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Come on man, give me more credit than that . Like I mentioned earlier these are just some junkyard hubs that I tossed on there just to move it. I was going with a 4x100 setup until I scored the AWD parts so I sold those to someone else. Before it ever hits the road under its own power it will have all new bearings and seals in both the front and the rear.
Not a chance Harvey, yours will be running long before mine I'm sure. I can't speak for everyone but I periodically check all of the builds on here for updates. It gives me inspiration to work on my pile.

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93 Mitsubishi Expo LRV 1.8/manual
95 Eagle Summit DL Coupe 1.5/manual
01 Mitsubishi Mirage ES Sedan 1.8/manual

Hey man I have to work this weekend I could swing down there sunday if your not busy. Let me know if you can hit the yard saturday and get those parts for me. Lol I did the same thing with my colt when I was going to put the new trans in it but my wheel dident fall comp off.

what and how did you use for the rear 5lug swap?

As long as the weather is decent on Saturday I'll be going for sure.

They are 1g dsm fwd rear hubs. I was able to bolt them on just to move the car. The bearings are larger than csm bearings so they are loose on the stubs axle.

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93 Mitsubishi Expo LRV 1.8/manual
95 Eagle Summit DL Coupe 1.5/manual
01 Mitsubishi Mirage ES Sedan 1.8/manual

I made a little more progress today. I got the hub back on and stuck an old axle in there. We then pushed the car and got it somewhat straight and then it went up on jackstands where it will be for a while I'm sure. I love rust free cars. I had the gas tank and the rear end out in 30 minutes using handtools and my cordless Makita impact. As you can see in the pics it still needs to be pressure washed. I figured I would drop the rear end first and then pressure wash under the car too while I'm at it.

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93 Mitsubishi Expo LRV 1.8/manual
95 Eagle Summit DL Coupe 1.5/manual
01 Mitsubishi Mirage ES Sedan 1.8/manual

I am venturing down the gas tank removal tomorrow, wish me luck. I will let you know how long a Wisconsin car takes

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91 Talon - was 454 whp/440 ft/lbs, now DD
89 C52A - 4G63T To the crusher
91 C52A - 4G63T Up and Running (AWD swap coming!)

Worked on the colt a little today since the weather was perfect. Probably spent two or three hours on it although it doesn't look like it. I broke out the drill and the spot weld cutter and went to work removing the fwd rear axle mounts. I even stole two old pillows from the couch because my neck was cramping up .

I started off by chucking up a wire brush in my drill and removing dirt, paint and undercoating from the spot welds. I then took a sharpie and put a dot in the center, used my center punch and hammer to put a dimple there and then I used a tiny drill bit to give the spot weld cutter something to ride on. I know I could have just whacked these off even with the frame rails but I want to make this car look like it came AWD from the factory as much as possible.







I still need to trim the piece with the nut welded to it but my jack stand was in the way so I just moved to the front gas tank studs and I will come back to this.




In order to trim these I first needed to get the fuel and brake lines out of the way. I have parts scattered all over from this car so what's a few more, right?





After all my hard work this is what I cut out so far.



With all this cutting, grinding, hammering and drilling I start to gather up my tools as its getting dark and I look up and see this standing about 150 feet away in an empty field behind my house. She offered zero help.

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93 Mitsubishi Expo LRV 1.8/manual
95 Eagle Summit DL Coupe 1.5/manual
01 Mitsubishi Mirage ES Sedan 1.8/manual

Didn't even offer to hold a flashlight?

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1991 Mirage Se hatch, 4g63t. Rust.

Nice work Chris. I would do the same thing if I were to convert a CSM. It is unfortunate in some ways that we do not live near each other. Think of the damage we could do if we were able to help each other.

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91 Talon - was 454 whp/440 ft/lbs, now DD
89 C52A - 4G63T To the crusher
91 C52A - 4G63T Up and Running (AWD swap coming!)

Nope, she just sat there and ate the entire time while watching me work.


Thanks Harvey! I know what you mean man, we'd be cutting cars in half and welding them back together or something . Both of our cars would have been done a year ago and we'd be on completely different projects by now.

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93 Mitsubishi Expo LRV 1.8/manual
95 Eagle Summit DL Coupe 1.5/manual
01 Mitsubishi Mirage ES Sedan 1.8/manual

Very clean work. Is the under-side going to be clean enough to eat off?

Thanks man! Yes, it will be when I'm done but I'm not sure how long it will stay like that.

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93 Mitsubishi Expo LRV 1.8/manual
95 Eagle Summit DL Coupe 1.5/manual
01 Mitsubishi Mirage ES Sedan 1.8/manual

Your making me want to work on stuff again...

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49 International KB-2
72 Dodge Colt
73 Dodge Colt (Project)
84 GMC K3500
85 Dodge D50 Diesel Swap
90 Mighty Max V6
89 Mirage Turbo
94 Mighty Max
99 Montero

Well drive on up to NC then.

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93 Mitsubishi Expo LRV 1.8/manual
95 Eagle Summit DL Coupe 1.5/manual
01 Mitsubishi Mirage ES Sedan 1.8/manual

Chris you have to hold back now. I know you want to rotisserie the whole chassis. Tsk tsk, for shame!