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Vital Stats
531 WHP, 551 lb-ft torque (SAE corrected at 4500 ft) - old video - dyno on Pg. 6
455 WHP, 472 lb-ft torque (uncorrected)
currently turbocharged
fully-built lower end
supporting fuel and ignition mods
manual swap
custom C6 Corvette Daytona Sunset Orange paint
just a few tasteful exterior mods

This is my pride and joy. I've owned this Galant since 2004 and she's been through quite a bit. She has gone through 4 separate engines, 3 transmissions, a complete rear-end restoration post-accident, and numerous sets of tires. =)

I first delved into forced induction with a Vortech centrifugal supercharger-based kit from RIPP Mods. It was a decent setup, but it had its major flaws and I ended up moving to a proper turbocharger setup. Overall that's been the best decision I've made with this car. The powerband is so much better now with the turbocharger and having full boost from 3800 RPM to redline is great!

What I've most enjoyed about this project is having had the opportunity to do every bit of labor myself - from head porting and polishing and engine building, to routine brake jobs. I did my first engine rebuild on her after toasting the stock pistons trying to run 14 PSI on stock ring gaps. Then I moved onto a fully-built lower end that was plagued by spun rod bearings until I learned what it took to build a reliable 6G72 bottom end. Replacing pistons on this setup has become pretty routine. I'm almost positive I'm the only one pushing this much power against these custom CP pistons, and I believe they are just flawed - too thin of a top ring land. That said, I'll be rebuilding after race season this year and switching over to some VR-4 pistons with proper-height top ring lands.

The ultimate goal for this car was to build the fastest, highest-horsepower 8G Galant in the country, if not the world, and be able to hit the track at any time while still daily driving it. I finally have the chance this year to test out the road racing ability of this car at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, UT. Plenty of video of that and this year's drag racing will be soon to follow. I'm pretty sure this year I'll be able to break even more records with this car. But the point is to have fun, and God knows this car provides ample amounts of it, even when I'm just driving to and from work.

I hope you enjoy reading about all I have done to my car over the years, and it would be great if you can draw some inspiration from what I've done for your own car. Please take the time to rate my car and I'll be sure to return the favor. Thank you for your interest and thanks for reading!

Cylinder Block
6G72 3.0 L V6 - 100% of tuning and assembly labor done my myself, raw machining done by Casey's Machine in WVC, UT to my specs
3SX custom H-beam forged rods
ARP main studs (12 mm 6-bolt DSM head studs)
ARP ARP2000 rod bolts
Balanced rotating assembly (5-7 in-lb of unbalance @ 8000 RPM)
Clevite 77 main bearings (0.25 mm under)
Clevite 77 rod bearings (0.50 mm under)
Clevite 77 thrust washers
CP Forged 2618 alloy pistons, 8.8:1 static CR, 1.00 mm overbore
OEM VR-4 forged crank (brand new from Mitsubishi), balanced (as stated before) and chamfered
Sealed Power rings gapped to 0.024" up top, 0.030" second ring

Cylinder heads
6G72 SOHC 24 V cylinder heads w/ stock cams
ARP undercut head studs
Mild port & polish
OEM VR-4 4-layer MLS head gaskets
Refreshed w/ 3-angle valve job
Stock 248/248 camshafts

Forced induction
750 HP FMIC - approx 26x12x4"
ATP Turbo -4 AN SS oil feed line
ATP Turbo oil fittings
ATP Turbo water fittings
eBay 2.5" intercooler piping
Garrett GT3582R aka GT35R turbocharger with 2.5" T31 0.82 A/R hotside (compressor powder coated Candy Orange )
Garrett turbocharger heat shield (powder coated in Midnight Black Chrome )
Hallman Pro MBC
HKS Super SQV Blow Off Valve
HKS Super Mega Flow filter in sunset orange
Injen 2.5" upper intercooler pipe for Evo VIII
NAPA T-bolt clamps
Snow Performance Boost Cooler Stage 2
Stainless steel oil drain line in -10 AN w/ black hose ends
TiAL 38 mm wastegate
XTech turbo exhaust piping, T03 flange

Fuel
3000GT VR-4 fuel rail
3SX -6 AN fuel fittings
Ford Racing/Bosch Green-Top 42# injectors
Generic AFPR
Stainless steel fuel lines in -6 AN w/ black hose ends
Walbro 255 L/h fuel pump

Ignition
Magnecor KV85 8.5 mm spark plugs wires
Modified stock distributor cap with MSD coil tower
MSD 6A ignition
MSD Blaster HVC II coil
NGK BKR7E spark plugs
Sun Auto Hyper Ground system

Engine management
AEM UEGO wideband
Fixed barometer signal (for Speed Density setup)
GM open-element IAT sensor (for Speed Density setup)
GReddy E-Manage Ultimate (set up in MAF-less Speed Density mode)
GReddy pressure sensor (for Speed Density setup)
MAF delete (for Speed Density setup)

Cooling
170 Degree Thermostat
CSF 2-row 2779 radiator
HKS radiator cap (1.1 bar)
Mishimoto 12" thin radiator fan
Mishimoto black silicone radiator hoses

Exhaust
2.5" downpipe, 4-bolt flange
3" mandrel-bent "cat"-back
Aero 3" resonator
Catalytic converter delete
Magnaflow Race Series 3" inlet, 4" tip oval muffler

Other bolt ons
Air conditioning delete
Diamante 65mm throttlebody
Eclipse GTS intake plenum
EGR delete
Fidanza lightweight aluminum flywheel (9.5 lb)
Golden Eagle vacuum manifold
HKS oil filler cap
K&N Performance Gold oil filter HP-1004
PCV delete
Powder coated valve cover (Candy Orange)
Power steering delete
Red Line 10W-40 fully synthetic oil
Turbo XS catch can with one 1/2" vent hose from each valve cover (powder coated in Midnight Black Chrome )

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Page 1 - Engine Mods & Pics
Page 2 - Transmission, Suspension, Brakes, Exterior, and Other Mods
Page 3 - Turbo Project
Page 4 - Head Port & Polish
Page 5 - Future Plans & Project Log
Page 6 - Dyno Sheets & Videos