VIC Introducing.... me.

[m3lm3l]

Hi All,

Thought i'd stop in and say hello.
I guess i should introduce myself and give a little back story
I'm a 32 year old that loves cars. I'm a student photographer and i work in the public service (for now, until the budget comes into effect )

Past cars:
'89 Nissan Pintara Sedan
'96 Honda Civic Coupe
'89 Nissan Silvia S13 (SR20 DET) -was my ex's but i drove it more than he did
'06 Subaru Impreza GX Wagon
'04 Ford Falcon XR6 turbo


I am currently running an '05 Subaru Impreza RS Wagon - and my fiance runs an 03 XR6t (300rwkw) and an R33 Skyline (250rwkw).

As you can see, i'm surrounded by horsepower and I've modded the Impreza enough to where i'm at the point now where i either need to throw big money at it to go how i want it to, or I can let it go and start again on something that is a better starting point and has much more potential.

Which brings me here - I had never considered a Legnum, I'd never seen one in real life and thought i didn't like the look. - until darling fiance lined me up a test drive in one. I have to say I was surprised and impressed!

So now I'm here, researching. I have to admit i know very little about Mitsubishi's in general, as i said I've never considered one (of any model) .

I'm not 100% on what I'm going to get but hopefully this week my car will sell and I'll know what my budget is - what i do know is that I'm not going to compromise on what i want and I'm going to take my time and figure out the best option is for the money I will have.

Any hints or tips you want to throw I'll certainly take on board, but for the most part I'll be 'lurking' around the forum looking at past posts and seeing what has been/what can be done.

Cheers,

Mel.

 

[trotty]

Welcome me. To be totally honest a vr4 is not a car u can easily extract power from. We have a limit of about 200kwatw before turbos just can't push anymore. So it's anothe car that requires a substantial investment to get past that point. Definitely don't want to put u off but letting u know it won't be as easy as the wrx or xr6. We just don't have the bolts ins like other cars. I personally am doin my best to fill the hole and am currently in the process of developing a bolt in twin tdo4 kit. But some time off yet. Welcome.

 

[VOLK]

Welcome to the forum Mel

unclepaulie's infamous welcome template

Useful threads:
http://www.ozvr4.com/threads/index-look-here-first.11/
http://www.ozvr4.com/threads/cyber-scribers-guide-to-galant-legnum-common-problems.6799/
http://www.ozvr4.com/threads/the-most-important-thread-on-the-forum-must-read.9330/
http://www.ozvr4.com/threads/staged-upgrades.4889/
http://www.ozvr4.com/threads/legnum-galant-production-info-help.7229/

If you are wondering why you can't post a new thread somewhere, it's because for full access you need to be a Premium Member ($15 a year):
http://www.ozvr4.com/account/upgrades

 

[m3lm3l]

All good thanks trotty - my suba is N/A so just some turbo will be better than none at all hehe. I'm also lucky enough to have a great engineer to do my pipework etc so on top of whatever i get in the short term i'll just be looking at intake and exhaust - the best two mods on any car in my opinion.

Not looking to make a world beater (yet haha) just a bit more go and the space for my camera gear and something that handles.

looking at different models and my musts are manual and recaro interior - I seem to be pushing it for that though.

Thanks for the links Volk - i shall check them out.

 

[Gt_Galant]

Hey Mel,
Welcome To OzVR4.

 

[Black_Ice]

When yr ready to buy consider importing one through a well reputed imported ie iron chef imports. Tell him yr criteria, eg manual+recaros, and let him do the rest. Quite a few members have imported through him and are very happy.

There is a member in SA currently selling his legnum and it's manual and has recaros. You should find it in the sales section. Jump on it quick and it shouldn't last long.

 

[VOLK]

I'd only ever consider J-Spec for importing.

If I had to do it over again, I'd look for one already in the country, in the spec I wanted, pre-modded and maintained. Let somebody else suffer the depreciation.

 

[mookers]

Welcome aboard, Mel

 

[GMan]

Welcome to OZVR4! Good luck on your Legnum hunt!

 

[naughtika]

welcome Ben and Mel

hope you guys find the right car

since you're into car, im pretty sure that you'll pick the right one when it pops up

goodluck and happy reading/researching, and if you have questions, feel free to ask

 

[whats_doing]

Also, highly reccomended that the previous owner has had to suffer the 100k service.

 

[m3lm3l]

Thanks guys my current car is sold pending rwc so should have the money by the weekend. Unfortunately it's no where near enough to import and not sure if it's enough for a 'good' one yet as I don't know enough. Much research to do in a short amount of time! Shall be checking the for sales on here first and stalking the sellers posts' haha.

 

[Guest]

Velcom To Ze Forum.

 

[jungle]

Agree with all the above, but also consider that the 2.5 litre will have considerably more torque than the 2.0 of the same power.
190-200 is nothing to sneeze at.

Plus I am hoping to have my hi flows fitted and tuned in the coming weeks

 

[VOLK]

People all too often forget the more important number, torque! How much and when tells a better story.

 

[m3lm3l]

Ohhh yeah I completely get it - people often underestimate my RS impreza - being a modified 2.5 AWD the torque is fantastic

 

[Poita]

Welcome Mel!

As has already been posted, our top end before big money is about 200kw. But given the torque that the 6cly puts out this is still loads more fun than you can legally have on the streets. The other benefit is the really smoooth drive these car have due to 2 smaller turbos... very little turbo lag, as a daily they are really really nice to drive.

As for importing, good condition ones are becoming very hard to find and you will still be looking around $12,000. Manual and recaro are about as rare as hens teeth now. I imported mine 4-5years ago?? and it took me 12 months to find it in Japan even then.

Buy mine. I dropped the price to 12k. It has nearly all the basic mods done for you already + manual + Recaro for about the same price as importing a stock one! Coil on plug, intercooler hard pipes and dumps (all available on this forum) are about all that's left to do.

Pete

 

[m3lm3l]

I know Pete and yours is gorgeous but I just don't have the coin

 

[Guest]

People all too often forget the more important number, torque! How much and when tells a better story.

Horsepower sells cars, Torque wins races.

 

[Poita]

Throw me an offer... you never know Our new kitchen is relying on the sale, so I'm feeling the pressure from the wife!