FTO GPX 1995 Restoration+Racing Afterparts+Swapped Left Side

[SmokeSolid]

MITSUBISHI FTO GPX-CONVERTED TO A VERSION R (LSD + DIET)
Still a lot of work to do but really happy I imported this car into Lima back in 2001.

Best,
S

[CJ]

Great intro and pics, keep us up to date on the project Smokesolid. Home made clutch? More info please! What sort of condition were the cylinders and values in?

CJ

[Muad_dib77]

WOW a LEFTIE!!

awesome... some project!
Let us know how you get on!

[TopCat]

Very nice project, best of luck with it and keep us up to date!

[SmokeSolid]

[SmokeSolid]

[SmokeSolid]

I have been posting in other forum this same journal I hope you dont mind me sharing.

We are fitting the Tein Super Street Coil over Soon.

Another update that I will be converting my GPX into Version R I just bought an R Spoiler since my car is already lightened and has a much better LSD that the stock one.

I will be fitting a MOMO Mod. 8 rally black suede steering wheel with a MOMO boss kit adaptor.

Ill keep posting when I can.

I hope all of you guys enjoy watching this journal.

Best,
Smoke

[SmokeSolid]

Hi, Thanks for all the compliments on our work.

Next week engine will be running so ill post some videos lets hope we can finish everything soon.

Rear Tein suspension has been fitted we will finish front soon.

Ill keep posting when ever I can.
Best

[SmokeSolid]

Great intro and pics, keep us up to date on the project Smokesolid. Home made clutch? More info please! What sort of condition were the cylinders and values in?

CJ

Hi Thanks for the warm welcome.

I bought this car in 2001 with 21kl 5 years later I was about to buy a BMW but I just could sell my old FTO. So I invested on restoring my old and first car so here I am looking for friends all over the world that share the same passion for this marvelous car.

By homemade clutch I mean made by us on my mechanic shop every part has been made with professional materials.

Please any questions just shoot..ill be glad to answer anything you are curios about.

Regards,
S

[Dragonheart]

Fantastic looking project. Nice to see one being brought back to life from the depths. Looks like a lot of work and time going into it. Best of luck with it.

[optical illusion]

Interesting seeing the inside my engine, good luck with it!

[SmokeSolid]

Hi guys we just finished with the engine and we will fit the gearbox tommorrow maybe.





Painted Gearbox



Thermo Block Intake Manifold Gaskets from RPW
I hope this works a little.I trust them so its cool.

http://www.rpw.com.au/shop/index.php?pa ... 1&Itemid=1





Pillow Mounts
We will adapt this Pillow mounts soon and fit the tein suspention, we will cut and throw back the mounts a little for better cornering (ill take pictures of this mod)

[Dilogoat86]

:O :O :O

I would LOVE to have a garage and loads of money and the tools to do this. I love building and designing cars.

[SmokeSolid]

Caster mod. is going on right now this is going to turn like a bike.






We are about to wrap the heather with the insulating tape.



Clutch Bearing



Thats it for today.

Regards.
J

[SmokeSolid]

:O :O :O

I would LOVE to have a garage and loads of money and the tools to do this. I love building and designing cars.

Ill love to have a garage and tons of money too bro....

[Sebastian]

VERY good project .
I love the fact that it's Left hand drive aswell . Are you from Lima yourself?

[SmokeSolid]

VERY good project .
I love the fact that it's Left hand drive aswell . Are you from Lima yourself?

Thanks man...yes I am in Lima.

[SmokeSolid]

More small details have arrived:




Dashboard <<<<chrome <<rings



Header was silicon coated yesterday and wrapped.
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Front

[Muad_dib77]

the sheer amount of work being put in is really impressive.. please do keep the pics coming!

[SmokeSolid]

Hi Thank you very much...Its been treated how I believe an FTO GPX deserves to be treated i think.
Here in my country there are around 10 FTOs and i never seen an GPX manual so ppl always destroy them on street racing, drag etc So in a way this car will hit the street to make a good name for the FTO again because when it was on the street on 2001-2004 made a really good performance but I was a kid and didnt have the money to invest on my car. I was going to by a 2003 M3 but i ust coudnt sell my cars so i invested the money on him.
I believe my car have been very forgiving with me and have saved my life on many occasions I really like it so much I coudnt sell it

[SmokeSolid]

Finally we set the engine and the trans. together and its on the car already as you can see. This was done today 8 of july.








We managed to have smaller fileters because they where crashing with the header....

[SmokeSolid]

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[Sebastian]

good job man.

Did you made the left hand drive swap yourself or did you buy the car like that ?

[SmokeSolid]

I bought it righthand but I didnt do the lefthand change. It was given to me with swapped that was the deal.
I corrected al the mistakes and that was like making it again but finally is perfect. With the caster mod this is gonna turn really good bro.
The dash board is perfectly made and that took a while actually looks 100% the same we use the original parts put where very good at blending each part.

Look decent compared to your car or you can tell its not fatory made?

Best,
S

[SmokeSolid]

Hi guys,

Suspension work keep in progress we are half way still.

Walbro has been set up and we painted silver the multi i might chrome it later on but really I wont take so much time pimping the motor looks whats inside matters. 3 weeks and we will be rolling in 5 weeks DYNO test!!!!!

I hope I get 200-205 to the wheel but I dont know.

We are thinking about setting a street cage for extra security...

I need pickup up some wilwood brakes or brembo. I bought the brake overhoul kit for GPX brakes so i might be fine for a couple of months but still im looking to buy some.

Im looking for used takata (original) harness if somebody whants to sell some please PM me.

Since this car is going to be on a diet (but keeping the air conditioning mate if not ill go crazy) and has LSD its not a GPX anymore correct? So I think my car deserves to have the version R spoiler. I wont put the decals on it since I think its really bad taste.
Version R spoiler should be arriving soon too.

5 new stabilizing Ultra Racing bars just arrived, fedex will drop it home in just a few hours i hope.

Those will be set up asap.

Momo boss kit is awaiting the mod.8 wheel I bought a couple of weeks ago.