Mudvaynedude122 (Sean Castle)

1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT Base (1999/Twin Turbo Conversion)
Pyreness Black Pearl

Ride of the Month Submission 3000GT/Stealth International December 2008

Body:

• Full 99 conversion
• Cianci 99 Spoiler

Suspension and Wheels:

• 18x9 Moda R6 Wheels
• 265/35ZR18 BF Goodrich KDW2 Tires
• Intrax Springs
• 2nd Gen VR4 brake conversion
• 3sx adjustable rear control arms

Electronics:

• Prosport 60mm Oil Pressure Gauge
• Prosport 60mm Boost Gauge
• Prosport 60mm Water Temp Gauge
• Hand Held Halo Datalogger

Interior:

• Smokin VR-4 Aluminum Shifter Ring

Engine:

• Complete Twin Turbo engine swap
• 5 speed Getrag transmission converted to fwd
• Greddy Front Mount Intercooler kit
• ATS Twin Carbon Clutch
• K&N FIPK
• HKS SSQV BOV
• MBC @ 15psi
• Ebay Downpipe
• Yogurt 4 inch single shot exhaust
• Aluminum Radiator
• SX Performance AFPR+Gauge
• Solid Motor Mounts
• HTS Red Couplers and T-bolt Clamps
• Big Tyla ground wire kit
• polished plenum, fuel rails and intercooler pipes
• Optima Yellow Top battery

Weight Reduction:

• cruise control delete
• rear wiper delete
• front and rear washer bottle removal
• all engine heatshields removed
• vacuum reduction
• egr delete
• removed all unnecessary brackets in engine bay
• rear speakers and dash tweeters removed
• trunk trays and jack removed

Audio:

• Carpc with 7inch Touchscreen
• Boston Acoustic front speakers

My Website:

• http://www.tamparacing.com/forums/members-rides/522140-my-twin-turbo-3000gt-project.html
• Video of me racing 302rwhp Saleen Mustang

My story:

I bought this car in October of 2005, it was a completely stock green 1995 3000gt Base model with 161,xxx miles on it, the first thing I wanted to do was a 99 front end conversion and instead of just painting the bumper green, I decided I wanted the whole car to be black. After the paintjob I got my brand new wheels and tires. I bought basic mods like a test pipe and air filter and lowered it a little. I bought a twin turbo conversion kit off a member on 3si only to have the engine spin a bearing in December of 2006. I decided to buy a jdm Twin Turbo engine at that point. It took me several months to save money up for the engine and everything else I would need. I bought the engine from JDM of Miami and stripped it down to the shortblock and cleaned up everything and also did a 120k service as well as convert the transmission to fwd by welding the VCU. After getting the engine in the car I ran into problem after problem. The caps leaked in the ecu and that was what was causing most of the problems. I got that rebuilt and was good to go after that. I did all this in my driveway pretty much by myself with very limited tools. Since then I have done a mod here and there but not much because I have been broke. Future plans include an awd conversion and 16g's.

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