Additionally, you may find the odd leak on the car, especially where the door glass and roof joins. You may also find some leaking around the sunroof on models that have those. Spyder models or those with soft-top conversions can also leak where the roof meets the windows. Any leaks should be fixed as soon as possible. The GTO active suspension is very clever, but you can remove a lot of weight and complexity and infuse a bit more control with a Variant 3 coilover setup from KW.

While many 3000GTs out there are fit for the scrap heap, there are still plenty of good examples available and we are going to show you how to find them. You should always try to inspect a 3000GT yourself or get a third party to do so for you. In the next section we have included more general car buying information. Additionally, at the end of this article we have included information of where to buy a 3000GT and how to import a Mitsubishi GTO from Japan. General Car Buying Advice for the Mitsubishi 3000GT/GTO How to Get Yourself the Best Deal On a 3000GT You may come across 3000GTs/GTOs fitted with extra oil coolers for the automatic transmission. This is good as excess heat will do damage to automatic gearboxes. Body and Exterior No. You can jump start your vehicle in three easy steps. You can simply clamp on, connect to the car battery and wait for a solid green light on the clamp, then start your car.

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GoonetExchange – Is one of the biggest vehicle exporters in Japan and they have head offices in Tokyo and Nagoya. They have quite a good selection of GTOs ready for export. The four-wheel steering (4WS) system was designed to show off Mitsubishi’s engineering abilities and was claimed to improve high speed stability. Mitsubishi’s system could turn the rear wheels up to 1.5 degrees in the same directions as the front wheels when travelling at 30 mph (48km/h) or more. While the 4WS system did work as intended, it was more of a technological toy rather than a true performance modification.

www.mitsubishi-cars.co.uk • www.gto.club - Official 3000GT club• www.evilempireperformance.co.uk/gto-3000gt-shop - Parts and mods Mitsubishi 3000GT summary and prices Here are the errors that may show up on the screen. They are also printed on the bottom of the Gooloo. In addition to the 4WS and AWD systems, the VR4 was also fitted with a tunable exhaust (similar to the one found in Ferrari’s 360 supercar), and an Active Aero system (ditched after 1996). The Active Aero system could drop the front spoiler by 80mm and change the angle of the rear wing by 15 degrees when the car was travelling in excess of 45mph (72km/h). These changes helped to reduce air flow from under the vehicle and increase downforce at the rear. The system would deactivate when the car slowed down to 50mph.A common failure point on the OEM ECS system is the ECS controller itself. It is quite common for the capacitors to fail and then the controller will stop working completely. Replacing the OEM ECS controller is quite difficult now as Mitsubishi has stopped making them. Additionally, the front ECS struts are no longer available in the United States (Some Canadian dealers may still have them).

The 3000GT/GTO is getting on a bit now and the electronics in them aren’t getting any younger. Capacitors in the ECU system will eventually break down, so see if they have been replaced. The Engine Control Unit and Transmission Control Unit (autos only) can fail and are quite expensive to replace. Buying a Modified 3000GT/GTO The GT3000 Toxic Gas Detector is not available for sale in the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK). Ready” (blinks) + Beeping: Vehicle battery is dead. Press “Boost” for 2-3 secs, and once the “Ready” icon lights up solid, start the vehicle within 30 seconds An uprated FMIC will bring tangible benefits to the GTO – a classic mod for these cars. Eurospec offer a superb ESP unit. It’s a bit of a no-brainer this one. I previously mentioned how battery-operated jump starters are some of the tools I find essential for drivers, and wrote about one of my favorites, the NOCO Genius Boost. The article was prompted after having rescued a countless number of family members, coworkers, strangers, and friends during my travels. Draining a car’s battery is not difficult. All it took, for instance, was for my little son to turn on the 2nd-row ceiling light right before we took him out of his car seat during the daytime. It stayed on for days without our knowledge. In another example, I waited in the car for about 45 minutes while my wife went shopping at the supermarket. I was listening to the radio and had the fan on. The battery died by the time she returned. Oops!

To compensate for the lower power output of the Mk1 VR4, a modification known as the “Free Boost Modification” was made to increase the first gen’s boost from 10 pounds/square inch to 12 pounds/square inch. This modification made the Mk1 VR4 equal in power to the later generations of the car. The late 80s and early 90s was a golden period for Japanese cars. Manufactures such as Toyota, Mazda, Honda and Nissan were producing some insane vehicles and Mitsubishi wanted a piece of the action. While accident damage is a serious problem, you should not automatically exclude a car from consideration because of it. Minor damage is usually fine as long as it has been repaired correctly and not bodged. If the 3000GT you are looking at has been in a major accident, we recommend that you move onto another one. Remember to use any repair work/accident damage as a bargaining point. Signs That a 3000GT has been Stored Outside