penusai
05-21-2007, 06:41 PM
Posting this for a friend as a favor as hes in Iraq atm. I copied and pasted it for him from nyccdsm.
I have an original 1989 Mirage Turbo with a JDM 4G63 swap out of a Gallant VR4. I am an honest person when it comes to dealing with people so I will let you know all the good and bad with the car right now as it sits as I am currently deployed in Iraq but would have no problem having my friend Andy do all the contacting you for me about selling the car if your interested in buying it. This is probably one of the if not the cleanest mirage you'll see in a long long time.
The Good:
JDM VR4 4g63t
2.0 Turbo 5 speed tranny
Exeddy Clutch with 2100pp
Brian Crower 272/272 cams
4G67 head mated to the 4g63 block ( smaller chamber but same intake and exhaust port sizes, which bring the compression up from 7.8 to 8.2:1. (good thing)
ARP Head studs
Walbro 255lph fuel pump
FIC 650cc Injectors
FIC Fuel rail with clean (and i mean clean setup -6 AN fittings and lines)
Aeromotive A1000 Fuel pressure regulator
Palm/logger setup
Sheet metal intake manifold that is tapered to the runner closest to the timing belt for more evenly distributed airflow.
2G MAS/SAFC2 setup
Timing belt, idle tensioner, pully, etc was redone less then 200 miles ago.
14b Turbo, ported exhaust housing, ported o2 housing
Turbosmart manual boost controller.
Front mount intercooler (not sure on dimensions, but pretty big in size)
HKS knock off style blow off valve
Mandrel bent intake piping
Car is lowered on all 4 corners (not sure on what springs, but theyre not some junk yard cut springs)
17" APR wheels with 215/45/17ZR tires
Now for the parts not installed on the car that I'm willing to throw in if you interested.
Custom made t3 exhaust manifold made especially to fit in a 4g63 swapped csm (real work of beauty, extremely thick, garunteed not to crack) with a seperate runner for the External wastegate.
38mm Tial waste gate (which I have on hand but never got a chance to put on since im in iraq) that comes with a 1 bar spring and a .5 bar spring
Also, I just recently ordered (as in I have a receipt and its in the mail on the way to my house as we speak) a turbonetics gt concepts t3/t4e 60-1 with a full 360* center cartrige 4" inlet,, 2.5" outlet, and anti surge compressor housing from turbochargers.com for this car specifically.
So if your interested in that setup along with the car please let me know, I have pretty much everything there you need to break the 400+ wheel horsepower with ease on pump gas reliably. I didnt cut any corners when I built this at the time I was home on vacation.
Now there is some bad stuff with the car (just like any DSM) and I will in all honesty name as much of it as I know as I dont like lowballing or ripping people off ( I have an extremely heavy heart when it comes to stuff like that).
The speedo cable is broken ( swappable from and csm or dsm, extremely easy to find and replace.) simple fix imho.
The cable linkages need to be adjusted a little as the shifter sits too far back and makes shifting to 2nd feel a little odd (imho) im just a nazi freak when it comes to detail. But it shifts fine regardless. No tranny grinds.
The wiring harness could use some freshening up, The owner before me did some weird stuff to it and I fixed it to the best of my ability to the point where I was able to get that little 14b to spin happly at 20 psi without any issues, so if a few cluttered wires doesnt bother you then you should be set. But in all honesty if you have some free time, find a clean harness (ill even take it off the price difference just because I dislike looking at messed up wiring harnesses)
The battery will have to be replaced (sitting in my driveway for about 4 months now) aswell as the starter in my opinion. The started the previous owner put inside was kind of on its last leg and as I only had a week or so to visit family from Iraq on R&R leave I didnt have much time to work on the car to resolve that issue.
The car sits on 17 inch rims with 215/45/17ZR tires all around (brand new) but I realized because the car is lowered that 40 series tires were on there for a reason, as 45 series scrapes the fender well ever now and then even with the fenders rolled out.
I have the original bumper, but it was sitting off the vehicle for the time when the FMIC was getting installed and never had a chance to slap it back on.
The exhause on the car is a stock exhaust, no cat, piping is 2 1/4" as I was planning on putting a cutout after the 3" downpipe i was going to make for the new turbo setup as to avoild asshole cops from harrassing me about a loud exhaust.
Other then that car is completely sound.
In all honestly if I wasent in the military I would never even dream of selling this car. I had one before like this before and I can vouche for one thing it is nearly impossible to find a cleaner looking mirage then this one.
SMIM with the tial and Mani
http://i3.tinypic.com/34eyiwy.jpg
Old t3 type 20g setup on the same mani/tial (I was drunk)
http://i8.tinypic.com/4ie2pmo.jpg
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q74/penusai/mirage/IMG_4036.jpg
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q74/penusai/mirage/IMG_4030.jpg
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q74/penusai/mirage/IMG_4027.jpg
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q74/penusai/mirage/IMG_4028.jpg
Car is pretty dirty in these 2 pictures (were taken around december)
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q74/penusai/mirage/IMG_4024.jpg
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q74/penusai/mirage/IMG_4023.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid210/p0093826769cf9496e979e24abe161bec/edc784e0.jpg
I have an original 1989 Mirage Turbo with a JDM 4G63 swap out of a Gallant VR4. I am an honest person when it comes to dealing with people so I will let you know all the good and bad with the car right now as it sits as I am currently deployed in Iraq but would have no problem having my friend Andy do all the contacting you for me about selling the car if your interested in buying it. This is probably one of the if not the cleanest mirage you'll see in a long long time.
The Good:
JDM VR4 4g63t
2.0 Turbo 5 speed tranny
Exeddy Clutch with 2100pp
Brian Crower 272/272 cams
4G67 head mated to the 4g63 block ( smaller chamber but same intake and exhaust port sizes, which bring the compression up from 7.8 to 8.2:1. (good thing)
ARP Head studs
Walbro 255lph fuel pump
FIC 650cc Injectors
FIC Fuel rail with clean (and i mean clean setup -6 AN fittings and lines)
Aeromotive A1000 Fuel pressure regulator
Palm/logger setup
Sheet metal intake manifold that is tapered to the runner closest to the timing belt for more evenly distributed airflow.
2G MAS/SAFC2 setup
Timing belt, idle tensioner, pully, etc was redone less then 200 miles ago.
14b Turbo, ported exhaust housing, ported o2 housing
Turbosmart manual boost controller.
Front mount intercooler (not sure on dimensions, but pretty big in size)
HKS knock off style blow off valve
Mandrel bent intake piping
Car is lowered on all 4 corners (not sure on what springs, but theyre not some junk yard cut springs)
17" APR wheels with 215/45/17ZR tires
Now for the parts not installed on the car that I'm willing to throw in if you interested.
Custom made t3 exhaust manifold made especially to fit in a 4g63 swapped csm (real work of beauty, extremely thick, garunteed not to crack) with a seperate runner for the External wastegate.
38mm Tial waste gate (which I have on hand but never got a chance to put on since im in iraq) that comes with a 1 bar spring and a .5 bar spring
Also, I just recently ordered (as in I have a receipt and its in the mail on the way to my house as we speak) a turbonetics gt concepts t3/t4e 60-1 with a full 360* center cartrige 4" inlet,, 2.5" outlet, and anti surge compressor housing from turbochargers.com for this car specifically.
So if your interested in that setup along with the car please let me know, I have pretty much everything there you need to break the 400+ wheel horsepower with ease on pump gas reliably. I didnt cut any corners when I built this at the time I was home on vacation.
Now there is some bad stuff with the car (just like any DSM) and I will in all honesty name as much of it as I know as I dont like lowballing or ripping people off ( I have an extremely heavy heart when it comes to stuff like that).
The speedo cable is broken ( swappable from and csm or dsm, extremely easy to find and replace.) simple fix imho.
The cable linkages need to be adjusted a little as the shifter sits too far back and makes shifting to 2nd feel a little odd (imho) im just a nazi freak when it comes to detail. But it shifts fine regardless. No tranny grinds.
The wiring harness could use some freshening up, The owner before me did some weird stuff to it and I fixed it to the best of my ability to the point where I was able to get that little 14b to spin happly at 20 psi without any issues, so if a few cluttered wires doesnt bother you then you should be set. But in all honesty if you have some free time, find a clean harness (ill even take it off the price difference just because I dislike looking at messed up wiring harnesses)
The battery will have to be replaced (sitting in my driveway for about 4 months now) aswell as the starter in my opinion. The started the previous owner put inside was kind of on its last leg and as I only had a week or so to visit family from Iraq on R&R leave I didnt have much time to work on the car to resolve that issue.
The car sits on 17 inch rims with 215/45/17ZR tires all around (brand new) but I realized because the car is lowered that 40 series tires were on there for a reason, as 45 series scrapes the fender well ever now and then even with the fenders rolled out.
I have the original bumper, but it was sitting off the vehicle for the time when the FMIC was getting installed and never had a chance to slap it back on.
The exhause on the car is a stock exhaust, no cat, piping is 2 1/4" as I was planning on putting a cutout after the 3" downpipe i was going to make for the new turbo setup as to avoild asshole cops from harrassing me about a loud exhaust.
Other then that car is completely sound.
In all honestly if I wasent in the military I would never even dream of selling this car. I had one before like this before and I can vouche for one thing it is nearly impossible to find a cleaner looking mirage then this one.
SMIM with the tial and Mani
http://i3.tinypic.com/34eyiwy.jpg
Old t3 type 20g setup on the same mani/tial (I was drunk)
http://i8.tinypic.com/4ie2pmo.jpg
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q74/penusai/mirage/IMG_4036.jpg
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q74/penusai/mirage/IMG_4030.jpg
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q74/penusai/mirage/IMG_4027.jpg
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q74/penusai/mirage/IMG_4028.jpg
Car is pretty dirty in these 2 pictures (were taken around december)
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q74/penusai/mirage/IMG_4024.jpg
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q74/penusai/mirage/IMG_4023.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid210/p0093826769cf9496e979e24abe161bec/edc784e0.jpg