Awards:
Best Mitsubishi 2003 South Island Champs.
Best 6 cyliner engine bay 2004 South Island Champs.
Best 6 cylinder overall 2004 South Island Champs.
Best Mitsubishi 2005 South Island Champs.
Best 6 cylinder engine bay 2005 South Island Champs.
Best 6 cylinder overall 2005 South Island Champs.
Best wagon 2005 South Island Champs.
Best 6 cylinder engine bay 2006 South Island Champs.
Best wagon 2006 South Island Champs.
PC Mag NZ Summer Nationals 06:
Best of show 1st Place overall.
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New 19" BSA wheels.
South Island Champs 06
Custom hand made pipe work by myself.
Carbon fibre bonnet and wing mirrors.
Complete undercarrige detailing.
Volcano I designed and built for the Autosalon Show 05. Working smoke effect and laser, textured paint work gives a burnt look to the outer shell. Other photos are rocks made for the show, ballons and wire mesh made up most of the rocks while expandable foam added texture to the surfaces. Texture paint was add to match the volcano.
Couple of engine bay shots at night.
Evolution 6 Brembos powder coated silver with dark grey logos.
Hand sculptured guage pods I designed myself, texture paint was applied to match interior trim.
Step by step look at how the Legnum VR-4 was rebuilt.
Shell being prepared for painting.
Finished shell painted in selected Audi silver.
The engine of the 8th Gen VR-4's the 6A13 - 280bhp at 5500rpm and 365nm at 4000rpm
Brake rotors and calipers (powder coated). Rear suspension.
Factory FMIC.
Front suspension, ABS pump, A/C and main radiator. Main radiator is 3mm thicker than stock for better cooling.
Front subframe with steering rack and front pipe (custom) for turbos. Front pipe dia is 2.5 instead of 2.0.
Rear AYC (Active yaw Control) diff in subframe (upside down) looking from the back. To the right is the pump that pressures the AYC diff.
VR-4 55 litre fuel tank.
Rear subframe and (AYC) diff installed in car with exhaust, fuel tank.
Looking up at the fire wall - Front subframe, drive shaft, exhaust. Floor coated with under sealer.
Right rear with CV before and after rotor/caliper install.
Front view, grill, bumper are sitting place, not fitted yet. No intercooler installed. Fog lights have some nice PIAA extreme white bulbs in them :) Roof mouldings (either side of front glass, a long roof to back door) have been paint the body colour to reduce the amount of black on the car.
Left front. Need some clear repeater lights, orange just doesn't work with a silver paint job.
Left side, roof rails painted a matt alloy colour the same as the wheels and rear view mirrors. No side skirts on yet.
Left rear of the car.
Rear, factory muffler installed at the moment.
Rear view inside car.
Front dash. ECU wiring loom still to plug in. Tiptronic (reworked) shifter sitting in front of hand brake.
Front brake and suspension.
Engine, no strut tower brace installed yet (waiting for it to be painted) engine cover painted black. Still working on head lights.
MODIFICATIONS:
Engine: 6A13 2.5 litre Quad Cam V6 twin turbo. Stock TD03 turbos. stock fuel pump and injectors. Stock ECU. EBC: Turbosmart E-Boost. Pipe work all custom hand made (by owner) in polished alloy, air intake (with K&N filter) to both turbos/ turbos to intercooler/ intercooler to throttle body, washer bottle inlet. GFB BOV. Custom bar and plate intercooler: 600x270x76mm. Custom polished alloy radiator and brackets. Polished alloy oil cap. Chrome strut brace. Custom polished alloy fuse/battery box (by owner). Custom polished alloy catch can (by owner). Turbonetics silcone jointers. Custom earthing kit (by owner). Custom rocker cover (by owner). ATF cooler. Fujitsubo exhaust system with custom down pipes coated by Procoat: Cermakrome (metallic ceramic) coating in polished alloy finish. Coated coolant/powersteering bottles. Various stainless cap screw steel bolts. Various powder coated parts (brackets, mounts etc). Various chromed parts.
Driveline: Standard INVECII 5speed transmission (Tiptronic). AYC/ASC/TCL.
Suspension/Brakes: Repainted TEIN HA coilovers shocks to match body colour, powder coated springs, polished coilover nuts, various chromed parts. EVO6 4 pot Brembo front calipers with EVO6 2 Pot Brembo rear calipers powder coated in silver. EVO6 Brembo rotors. Brembo pads. CUSCO front and rear Anti-swaybars.
Wheels/Tyres: BSA 19" alloy's. 215/35/19 Kumho tyres..
Exterior: Body resprayed in Audi silver. Chrome/polished roof rails. Fully detailed under carridge (by owner) - electroplated bolts/nuts, powder coating, chromed parts. Custom modified front bumper (by owner). Face lift front grill and rear side skirts. Factory body kit. Clear chrome side repeaters. Tinted front drivers/passenger windows. Various stainless steel bolts/screws/nuts. Carbon Fibre EVO6 Style bonnet. Carbon Fibre wing mirrors.
Interior: Leather trim seats, arm rest, shift boot, hand brake. Momo steering wheel/shift knob. Custom gear knob install and shift boot to look like a manual shifter, reversed the Tiptronic selection for up and down shifts (by owner). Custom alloy foot pedals (by owner). Custom hand made gauge pods (by owner). Shaved centre console (A/C controls) texture coated to match interior (by owner). Satin chrome A/C knob to match head unit. Various trim changes. Alarm with remote start/Pager.
Audio: Pioneer head unit (DSP, time alignment, DFS blah blah) with custom mids and tweeters. Blaupunkt amp. Custom install by owner.
Performance: 13.514@101.12mph With current setup. Car is still yet to be tuned to take advantage of current mods.
Old photos
