It's a 1980 Mitsubishi Eterna GSR Coupe, a jap import model which is mechanically the same as an early Starion having the same G63B ECI-Turbo engine, 5 speed box, IRS, LSD and four wheel vented discs. Being badged as an Eterna, it's the top spec model with electric windows front and rear, electric fender mounted mirrors, air con, lots of chimes for everything, and even an alarm clock!
This is how I got it in 2007 totally standard with only one previous NZ owner and 128k on the clock:
![Image](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/te71se/Eterna/eterna10.jpg)
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to cut a long story short, it basically has a 2.5" exhaust, VR-4 front mount intercooler, TC06 turbo and more boost. After that the suspension was just terrible and couldn't keep up, so I got some custom coilovers made up for it:
![Image](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/te71se/Eterna/DSCF0937.jpg)
![Image](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/te71se/Eterna/DSCF0950.jpg)
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along with giving the rest of the suspension an overhaul with new bushes and fresh paint:
![Image](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/te71se/Eterna/DSCF0927.jpg)
how it sits with SSR 16x7.5 and 16x8 rims:
![Image](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/te71se/Eterna/IMG_2609.jpg)
now at this stage the engine could no longer keep up with the handling of the car, so my plan all along was to go DOHC using these parts:
![Image](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/te71se/Eterna/DSCF0934.jpg)
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however.. I had not long ago purchased a jap import E39A Galant VR-4 Evolution with a 4G63 DOHC, and I figured one 4G63 DOHC is enough for me:
![Image](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/te71se/91zero/91ZERO012.jpg)
![Image](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/te71se/91zero/91ZERO002.jpg)
and my daily driver (another Galant) has a V6 MIVEC 6A12 engine which I've always admired, which I actually had to rebuild a year ago, and whilst the engine was out on the stand I thought long and hard about putting it into the Eterna instead of back into the Galant.. but after some research it was deemed easier to use a 6G72 as they come factory longitudinally mounted while the 6A12 never did and would have been a mission to setup engine mounts off the block, gearbox options, RWD water routing etc.
So fast forward a year while that thought was still in the back of my mind.. I pushed it to the front by getting these two engines:
![Image](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/te71se/Eterna/DSCF1374.jpg)
![Image](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/te71se/Eterna/DSCF1373.jpg)
top one being a 6G72 MIVEC 3L from a Diamante 30M, and the bottom one being a 6G72 TT 3L from a GTO/3000GT which had run a bearing. My plan is to use the MIVEC block and heads complete as the bottom end of the MIVEC engine is more or less the same as the GTO engine anyway, except with a higher compression ratio (10:1). To lower the compression ratio I'll use GTO headgaskets which are 1.5mm thick as opposed to the MIVEC gaskets which are 0.5mm thick.
So out came the oily G63B:
![Image](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/te71se/Eterna/DSCF1382.jpg)
and in goes the 6G72:
![Image](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/te71se/Eterna/DSCF1409.jpg)
and mounted using mounts from a V6 Pajero, who would have thought they completely bolted up and sat the engine in the right place at the right height:
![Image](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/te71se/Eterna/DSCF1452.jpg)
Where the engine is sitting there appears to be enough room to mount the TD04 turbos either side sitting snug to the block:
![Image](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/te71se/Eterna/DSCF1459.jpg)
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So that's about where I'm up to so far, as I have to overcome some hurdles, the main one finding a suitable gearbox for it - a 5 speed R5M31 from a MK V6 2WD Triton would be ideal.. except we don't have them locally here in NZ (strangely enough).. we either got Diesels in 2WD manual or V6s in auto 2WD, or V6 in 4WD manual. Otherwise I have a V6 Pajero bellhousing I could use to adapt to a Toyota W58 or R154 if need be. The other hurdles are making the sump clear the crossmember:
![Image](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/te71se/Eterna/DSCF1426.jpg)
making up a spacer for the inlet manifold so I can use the GTO upper manifold/plenum on MIVEC lower half to clear the taller MIVEC cylinder head:
![Image](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/te71se/Eterna/DSCF1470.jpg)
as well as making up some exhaust manifolds to sit the turbos where I want them, and also to track down some Pajero 3.0 or 3.5 V6 water pump/thermostat housing and crosspipe off the rear of the heads.
I've put the project on hold for a little bit while my bank account starts feeling healthy again but I hope to get stuck back into it within a few months time.