Tell me all about ...... Mitsubishi Starrions

2.6 Turbos will be widebody with dished 5 stud alloys, 2.6 replaced the 2.0 (same as the Lancer EX) in 89/90

also know as dodge conquest or something in the USA - so loads mega tuning goodies available

www.starion-turbo.co.uk/

speak to terry gilbert there (biltel) he knows loads about them

Thanks so far guys..... I am a nurse by trade.... erm ? Yes, really, amnd have been a drug dealer the last 15 years, but I am reasonably able, even with basic bodywork, mechanics, and not totally thick, so I suspect with a mentor or 20 I could do an engine swop.

I am trying to buy a little pickup off the "Bay" which comes with a 1200-ish cc motor, Motor is apparantly poked, and guy wants 200 squids, so a bit steep as a base, however, here is one that someone else did before........

I understand that the 2.6 motor can be dropped into the hole up front..... so I guess this may be a challenge, but imagine a Hyundai Accent sized pickup with a Turbo up front, and RWD ;D

I may be completely off the ,mark here..... but as a South African, where Pickups form part of our rites of passage, it appeals to me.

What type of power does the "standard" 2.6l turbo kick out ?

right , the 2.6 astron turbo motor is a fuggin big lump, mostly used in the southern hemisphere cars as big long legged chugger, the 2.0 litre engine is a lot more tunable, a bit lighter and a good deal smaller.
also, the mitsi turbo lumps have LOT of wiring and modules to hook so if you get one make sure you get all the loom. i did and i still have no idea where most of it goes because wiring diagrammes are bloody hard to come by. in fact I'm swapping my turbo motor with stuyizz for his n/a, just so i might possbly see my siggy on the road sometime.

The Stallion/Starion name thing comes up every so often in different variations, as far as I'm aware it's meant to be a clever combination of "Star" and "Orion". Catchy eh.

Good to know you're still thinking about it Grizz!

I know there's some connection between Hyundai and Mitsubishi, and it's nice to keep engine swaps in-house, but would the Nissan CA18ET or even CA18DET lump be a better swap? A number of CA18ET's have been swapped into old Datsuns, so the basic technology has already been dealt with and there'd be plenty of info around. Also, I'd have thought it easier to find a Silvia Turbo as a donor rather than a Starion, unless you know of one for definite?

I had one a B reg 2.0 turbo don't know how modded it was but it had a quickshift fitted. I bought it in the winter and it frightened me to death on a few occasions. I was down the main shopping street in Southport and some guy started revving up his RS turbo next to me. The lights changed I launched it hardish and as I changed to 2nd crossed a grid and the car just snapped to the right in a 180 thank god CCTV wasn't about then. Another time I was going down a 60 mph road there was a lot of oncoming traffic so I had to slow down to 25mph behind a tractor. When the road was clear I hit the gas in 2nd no boost so dropped to 1st and the car was shimmying left to right under the power. The final straw with it was on the ice I was crawling round a cul de sac where my mum lived in the front just went into massive understeer and I kerbed it. I tried to remedy it with handbrake and wheelspin but it didn't slow enough. I would assume the car was standard suspension wise and could have been better with uprated shocks or lower springs. Tyres were new and good brand. I watched one rallying at New Brighton Promenade stages and said to my mate I bet he stuffs that mine never handled . Two corners later he understeered into a large kerb and ended his rally. In the dry it was fantastic but when it rained it was pure evil.

Didnt realise they were as bad as that. I knew about the throttle body problem (I`ve seen them for sale for 450-500) but other than that I didnt think they were notoriously bad . I have known of a few people with them in charismas and Pinin`s and too be honest none of them have had any cause to complain and none of them have suffered with the throttle body problem. They must be the lucky ones then.
Why do they suffer with a carbon build up on the inlet? I would have thought as its just air going down the inlet the carbon build up wouldnt be as bad