Hi everyone,
Long story short, I couldn't use my left leg for 4 years after a car accident. I needed an auto SUV and ended up with a cw6w outlander, which was my first misubishi, and it thoroughly impressed me compared to some of the competitors. So soon as I could us it again, I had to get back behind the wheel of something manual because all the autos over those 4 years had bored me to death, I had a look at cheap hatches and stumbled across a very clean mirage with 133k kms on it.
I picked up the 2003 CE mirage with a 4g15 and it brought back memories of first car, a nuggety little EG civic that couldn't go up hill if the aircon was on, but was huge amount of fun. Needless to say at that point the modding bug bit hard, and now I'm looking at how to keep the little mirage looking stock (more or less) while also making the best go-kart possible out of it.
I'm hoping to keep the budget down where possible by using what I can from the mistubishi/proton parts bin, and at some point get a 4g63/4/9, build it up as a high revving NA motor, and see where things go.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on what motors would be the better option, what other parts to look out for (already planning on an fto 5x114.3 hub + disc conversion, and rear sway bar), or anything else that would be good to know as a new CE owner.
Long story short, I couldn't use my left leg for 4 years after a car accident. I needed an auto SUV and ended up with a cw6w outlander, which was my first misubishi, and it thoroughly impressed me compared to some of the competitors. So soon as I could us it again, I had to get back behind the wheel of something manual because all the autos over those 4 years had bored me to death, I had a look at cheap hatches and stumbled across a very clean mirage with 133k kms on it.
I picked up the 2003 CE mirage with a 4g15 and it brought back memories of first car, a nuggety little EG civic that couldn't go up hill if the aircon was on, but was huge amount of fun. Needless to say at that point the modding bug bit hard, and now I'm looking at how to keep the little mirage looking stock (more or less) while also making the best go-kart possible out of it.
I'm hoping to keep the budget down where possible by using what I can from the mistubishi/proton parts bin, and at some point get a 4g63/4/9, build it up as a high revving NA motor, and see where things go.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on what motors would be the better option, what other parts to look out for (already planning on an fto 5x114.3 hub + disc conversion, and rear sway bar), or anything else that would be good to know as a new CE owner.