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Leesfer's 1986 Mitsubishi Starion


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Bought this car for $600

 

The previous owner had no documentation at all and said that the clutch was bad and that it couldn't build boost.

 

The car was originally silver but someone at some point painted it with what seems to be white spray paint.

 

The interior is terrible.

 

http://i.imgur.com/QVU17.jpg

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The next weekend I installed a new clutch which fixed the boost issue, too! Turns out it couldn't boost because it was slipping so badly

 

So now I have a fully running rust-free Starion for under $800 Suh-weet!

 

http://i.imgur.com/YxvnY.jpg

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Now let's open the hood and take a look at what we brought home

 

http://i.imgur.com/NpHZo.jpg

 

Ew.

 

We need to fix this. Clearly there was a radiator leak that no one bothered to fix and no one thought it would be a good idea to flush the rusty water out of it either.

 

It's time to start taking things apart, lots of this stuff needs to go... goodbye ABS, A/C, Cruise Control, etc and hello SR20 aluminum radiator

 

http://i.imgur.com/ceczm.jpg

 

A little wire tucking and 20 minutes with a pressure washer

 

http://i.imgur.com/l6051.jpg

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Changed out the brake discs with some slotted and drilled rotors

 

and test painted a wheel

 

http://i.imgur.com/UB7KX.jpg

 

 

 

Also got my new seats in around the same time! (still haven't installed these yet, I need to have the brackets modified to fit)

 

http://i.imgur.com/D8IUb.jpg

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A whole bunch of goodies

 

MSD 6al + tach adapter (these CARB legal if anyone was wondering!)

Blaster ignition coil (this is CARB legel, too!)

NGK wires

NGK spark plugs

Aeromotive AFPR

Walbro 255 fuel pump

MegaSquirt inside a modded stock ecu case (Thanks Scott87Star!)

 

http://i.imgur.com/joIwu.jpg

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Alright so clearly this build is getting pretty hefty so we need some solid injectors and a larger TB than stock

 

BadToad was parting out his TBI build so I picked up a 52MM throttle body from him that came with Trilogy 650/950s

 

http://i.imgur.com/zyPiJ.jpg

 

 

Then I swapped out those Trilogy injectors with 1050/1050 Delphi injectors

 

http://i.imgur.com/aCNQN.jpg

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Here's what we've all been waiting for (okay, at least I was waiting for it)

 

The turbo build that will be powering this Starion, a Holset HX35 with a BEP .63 A/R hotside and Turbosmart 38mm wastegate mounted on a Turbonetics T3 manifold

 

I picked up the turbo from a Cummins forum for $115 shipped and got a rebuild kit for $40

 

I had it dropped off at a metal plating shop near me and they did a fantastic job on polishing the compressor housing! The pictures don't do it justice at all... it came out a lot better than I was expecting

 

http://i.imgur.com/F8JIF.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/jCHLH.jpg

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This car is gonna be a Bad M'Fer soon.

 

I sure hope so!

 

Little update: I got my fuel filter in and continued making my stainless lines

 

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh538/leesfer/IMG_20120224_212733.jpg

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Got the head back on today and painted the valve cover wrinkle black... it didn't turn out as nice as some here but it still looks good

 

My valve cover is hitting the ARP studs I put in so I need to search around and see what you guys have done to fix that ( I know I've seen a thread around here somewhere about this issue)

 

The cam isn't in yet, it's still an unknown cam, I need to take it down to Schneider so they can check it out on their cam doctor... I think I may hit a junk yard to see if I can find some roller rockers from a Caravan, too

 

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh538/leesfer/IMG_20120225_133704.jpg

 

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh538/leesfer/IMG_20120225_135149.jpg

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