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“Full” story: There were 2 versions used in 85 and I did not receive pictures of the harness-side of the ECU which had two green plug receivers vs green and yellow. He contacted me Saturday and a replacement was UPS’d out Monday morning, with tracking. So yes, it was made right, immediately. -Starquest Steve

I'm having fun driving on the weekend with the GATO intake. How's everyone been?

I'm trying to get rid of it asap (preferably before Dec 31 this year). I'm looking to get around $7,000 (edit: now $5,000) Hey all! I'm moving next year so I'm trying to get rid of my 1985 Plymouth Conquest! This was my first car so I'm really sad to have to let it go I really hope I find someone on here to give it a new home and will take good care of it. I got this car around 2016 from an old car-collector who lived near me. It was originally his wife's car that was just sitting in his garage for ~20 years, hence the low miles and being entirely stock. It has the original wheels, paint, decals, electronics, etc. It even still has that cool jingle that plays when you open the door! The original engine and transmission are in great condition. This used to be my daily driver during college-- I even took it on long road trips. I stopped driving it around 2020 and its been sitting ever since. As a stock car it's in great condition, but it's currently not running for a few reasons. Here are the main issues: - Leaking throttle-body injector - Not registered or smogged currently - (cosmetic) Rear left tail-light cover cracked & dent Other than that, there's not much else to get it back rolling again. It won't let me upload any more photos on here for some reason, so hmu if you wanna see more! Let me know if you have any questions!

It's been a while since I posted, but I'm still around. For the newer folks, I've been on SQC since 2002, had half a dozen SQ over the years. I did a bunch of 4G63 swaps back in the day and shared what I learned on www.projectzerog.com. I sold my last Starion in 2021. It took 20+ years, but I finally made the pilgrimage to Nagoya, Japan and the Mitsubishi Auto Gallery at the Okazaki Plant (where every Starion and Conquest was built). I finally got to see the legendary Starion 4WD Group B prototype. Also got to crawl all around the last gen Ralliart WRC Evo 9. They've rotated out some cars for this year's "Mini & Compact" exhibit, so a few cars I was hoping to see like the Lancer 2000 Turbo were no longer on display. MAG is a few train rides away from the Toyota Museum so I've also included those photos as well. Toyota had a special exhibit on JDM, and being a week before Rally Japan they had all the Toyota Team Europe cars on display. Here are my photos from MAG + Toyota: https://photos.app.goo.gl/CFbo2DVS1yCPnHoJ6 (This is just a dump of every photo I took so I apologize for dozens of attempts to take photos through glare and mesh.) If you ever find your way to Japan and want to see the collection it is free, you just need to register on their site: https://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/en/sustainability/society/contribution/factory/autogallery.html

Since we're close to the holidays and a bit slower at work, I started working on this again. I had to make some adjustments to the PS Pump bracket design, the right side that will allow the pump belt to be tensioned. A few things weren't lining up correctly. This project has been a mix of real engineering and some guess and check. I think this 3rd iteration is going to be the one though.

Not that it helps you any, I sent B-line a set of OEM lines a couple years back so they could make these. i also bought a set. Seems to be high quality lines. Just FYI

Update - So after getting psu’s vacuum advance, the car runs absolutely fantastic. It pulls hard all the way to 6k rpm’s! I do have some new problems though… I was coming to a stop and all of sudden my fuel pump was wining pretty bad, then came the side effects. It barely idles now, but still does great under load so I’m not sure what’s up. Maybe my ISC is sticking cause after sitting for a bit it’ll slowly creep back up to ~850rpms. I got gas, and after restarting it the wine went away and idled o.k, but then I did another pull and it came back and started to idle bad again lol. does anyone run Mikie’s intank fuel pump setup? Or does everyone run the factory location? If so what pump are you guys running? thank you guys for your help! I really appreciate it. Also thank you Psu_Crash for getting me back on the road!

Thank you buddy… doing my best! Steve

starquest steve to the rescue.great guy great service.thanks for all your hard work keeping us going.

try starquestparts.net steve has it all.

Got me exited. Add me to the list of wanting a cheap rust and bondo free 83 hood LOL.

It's kinda quiet around here these days. Just thought I'd thow out a HELLO to all of us that are still here. Old and new. Hope you are all having a great night in the shop with your StarQuest. I know I am 😊

Good evening fellow enthusiasts, It was suggest ( i think it was Jimmy) that I should post and reintroduce myself to the group since so many things have changed here. I'm pretty sure there are some that know me but there may be others that don't. I got involved in the Starquest scene by My son ( screen name Kreal) in 2004, he had bought a Quest and had some issues with it and introduced me to the forums so I can help fix it using his account. I would use his account and just sign Dad when I posted anything. I had Started an Engine rebuild/ Machine shop in 1989 Doing work on mainly industrial and Truck engines ( cat, Cummins, Intl etc) There is more $$ in the diesel, although we did work on basically anything going down the road, Just the engines we didn't work on the equipment. So getting back to the forums, I would see at times questions or posts on head rebuilding or block boring- you know basic machine work, so I would chime in and help answer questions, Well you know how young kids on forums can be difficult, well my son misbehaved and got a suspension for I don't know maybe 10 days or something and they said Hey, you can't share accounts. Well Ok, I will make my own and was thinking of a screen name, well everyone knew me at the time as "Dad" so that became my screen name. As I got more into the forums and people found out I had a shop they asked if I could get parts? Sure, that's my business so we started to handle parts for these cars, My son totaled his in 2004 and had to part it to recoup some $$ and found a market for used parts, Dragging wrecked and rusted Quests to my shop. That is how I got my white Quest that I rebuilt and painted in 2007. My other son Bill took an interest and decided he wanted to restore one, He went full bore and I think his story might still be on the boards His name was Coldscrip. Anyway we supplied parts, And I even rebuilt engines for these from Florida to Maine and west to Missouri Our parts business was a good hobby- to be honest I made more selling a caterpillar overhaul kit than a quest kit, But meeting the Quest people was way more fun, As time went on we met more people mainly at Pidgeon forge meets, Our collection of running quests grew to 6 in the family, Sadly in 2020 my building I had leased got put up for sale- forcing me to relocate after 31 years in business, At 62 I said, nope not during this Covid mess, I'm not doing it, I quickly sold off the equipment and closed the doors, I needed room so sold My 87 Shetland and My 83 Starion. I did keep My first Quest the white 87. I took a few months off, added on my garage, took a parts job at a Navistar dealer then at a Chevrolet dealer. We kept in touch with our Quest friends and many kept asking if we would sell parts again ( We, meaning the Wife and I who was a big help in my business), So Her and I decided to start offering parts again and In January of 2023 we opened Dads Engine Parts LLC. I just recently retired but may find something part time to keep me busy. So here is my intro to the folks that may not know who we are. After 31 years in Machine shop business I made a lot of connections with suppliers and reconnected with many of them, Wiseco still make My custom forged pistons that I got licensing from Midwest turbo when they closed. My Oem Mitsubishi connections, although I know get more direct from Japan and of course my aftermarket suppliers. We still have 3 Quests in the family, I pretty much Use what I sell, just recently installed a fuel tank in My son's quest, Sourced out the fuel pump, Fuel feed lines, Filler tube hoses, Fuel drain plug ( took a few tries to find ones that seal well) so after documenting what I used I am able to offer those to the community saving tons of trial and error searching for what you need- That's what I'm about. We have been expanding our line as we go ( we are still trying to make room for parts) Unfortunately I no longer offer any type of machine work. So that in a nutshell is what Dads Engine parts ( Formerly Engine Machine service) is all about, I stick with what works like the same brand of timing kits and cylinder heads I was using 15 years ago as long as they aren't discontinued Been on this forum for 20 years now so if you need parts or some advice especially in the Engine part feel free to contact me. check out my site www.dadsengineparts.com Not sure if the mods need to move this I wasn't sure exactly where to put it so I put it here. Have a great day Dad ( Randy)