Mivec Owners Group

1998 facelift race car Converted from 4 speed Tiptronic to 5 speed manual.

Fitted

Engine
JR Air filter and Alloy intake pipe, with heat wrap
Emission controls removed from fuel breather lines
Catch can for rocker cover and PVC
63mm throttle body, still running the idle stepper but disconnected water pipes (from Bart)
SARD fuel regulator and alloy fittings
RS upper headers
RS single piece flywheel
Handling
Yokohama A539 Front tyres (semi slick and full wets)
D2 coilovers (lowered ~60mm)
Evo 3 front brakes with slotted/drilled disc and EBC red pads
1" Master cylinder and racing 600°+ fluid
Evo 6 RS 2.4 turn lock to lock quick steering rack, with power steering cooler
Cusco lower front arm brace
Evo 6 front 3way strut brace
Cheap rear brace
Custom rear swaybar
1998 RS Front swaybar
Interior
Half cage with blue foam padding(no black in stock when i got it)
1kg Dry Power fire extingusher metal bracket (cable tied to cage until i can get some metal straps)
No rear seats and carpeted front to back
Sparco seats
OMP WRC steering wheel
Full 8 point cage
2.3kg extingusher
1.0 kg extingusher
gel cell battery
raised gear shift (needs more)
Exterior
35% tints all round
95% tint strip along the top of the windscreen cover mostly by mirage cup sticker
Random ralliart an mivec stickers
*rice*Clear indicator blubs so front lights look clear when the indicators aren't going
Misc
Custom rear exhaust with factory look twin tips (from Paul at OD)
Decat Pipe (makes it a bit honda/tinny sounding)
Firmed up engine/gearbox crossmember mounts

Coming Soon...

Speed cut removal switch (just needs a hole drilled to mount)
rebuilt 1998 RS gearbox and LSD with 5.022:1 final drive
Heat shield for pod (actually really need this)
Battery Box (behind passengers seat where rear seat was)
Bonnet vents
GPS

Last dyno plot. Mmmm Smoooth...

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MIVEC Data | Mitsi's > 96 GSR (stolen) | 97 Evo 4 (sold) | 96 Cyborg-RX (crashed) | 93 Cyborg-R (sold) | 3x Mirage 4WD (sold) | 98 MIVEC Race car (sold)

After a short wait (2 weeks) my custom made 19m rear swaybar has been finished and is now fitted. Its made a huge difference to cornering, the car is now almost understeer free. In the wet it may even be tail happy.

It has 3 ajustment holes like cusco one but they are spaced out alot more. The adjustment is going to be a little far on the final hole for the stock links but I think its going to be stiff enough on the lowest setting anyway.

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MIVEC Data | Mitsi's > 96 GSR (stolen) | 97 Evo 4 (sold) | 96 Cyborg-RX (crashed) | 93 Cyborg-R (sold) | 3x Mirage 4WD (sold) | 98 MIVEC Race car (sold)

two cable to the shifter removed (one to brake that unclips, one to the ign key that is 1 bolt and 2small screws) and the pedal box (accel and brake) swapped over. bolt up job so far, no holes until the clutch pedal and cylinder.

NOTE: you can not just swap the pedal as the brake switch bracket does not match.


The brake switch got adjusted so you can only move the pedal 2mm before the lights come on. the factory setting is ~10mm, bugger that in auckland traffic.

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MIVEC Data | Mitsi's > 96 GSR (stolen) | 97 Evo 4 (sold) | 96 Cyborg-RX (crashed) | 93 Cyborg-R (sold) | 3x Mirage 4WD (sold) | 98 MIVEC Race car (sold)

And after a trip to revolution race gear to get the foam.

You get a gutted looking car. The interior will go back in after the cert next week so they can inspect the welding etc.





I'll get better photos when i can see what i'm aiming the camera at.

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MIVEC Data | Mitsi's > 96 GSR (stolen) | 97 Evo 4 (sold) | 96 Cyborg-RX (crashed) | 93 Cyborg-R (sold) | 3x Mirage 4WD (sold) | 98 MIVEC Race car (sold)

Nice half cage. Workmanship looks nice and tidy.
I assume you need the cert for other items, as you only need a Motorsport Authority Card for the rollcage/modified interior.

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I've done this a thousand times before and no-ones been hurt......much!

Its what LTSA call a 'rollbar with front intrusions' and just needs a cert not a MSNZ authority needed.

Wouldn't pass MSNZ anyway as i didn't want the rear diagonal brace. But it can be converted to a full cage if required.

I needed to re-cert for the manual gearbox so i though why not get the rollbar added in at the same time. Oh and it has to be re-classed as a two seater.

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MIVEC Data | Mitsi's > 96 GSR (stolen) | 97 Evo 4 (sold) | 96 Cyborg-RX (crashed) | 93 Cyborg-R (sold) | 3x Mirage 4WD (sold) | 98 MIVEC Race car (sold)

MNZ won't let you do MNZ events without a MNZ approved cage though will they?
It's either "no cage" or their cage I believe??
And as soon as you get a cage you need a MNZ log book too.
Don't worry its cheap enough.

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I've done this a thousand times before and no-ones been hurt......much!

I'm counted as a no cage at offical events i think.
So I can't take passengers etc but its a wof'd and reg'd road car so I don't see why its different from a scratch built Lvvta certed car.

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MIVEC Data | Mitsi's > 96 GSR (stolen) | 97 Evo 4 (sold) | 96 Cyborg-RX (crashed) | 93 Cyborg-R (sold) | 3x Mirage 4WD (sold) | 98 MIVEC Race car (sold)

whats that funny stuff on your floor

it looks like, cant be
sound deadening!! lol

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And climate AC

And all that will be staying, the carpet is even going back in.

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MIVEC Data | Mitsi's > 96 GSR (stolen) | 97 Evo 4 (sold) | 96 Cyborg-RX (crashed) | 93 Cyborg-R (sold) | 3x Mirage 4WD (sold) | 98 MIVEC Race car (sold)

comphy dailly......with a cage?

how stiff is the car on normal roads now? is it still properly driveable without getting out and feeling tired/sore?

Yeah its better than the stock shocks were, though they were so hard the lower arms had to be removed to get them out.

Can always turn down the rears to soft.
Its 2 turns down on the back and the full 5 down on the front.

The race seats make it nicer to drive for short trips but longer rides aren't as good as the seat doesn't allow you to move around at all.

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MIVEC Data | Mitsi's > 96 GSR (stolen) | 97 Evo 4 (sold) | 96 Cyborg-RX (crashed) | 93 Cyborg-R (sold) | 3x Mirage 4WD (sold) | 98 MIVEC Race car (sold)

Cert'ed with race seat, cusco lower chassis bar and half cage.
Even had harnesses in and tucked through the seats, but you're not allowed to wear them while on the road but they can be in the car.

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MIVEC Data | Mitsi's > 96 GSR (stolen) | 97 Evo 4 (sold) | 96 Cyborg-RX (crashed) | 93 Cyborg-R (sold) | 3x Mirage 4WD (sold) | 98 MIVEC Race car (sold)

Ok so the car now has pod fiter and wrapped alloy intake pipe. And has the red ralliart mudflaps on the front but they rub all the time as the car is so low.

63mm throttlebody and SARD fuel reg about to go in.

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MIVEC Data | Mitsi's > 96 GSR (stolen) | 97 Evo 4 (sold) | 96 Cyborg-RX (crashed) | 93 Cyborg-R (sold) | 3x Mirage 4WD (sold) | 98 MIVEC Race car (sold)

Forgot it needs 4 new tyres and an oil change.

It has 2 c-drive at 2.5mm and some toyos that are like driving on ice the whole time.

Hopefully it'll be on the dyno at the end of this week, just haveto get work out of the way first.

And the LSD should be going back in soon, just need to check the case welding is sound and not going to leak and replace all the bearings.

Haltech is more for the next engine and car but no point having it sit around. It has the boost controller solenoid with it to keep the wastegatefrom opening early.

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MIVEC Data | Mitsi's > 96 GSR (stolen) | 97 Evo 4 (sold) | 96 Cyborg-RX (crashed) | 93 Cyborg-R (sold) | 3x Mirage 4WD (sold) | 98 MIVEC Race car (sold)