In a slight comparison....I had a 1991 GSX Eclipse (same exact engine and AWD drivetrain) that had 3" turboback, short-ram intake, MBC running 18psi at the track. I was able to take down a 396 bigblock Camaro in the quarter. They are fast cars, definately sleepers as homely Galants.
You just have to be careful with the axels on those cars. My budy, with the same set-up, busted an axel on launch.

 

Ha, I got pulled over for that in my old Protege, and I was told tire chirps were considered as disturbing the peace or something. Yikes... and I wasn't even driving with extra spirit... people these days.

 

With the TC on the tires do not squeal and then what will they say?:impatient

 

That is a Dodge Colt. They made wonderful rally cars back in the olden days.

 

I wonder what he is using for a rear end & axles. The stock pieces can barely handle 100 HP.

 

The stock differential and half shafts were good for up to about 150hp or so. He has installed a Nissan differential with stock half shafts right now though he is looking at converting Corvair hubs and half shafts this winter.

 

"You lock it up! No you lock it up! Shut your mouth when you're talkin' to me!"

mb

 

I was pulled over at one time due to my tires loosing traction on gravel, and a lady calling me in for doing a burnout (I swear ) and the cop told me it was a "display of speed."

 

Around the cops, I behave my best. Two hands on the steering and signal when exiting.

 

Sounds like a sick car!

I'm looking into a nissan R-200 conversion for my s2k as well! The stock diff doesn't like over 300ft/lbs from a launch!

 

hahah sleepers are what they're called.

my friend has a 1995 m3 that he has modified. he put a 2002 m3 engine in it, new tranny, exhaust, new intake and everything.

he calls it the sleeper, i was in the car with him the other day and we beat a zo6 off the line from about 0-115 and were 1.5 car lengths ahead.


wish you guys woulda seen like look on the zo6 drivers face it was awesome!


he still hasnt beaten me on my gsxr though so until then he doesnt have the ultimate sleeper

 

Goodness, he'd have to do some serious tuning! I'm not fond of motorcycles one bit, but when it comes to displays of speed, I don't even pretend to want to mess with one! It only takes once!

 

the sad thing though is that hes beaten me on my mercedes amg class,


(thats how much money he has put in this car!!!!!!!!!!)

(my s class goes 0-60 in 4.5 seconds so go figure)

 

I LOVE sleepers! My Taurus SHO was an awesome sleeper...gone now. But my GMC Typhoon is still somewhat of a sleeper, most people just think it's an older jimmy with a body kit. My Supra is a sleeper too, it's a 1988 but I put a 1998 twin turbo and 6 speed tranny in it...The Mini, when I do get it, will probably only get moderated changes since I like the idea of a reliable but fun to drive every day car lol.

 

2JZGTE in a 1st gen? What kind of transmisson are you running?

 

I swapped the whole motor and 6 speed tranny from the wrecked 98 I bought for the parts. Used the front crossmember from a 91 supra and whatnot...it's not a common mod, but it's been done a few times enough that it's easy to find step by step how to's on most supra forums.

In japan the 90-92 supras I believe it were came with the 1JZGTE which has the same motor mounts and everything as the 2jzgte. So if you bolt the beefier crossmember from the 90-92 in an 87-88 it's pretty much a direct swap with a few hurdles here and there but nothing major. Having a complete but pretty well crunched 98 turbo car helped a lot.

 

I work with a guy who has a serious thing with SHO's. He's had 3 and his dad's had prolly 2 or 3 more. His last one was a white 91 with a stainless y-pipe, full stainless exhaust, chipped, CAI, lowered, bigger MAF, pretty much all of the bolt ons. He has all kinds of war stories with that car. Mustangs, all kinds of Hondas, trucks, AWD DSM's, all kinds of stuff. The only thing I heard about him really losing to was an S2000 when he missed a shift.

 

yeah my 95 that I just got rid of, was a 5 speed that i had bored to a 3.3L, heads ported, polished, gasket matched, cams, BBB's, MAF, CAI, Stainless Y pipe, cat back, chip, cobra mustang front floating calipers and 13" drilled slotted rotors, 17x7 Cragar SS wheels, tokico struts, eibach springs, beefier sway bars, solid aluminum subframe bushings, fidanza flywheel...plus it was FULLY loaded with every factory option. Oh and of course...a Quaife LSD :D Mustang GT's and Camaro's, TA's...all fun to beat big time. Plus i'd have a car full of people while doing it lol. One time, a car full of people skis on the roof and a trunk FULL of suitcases and I demolished a friend in his 2001 TA with the V8. But it was a pretty high maintenance car, and the modifications and the way i drove it because of them just made it even more of pain...fun to drive but a pain to maintain. Hence my interest in the MCS.

Talk about hijacking the thread...sorry guys lol.

Anyways, i've never seen any of the AWD Galants...you think they'd be big in the NE in the winter and whatnot...

 

The AWD Galant is pretty rare. I think they only made a maybe a thousand, and that was going on 20 years ago. Wasn't the production number something like 1300 total?

 

i have only seen videos of the galant, but as a sleeper the thing is almost untouchable! maybe a swift or metro with a motor swap may have it beat

 

I believe the 91 VR4 was only 1000 and the 92 was 2000 .... would have to confirm ...

 

for the record.. and I really dont have an issue with street racing.. side by side accelerating to the speedlimit as fast as you can will get you in jail for street racing trust me on that

 

I told my 3 friends who are big into them about your car. 1 has a SHO but it's becoming a maintenance *****. Another got out of them because he was tired of FWD. The last one still loves them with all his heart. He was the one who just about fell over when I told him your mod list.

 

Lol, well all my SHO stuff is COMPLETELY gone as of two nights ago actually. The only thing I have left is my title, VIN plate, window sticker, and build sheet from the 95. Oh and the Cragar SS wheels i'm gonna sell on ebay.

Saw some pretty cool vids of the AWD Galant on youtube. One of it beating an EVO lol.

 

In many States, if you are trying to beat another vehicle, you are racing and it is illegal, even if you are within the speed limit. Racing and speeding are 2 different things, although in this post the OP said he was doing both.