Re: Shed Of The Week: Mitsubishi GTO

[insideimsmiling]

Corvette lite looks don't really work for me, plus the fact that a tatty example will always be just one pricey part away from the scrapyard. Although the latter point has not kept me away from enjoying old Jags, but the rarity in this case works against the likelihood of cheap second hand parts being available.
A really interesting shed and its always great to see something unexpected here on a Friday. I look forward to reading the rest of the feedback, but expect the majority to vote against this weeks brave choice.

[Krikkit]

I'd take a punt on this for a grand. Run it until it dies, then strip out the remaining working electronics and sell them on.

The PH Zero article on this car made me chuckle heartily at how utterly complex they are.

[muppet42]

thatguy11 said:

You'd be lucky to get a decent SWB TT for anything less than five times shed money shame, they're brilliant cars. Definite future classic IMO

True, can't help but dream though The Zed's been one of the cars I've wanted to own since they came out. One of these days...

[BRMMA]

might make a good cheap donor engine for a project car, i'm sure with a bit of modding it would provide very good performance if fitted to a lighter vehicle

[thatguy11]

muppet42 said:

thatguy11 said:

You'd be lucky to get a decent SWB TT for anything less than five times shed money shame, they're brilliant cars. Definite future classic IMO

True, can't help but dream though The Zed's been one of the cars I've wanted to own since they came out. One of these days...

Me too, actually nearly bought one a couple of years ago but the only ones in my budget were N/A ones. Hope to maybe buy a well looked after TT as a weekend car someday

[mrpenks]

Lots of car for £1k but a bit porky for my liking. Miles off the contemporary twin turbo Supra but hard to find one of those at shed prices

[FRA53R]

Thar she blows!

[Johnny 89]

I remember from my racing days (Gran Turismo 1), that there was a heavily tuned one of these that you would race against on what I think was called the "High Speed Ring".

I couldn't beat that chap for ages

[leedsutd1]

I took this in part exchange around 5 years ago ,is it the shape before ? was mint condition ,except 1 broken fog light ,I got another for £20, only gave £1,100 for it with a full mot, no rust or scratches. only did about 12 to gallon ,so sold it ,a bloke bought it who said he was a stuntman working on the latest James bond film. all I can remember is it showed 60 mph on speedo in first gear

[leedsutd1]

had to add picture of rear , looked good

[TinyCappo]

There is a procedure for bleeding the air out of the hydraulic valve lash adjusters that your neighbours will love. That should sort that noisy cam train. its about raising the revs between idle and 3000rpm over 15 seconds gradually and back down over 15 seconds doing that 10x bleeds all the air out of the hyd lash adjusters. its a PITA proceedure but worth it if it fixes the noisy train, if not its fubar.

[J4CKO]

Johnny 89 said:

I remember from my racing days (Gran Turismo 1), that there was a heavily tuned one of these that you would race against on what I think was called the "High Speed Ring".

I couldn't beat that chap for ages

I read that totally different to how you meant it

[PATTERNPART]

I saw one in Florida years and years ago badged Dodge Stealth and I have to admit that I was pretty impressed. Black paint plus black windows was stealthy at night anyway.

[Paul O]

Always loved the look of these - they looked like Supercars in their day.

A bright red one pulled up behind me in the petrol station a few weeks ago. I still thought "Wow".

Red is best for these!



Complete and utter financial danger aside, a thousand quid for this type of car is just fantastic!

[Gecko1978]

I seem to recall these have 3 seperate ECU's one of which is located inside a wheel arch behind a glued in firewall so it can never be accessed / fixed etc, as a kid (pre 17) I loved these for the look and all the techo bits 4x4, 4 wheel steer, active aero, turbos and a interior that at the time was space age. years later I was at Graham Walker near Liverpool getting my Impreza and they had one as a trade in. The guys there said it was going stright to auction as they could not work on it an had no idea what was good or bad with it so better just to get shot.

For me it would be a supra, Scooby, or an R33 all of whihc are more than 1k but all of which are just a better thought out car. As an aisde the Supra had active aero also I think it was the in thing back then but never really became mainstream same with 4 wheel steer as per the GTR and the Honda prelude I believe.

[anonymous-user]

I wouldn't touch this week's SOTW with someone else's bargepole, but really enjoyed the article.

"Mmmmmmm Ripspeed"

[Zircon]

I do quite like these but it is kind of like a Eurofighter - it shouldn't actually fly but the computers make it happen.

To me, that isn't right. I know the GTR is the same (and immensely capable) but I prefer my Japanese fast cars to be a little more raw.

To that end I will happily keep my MR2 Turbo with 245bhp and a realistic 0-60 of 5.2 seconds!
No Traction control, no computer aero, just a regular ECU and a mechanical LSD.....

[MadDog1962]

Wow this definitely deserves to be Shed of the Week.

Good effort. You'd need to be brave though. This one looks like it's made for an episode of "Wheeler Deallers".

[XJ40]

Looks like a laugh for the money, until it goes wrong...

[howertings]

leedsutd1 said:

I took this in part exchange around 5 years ago ,is it the shape before ? was mint condition ,except 1 broken fog light ,I got another for £20, only gave £1,100 for it with a full mot, no rust or scratches. only did about 12 to gallon ,so sold it ,a bloke bought it who said he was a stuntman working on the latest James bond film. all I can remember is it showed 60 mph on speedo in first gear

Er..... I know they're a bit low-slung, but wouldn't that be 60kph in first gear (they being JDM cars)?