BuckeyeROC

Raced a Mitsu Starion, which is the twin of the Chrysler Conquest. I was told it had an upgraded turbo and intercooler with stock internals (so no high psi #'s), and I know it had an exhaust. We each had a passenger and his passenger had a video camera. We raced roughly an 1/8 mile and after spinning like crazy off the line, I had him by 12 car lengths before shutting down.

I'll try to get the vid from him later today.

BikertrashDude

good run
how fast are those things anyway?
friend had on in high school, way back
biker

MdFormula350

good win!

my friend has a conquest, non intercooled stock everything its fun to beat around, but not that fast yet... i say his is about in the low 16's to high 15's

the one you raced is more than likely in the mid 14's i would think..

Ray87Z

Kinda cool little cars, I pulled pretty good on a Conquest with my old modded 305 TPI IROC.

BuckeyeROC

Thanks. Yeah, I would guess he is somewhere in the 14's.

fly89gta

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Good kill but 12 car lengths in a 1/8 mile, exaggerating a little aren't we

MdFormula350

i dont think he is, he does run low 12's in the quarter mile :hail:

BuckeyeROC

No exaggeration. If I can get the video, I'll post it. In the meantime, check the video on my website against the Turbo Trans Am, I had him by a lot at the 1/8 and he ran a 13.5 1/4 on that run, whereas I believe that Starion is somewhere in the 14's.

fly89gta

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cool deal then

Keoki_Firebird89

i'd like to lose to another 12 sec car!
i've lost to a Z06... that was fun lol!
congrats on the win

383backinblack

my best friend had an 87 conquest. the kid that owned it before him took the motor apart and bought all kinds of performance stuff for it, but couldnt put it back together, so my buddy got the whole thing for 500 bucks.

he bought a 16G turbonetics turbo for it, a boost controller and a bunch of other crap.....that thing was crazy fast for about 10 minutes, until the transmission broke the back of the block off lol.

apparently they do that, and there is a girdle to prevent it, but he didnt know about it.

wes2k3

I have a hard time believing that a starion only runs 14s in the 1/8th mile. It should run low 14s in the 1/4. That's a 2.6L SOHC turbo 4 cylinder I believe (possibly the largest 4 cylinder available in it's day). Should weigh about 3000lbs. In best trim should have a 5 speed and IRS. Should pump out about 220 horses stock. I think you're yanking us a little or that kid can't drive

383backinblack

they really arent that great in stock trim...the tune is way off among other things....but being a rear drive platform its fairly cheap to get them to move.

TexasLT1

no you just misunderstood what he was saying. No one ever said they run 14's in the 1/8, they were talking about in the 1/4. The only time 1/8 mile came up was when he said that was all that he raced him.

BuckeyeROC

You are correct. We only raced roughly 1/8. I was saying that I think his car probably runs 14's in the 1/4.

No luck on getting the video from him, I think it got "accidently" erased.

wes2k3

If you had raced more than 1/8th I think you would have lost. That car is more set up for top end.

zerogsx

The 87-89 Mitsubishi Starion ESi-R and Chrysler Conquest TSi had 188hp and 234tq. Stock versions run high 14's, low 15's depending on driver and condition/tune. They had a FMIC and IRS. There's kits for dropping DSM 2.0 4G63's into them, as the stock 2.6 doesn't have the same performance potential.

383backinblack

theres also kits for putting a small block in them, if you want to really go fast

that kind of torque in a car that light is a recipe for speed

BuckeyeROC

Are you serious? Like I said, I had a good 12 cars or so on him. He'd have to have some MAJOR power to catch me. My car runs 12.3 @ 109.

Just IM'ed a friend of the guy. He's says that Starion ran 14.0 last yr in the 1/4 and has since done a few little mods, probably has 13's in it now.

Opha

BuckeyeROC
What Drag way is that second vid at?

BuckeyeROC

Both were at Milan on the same day.

ThePr0

i have an 87 conquest that ran mid 12's when it was running.. spun a rod bearing on new built up engine.. still sitting in garage (been 3 months).. i smoked stock ls1's all day.. very quick off the line.. i put a 19c turbo on it, 550 cfm @ 15psi.. stock it had a 12a mitsu .. im putting the stock 2 injector fuel injection on it to sell the car with.. already sold the boost controller and fuel computer with injectors, intake and harness (sds-efi, custom intake, 65mm t-body).. i plan on rebuilding the enigine if someone doesnt buy it as is (the car is for sale btw for 5500 as is) over 12k invested sadly.. wish i would have put that money into the 91 trans am i just bought, which is stock except for exhaust and fiberglass 91-92 spoiler