Mitsubishi Starion Review! From Terrible to Terrific 

What an amazing story about Mikey and Tanner. Thanks for watching! What did you guys think?

I'm getting my car reviewed by this man if it kills me. I mean I got awhile left in my life but still life goals to get a build reviewed

You're wrong about the Starion being a collaboration between Chrysler and Mitsubishi. Mitsubishi solely built the Starion/Conquest, it was only rebadged once it got imported to the U.S.. The Starquest was never apart of Diamond Star Motors which is why it's not considered a DSM. It's kind of in this weird gray area in the beginning of the their relationship. the only reason there is a conquest is because of import laws so that mitsubishi could sell more cars in the U.S.. Really cool that you finally did a Starquest review, definitely a car that is not really heard of and really unique. If it wasn't for its awful fuel delivery system it would probably be just as popular as other RWD JDM cars. P.S. David if you read this I'm not trying to dog on you for what I'm saying, almost know one really knows anything about this car. Also it would be really cool if you were interested in reviewing a stock Starion to compare to how slow the original engine is compared to the LS swapped one. I have one in good condition that would be up for the challenge.

The starion has such typical, yet unique 80s styling. The Slab shape, pop ups and rear hatch are all there, yet the car still stands out.

One of the besr looking mitsubihis ever and looks kinda fc fb rx-7 and a bit of an a70,a60 supra

My dream car when I was a kid. I remember riding my bike to the local Chrysler dealership back in 1988 just to look at the widebody Tsi’s. Never did get to own one 😞 Those wheels still look sexy today

Very impressive build! I really like when the engine bay looks that good.

I have a 87 conquest tsi. These cars were ahead of their time.

Finally the Mitsubishi Starion/Chrysler conquest is finally getting more recognition

Car is still beautiful. I drove one back in the 80s. Lots of fun.

Had an 87 station (loaded) from 94-96. Absolutely love that car. Ran into power and depression problems, I was told at the time I blew an engine cylinder , looking back it probably just needed some turbo repair. I was young and listened to possible flawed diagnosis. 🤷🏼‍♂️

My First car was a 1983 Mitsubishi Starion Turbo, Manual, it was no V8 but damn it was fun at 16, slapping through gears!

You are mistaken - when the Starion was released in 1982 - it was the fastest production car to leave the shores of Japan, with a 2.0L motor . Calling the 2.6L G54B a forklift engine is quite disrespectful, it was a fantastic engine that was highly underrated.

That’s pretty cool that Mikey made this a tribute build to the old owner!! I like the plaque he made and put on the intake. That’s really cool man!! All in all this is a super cool car! I’d like to see the 1JZ Starion as well.

Love how you still take time to go back to your roots and review cars even though you have a lot going on. Love the reviews 👍🏻

I had an '86 Conquest in the early 2000s. I ended up selling it to buy a 460 for a '67 Ford Galaxie I was building. I still own and love that Galaxie but I always regretted getting rid of the Conquest. Hope someday to find another one to play with.

My friends parents bought a brand new Red Conquest TSI when they first came out and we were in love! It rippers pretty good under full boost! Lol! Three weeks later we took a corner to fast and broke the front wheel and lower ball joint and control arm on a curb! $2500 later he never got to drive it again! I still love the way they look over the Mitsubishi!

Very cool to see a video from TDIB about the car I bought as my first car! I’ve got an ‘88 Conquest but I just tell people it’s a Starion lol. Great video 👍

Why all the hate on Conquest. Same car different badges.

Love reviews like this!! Was also legitimately surprised not knowing what this car was. It looks amazing and a stunning build!

Watching his 1j one get built just seeing it around town was so awesome and now theres 2 badass starions driving around both owned by him 😂

The LS actually sounds perfect in this car

I've watched every single video you put out. this video I got to say loved more than just about all your other ones, for the simple fact that it was a tribute build for someone who had a very bad accident. I'm glad to see that this was not a car review, but I would like to see a review on this. Keep up the fantastic work you are doing great.

The Starion is underrated

This car is beautiful why have I never seen or heard of it 🤔 looks like an fc 😍

props to tanner....keep stayin strong brotha....

yeah- just makes me want one of these more. Great vid David and an amazing story!

I've always loved the wheels on these. Stock, the Starion/Conquest had staggered wheels! This one looks like he threw rear wheels on the front too so all 4 are deep concave. It looks great!

Awesome video! I love seeing lesser known cars done up like this. Hopefully one day you'll do my first car the Nissan pulsar.

I've always liked these cars. Such a great shape. Every time I've seen one for sale, I'm never in a place where I could pick it up. Good looking car for sure. Closest I've had to that was an 83 Celica GTS, a other great little car.

my dad always talked about how he used to own a starion but I didn't know it was a Mitsubishi

So Kool!! Awww tribute 🙏🏾 And that car brings back a lot of memories...I wanted one so bad back in the day lol. Never even thought anyone would drop an LS1 in one lol...very unique. Thanks for sharing this my brotha 🙏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

They look so good with light modifications!

Love this! Awesome job even with all the hiccups we had filming!! 😅

I wanted one when I was a kid. I didn't care if it was a Starion ESi or Conquest TSi, I wanted one. When I see either on the road, and they STILL have their lower front air dam, I'm shocked. Today, Mitsubishi pretty much has nothing. Killed off the Starion/Conquest, the Galant(VR4), Eclipse(don't get me started on that damned SUV), and the Evo. Sad.

I know a guy that lives in my area that has a Starion its 25.3 tube chassis small tire car with a old nascar small block Chevy sb2 from Hendricks but nows its 377ci super expensive and awesome build it's got a precision promod 88 in front of it and runs on alchohol 2 speed th400 I know he revs it past 9,000 rpm and lots of alchohol and boost it makes scary but amazing sounds and all the fab work is top notch it looks damn near like a show car it's a grude car and runs alot of N/T 28 10.5 races but without completely telling his e.t's il say it runs 4's in the 1/8. He's a cool dude almost all the people in my small town that race we are all buddy's and hang out his shop all the time get free dyno time its always a good idea to have a rich friend lol iv got alot of his old stuff in my car that he calls junk but is some good shit

Great content as always, thanks David 🇧🇷

Great video David. The last time I saw a Conquest driven around was back in 2002 in the Bronx. I haven't seen either Starion or Conquest driven around on the street since then.

Yeah the car reviews are back!

I knew about the Conquest long before I did the Starion. I used to see several Conquests here where I live. A buddy even bought one and took me for a ride. He didn't have it long because the turbos weren't working. I know of the Mitsubishi Eclipse more than the Eagle Talon, but we had lots of both here where I live. Starions must of been more rare. The Conquest was sweet! It had "Turbo" in the stitching all down the seat belts.

Man, I remember back in the mid 00s I used to see a few of these 80s classics still driving around, stuff like Starions, Conquests, Shelby Daytonas, GLHs, S12s, Celica Supra MK2s, etc. Now? Very rarely.

I'd love me a Starion or Conquest. It originally came with the first generation 4G63T, and it made some mad power back in the day. This LS swap is wicked and nice. Great review as always, Dave.

Dude love the content love how you highlight the car scene but the most important part of all about guys an how we bond with our dream cars is our reaction to something you drive an pay big money car notes for I always wanted to drive my car on a track full speed ahead

I took first place in Wekfest Domestics with this car and all I did was chop the springs and paint the rims gold. If time and money wasn't a concern i woulda did so much more. Very cool underappreciated little nuggets.

I really like starions and conquests. I almost bought one before I got my Firebird.

I actually saw one of these at a car meet back in October and I didn't know the name until earlier today when I was playing fm7. Thanks for saying a bit about it, I learned something new.

Starion is one of my favorite non USD cars. I will deff own one one day. Great Video David

When i first played forza motorsport 4 the starion instantly became a dream car for me

These have always been my favorite cars, my dad used to own one and it was going to be my first car but he sold it to a friend and their kid wrecked it long before I could drive. Been keeping an eye on them to buy when the time is right and they are almost IMPOSSIBLE to find.

Maaaaan if you had a Conquest in that electric blue back in the day, you were the shizznittobamsnipsnap.

Love the build! I remember the Conquest and it was an awesome car.

The Starion was driven by a guy called Colin Blower in the Production saloon car championship back in the mid 80s with great success here in the UK. Unfortunately Colin passed away a few years ago due to Parkinsons disease. Mitsubishi Motors UK have a heritage fleet with a widebody Starion still in their possession, you don't see many on the roads these days due to rust killing off most of them. Great looking cars though, probably my favourite OEM wheels on any car too.

I love this car. A friend had one back in the day. I still think they are awesome.

Love ur car reviews

The first year they came out, there were 6 in Colorado. We owned one of those six. My wasband came home with a turbo Starion out of the blue one day. He paid well over sticker price to get it. Car payments of $400 were a lot back in the early 80s. Turbo was a new thing and I have to say that it was a pleasure to drive in the mountains. The digital speedometer pegged at 85 and sometimes, over a pass, I'd look down and see 85, so wondered how fast i was actually going. Biggest complaint? It was invisible. I can't tell you how many times I dodged a near accident when someone didn't see me. Low profile? Coming in second, spinning out on ice. The wheels would hit ice and spin; the turbo seemed to think I wanted to go faster and kick in, not a great thing with rear wheel drive. The good news? Spin outs are fun once you survive. It was black and made quite an impression at the time.

Hell yes 🤟🏼 I’m planning on buying a silver one my dad had two red and one black conquest hope to get him behind the wheel of one of these again

One of my favorite cars ever. Looks amazing! I need one.

It's looks kinda old school Supra...

Always loved the look of the starion. Cool build.

I read about this car when I was reading car magazines as a kid lol

So underrated...I love it

My buddy Kevin had an old 87 or 88 Silver Chrysler Conquest TSI..Car was so much fun back in the early 90's...like 180hp stock, it pulled it's weight...But yes a Very JDM looking USDM.... If you can't beat em Join em...

That build is very interesting. A little bit cursed with that LS but I love the Starquest

I’ve always loved the Starion/Conquest platform. The body style is timeless to me! It’s very hard to find a clean one in my area unfortunately. I did recently pick up a 93 3000GT VR4 that’s super clean though. David if you’re ever in Utah and want to drive my all original 3000GT let me know!!

My friend had a 1988 Conquest TSi. Very cool Japanese car. At the time I had an '88 Supra Turbo with the targa roof.

Funnily enough, I see Conquests all over my city. Never knew what they were, only knew they had the Chrysler logo on them. Nice to know what they are!

I was very sad when I learned we didn't get it here in Canada, but it does make me crave a mk2 supra again.

Saw this car reviewed before. Dope build! Only person I saw with this was my neighbor back in mid 90s. . It was red, and had small mods.

the first time i went 135 was in one of these,it was a turbo one,,but even at that speed it was rock stable,,love the shape

I have always wanted one of these but haven't gotten one yet because the "I've always one of these" list is quite long.

Those cars are cool my friends has two starion with the original turbo engines

This was the very first turbo car I ever drove back in the early 90's👌🏽

About three years ago I had a starion.(I had just installed a 1j in it) later i let my friend drive it and that was a huge mistake. he ended up crashing it. At that time I hadn’t have much money and I’ve never seen it since.

I had one his cars are great he always does an excellent job

I still wish you would find a clean 1992 Dodge Spirit rt turbo to review, even slightly modded. Fastest 4 door you could buy in early 1990s probably faster than a 5.0 mustang. Cylinder head designed with Lotus. There aren’t that many of them left but there has to be a clean one out there somewhere.

Man I miss my Starquest. LS swaps weren't a thing back then but I'm determined to get another one and swap it

I love seeing these types of unknown cars done up or cars ppl don't think about modifying. Something rare I would love to see done up is a 1989 Isuzu i-mark rs hatch with a motor swap and slammed to the ground.

I plan on getting a starion myself one day when my current project is finally together.

Have always loved and wanted a starion/conquest....Cool cars

DAVID! I'm totally surprised to see this like you said you don't see them mines an 87 and yes what you see there is the stock color and I have never seen another one with it, absolutely love the car biggest problem with them is finding parts, have to pretty much fab the stuff you need

My buddy has one in the racing blue with a built long block and a big turbo

The conquest / starion has one of the most epic body lines in the world. Claim to fame? Cannonball run... Naturally that was the narrow body in the movie, but for me that was the movie that put it on the radar. Jackie Chan and Richard Kiel! You really can't get more 80's than that indeed!

Indeed very interesting car and awesome build. 👌🏾

My Starion GSR came with a G63B (4G63 SOHC) Turbo as standard from Japan. Currently Fitting DOHC head, VR4 forged Internals and EVO turbo.

Had an '87 ESI-R as my first car. Black leather, 5spd, turbo........what's not to love??? Wish I still had that car.

That tribute plaque is honestly one of the coolest things I've seen for any build

I used to have an '88 Conquest with the sport handling package, God I miss that car. The passenger front frame rail rotted out and I decided it was time to get rid of it.

I'm showing my age but I know exactly what the Starion/Conquest is lol. Love the story and the swap. Great job!

i love the Station. A while ago there was a bone stock one in silver running around in the town i live in and i was stunned when i saw it for the first time. i thankfully got to see it running around every once in a while but unfortunately about a year ago it just disappeared for some reason

So clean!!! Nice

the Japanese wanted to call it the stallion but since the have trouble with ls and rs it got its name. starion. fact of the day

I hate myself at least 6 times a day for getting rid of my Conquest.

Best looking oem wheels of all time

Yo this must be the most cleanest starion I've ever seen

Loved the Conquest TSI, I always thought they were ahead of their time on the styling. They are iconic

POP UP UP AND DOWN HEADLIGHTS!

I love Mike's 1j swapped Starion, its a beautiful build. Honestly would love to find one for myself to build, pretty neato cars.

Very nice car nice project and I like the tribute. Nice to see a swap done with love and care as opposed to just ruining another classic japanese sports car. My first car was an 85 Dodge Conquest which is the flat body. My second car was a yellow 89 Conquest TSI widebody, the cars were all wide-body from 86 to 89 they card improved upon everything in the 85. Both mine were very reliable. If you had owned one you probably wouldn't be so dismissive of the stock engine I can tell you everybody I ever raced in my 85 in the mid-90s I beat. Camaros Mustangs, old Corvettes, Daytona's. every single car on Broadway, especially V8s, they always have out at highway speed. the only person to give me a run for my money was a first gen Toyota Supra that had some modifications to it, everybody else I beat, and my car was stock. The group of cars to have where a Conquest TSI turbo RX-7 a turbo Toyota Supra and a turbo Nissan 300ZX these cars competed directly against each other and were very fast for the day and much more reliable than anything domestically-produced at the time. having worked on cars professionally for over a decade one could see the vast quality difference under the dashboard and under the hood but people like what they like and they're going to buy what they're going to buy regardless. The consumer reports test of this time also reflect this. There are guys who have reliably built their Motors up to produce many hundreds of horsepower in these cars using the stock engine so it can be a good place to start.

Not forgotten, this and the conquest are my style 100%

Love how the car sits the ride hight is perfect