RE: SOTW: Mitsubishi 3000GT

[Agent Orange]

Great shed.

I was looking around the Mitsubishis this week to look for a suitable shed to suggest. Was trying to find a Starion Turbo for £1K but couldn't do it.

Remember a guy coming round to buy a 944 in one of these. Big things and very throaty! May have just been bad luck but most of these I've seen have very badly dulled paint and the seats don't seem to wear well.

[Petrolhead_Rich]

top shedding, I keep looking at these and have a massive soft spot for them ever since my dads friend took us out for a spin in his twin turbo jobby

[Mr Will]

My dad traded in his RX7 convertible for a 4WD NA GTO Automatic which I drove a few times.

It was pants.

[GTO Scott]

seefarr said:

daytonafan said:

Also IIRC the non-turbo versions of these are front wheel drive!

Yup.


http://www.3si.org/wiki/index.php/Mitsubishi_3000G...

Wrong.

The American-spec non-turbo's were front wheel drive, this Japanese-market non-turbo will be all wheel drive.

The auto box will handle 220bhp fine. They do suffer if poorly maintained however. The auto cannot handle the 280bhp TT engine, which is why Mitsubishi never did a factory auto.

By the way, this isn't a 3000GT - as it's JDM-spec it's a GTO.

Awaits more ill-informed comments

[Stoatman]

Always liked the look of these cars , but at that price and age surely a couple of things go wrong and you could be looking at a bill the size of the cars value pretty easily. Very cheap if its reliable though.

[Monsterlime]

Great Shed!

The more time I spend with my GTO TT, the more I love it.

[Agent Orange]

Mr Will said:

My dad traded in his RX7 convertible for a 4WD NA GTO Automatic which I drove a few times.

It was pants.

Haha...

I've never noticed it but is there a thread/email to send SOTW suggestions to?

[GTO Scott]

Stoatman said:

Always liked the look of these cars , but at that price and age surely a couple of things go wrong and you could be looking at a bill the size of the cars value pretty easily. Very cheap if its reliable though.

Yep, can be very expensive if it's been neglected.

To be honest without seeing the car, and going on the information in the advert, the only thing i'd budget for is a cambelt change (around £650 at a specialist if done properly with tensioners, idlers, water pump etc). Maybe also change the ATF in the autobox.

Otherwise, it's a big simple unstressed cruiser.

[thecremeegg]

Had one of these in Gran Turismo 1, was my favourite car as I could get it up to over 1000BHP

[cml]

The interior is so grey. Everything is grey.

Yuch.

[Riggers]

Agent Orange said:

Mr Will said:

My dad traded in his RX7 convertible for a 4WD NA GTO Automatic which I drove a few times.

It was pants.

Haha...

I've never noticed it but is there a thread/email to send SOTW suggestions to?

You can always e-mail me via my profile, or e-mail [e-mail]

Ever-happy to hear SOTW ideas

[Garlick]

Riggers said:

Ever-happy to hear SOTW ideas

Sometimes you come up with your own suggestions...sometimes

[Johnpidge]

Have driven a very luny Turbo one with some form of anti lag device on it which even with 4 wheel/drive/steer blah blah made me st myself. Personally prefer the Twin Turbo Soarer which I had a beautiful one.

[johnpeat]

Stoatman said:

Yep, can be very expensive if it's been neglected.

To be honest without seeing the car, and going on the information in the advert, the only thing i'd budget for is a cambelt change (around £650 at a specialist if done properly with tensioners, idlers, water pump etc). Maybe also change the ATF in the autobox.

This is a brilliant example of someone who doesn't understand 'shedding'.

Shedding isn't about spending £1000 so you can spend ANOTHER £1000 - that's what mugs and idiots do.

What you do is choose something which doesn't NEED £1000 spending on it. You buy a car which has a recent-ish cambelt and doesn't need anything obvious.

Everything else is a gamble - you don't spend £100s on preventative maintenance on a SHED - that's entering cherished car/restoration and it's mugs game at this price level.

As I pointed out on an earlier shed when someone bemoaned spending a fortune on his £1K shed before selling it - the only problem was he bought the car 1 owner too early

p.s. auto-electrician mate of mine spent eons under the bonnet of one of these recently - eventual solution was the replacement of something quite cheap which had corroded away BUT it took 3 weeks for the part to arrive. So it's less about parts cost and more about having someone who knows what they're doing (less labour) and patience/another car to use meanwhile!!

Edited by johnpeat on Friday 26th November 13:47

[plenty]

Is this penance for the somewhat questionable PH Zeroes piece a while back?

[esvcg]

johnpeat said:

GTO Scott said:

Stoatman said:

Yep, can be very expensive if it's been neglected.

To be honest without seeing the car, and going on the information in the advert, the only thing i'd budget for is a cambelt change (around £650 at a specialist if done properly with tensioners, idlers, water pump etc). Maybe also change the ATF in the autobox.

This is a brilliant example of someone who doesn't understand 'shedding'.

Shedding isn't about spending £1000 so you can spend ANOTHER £1000 - that's what mugs and idiots do.

What you do is choose something which doesn't NEED £1000 spending on it. You buy a car which has a recent-ish cambelt and doesn't need anything obvious.

Everything else is a gamble - you don't spend £100s on preventative maintenance on a SHED - that's entering cherished car/restoration and it's mugs game at this price level.

As I pointed out on an earlier shed when someone bemoaned spending a fortune on his £1K shed before selling it - the only problem was he bought the car 1 owner too early

p.s. auto-electrician mate of mine spent eons under the bonnet of one of these recently - eventual solution was the replacement of something quite cheap which had corroded away BUT it took 3 weeks for the part to arrive. So it's less about parts cost and more about having someone who knows what they're doing (less labour) and patience/another car to use meanwhile!!

Exactly. I got a 94 Merc W124 E220 for £560 that came with a full 12 months MOT, and it had new brake discs, pads and a service with all fluids done etc. Six months on have only spent £25 in repairs - this is my idea of shed motoring!

[hairykrishna]

I've always fancied one of the turbo ones of these - I nearly bought one last winter. Their reputation for big bills and slightly remote feeling handling has always put me off though. Don't they do 0-60 in ~5 seconds despite weighing as much as the moon?

[ellisd82]

Good SOTW....for another £500 you can get a newer TT version

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2269691.htm

Or for a small £105 (and some risk) you can have a 65k model

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2172954.htm

Edited by ellisd82 on Friday 26th November 14:00

[jackbarclay]

I never really understood where the 3000gt name came from. I always felt that the supra should have been called this as a continuation of the classic 2000gt. Although I suppose this was realised in the TRD 3000gt. Does Mitsubishi have any claim to "3000gt"?

[daveco]

jackbarclay said:

I never really understood where the 3000gt name came from. I always felt that the supra should have been called this as a continuation of the classic 2000gt. Although I suppose this was realised in the TRD 3000gt. Does Mitsubishi have any claim to "3000gt"?

Isn't it a 3.0 litre hence the 3000?
This NA version probably takes around 10 seconds to 60; no thanks!