Project: Evo6 Powered Mirage - Page 2

94AWDcoupe · Oct 27, 2009, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Tonba

You do realise the curve weight on these are sub 1000kg's... So I wouldnt say 1100kg's is out of the question..

no they are not. what I do realize is if this 06 car is listed as 990kg my mirage was listed as 880kg. then you have to add a bunch of weight to make the car turbo/4g63/AWD.

What 99.99% of people dont know is manufacture vehicle posted weights are always about 200lbs lighter than actual weight of vehicle. I dont know why this is but it is 100% true. The weight posted on titles here in the USA is 200lbs lighter than actual. I have found this to be true from 30 years of buying and selling cars and taking cars to the dump to be weighed. Here is a website that lists most if not all the japanese wehicles ever made. Its in japanese but pictures of each vehicle clearly show which models we are talking about. "manufacture suggested hopeful weights are posted" The chassis I used was the lightest chassis they made. you can use this chart to compare vehicle to vehicle for weight, but you have to ad ~100 kilo to every car to get its actual weight. mitsu did not make an evo 2 door car. they did make some of the 2 doors in awd but they are devoid of much weight due to the little N/A engine they came with. turbos add 75lb. DOHC engine adds 35lbs, proper brakes adds 25lbs. etc etc. it adds up quick. http://www.goo-net.com/catalog/MITSU...AGE/index.html

blackchiney-8 · Oct 27, 2009, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by RSMike

we weighed it on the scales at work, it was 1100kg with driver. but i'll double check

Cheers

This i a very nice project fully endorsed mike

YHPM

RSMike · Oct 27, 2009, 10:00 PM

just weighed my car at the refuse station with 1/2 tank of gas:

1280kg with me (95kg) - ~2816lbs
1185kg without me - ~2607lbs
1140 kg (estimated) racing trim without tools and interior - ~2508lbs.

Yeah those scales we used last time must have been off.

that clears things up!

PaperClip · Oct 27, 2009, 10:04 PM

Thats sick ! sweet car man. cant wait to see pics with the new seats and stuff.

RSMike · Nov 6, 2009, 10:39 PM

Time slips from NightSpeed dragwars at Meremere in New Zealand.

Me on the left. I lost to the GTR (on the right) by 0.05 of a sec!!!

Had so much fun!

Super wheel spin off the line.

I'll put the LSD in this week, and i've got a new set of tyres, 205/55/15's Potenza S03's.

Might even raise the rev limit to 8000rpm, i have to shift into 5th as is.

RSMike · Nov 6, 2009, 11:30 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_ZLR5KySlk

first run of the night.

towards the end of the night i was scrubbing the tyres after the water traps.

94AWDcoupe · Nov 7, 2009, 11:50 AM

looks like fun. what size tire was on car? the weight of car sounds good to me. I would be all over one of these at 2600lbs with full interior.

RSMike · Nov 7, 2009, 02:28 PM

running 205/50/15, just normal street tyres.
Car would have been about 1140kg (2500lb) for racing.

RSMike · Yesterday, 05:36 AM

ran the car again at Night Speed Drag wars at Meremere.

Did a 11.973 @ 180.24kph. 1.709 60ft.

They prepped the track this time, so traction was hard to get consistant. i was bogging down, and then wheelspinning, then tramming etc.

My trap speed was down a little cause i moved my intake timing from +4 to 0 when i was dialling in the cams, so i left them there. +4 seems to increase midrange alot, which helps for off the line without bogging down.

New Tyres and wheels worked a treat, even though they are just street tyres. Still was just changing into 5th at the end of the trip, i could raise the rev limit by about 200rpm to squeeze over in 4th, but i dont think it's neccessary.

The Mirage will be getting a quick reflash done on the evo6 ecu this coming week. I hope to keep it conservative, but hopefully pick the power up to about 250kwatw.

Cheers, Mike