What sort of engine ??

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 5:48 pm

Notice this 1995 Mivec contverted lancer on car sales but didnt recognise the engine, it says Mivec but looks completely different from the FTO's.

Any ideas ??

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 5:58 pm

What's the year model of the car?

I'm quite certain it's the JDM-only 1.6l 4G92 MIVEC.

Luca · Post by **Luca** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:01 pm

Hey Barfy ... long time no see. Mate shoot me or MRX an email sometime, we'd love to catch up with you.

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:10 pm

Its a 1995 lancer.

Ill be in touch soon luca

Slither · Post by **Slither** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:25 pm

GPXXX wrote:I'm quite certain it's the JDM-only 1.6l 4G92 MIVEC.

I'm with Mikey on this one, haven't seen one in person but i'll bet thats what it is

HRD2BQT · Post by **HRD2BQT** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 12:08 am

definitely is 4G92 1.6 Mivec (1st Generation)

afterburner · Post by **afterburner** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:14 am

Yep that's it - the 4G92 Mivec. Came factory in a number of Mirage and Lancer body shells from 1993 to recently. Quite popular over here.

Bloody good little engines too - roughly Mitsubishi's equivalent of the Honda B16A.

Here's some pics (from a recent cruise I went on) of some of the cars they are fitted to ... plus me.

http://www.mivec.co.nz/forums/viewtopic ... 90&start=0

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:56 am

Well u learn something new everyday

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 12:34 pm

i think the 1996-onwards version of the same motor made 131kw (on 100RON fuel of course)

but i have heard many ppl say they are torqueless buggers, in fact one video commentator who was driving the car in a Serious Performance video went as far to say that when MIVEC kicks in, it's nothing but just the noise...

afterburner · Post by **afterburner** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:50 pm

They seem to power those little Gen II Cyborg Mirages quite nicely - two of the ones on the cruise I went on were the stripped out RS Cyborg models, and they were very rapid indeed...

I imagine the performance wouldn't be quite so good on the Lancer sedans they also come in...

paladin · Post by **paladin** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:21 pm

GPXXX wrote:i think the 1996-onwards version of the same motor made 131kw (on 100RON fuel of course)

but i have heard many ppl say they are torqueless buggers, in fact one video commentator who was driving the car in a Serious Performance video went as far to say that when MIVEC kicks in, it's nothing but just the noise...

dude thats the same with vtech, vvti mivec engines with high revs all over

only exceptions i can think of is the accord type r s2000 and hte v6 mivecs in the pajero and diamonty

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:58 pm

actually no, you really can feel the extra urge when VTEC YO!!!!! takes over... i mean, look at this guy lol

Slither · Post by **Slither** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:13 pm

I friggin love that pic Mikey!!!