Gordon Tyrrell's 1993 Mitsubishi
3000GT (GTO) Twin Turbo
(Japanese Import)
The car was imported from Japan in April
2000
with 97,000km on the clock and in almost completely
standard form with 320bhp and 314lb/ft of torque.
Standard car figures as tested by a US magazine are:
0-60mph 5.2secs
0-100mph 12.7secs
The engine is the top specification Japanese
as sold in Europe but with ceramic turbos (just like our MR2's). The stat's are:
3.0 litre V6, 24Valve, Twin Turbo, Twin Intercooler
The car has an endless list of toys as
standard:
4 wheel drive
4 wheel steering
4 wheel ABS
Electronic Controlled Suspension. Adjustable fromt he dash while on the move
Active Aero front and rear spoilers that adjust depending on your speed for more stability
Cruise Control
Switch for quietening the exhaust for built up areas or those late night sneaking home
A/C
Removable roof section for those rare sunny days
Electrically adjustable drivers seat
Leather all round
Tyres: 235/45ZR17 all round (not looking forwards to replacing them)
| Current State of Tune: | Result | Cost in IRP£ |
| HKS Boost Gauge | Shit and going to be removed | already fitted |
| 17" Body Coloured genuine Mitsubishi Alloys | Look Great | already fitted |
| Turbo Timer (a must) | Excellent | already fitted |
| Sony 10-stacker CD unit | Great sound when I'm not in the mood to listen the the exhaust note (rarely) |
£300 |
| K&N Filtercharger Intake | Better breathing and higher top end power |
$170 incl. shipping |
| Uprated Fuel Pump |
Increase fuel supply for increased boost and bigger injectors (ordered) |
$230 incl. shipping |
| HKS EVC IV Boost Controller with fuzzy logic | Excellent. Huge increase in power. Boost holds right to redline giving savage improvement in acceleration. |
$450 incl. shipping |
Next Phase:
Spoke too soon
HKS N2 exhaust (standard 4 pipe look) Looking for one right
now.
Uprated Y-Pipe (neccessary
for more boost) Ordered
Downpipe After turbos
ARC2 Fuel control system Ordered
HKS 15G Turbos (for final tune to 450bhp at wheels using 1.2bar of boost) Ordered
HKS Intercoolers Last thing
Bridgestone S02 Potenza 245/40 VR 17 needed now
even with 4wd
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