USED Mitsubishi GTO/3000GT. What goes WRONG and should you buy one? 

Yeah, I owned one in the UK, I couldn't stop at a traffic light without someone revving their crappy 1.0L hatchback at me.

Love them ❤❤❤

Still have a ‘92 Galant VR4 with 600 ponies at the wheels, great car…Cuzzin has a Legnum with 500 (and a few issues 😂). Triton’s are tough as nails!

I had 4 cordias ranging from stock to 250fwkw They were honestly the biggest shitboxes haha. Fun none the less

They certainly did

VR4 especially the 96 model onwards

I worked on all of these under warranty.

It didn't get the love because it was poorly built.

where you say "one thing missed in the video"... he talks about it at 2:00, looks like you may have missed it

Oil pan pickup is the lowest part but the oil pan sits behind the subframe. It’s not really possible to scrape or dent it unless you REALLY screw stuff up. The main problem actually comes from poor ownership- people raising the engine to do the 60k service on the timing belt & supporting the engine via the oil pan.

Agree 100% - the n/a GTOs are just a waste of time

"Fast but not that fast" 100% accurate. I had one as well and although fun to drive it felt heavy.

What car did you get?

This test will be the closest to ' Redriven ' ever reviewing the '380'.😅

me too! I got an 86

Preach Ernie. Love the TT

Got a NZ new gen 1 GTO turbo. Love the pop up lights!

they werent any better in the late 90s and 00s. mine in 01 was absolute dogshit. the wiring, that joke of a glass transmission, the worlds weakest brakes, the rust, and having to change the back plugs got me to sell it and never regret it.

@@thh420 Yes I forgot about that. I couldn't even get full access to the timing belt and leaking water pump. Did the GTO/3000GT have different plugs/part numbers for the front and rear banks? I also had an import FTO which has a different set at the back so the idea was you'd change them less frequently than the fronts.. rather than just engineer it to have them accessible.. That's sad about the later ones as I thought the "lightened" versions that ditched the 4WD, rear wheel steer and such made them a bit better, but I guess just made all the other issues more apparent. Most have electrical faults because of the rust, which causes earthing issues.

@@boilerhousegarage mine was a 97 i think. we had 3 at the used car dealership i worked at in 01. mine was the best of them, but it had so many problems, and EVERY 90s mitsubishi we had with an auto ate itself well before 100K miles. and FUCK THAT WATERPUMP AND TIMING BELT, SORRY MOTHERFUCKERS THEY ARE. I feel your pain brother, its good to know i wasnt the only one who suffered because MOM SAID WE HAVE FERRARI AT HOME

You should be able to get aftermarket seals from places like stmtuned. Should be the same between 4g63, so they're less than a dollar each.

Had the galant vr4 - fantastic car

Mitsubishi Motors don't sell anything in the UK or Europe now

@@bruce7890 yea, I just checked. I did not realise they pulled out, I am a car bloke and never even noticed, not much was said. The last model line up must have been so mind numbingly boring that nobody noticed, shame because they were once an interesting car manufacturer up with Honda and Toyota. The Mitsubushi Shogun/Pajero were well regarded 4x4's too.

@@nk53nxg Exactly... But they're doing well with the PHEV Outlander in the US, have a new generation L200/Ttriton pickup with a twin turbo 2.4 litre, 4 cylinder diesel coming, the Shogun/Pajero Sport holds it's own against the Fortuner and Ranger and there's a new 7 seat SUV promised to investors... I'm driving a 2015 Shogun, 3.2 diesel (largest 4 cylinder ever put into a passenger vehicle!)... They're not disappearing just yet...

​@@bruce7890 They do still sell cars in Europe but in a very reduced markets, the Colt is a rebadged Renault Clio & the ASX is a rebadged Renault Captur.

Just to.point out the valve stem seals are really easy to replace without removing the heads and the wing mirrors are the same part number on the USA version as the Dodge Viper. Just thought that was funny as that was your last review.

We got it in the US and it was a turd and I’m a huge Subie head

He is a moron. they are not reliable. they spin rod bearings.. that's why you never see them these days. everyone that owned one had an engine blow and decided the money pit was no longer worth it.. speaking form experience. that's like claiming and fd rx7 is reliable or a tt 300zx reliable... lololol. they are not...

no series 1 $90000 , series 3 was $118000

The ones in brighter colors really showed off the styling and looks of the car - it was a chick magnet for sure

Not full size but yes a spare tire, also the gas tank is right under.

I agree

P plate owned too

lol because that has anything to do with a 3000gt. which are known for spinning rod bearings and blowing motors... and guess what unlike Porsche's that had that issue, much like Nissans that had it, there is no fix... just repair and wait for it to happen again.

They've done reviews on the Mk7 and Mk8 Fiesta ST's I have a white Mk7, and got excited when I spotted the one in the background lol

Do gangsters drive these? 🤔

@@maccaccino I doubt it but the term "gangsta" in the phrase means cool.

We love to see it

Still valid?

@@blairedmonds6374 As far as I know they have to lol.

There’s still quite a few there with an active online community for parts and knowledge.

Feel free to let us know what we got wrong

@@ReDriven No one calls a 3000gt a stealth in the US they call the dodge stealth the dodge stealth, your statement makes it sound like the 3000gt doesn’t exist in the states. Also all base models in the US are FWD the only AWD “base” modes are the Japanese ones. The all wheel steering doesnt activate until above 50kmh so I don’t get how that helps you get into drive ways or reverse parking. It was included to assist in highway speed lane changes. Doesn’t really help the handling much at all. Hence why it was deleted from the MR models from factory and most people that race these get a delete kit. Valve stem seals, the heads dont have to come off you can either make a tool yourself from some off cuts and a hook or you can buy the specialty tool that Mitsubishi made themselves to get the job done. You replace them with the valve stem seals from the 99 models and also replace the lifters from the same year model as they tend to tick. It is cheap so I don’t know what that mechanic is talking about. I did it on mine and 5000km later when I did get the heads redone as i was rebuilding the entire engine the machine shop had no issues with my heads they just got a nice clean. The issues with the heads is from when your pushing over 800whp they tend to bend under the high cylinder pressures but that’s fixed by a simple drill and weld on the tiny part of the heads that’s responsible for that issue due to the material being a bit thin near a water channel. The ECUs you could get jester or the other flash ecu brand that’s a clone of the 98/99 ECU and were pretty cheap. Transfer cases, the case material is an issue wether it’s steel or aluminium the real problem with the early models is the output shaft being 18 spline vs 24 for the late 92 models and up, the tcase braces generally help but to really have peace of mind you have to replace with an aftermarket billet case and convert it from 18 spline to 24 and with 300M output shaft. The 5 speed t cases might have a weaker case but the gears tend to last better. The 5 speed gearboxes are actually stronger than the 6 speeds so it’s a kinda pick you mode of death situation. Best driveline from factory was the late 92 to 93 model, 5 speed box 24 spline output shaft steel tcase housing. You don’t need carbon syncros…. Geez man they make factory repro syncros. You guys keep talking about shitty mods, what is a shitty mod? Knock off rims from Tempe tyres ? Fake HKS bovs? Timing belt from temu? Dollar for dollar they aren’t better than your R32s or supras, US supras come with bigger fuel systems as do R32s. Sure the R32s have ceramic turbine wheels which can be a bit of a gamble but at least you can just plug and play some garrets in there. Single turbo kits are cheap as chips for supras too. The GTO has a piss weak fuel system 360cc injectors and a barely functioning fuel pump, the standard turbos on most cars are just 9bs which are way smaller than both the R32 and supra. Mine was an aus delivered car which at least came with 13g turbos from factory so I could at least hit 400whp on those. And if you want to make decent power it’s a good chunk of money as the turbine housings are tiny so custom headers are a must to either vband or td05 or t25. None of the Japanese tuners make bolt on turbos for them like they did for evo/gtr/supra. If 500whp is enough for you though they aren’t too bad plenty of bolt on turbos can manage that. Out of the gate the worst of the Japanese halo cars ? Debatable the MR version had a faster 1/4 mile time than both the supra and r32, I’d say the handling stock is probably somewhere in the middle of the supra and r32 gtr (I’ve owned all 3). The whole rep they get that they are hard to work on is a bit weird, I didn’t find it any harder to work on than my r32 gtr. The difficulty I think is that 99% of mechanics had no idea and will just straight up charge you an arm and a leg to do anything on them from their reputation. The US is a bit better for them quite a few shops know them well but I don’t know if they are even still around these days. But in Sydney forget it, learn how to do it yourself or buy a gtr/evo instead. You also missed one of the biggest issues with them which is the oil pumps/spun bearings from mechanics jacking up the car by the sump, make sure you check the sump for dents otherwise you’re up for a new engine. The timing belt isn’t any more of an issue than any other car…

Cheers for the input!

There was a crazy time in my life I had twin turbo versions of both. Many days stuck under the hood but so worth it!

I'm pretty sure those were US exclusives, and extremely rare.

Never sold here - Aussie blokes don't drive convertibles. No matter how big the donk is, with the top down, any car becomes the hairdresser's version.

@@johnphaceas7434 you guys have issues

@@kevinbarry71 Not judging, just stating the way it is here. We probably have one of the lowest per capita shares of convertibles in the western world.

@@johnphaceas7434 OK. It does look like you have good convertible weather though

Yeah, this is a sober version of rcr. And Australian

@@Low760 youre quite correct.

Because they just don't regurgitate comments others whisper... They are no more or less reliable than any of the big JDM heroes of the 90s.