qnz's 2003 ES build and picture thread

[qnz]

Here is my build thread that is almost 8 years in the making now. My direction with this car is to build it the way Mitsubishi should have built it. I wanted to build a car that people can tell is modified and yet still look like it could have came that way from the factory. Even tho my mods are subtle, I filled the car with a lot of top-shelf parts and had shops make me a lot of custom one-off parts.




Year 2004
Earliest pic I have of my G. I never took a pic of it stock. Fall 2004


Year 2005
Me and Gladiator clearing corners and installing springs. Spring 2005


Senior year college.


Engine bay 2005


My first bit of JDM goodness. JDM headlights with the stock grill.


Year 2006
JDM body conversion on


Year 2007
First night the car started with the turbo stuff in



Custom downpipe and exhaust



Still have the cat. My car is green


Redline tuning trunk shocks

[02redgalant]

about time

[reiketsutsukigami]

nice man makes me wish i had taken a few more pics i might just make one with the few pics ive got.

[Ivory8g]

I love it :)
how much psi?

[Corey2kG]

1st time I've ever seen your car ass lol. Lookin good bro!

[E_Emerson88]

very nice. what do you need the trunk shock for?

[qnz]

My aftermarket rear speakers were too deep and hit the trunk torsion bars. I had to remove the torsion bars to keep the speakers.

[qnz]

2008
HKS F-Con Ecu riding shotgun on my floor


HKS F-con display


Front end 2008


L bracket that holds the grill to the body


Wheels in 2008


Engine bay 2008

[qnz]

2009
Installed pusher fan. I removed the passenger side fan because the turbo was there. When sitting in traffic in hot weather, sometimes caused the temps to creep up with only 1 fan. After I installed the pusher, it never overheated again.


Transmission oil cooler and tranny temp sensor. I think my tranny is too cool now. Avg tranny temp is 140-160 Oo the highway. It gets to 190 on spirited drives




Interior 2009


Wheels in 2009


My stable of Mitsubishis


getting tuned at Billet Design Motorsports in Florida. Very competant shop and shop owner. I dont give my praises freely either.


HKS Fcon ecu running speed density. 15 psi on stock engine and tranny


Me vs phizzalot. Ran 15s untuned on the Evo ECU. I never got to take the HKS setup to the track


My accident going thru Virginia. This is what $7000 in damage looks like. Yay for insurance

[qnz]

2010
projector retrofit


tsx projectors vs sc300


HID projector retrofit testing



stock 03 cluster with hyper white leds. notice the ricer blue tint


My hybrid gauge cluster. 2003 needles and 1999 cluster face. same white bulbs


I had to sand thru the blue on the back of the cluster overlays


my cockpit


Interior 2010


My different sets of wheels this year.




Summer look. Rays G-Games 77w-Vaio 19x8.0 +48


Winter wheels. Volk Racing GT-V 18x7.5 +43



JDM Galant door sills


They go over the stock plastic door sills. Note the width difference. I trimmed the stock piece so the JDM sills could fit over them


Like so:


Engine bay 2010


At Icedoutgalant's house helping him get his car running for MOD


What kind of JDM ninja technique is this?


Mitsubishi Owners Day 2010 swag


Jestr Tuning Dyno Day in NY. Evo 8 Ecu on Tephra v7 speed density mod. 15 psi. stock engine and tranny
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[mrg7243]

what turbo/manifold are you running?? cause i dont see a spacer there at all.

[M-Rod]

Two thumbs up!

[99 galant]

nice I think i like the 08' wheels the best so far

[greddy]

why the 20 hp drop from HKS F con to the evo 8 ecu, different style of dyno/correction

[Galantman03]

why the 20 hp drop from HKS F con to the evo 8 ecu, different style of dyno/correction

looks like its a different place... has 2 different names on each dyno print out

[qnz]

what turbo/manifold are you running?? cause i dont see a spacer there at all.

Its an ebay (xs power) DSM manifold. Not all DSM manifold fit tho. Some have the first runner bending outward and hit the power steering pump

[qnz]

why the 20 hp drop from HKS F con to the evo 8 ecu, different style of dyno/correction

I would say different tuners and different ablities of each ECU. I dont know what correction factor was on at Billet, but there was zero correction factor at No Limit. Billet Design also spent over 3 hours on the dyno tuning my car where Jestr spent about an hour. With some more tuning time, he might have been able to eek out a few more HP. But I told the Jestr I rather have a reliable car that could sustain long highway runs vs a car with peak HP bragging rights.

[greddy]

fair enough, I just know that the evo ecu is very very capable, we have a lot of stock ecu 600-700 whp evos coming out of english racing here in the northewest, very nice build though, nice to see everything that's happened with the car since you've had it. Any future plans for a dohc swap, or built auto tranny?

[Galantfan88]

Looking good buddy

[Gtorque]

Looks great man!! Doing an awesome job