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FWD TT AXT with manual transmission controller
“Buy it! You’ll look good driving it.” Hubby said
What a sucker I was that day but it was love at first sight .
Neither one of us had a clue to the chaos this little red car would bring to our life.
In six years of ownership we are on our fifth engine and fifth transmission rebuild but even at it’s worse I couldn’t bring myself to give up and part out. Not just because of the car itself but what it represented.
Two years after we purchased the car everything changed when the local mitsu dealer gave us DJ’s phone number and said he owned E.T. Motorsports which specialized in Mitsubishi and DSM’s.
Thirty minutes after walking into his shop we were scheduling the car to have an AFC installed and 4 years later it hasn’t stopped.
The real project began after the third engine failure and we all dedicated to building a FWDATXTT.
There have been hurdles in making this project work none of us could have predicted but DJ has been relentless in finding resolutions so we can continue to move forward.
What it represents?
Obviously all the hard work but more important the friends I have made along the journey.
DJ who has become my friend and teacher and probably one of the few shop owners that makes house calls.
All the wonderful people that have came into my life because I bought a 3S.
What I have learned....Just enough to know I don't know shit!
Our goal is to be the fastest FWD stock turbo car….Oh and get a paint job.
Project headed by
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Engine
Custom built by JJ Hall
(Instructor in my performance engine building class)
Blue Ridge Machine and Motorsports, LLC - Home
Ross Custom Pistons By Ray Pampena
Snow Stage 2 Meth Kit
550 Fuel injectors
99 Lifters
TiAL BOV
Dejon Front Mount Intercooler
Dejon Blow thru Intake Pipe set
255 Hotwired Fuel Pump
Oil Cooler
3SX Chrome Reservoir Cap Covers
Stainless Engine Dress Up Kit
Polished Parts by Stewart Peters Fishersville VA
(Long time family friend)
Plenum
Valve Covers
3000GT Sparkplug Cover
Fuel Rails
Thermostat Housing/Water Distributor
Autocross Rims
Electrical
Optima Battery
Magnicore Plug Wires
Tsunami Capacitor 5-FARAD Canister
Transmission
Custom Built
IPT Performance ATX Transmission with LSD
IPT Performance Transmissions | Performance Parts | Torque Converters
IPT Manuel/Automatic Controller
Johns ATX controller gives me the best of both worlds
Electronic Fan Controlled Cooler
Electronics
TT ECU
GM Mass AND MAF Translator Fuel Management
APEXI AFC NEO
APEXI ITC
APEXI Limited Edition Turbo Timer
INNOVATE XD-16 Wideband O2 Sensor Gauge Kit
White Face Instrument Cluster
Autometer
Transmission Temp
Boost Gauge
Oil Pressure Gauge
Audio
Kenwood Touch Screen
Built in
Garmin Navigation
XM Radio
Suspension
Corner Weighted
JIC "MAGIC" Suspension JIC-FLT2
Strut Bars
Body
Distressed Vintage Firestorm Red Paint
99 Front Conversion
99 Rear Garnishment
Deft Racing 575 Carbon Fiber Hood
Aerocatch Plus Flush Hood Latches
Fog Lights
Shaved Rear Wiper
Shaved Radio Antenna
Wheels
Street
18" Chrome XPressions 805C
NITTO NT555 Extreme ZR
AutoX
Stock Polished Rims
Bridgestone Potenza RE-01R
Exhaust
3” TT Stock Exhaust
3” 3SX Down Pipe
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