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very tidy car mad wagon i bet you turn a few heads when you cruise by

so it fits series one? i must sound stupid but i think im getting confused by reading all these japinglish web sites that refer to latter term and post term and so on my heads spinning its funny a lot of the sites seem to have some very similar parts in their ranges that takero stagea site had a very similar bonnet as did the freeway dolphin site. funny though cos one site said theirs was for series one and one said it was for series two are there any differences to the shapes or is it just a thing with the grill?

hey guys just wanted to say thanks for all the great info that you guys provide. its really good that there are some people in japan who are willing to help us out here like this. just a suggestion. I was thinking that maybe we could sticky a thread listing some of the main tourist attractions in japan whether they be car related or just really good places to visit in japan. I say this because there is always heaps of posts with people asking where is this and where is that i am staying in "X" and want to go here where is it. If all of us could contribute with information on where places are what they are and what the nearest transit points are it would probably be pretty cool. i think that the information on tracks in japan is a good start i know lots of travel guides deal with the big attractions like disneyland and fuji and so on but we could make our info a little more personal. Its always good to get a locals perspective so keep up the good work :headpsin: thanks Glenn

yeah why do they make good kits for the series 2 and not the series one i have a look at http://www.freeway-dolphin.co.jp and they have a vented bonnet for the series one dont mind their kits either

i like the darker one personally would probably go with the black nicely and not look too ricey. i have seen a lit of people with the stickers that look lke those here in perth and they look ugly why do people do things like that to their cars? if you got it done properly at the time of respraying i suppose that it would not look too bad at all it will break up the long panel on the car a bit just remember that ultimately its your decision and it is what you like not what others think that matters

there is a thread on this in the diy maitenance section theres a contact number for a guy who fabricates them if that helps

have you got any pics of the fuel filler you want to use are you getting a full respray zane or is it just to touch up the usual array of japanese scrapes? If its a full respray whats that set you back?

who is going to expose the exposers the only problem is that if they do this then most car makers will see it as an excuse to make cheaper i.e slower cars

what modifications would we need to make to get a series 2 kit to fit to a series 1?

thanks drift keep up the good work

skyline imports will have theirs complied by december there was an article in the current hpi on sale today approx 45k for a vq30dd model sedan 2001 build

i remember on today tonight (yea i know very reputable) that some petrol companies add something to their fuel to identify it. is this true and could this be why even tho the fuels are the same effects are different?

sorry about the quality of the pic couldnt find one on the net and dont have a scanner so i used my digi cam and took a pic of the poster yeah its not bad at all for a magna anyway shows you can make even the most boring cars look good tho i suppose

thats awesome visually the car appears stock but as they say appearances can be deceiving what are you running on it?

ok heres the pic as promised aybee the exhausts are not ricey at all just two round pipes coming out at the back in the middle have been done this way to improve flow not like those silly square lancer ones they dont come out of the middle of the bumper i guess i worded that a little weird all they have done is trimmed a groove out of the bootm of the lip of the bumper to accomodate the tips which come out then angle down at 90 degrees bring on the 3.5 turbo :headspin:

i think mitsu needs a V8 or a turbo or both :headspin: if they want to attract a younger crowd of drivers to magna they need to show some of the rally bred spirity of the magna ie AWD turbo etc and if they want to compete with the locals a v8 verada might be the go i am sure somewhere in the mitsu world garage there is a v8 hiding somewhere waiting to be boganised

would you say that the average japanese driver other than your hardcore speed phreak would go for a slightly plusher performance car over a slight cheaper one even if it means sacrificng a little performance? i ask this beacause japanese cars seem to have more computers and gadgets in them than an electronics shop does do you think that the subaru is a little disadvantaged in the fact that there is not as much history there as some of the other company's like prince/nissan and mitsubishi?

does anyone know where our new faq thread that was stickied has disappeared to? i just went to add some links to other threads to it and its not there did someone delete it because we didnt post anything up yet??

yeah thats the one they showed it with the old style front and rear then mitsu asked them to wait for the new model just reading through the specs will list them here for everyone to see Engine: COME all alloy V8 producing 385KW at the fly wheel Capacity: 400Ci Valves: ferrea 2.05 inch inlet, 1.6 inch exhaust Pistons: Come Forged 5.85 inch Crank: Come 3.75 inch iron stroker Cam: Come hydraulic roller Manifold: come twin throttle ECU: come/delco exhaust: castle auto electrics, with stainless specialties mufflers features mandrel bent 2.5 inch twin pipes with high flow cats and 3.5 inch tube mufflers and tail pipes radiator: alloy by race radiators sump: dry sump Transmission Converter: TCE Big Mac Box: TH400 three speed auto Tailshaft: Moser Diff: V8 supercar spec alloy nine inch Underbody Chassis: lilow custom Front End: lilow custom rod style independant front suspension with air bags, cortina rack Rear End: Lilow four link with air bags Brakes: Wilwood pro street four spots front and rear over wilwood rotors Wheels Front: Bonspeed 17x7 Rear: Bonspeed 20x11 Audio Four Sony Amplifiers 2 in glass floor panels 8 six inch speakers 8 10 inch subwoofers High End Head Unit Thats it for now who could think that you could do this to a magna woot!

check out the fairly stock looking stagea in the vid that saft posted in another thread earlier today. It owned the other car racing it and ran an amazing 11.79 gotta love the stagea action woot!

nah this ones a show special using a holden (aww damn i said a swear word ) built by Daryl McBeth whos one of the more famour aussie street rod builders. This car has more chrome on the underbody than the entire silverware section at david jones the bonnet and boot have been changed to hinge in the opposite directions and the coolest feature i have seen is the tiny little racing mirros that also act as the door handles (press them down to open the suicide doors). They have slammed the car too this thing is soooo low i dont know how its possible to drive it anywhere which could explain the airbag suspension set up. The twin 3.5 inch exhausts exiting out of the centre of the rear bumper look the part too. I will try and post the pics when i get home for you guys who are interested but wont be home till about 11:30 WA time sorry (i hate late night trading )

they began the build a few years back with a brand new bodyshell from the previous model but when mitsu announced the new model they replaced the front and rear with the new bits and the interior is custom anyway with the dash bearing a very minor resemblance to the normal dash its in a bright red with some small but tasteful orange flames along the top of the rear quarters.

Normally i wouldnt look twice at a copy of street machine but I had to come back for another look after I noticed a Mitsubishi Magna on the front cover of the latest issue. It looks hot. The car has been dumped on some very deep dished chrome rims has been converted into a two door coupe with suicide doors and has a COME 404Ci V* under the bonnet. It has been designed with some consultation with Mitsu Oz who want to get more young drivers into their cars and think that this may hekp. The audio visual gear is all sony as the car is being used as an xplod demo car for shows like auto salon and street machine shows. There is about 16 speakers and I think 4 or 5 subwoofers in the car as well as the usual array of lcd screens and so forth. I must say for a magna which i normally find to be very plain and boring (dont like the new nose of the car) it looks damn sexy. If you see the car at any shows its worth a look ill proably get flamed for saying a magna looks sexy but oh well let the flaming begin sigh :flamed:

what were you dragging against? and what is your best time?

let us know how you go any ideas on prices of the rest of the kit less the grille btw