Pezcore's 1997 3000GT VR4

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November 2007 - Ride of the Month

Aatif Sheikh "Pezcore" - [#2391]

1997 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4
Pearl White

I've had this car since April of 2004, almost stock, and it's come a long way. Thanks to 3Si for the info that helped me do alot of things myself and A HUGE thanks to Dan "maddog" Dillon for all the hard work, and to Dan's dad for letting me borrow the driveway for so long last year, hehe. My goal is 400+ AWHP. After alot of ups and downs and many blown turbos, she's DONE! Of course there are few tweaks needed here and there and a good tune, but nothing major.
I call that done :-)

Interior

Custom White EL Main Gauges (I pretty much came up with this idea. Stock Gauges with a white glow, like Lexus. They came out perfect)
Auto Meter Nexus Accessory Gauges (3 in stock location; 2 in custom A-pillar) Boost, EGT, Oil Pressure, Water Temp, WB02
Factory Floor mats present and in good condition, yay!
Door lights replaced with white LED bulbs
Foot lights replaced with white LED bulbs
Key ring, cruise switch and cig lighter light replaced with white LED bulbs
Custom sunroof. Tinted glass panel instead of stock body panel. No leaks!
Sun visors with lighted mirrors
Leather Interior (no rips no scratches!)
Power Driver’s seat with power lumbar adjustment
Power mirrors with defrost (does this count as interior?)

Exterior

Beautiful Pearl White Paint
18” x 9” SSR GT3 Rims (satin silver finish with chrome lip)
Michelin Pilot Sport Tires (good amount of tread left, Z rated)
8000k HiD Bulbs
Silverstar hi-beams
Clear corner turn signals with silverstar bulbs
Tinted windows
Chrome Billet Grille
Front Mitsubishi star removed

Engine Performance/Show

TD04 15G MHI turbos
Manual Boost Controller
DNP Intercooler Hardpipe Kit (Polished, Black couplers finally)
DNP Turbo Intake Hardpipe Kit (Polished, Black couplers finally)
DNP Y-Pipe (Polished, Black reducer coupler)
DSM Sidemount Intercoolers
K&N Intake
Greddy Type-S Blow off valve (more whistle, less whoosh)
Walbro 255lph fuel pump, hotwired (inline fuse by battery)
SX Fuel Pressure Regulator w/ gauge under the hood
eK2 fuel rail loop
550cc injectors
Accel Motorsports spark plug wires
NGK Iridium IX spark plugs (IK27)
Powder coated white front valve cover
“3000GT” Polished spark plug cover (a Dave Best plate, not a knockoff)
Polished plenum and throttle body, thank you Paul Perl!
Polished front fuel rail
Koyo Radiator
Polished upper radiator pipe (black coupler)
Stillen Downpipe (2.5" > 3”)
Custom exhaust (3”)
Dual chrome exhaust tips (4”)

Performance, other

All wheel drive
All wheel steering
4 wheel disc brakes
4 wheel ABS
Slotted & dimpled rotors
Hawk HPS brake pads
Stainless steel brake lines from 3SX
RPS MAX Stage 2 street clutch
Eibach Pro lowering springs
Front strut bar by Ultimate Performance (Polished, Black ends)
Rear strut bar by Cusco
Topline Engineering Ground Wire Kit

Electronics, Audio

Alpine CDA-9855 deck (CD, Radio, iPod)
Alpine KCA-420i (iPod interface)
PACSWI-ALP (Adaptor to allow steering wheel controls to work Alpine radio!)
JL Audio 1000/1 subwoofer amp (1000watts x 1) attached to rear seat
JL Audio 300/4 four channel amp (75 watts x 4) attached to rear seat
Monster 1 farad capacitor with digital voltmeter readout (behind rear seat)
2x JL Audio 10w6v2 D4 subwoofers in a custom SmokinVR4 enclosure
2x JL Audio XR650Csi component speakers (1” tweeters in the dash, 6.5” cones in the front doors, crossovers hidden)
2x JL Audio VR690Cxi 2-way speakers (rear speakers)
EVERY wire in the audio system is brand new JL wire that I ran. NEW speaker wire, NEW interconnects, NEW power and ground wire. All of it!
JL Audio Amp Kit (fuse near battery)
JL Audio Battery Terminals
No wires showing! Anywhere!

Electronics, other