Hi everyone,
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So on my hunt for a new boosty boi car - I sold my motorbike, and was ready to experience the lovely world of floaty driver feel, unexpected moments of under-steering and enough power to demonstrate that I'm totally not over compensating; I was ready to buy an AWD Turbo car.
I looked at the obvious options: WRX with no HG, Evo's & overpriced parts and other JayDeEm things. I had been really sold on a Hawkeye WRX (have only driven a BugEye though) for the last 3-4 months, until I came across these things and their cute 3 bars of yellow on the dash.
I drove one finally the other day which had a few little problems:
Now that you've read that crap up there, I only really have one and a bit question(s):
How does a fully functioning VR4 Galant actually handle?
Is it comparable to a WRX, Evo, Liberty, MPS6 or Skyline?
I get they're a bigger car than a WRX or Evo, but they seem to hold close dimensions to Skylines, and are smaller than Libs or MPS6's.
Thanks for reading all my crap, mate.
Skip to the bold down the bottom is you wanna.
So on my hunt for a new boosty boi car - I sold my motorbike, and was ready to experience the lovely world of floaty driver feel, unexpected moments of under-steering and enough power to demonstrate that I'm totally not over compensating; I was ready to buy an AWD Turbo car.
I looked at the obvious options: WRX with no HG, Evo's & overpriced parts and other JayDeEm things. I had been really sold on a Hawkeye WRX (have only driven a BugEye though) for the last 3-4 months, until I came across these things and their cute 3 bars of yellow on the dash.
I drove one finally the other day which had a few little problems:
- Body condition was bad. Little dents and paint fade everywhere.
- Spoiler was removed, replaced with expanding foam, and $2 black spray can fun.
- Diff mounts felt done (or AYC pump).
- Huge smells of petrol driving, felt like was missing power; possible turbo leak cause of the gas smell.
- I thought the lifters were fucked, but the ticking was in time with the RPM, so was probably knocking a bit.
- Steering looked worse for wear - complete with split dust boots.
- Front right CV joint make some fun noises and not getting power through it very well.
- Economy tyres, where I swear the tread pattern was running backwards.
- Actually had Tanabe coils... I didn't realise anyone ever bought these...
- Evo 6/7? Brakes front and rear... with warped rotors on the front, and faded pads...
- Super floaty feel through the steering wheel.
- But y'kno, had nice interior.
Now that you've read that crap up there, I only really have one and a bit question(s):
How does a fully functioning VR4 Galant actually handle?
and,
After investing money into some good tyres (i.e. RE003s) and some good suspension (i.e. ShockWorks or MCA), how well do they handle?Is it comparable to a WRX, Evo, Liberty, MPS6 or Skyline?
I get they're a bigger car than a WRX or Evo, but they seem to hold close dimensions to Skylines, and are smaller than Libs or MPS6's.
Thanks for reading all my crap, mate.