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well my name is Max and my love for Starquests started when i got my first car 3 years ago a 1990 Eagle Talon TSI AWD (Which i built and still have today) which made me look into Mitsubishi's history and thats where i discovered the starquests which i instantly fell in love with just how they look and everything about them and that they where RWD. So as time went on all my friends where buying and building 240sx's for drifting which i really enjoy but could rarely do because i dident own a RWD car so one night while i was drifting with some friends on forza 4 with a starion i started throwing the idea around that i should actually buy one and everyone was like you should im sick of seeing 240 after 240 i mean dont get me wrong there great cars but everyone and there grandma has one and i wanted to be unique so the next day i posted on facebook if anyone knew where one is for sale and within 10min i got a reply from a buddy of mine in portland who said he knew a guy who has a widebody for sale so i got in contact with him and sure enough he did have a 87 widebody for sale but it had a rod knock but that wasent a problem for me (iv built a good amount of engines with great success) so i asked him for a picture and he sent me this

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i know its 2 colors but i dident care i fell in love with it. The body was in great shape and so was the interior so i told him ill take it. That weekend me and my buddy went up to portland and pick it up. The guy i bought it from was very nice and was sad to see it go but he was happy it was getting a good home and he through in a bunch of parts like turbo door handles, extra fenders, hood, manual seat belts, hard pipe with a turbo xs bov, full 2.5in exhaust and a bunch of other stuff. So right before we left he asked me if i wanted a 84 flat body parts car that has everything except a motor for $100 i told him sure so not only did i get a 87 widebody i got a 84 flatbody within 1 week crazy to think so now on top of having 5 dsm's i have 2 starquests. So when i finally got home i cleaned her up and she looks good even being 2 colors P.S. if anyone has white widebody fenders, airdam and front bumper that they would want to sell that would be awesome i already have a white hood but am looking for a 83 hood

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so the next weekend me my dad and my friend pulled the engine which looked to be in pretty good condition which only took 30min to pull love how easy this engine is to work on

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so after tearing apart the engine we found some good things and bad things. Good we found out that it has the 2.5l non jet valve head with a new deck and a 272 cam with ARP head studs

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Bad is i found a bearing in the oil pan with alot of metal so on further inspection it was the oil pump balance shaft bearing which in turn froze the pump from spinning which stripped all the teeth off the oil pump gear and snapped the chain so it was driving with zero oil pressure which caused a bearing to spin causing rod knock crazyhttp://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e91/toyotagt1/my%2087%20Mitsubishi%20Starion%20ESI-R/IMG_5133.jpg

so when i finally got the engine completely apart i found out that it defiantly needed bored and the crank needed to be polished. The next day i took it to my machinist and we decided to go .020 over on the bore and .010 over on the crank so that night i bought everything i would need to rebuild ithttp://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e91/toyotagt1/my%2087%20Mitsubishi%20Starion%20ESI-R/IMG_5173.jpg

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so after getting everything back from my machinist it was assembly time which went really smooth except for the freeze plugs which where a pain in the tail to find all of them but when i did it was on like donkey kong so i got it fully assembled, removed the balance shafts and painted the block blackhttp://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e91/toyotagt1/my%2087%20Mitsubishi%20Starion%20ESI-R/IMG_5367.jpg

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when i was done assembling the engine we put her back in her rightful place and hooked everything up

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well after we hooked everything up we where putting fluids in her when i noticed there was a puddle of break fluid on the ground and i tracked it the slave cylinder was leaking badly so now im just waiting on a new one to come in but in the mean time we started the engine which started on the first crank and ran perfectly we set the timing and turned her off because i want to be able to drive her to break the engine in properly so thats where she sits until hopefully Monday when the new slave comes in. A couple of days ago tho my friend and i went to Corvallis to pick up his 84 starion which i went to get some goodies he had collected over the years like a full set of 5 lug wheel that where in great condition, a turbo hatch window, widebody fenders, full black leather interior and i picked up a great condition 4G64 6 bolt wideblock for the future engine build. So now the car has 8's all around which i think looks great (wish they where SHP 9's tho) cant wait to get her lowered and driving update soon

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Heyyyyy... cool to see you've got that car back on the road!! You shouldn't swap out the pimpin' red velour though, cuz that is sweeeeeet... LOL...

 

Also, 8's are much better than 9's!! Planning to get a meet together sometime, so we don't have to go to lame ol' Datsun/Nissan meets haha.

 

-Robert

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well i was talking to my friend tonight and he got me thinking that my other 84 starion might have a slave cylinder on and sure enough it did so i swapped it out and bled the clutch and it works perfectly so i started her up and took her for a 60 mile cruse and she is running great i love it the steering is a bit off but other then that it drove great all in all i am very happy and cant wait to start working on some upgrades. more updates and videos coming soon :)
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yea the red interior is sweet lol and i personaly like the 9's but to each there own and that would be cool to get a meet going count me in and btw what suspension do you have d2 coils?

Haha most of my posts aren't serious but still 8's FTMFW... lol. I'm on a custom setup I built using MR2 tokico illumina inserts, not sure D2's are able to go this low.

 

-Robert

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Haha most of my posts aren't serious but still 8's FTMFW... lol. I'm on a custom setup I built using MR2 tokico illumina inserts, not sure D2's are able to go this low.

 

-Robert

yea i know and ok yea i need suspension asap all of my struts car blown do you have a step by step instructions on how you do it because i want to do it
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well iv been driving her alot almost got 200 miles on her still driving like a dream i love it i just need to get some suspension done now and she will be good to go and here is a video of her first start up and some pics of her first drive

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and i forgot about my awesome jack handle its perfect at least balance shafts are good for something

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well everything was going great until the 50mm freeze plug under the exhaust manifold blew out so i pulled the engine again and fixed and a sure enough the next day it blew again idk what to do now i need help please
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That is an awesome lookin car, its two tone but looks very clean and straight. I love the engine rebuild pics great job restoring that old engine :). I'm rebuilding an 85 mopar 360 then Im gonna crack into the conquest motor. Where did you find the intercooler piping I cant find a good set that is stock, no holes drilled or anything.
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It's awesome that you bought it to drift instead of a 240. Now you have a source for 240 front suspension parts to swap if you want them! Obviously you jumped right in and pulled the motor out, you seem like Starion material! Good luck.
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Why did i not notice this before, Redmond eh? I live 20 minutes away. You ever see those two one canal blvd?

i have noticed the starquest there many times it was an inspiration to be honest because i use to work in sisters and everytime i went to and from work i would see it and everytime i just wanted one more and more untill i got one
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Is it just leaking, or is it falling out?? Might have to put some RTV on it to seal it up well.

 

-Robert

i fixed it for some reason the hole is just worn so the freeze plug dident seal properly so for now i just put in a expansion plug untill i pull the motor out and weld a freeze plug in so i never have to worry about it again
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It's awesome that you bought it to drift instead of a 240. Now you have a source for 240 front suspension parts to swap if you want them! Obviously you jumped right in and pulled the motor out, you seem like Starion material! Good luck.

yea i cant wait to go to my first drift event soon hopfully now that i have the d2 coilovers and yes i will be doing a s13 rack n pinion swap hopfully soon and thanks yea i couldent wait to drive it so i just jumped right in there Edited by Toyotagt1
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so i havent updated this in awhile so here it goes i just hit my 3,000 mile mark on the new engine with absolutely no major problems at all love this car, I bought a set of D2 coilovers for Christmas and installed them with the help of my friend aaron (I cant believe the difference it made it rides so nice and smooth now) here are some pics

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here it is when we first put it on the ground with the 7's up front without adjusting anything

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and here it is as it sits today with rear 8's all around with 205/55 front and 225/50 rear i want a set of 225/40 front and 245/45 rear

i can still lower it 2in more if i wanted to but i like it how it sits plus its my daily at the moment untill i get my talon back on the road

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hopfully soon to come will be a s13 radiator shroud and fans and a s13 rack n pinion swap

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