The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

hi.
due to some technical problems i'm going to have to pull out from this .
sorry for the late notice.


1) Mitsumaniac+1 bird
2) KizerSozey
3) Bernard
4)johnk (maybe,hopefully)


Quarter Mile
1) MfFTO (will do rolling road as well)
2) TopCat

will it be the case that when your in show n shine you must stay put till shows over, at japfest i'd to wait with car ticking over ready to pounch at gates when they opened them . but that was coz of the rainy weather, hopefully limerick will be better..........where abouts exactly is event taking place?

It's in Limerick racecourse in Patrickswell.
http://www.napit.co.uk/viewus/infobank/rcinformation/irishrcourses/limerick.php

Anyone else interested, the weather's looking good...

really bummed I wont make it this year..Even if the car is ready I'll need to give it a good going over before I can drive it...

Muad_dib77 wrote:really bummed I wont make it this year..Even if the car is ready I'll need to give it a good going over before I can drive it...

Sure bring the hatch back, we'll still talk to you

Show & Shine
1) Mitsumaniac+1 bird
2) KizerSozey
3) Bernard
4)johnk (maybe,hopefully)


Quarter Mile
1) MfFTO (will do rolling road as well)
2) TopCat

Come on guys - any advance on 6? - the weekend weather forecast is the best I've seen all year - sunny weather promised.
After the washout that was Japfest - heres your chance to catch some rays while taking a look at what is usually a very good show - and all for €10.

Plus a lot more of this -

I would have come down to this but I've to bring the missus out for her birthday on Saturday night, probably won't be in much state to drive the following morning!!

(Shane, if I do come down, I'll bring those other bits)

Myfeckin FTO wrote:Come on guys - any advance on 6? -

I even heard the pale exit will be open for the weekend, any Dubs around?

bit of a crisis here today lads,,,,looks like i wont be able to get to limerick as my front brake caliper passenger side is leaking after i put new green stuff pads in, yes i know i changed brakes 3 weeks ago, but brother got me these, as i was gently pushing back piston in caliper and popped in new pads,,,all was well till i notied wet on inside of alloy few hours later, shagging things leaking at piston in caliper, have to meet ger in donabate in a day or two to get a donor caliper off his scraped fto so she's off the road for a few days and back to a mondeo

does anyone know if anyother caliper will fit, galant, colt, lancer, just asking as my local scrapyard has lots of mitsy's but no fto's

GS and GR caliper should fit your car no problem. Not sure about GX, may be slightly different.

tanx colm, i did'nt think about that.........must check with ger in donabate before driving all the way up....

i think i have a set of calipers as well if ger doesnt sort you out

oh great seb,,,,,,,,,pm me price please, as long as there suitable for gr then i'll take em......she's out of action till i get it sorted, im keeping busy by dressing up engine bay and colour coding interior dash with either red or silver

kizersozey wrote:colour coding interior dash with either red or silver

Don't rush into anything

lol ive all the center dash on my kitchen table,,,,,,,, top dash with 2 clocks, suround from rev counter, consol suround (which needed fixing cracked), i like red and silver but cant decide, im a fairly dab hand at spraying so it will turn out flawless

kizersozey wrote:lol ive all the center dash on my kitchen table,,,,,,,, top dash with 2 clocks, suround from rev counter, consol suround (which needed fixing cracked), i like red and silver but cant decide, im a fairly dab hand at spraying so it will turn out flawless

If your that good you can do mine if you like

kizersozey wrote:bit of a crisis here today lads,,,,looks like i wont be able to get to limerick as my front brake caliper passenger side is leaking after i put new green stuff pads in, yes i know i changed brakes 3 weeks ago, but brother got me these, as i was gently pushing back piston in caliper and popped in new pads,,,all was well till i notied wet on inside of alloy few hours later, shagging things leaking at piston in caliper, have to meet ger in donabate in a day or two to get a donor caliper off his scraped fto so she's off the road for a few days and back to a mondeo

does anyone know if anyother caliper will fit, galant, colt, lancer, just asking as my local scrapyard has lots of mitsy's but no fto's

Its a bad week for brake calipers, mines on its way out as well. Started getting a weird grinding noise from the front drivers side. Think the bottom piston is stuck pushing the pad in all the time. I'll try get a proper look at it tomorrow and get it sorted. Might be looking for a caliper myself if its not repairable.

caliper piston sticking........................ check alloy to see if its hot after a spin, good sign of brakes sticking....

i was having that problem when i first got mine,alloy was red hot and other side normal tiny bit warm, think it was half seazed up and was holding the car without touching brakes, took it off and freed it out but now shes piddling from the piston ah the joy's of it

sorry....dont want to be changing topic from this tread but hopefully i'll have her sorted for sunday and down to limerick for the day

Show & Shine
1) Mitsumaniac+1 bird
2) KizerSozey
3) Bernard
4)johnk (maybe,hopefully)


Quarter Mile
1) MfFTO (will do rolling road as well)
2) TopCat

Come on guys - last chance to get in there before I send on the final numbers to Sleek.
Sunday is promised to be a scorcher - this has allways been a good day when the weather has been good.
Just €10 for Show and Shine entry (+ three FTO's in the Show & Shine get in free).
We supported Japfest and they did us no favours on entrance fee - and we've allways had good numbers at the Sleek Show and they've allways gone out of their way to ensure we have a club stand space etc.

Would love to be coming along but can't because of prior commitments I'd urge everyone to come along - weather looks like it's gonna be good, this makes a day like this so much better.

Anyone fancy karting if there's time after the show?
There's a track 20 minutes away...

Bernard wrote:Anyone fancy karting if there's time after the show?
There's a track 20 minutes away...

Oh oh me me! Bring it on. Ain't been in ages.

Bernard wrote:Anyone fancy karting if there's time after the show?
There's a track 20 minutes away...

I'd be on for it but tbh ye'll be wrecked from the day - theres a lot of fun to be had though from an after show cruise down the dock road and into town for some grub (in Eddie Rockets or similar) espec with the amount of modified cars around from the show.

gutted now that my fto is off the road till mon or tues regarding caliper leak, but i'll take spin down anyway.....

Show & Shine
1) Mitsumaniac+1 bird
2)
3) Bernard
4)johnk


Quarter Mile
1) MfFTO (will do rolling road as well)
2) TopCat
Ok Guy's with the bad turn out I will go down will more than likely be 1/2 alseep after tonight but sure the weather look's good, Shane can you send in my detail's to sleek thank's and Do I meet up with you at Birdhill like last year at 8:30 has that been bypass yet

Show & Shine
1) Mitsumaniac+1 bird
2) gfalls
3) Bernard
4)johnk

Can you pass my details on as well Shane? Cheers..!