EU Spec G8 Galant Info!

[ShiZnitH]

Heres a little guide for the latest Eu specs G8s and these are the facelifts models after 2000.
All of these cars got the VR4 bodykits and th "Sport Edition" is the closest we can get to the VR4 in Norway. We just dont have the engine or the drivetrain. We got the GDi aswell in the last second last VR4 kit but dont know much about it.

Avance:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/ClydeTheMonkey/Avance.jpg
- Leather Seats & Interior, Beige or Black
- High-Contrast Dials
- Regular Steering Wheel
- Automatic Oearbox Only
- Electric Folding Mirrors
- Electronic A/C Unit
- GDi Hood
- 4G63 Engine 2.0l


Sport:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/ClydeTheMonkey/Sport.jpg
- Black & Blue Interior
- High-Contrast Dials
- Momo Steeringwheel
- Manual Gearbox Only
- Electric Folding Mirrors
- Electronic A/C Unit
- GDi Hood
- 4G63 Engine 2.0l



Sport V6:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/ClydeTheMonkey/SportV6.jpg
- Black & Blue Interior
- High-Contrast Dials
- Regular Steering Wheel
- Manual Gearbox Only
- Folding Mirrors
- Electronic A/C Unit
- GDi Hood
- V6 Engine 2.5l



Basic Model:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/ClydeTheMonkey/Standard.jpg
- Only Regular Steering Wheel
- Both Manual or Automatic
- Black Leather or Regular
- Regular Dials
- GDi Hood
- V6, 2.0l Sohc or the 2.4 GDi

If theres anything ur wondering about just ask ;)

[djflex167]

i'm wondering how much do they cost? because i will try my best to bring a official right hand drive VR-4 from japan or anywhere they sell them into the US!!

[ShiZnitH]

Dont have em over here :wink: We drive LHD not RHD and we cant register RHD cars wiithout a good reason :P

[cdipier2]

damn your interiors are soo much nicer then ours. you even have electronic climate control. that would be nice to have

[djflex167]

yeah its sucks that in the US the galants interior are wack!! lol no offense but i like those interiors posted here!!

[Koncept]

Man, the US has the crappiest stock Galants ever. I wish we could get more of those options here... :evil:

[ShiZnitH]

The a/c control is standard in Avance, V6 and Sport on stock u can choose ;)

[dknight3]

ill take one of each!

[ShiZnitH]

:lol: That last one is for sale actually ;) Its high equipped and got the facelift front with clear turnsignals and front bumper

[djflex167]

but how much do they run for around there??

[ShiZnitH]

Dont know in dollars but in nkr (norwegian money) Its about this
Avance/Sport: 150-200.000
Sport V6: 200.000+

[RAZ_76]

:cry: That first Avance is hot as hell, 2 tone interior is doing to me what viagra does to old folks.. :lol:

[ShiZnitH]

I dont like it that much :P Hate leather :P And the colour. And he knows it :lol: The VR4 wing isnt stock btw :P All three first cars are slightly modifyed.

[jhendra83]

damn your interiors are soo much nicer then ours. you even have electronic climate control. that would be nice to have

Is that HVAC the same with the one on USDM Diamante??

[ShiZnitH]

Ive just fixed the pics and sorted out the list. Its now easyer to see the diffrences ;)

[ShiZnitH]

damn your interiors are soo much nicer then ours. you even have electronic climate control. that would be nice to have

Is that HVAC the same with the one on USDM Diamante??
HVAC= A/C Control unit?

[6a13]

wasn't galant sport with 2.0/2.4GDI
and avance 2.5 V6-24
and both of them with 5M/T or INVECS-II sorts mode 4A/T
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb264/galantEST/0313E018.jpg

[WarmAndSCSI]

Your V6 engine kind of sucks stock, though:

# Peak power — 121 kW (165 PS) at 5750 rpm
# Peak torque — 223 N·m (164 ft·lbf) at 4500 rpm

Surprising that the Americans got the more powerful engine. Then again, the 6G72 used to make only 140-something horsepower back in the 80's :lol:

[6a13]

Your V6 engine kind of sucks stock, though:

# Peak power — 121 kW (165 PS) at 5750 rpm
# Peak torque — 223 N·m (164 ft·lbf) at 4500 rpm

Surprising that the Americans got the more powerful engine. Then again, the 6G72 used to make only 140-something horsepower back in the 80's :lol:

it's 1997-1999
2000-2003
# Peak power — 118 kW at 5750 rpm
# Peak torque — 218 N·m at 4500 rpm

[ShiZnitH]

Dont care :P I dont like the V6 engine! Give me a boosted 4g63 instead :twisted:

[6a13]

boosted 4g63 is nice. But i think i'm going for 6a13TT next year :twisted: :twisted:

[WarmAndSCSI]

Your V6 engine kind of sucks stock, though:

# Peak power — 121 kW (165 PS) at 5750 rpm
# Peak torque — 223 N·m (164 ft·lbf) at 4500 rpm

Surprising that the Americans got the more powerful engine. Then again, the 6G72 used to make only 140-something horsepower back in the 80's :lol:

it's 1997-1999
2000-2003
# Peak power — 118 kW at 5750 rpm
# Peak torque — 218 N·m at 4500 rpm

So it's even worse? :lol:

That's like driving a stock Civic if you consider the power to weight ratio :lol:

[ShiZnitH]

2.0l Sohc - 136hk 100kw
2.4l GDi - 149.5hk 110kw
2.5l V6 - 160hk 117.6kw

[Tizon]

just a pointer, all of these models er after year 2000 in EU ;)

[Trevs56]

ya each one of these is super expensive if u convert it to american money, the norwegian kroner right now is 5.4 to 1 US dollar so if u got a 200,000 Nok (norwegian kroner) car itd be 37,000 US Dollars. the price on the Evo out here is even more thru the roof. youd pay nearly 100,000 US Dollars if u do the exchange. me an my wife had thought about paying to ship my Galant over here. its not bad at all to ship it but once u go to register here at a place called Trafikkstasjon. u have registration taxes and all kinds of other garbage. it wouldve been around 111,000 kroners total. so in turn i wouldve paid nearly the same amount i paid for it new an my 8g is 7 yrs old.. gotta love different global economys.

[ShiZnitH]

just a pointer, all of these models er after year 2000 in EU ;)
If u look at the first post youll find it ;) It stands that all of these Gs are facelift models with clear turnlights another front on all of these. Including the basic model ;)

[lonestar22]

amber turn signals are the way to go.

i want that interior man how much???? :D

[ShiZnitH]

What kind? Leather orr mine?

[djflex167]

i looking forward in buying a 8G Twin Turbo engine 2.5 V6, i know for a fact that if i get it with a manuan tran, is going to be hot!! i love V6!! lol

[ricky_db]

i just wont some power folding mirrors :smt022

[ShiZnitH]

Check this part of Ebay out then ;)
http://stores.ebay.com/rpm-garage_Mitsubishi_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ7QQftidZ2 QQtZkm
Maybe those mirrors will come out on sale ;) Its some VR4 taillights same as mine, mine are smoked but they are the same :)

[djflex167]

interesting engine he have!! u know, he was selling a Galant 8G VR-4 Engine the other day and someone bought it for 1300.00 plus shipping!! not bad it was a entire front clip!!

[badmitsu]

i just wont some power folding mirrors :smt022

x2

[Tizon]

i hate that we didnt get the v4 i norway, not even 4 wheel drive on the 8G's here :roll:

and :roll: as it looks we wont get any new galant in the years to come to :(

[ShiZnitH]

Off course the G5,6 and 7 got 4WD but since i like G8 better they desided to not produce it in 4WD :lol:

[djflex167]

damn thats sucks man!! they should've!!

[Tizon]

ye :(

and we wont get it registerd if we import them to, becouse of some idiotic rules :x

[cdipier2]

damn your interiors are soo much nicer then ours. you even have electronic climate control. that would be nice to have

Is that HVAC the same with the one on USDM Diamante??

it might be. ive havent looked in too many diamantes lately so i dont know

[ShiZnitH]

Im gonna bump this. Anymore Q about the Eu Spec Galants?

[Reelax]

Your V6 engine kind of sucks stock, though:

# Peak power — 121 kW (165 PS) at 5750 rpm
# Peak torque — 223 N·m (164 ft·lbf) at 4500 rpm

Surprising that the Americans got the more powerful engine. Then again, the 6G72 used to make only 140-something horsepower back in the 80's :lol:

good point. i wrote a long ass post about this on clubvr4.com and wrote the same thing a few times on here over the years. here's my post from clubvr4.com:




Originally Posted by bradc (clubvr4 member)

"Man the stock grill is so ugly, what is wrong with mitsi america?"

i totally agree... alot of the USDM design was ugly, that's why alot of us in the US change to JDM/ world spec parts. all the new mitsubishi's in north america (except for the EVOs) are built in the Mitsubishi North America (MMNA) factory at Nornal, Illinois, USA. Also MMNA designs it's own models (3G and 4G eclipse and 9G galant) according to what they believe will satisfy the US taste and sensibilities as well as manufacturing costs.

in my opinion, the USDM galant is both upgraded and downgraded when compared to JDM/world spec galants. the USDM headlights are cheaper in design and feature an H4 bulb providing both low and high beam functionalty (instead of the better looking and performing H7/H1 setup). the USDM grill (1999-2001) is a hybrid of the original design and the taiwanese version (which still looks better than the USDM). The front bumper design was made to appeal to family buyers and thus was "dulled" down. also the US has different safety regulations in regards to crash protection... this is the reason the USDM cars have front and rear bumper covers that extend 3"-6" further from the car than do the JDM/world spec counterparts. overall the JDM/world spec cars look much much better from the factory... but the US loves big engines: the USDM 8g galant is the only 8G galant w/ a 3.0L v6 (6g72). In the US, people are super charging and turbo charging this engine w/ great results (400-500 whp).

in another, "what were they thinking?" type question, it appears that there is a new fad outside the US where car enthusiasts are modifying ther cars w/ USDM specific parts to mimmic USDM status. i guess we all just want to make our cars unique and when the cars in our home country all have your domestc parts, getting foreign parts (no matter how ugly we think they are) is cool!

Originally Posted by bradc (clubvr4 member)
"But wouldn't you prefer a 4wd twin turbo 2.5l v6 to a 3.0l sohc v6 with fwd?"

of course... in fact there have been efforts made to swap the VR4's 6a13tt into the USDM chasis... it turned out to be a nightmare and the owner just decided to import a JDM VR4! the other otption we have is to swap in an evo8 4g63t and this has been successful! but as far as i know, nobody has completed an AWD tranny and drivetrain swap yet. MMNA did not want the VR4 in the US since it would dilute the EVO market that was introduced at about the same time as the 9G. also, correct me if i am wrong, but there never was a LHD vr4 from the factory (i know there have been conversions). since the factory never tooled up for this, it would have cost MMNA even more to bring that car stateside to a lukewarm market since most 8g galant purchasers here are strictly interested in family cars with no focus on performance. the LAST galant vr4 we had was the '91-'92 6g VR4 (4g63t, AWD, AWS) and those are coveted!

my point about the US market having the only 3.0L v6 is that here the average buyer is rather unsophisticated and displacement is more atractive than technology when it comes to marketing. this is a throw back to the old "there is no replacement for displacement" argument that started in the US's muscle car glory days. the galants here are also rather stripped down as compared to the foreign markets where galants garnish a more "luxury" status and in some markets are sporting full navigation and DVD entertainment as well as computerized dual climate control as factory options... we have none of that and have to add it all ourselves!

if i could, i would import a world spec VR4 and convert it to LHD then transfer my exterior and appearnce parts over to it. actually for the money i have spent thus far, i probably could have!

[Reelax]

somebody over here should get the "basic" model front bumper w/ lips... to my knowledge, nobody has it stateside.

"super saloon" model?

this one:

http://www.mitsubishiclub.cz/graphics/owners/full/3265_865_galant012.jpg
http://www.mitsubishiclub.cz/graphics/owners/full/3252_865_galant001.jpg

w/ lips:

http://www.hkgalantclub.org/update/member_photo/00139.jpg
VR-G Exceed

[ShiZnitH]

The "basic" Gs with facelifts (after 1999) is called "Comfort" "Elegance" "Sport" "Avance"

[o1naturalhigh]

BAH!! POS euro galants... :evil:



:lol:

[djflex167]

it looks nice for what i can see!!

[ShiZnitH]

All the Gs over here looks good with just a drop and some better rims 8)
Heres some pics of a wagon from Norway
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z272/rabbatim/bygningforanfix.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z272/rabbatim/bryggeforanfix.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z272/rabbatim/sjkantbakfix.jpg
Needs a drop :lol:

[ShiZnitH]

Another "basic" model with a few mods
http://www.mitsubishi-klubben.no/upload/files/2163917_1_full_112.jpg
http://www.mitsubishi-klubben.no/upload/files/2163917_4_full_259.jpg
http://www.mitsubishi-klubben.no/upload/files/2163917_3_full_255.jpg