulda thought) when i see sumthing silver coming up on my left side...i slow a bit to try and see what it is and a 99 Mitsu Galant with 80-spoke knockoff lo-pro's and a huge fart can and turbo (i assume, any other reason to have IC?) roll past me :P now i try not to race (my poor car is in bad shape already) but i couldn't help myself....i sped up a bit and pulled in behind them....A friend from work, (the guy in the escort i beat from another post) was a coupla car lengths back and watched it all, we got to the light (it leads to a little offramp type road that almost no one uses)i had pulled into the right lane again, and i revved, he revved, i smiled sat back in my seat and pushed the needle to 4.5k and put her in first......light turned i dropped the clutch and we were off, he stayed even through first then i hit second and dropped the gas pedal to the floor, after second he was done, i held thru 3rd and 4th and let off at 90 (the road was quickly merging) he was 2 car lengths when i let off, he turned off at the next exit, i smiled all the way home.......at least galants aren't the ugliest cars in the world (i think that spots reserved for Ford Focuses) and his car was decent lookin...
Old 02-20-2003 | 08:14 PM
  #2  
streets's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 237
Default

I got one for u 91 gallant VR-4 ...race one of those ....it would give u a better run ,,,,
Old 02-20-2003 | 10:17 PM
  #3  
Rob x-7's Avatar
Super Moderator
 
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 12,288
From: Amityville, New York
Default

same engine as the Eclipse and they sell turbo kits and intercoolers for those 4cyl engines, so it would be easy to bolt it up to a Galant, but it only gives the car about 210hp total, its a heavy car, the v-6 galant has 200hp, but a stock 4cyl only has 140.
Old 02-20-2003 | 10:20 PM
  #4  
Erik's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 458
From: New Jersey YO!
Default

so was this in broad daylight that you saw an intercooler up front?



Streets is right though...a Galant VR-4 would pull with EASE on a stock n/a FC...a modded one would most likely pull hard
Old 02-20-2003 | 10:54 PM
  #5  
Tom93R1's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 265
From: PHX
Default

I had a '91 GVR4 before I bought my FD, whenever I have need for a 4-door that is what I will be looking for again. I called it the 4-door sedan version of the Eclipse GSX. Too bad you didnt race one of them, would make you reconsider the body kit you mention in your sig.
Old 02-20-2003 | 11:01 PM
  #6  
Mr. Ashe's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 104
Default

hehe a VR-4 would make an *** out of you.



I'm considering one. beat the hell out of the engine and swap in an Evo 4G63T suhleeper!
Old 02-20-2003 | 11:53 PM
  #7  
rx7machine's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 3,269
From: NC
Default

Yea, I was looking at one of those before.. but I thought they looked kinda goofy looking..
Old 02-21-2003 | 03:02 AM
  #8  
djgiantrobot's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 1,019
Default

i know a guy in my area with one that just dynoed at over 400whp. Keep in mind this is awd. I've seen him yank a front tire off of the ground on a launch too.
Old 02-21-2003 | 12:41 PM
  #9  
Mr. Ashe's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 104
Default

Originally Posted by rx7machine' date='Feb 20 2003, 08:53 PM
Yea, I was looking at one of those before.. but I thought they looked kinda goofy looking..
You can always go for the G-Lants big brother. The 3000GT VR-4.
Old 02-21-2003 | 05:05 PM
  #10  
Manny's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 621
From: Westchester, NY
Default

Originally Posted by Mr. Ashe' date='Feb 21 2003, 09:41 AM
[quote name='rx7machine' date='Feb 20 2003, 08:53 PM'] Yea, I was looking at one of those before.. but I thought they looked kinda goofy looking..
You can always go for the G-Lants big brother. The 3000GT VR-4. [/quote]

I really dont know why you would even consider a heavy car like the 3kgt when you have the more suitable eclipse and galant--which btw can be made respectable by doing the (required for us market cars) engine swap.

I had one of those keep up with me through 1st, although it started to fall back once i hit 2nd before i killed it...



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:18 AM.