NZ Kiwigalant from Club VR-4

[craig]

G'day guys I just thought would introduce myself seen as though I'm pretty active on Club VR-4 and have been reading the forums here for a while. I am Craig from the Waikato in New Zealand and I have a 96' Galant VR-G with a GDI engine.

Hoping to get myself into a VR-4 in the next year or so once I finish studying/being lazy and start working full-time. Until then it's not stopping me learning about them and being crazy about modifying these cars. By the way I lived in Melbourne for 3 years from 2008 to early 2011 and did my last three years of schooling there so can handle the flak you give us kiwis

 

[Size1]

Kia ora. Welcome to Ozvr4. My wife is from Manurewa Aoteroa so I have much experience in giving you guys a hard time daily. You should get in to a VR4 as soon as you can you wont regret it. And with the roads you guys have over there you can expect to have a lot of fun too.

 

[naughtika]

welcome to ozvr4, good call on reading and knowing more about the car. Once you're ready to purchase 1, you'll know what to do with it

I hope you get your car soon..

just a quick question, does your vrg have the adjustable headlight level?

 

[craig]

Kia ora. Welcome to Ozvr4. My wife is from Manurewa Aoteroa so I have much experience in giving you guys a hard time daily. You should get in to a VR4 as soon as you can you wont regret it. And with the roads you guys have over there you can expect to have a lot of fun too.

Lol that's cool an anzac couple aye. Yeah they aren't too bad I guess, I can't wait to get a VR4 and drive it through the twisties over to the coromandel.

 

[craig]

welcome to ozvr4, good call on reading and knowing more about the car. Once you're ready to purchase 1, you'll know what to do with it

I hope you get your car soon..

just a quick question, does your vrg have the adjustable headlight level?

Yeah I'm glad that I'll know a bit about them, what modifications are good to do and how to look after them. By adjustable do you mean on the back of the headlight where it has the screws to change the position? If that's it then yes otherwise I can't think of anything else lol.

 

[Gt_Galant]

!! Welcome To OzVR4 !!

 

[naughtika]

By adjustable do you mean on the back of the headlight where it has the screws to change the position? If that's it then yes otherwise I can't think of anything else lol.

sorry, I should've said electronically adjustable..

check in your dash near the fog switch.. to see if you have a switch similar to this

 

[craig]

sorry, I should've said electronically adjustable..

check in your dash near the fog switch.. to see if you have a switch similar to this

Nope and never seen that switch before lol. I actually picked up one of those 3-switch panels from pick-a-part here which had a TCL switch in it and took 3 fog light switches as well even though I don't have fog lights yet. So many parts there, so little money in my wallet!

 

[GMan]

Welcome to OzVR4! The prices of VR-4s are so good in Kiwi land -- almost wish I lived there!

 

[jungle]

Welcome Craig, how does she go with the GDI engine?

 

[trotty]

Kia ora bud. Good to see another kiwi on here my wife's from Rotorua. Daughters middle name is Cazna -Anzac backwards.

 

[craig]

Welcome to OzVR4! The prices of VR-4s are so good in Kiwi land -- almost wish I lived there!

Thanks and yeah you can sure grab some bargains and the average price seems to be a bit lower than in Oz.

 

[craig]

Welcome Craig, how does she go with the GDI engine?

Cheers. Its goes okay mines just always run really rich, idles very rough and lifters are noisy. Decarbed the intake plenum and cleaned PCV valve recently and that seems to have made it a bit smoother and lifters quietened too unexpectedly. Quite torquey in first gear and goes alright overall but struggles under a bit of load and have to rev the hell out of it without accelerating. Look forward to not worrying about being unable to stay at the speed limit up big hills lol.

 

[craig]

Kia ora bud. Good to see another kiwi on here my wife's from Rotorua. Daughters middle name is Cazna -Anzac backwards.

Ahh sweet dude, what's with you guys and kiwi girls haha is that why you chose it?

 

[mookers]

Welcome aboard, Craig.


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

 

[naughtika]

Cheers. Its goes okay mines just always run really rich, idles very rough and lifters are noisy. Decarbed the intake plenum and cleaned PCV valve recently and that seems to have made it a bit smoother and lifters quietened too unexpectedly. Quite torquey in first gear and goes alright overall but struggles under a bit of load and have to rev the hell out of it without accelerating. Look forward to not worrying about being unable to stay at the speed limit up big hills lol.

maybe it needs new coils?





...just in case.. i do know its GDI and is Diesel, so no coils are required

 

[craig]

Diesel? They run like a diesel if you use 91 and when you're idling lol

 

[mookers]

...just in case.. i do know its GDI and is Diesel, so no coils are required

I thought with Mitsubishi, GDI stood for Gasoline Direct Injection. You're thinking Audi/VW acronyms...

 

[naughtika]

I thought with Mitsubishi, GDI stood for Gasoline Direct Injection. You're thinking Audi/VW acronyms...

rofl.. am I good at screwing up with heads?