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Si a few months ago I decided there wasnt much more to do to the car and I still wanted more power so said lets go down the Forced induction route. and slected a IHI RHF5 turbo as the means of power.

Im a good bit down the line here with completion due at the end of Jan so Its more of a breef than anything along with details of what i did.

Starting off before my conversion here was what I had.
1997 Mitsubishi GPX
209 BHP & 156.7 LBS (DYNO PROVEN)

To get the Car running safely and effectivlyalong with performance in mind iv fitted .

• 5Zigen Pro Racer Spec A Exhaust
  De-Cat Pipe
  Apexi ECV
  IHI-rhf5 /td05(Hybrid) (Bigger housing, quick spool up with a bigger topend than the normal TD05)
  Blitz Intercooler,
  Trust Oil Cooler,
  Greddy E-Manage,
  Oil Catch Can,
  3:2:1 Manifold
  Custom Downpipes
  Custom intercooler Piping
  Uprated Injectors
  Additional Injector
  Upgraded Walbro Fuel Pump
  semi organic Clutch
  HKS Boost Controller
  HKS Additional Injector Controller

For the handeling side of things iv got

• Front Upper Strut Brace
  Rear Upper Strut Brace
  Tein coilovers
  Tein Topmounts

And im upgrading my breaks to
will be fitting GTO 324mm 4 POT breaks

sounding good dan

how much have u spent so far?

Post pics. It should be coming along great

a lot of the handelng parts such as the tiens i had got before hand so i don count them.

and not including the fell service
id say ill have spent about €4000-€5000 to get it finished.

i still am looking at doing this, i notcied you havea gpx so the mivec engine what have you done with compression issues and oil starvation to the heads?

iv reduced the compression to 9:1
by adding a 1.1mm aluminium shim plate to the heads.

I went for the slightly weaker setup where there is 4 faces to loose compression from 4 faces than 2 but it woould blow out in the event of large buildbup of pressure where it could cause damage to pistons or conrods so could protect me in the long run

what bout the oil starvation in the heads due to the mivec system mate?

do you think you could postu p whe nits all done full details about the instlal so i could copy

i dont see why she should suffer from oil starvation at all

This kit has seen in and around 300BHP before with no problems. and can take up to 360 Block premmitting.

give me a few min and ill try get some details.

Nothing says stop like a big break kit.

Alcon 6pot Brake Kit with 330mm disks & braided hoses.


CALLAPERS



DISKS


MOUNTING & HOSES

there abit yummy

are yo chuckign in a decompression head gasket by any chance?

yip.

a lot of people seem to go for 8:5:1 but iv gone for 9:1 as i feel 8:5:1 seems a tad too low for a 2L

Also Went for a multi layered gasket y adding a shim rather than a single decompression gasket. This is a stronger setup but does leave 4 faces to leak from in worse case scanario. But if things go bad and theres too much pressure building up the extra shim will blow out saving my bottom end.

So rather than a new engine its a case of repairing a leaking head gasket

d_dan wrote:yip.

a lot of people seem to go for 8:5:1 but iv gone for 9:1 as i feel 8:5:1 seems a tad too low for a 2L

Also Went for a multi layered gasket why adding a shim rather than a single decompression gasket. This is a stronger setup but does leave 4 faces to leak from in worse case scanario. But if things go bad and theres too much pressure building up the extra shim will blow out saving my bottom end.

So rather than a new engine its a case of repairing a leaking head gasket

ahh i see, what thickness shim are you using and also what thickness gasket? What are you going to do about MIVEC? If you change the head gasket by yourself rekon you could write up a DIY for me? :p

ill see what i can do.
im not down to do it my mechanic is but ill be there doing other stuff so might be able to take a few pics.
or ask him what hes doing.

I didnt want to do it myself as i wouldnt feel safe doing the timing belt.

im using standard 0.9mm thick gaskets
with a 1.1mm thick aluminium shim plate.
i had aluminium ones made as there the same as the block and will heat up, cool down, expand and contract all at the same time hopefully preventing any leakage.