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Highly Modified 1995 Mitsubishi 3000gt Vr-4 Excellent Running Condition Tdo5 Aem on 2040-cars

US $31,000.00
Year:1995 Mileage:145022
Location:

Huntington Beach, California, United States

Huntington Beach, California, United States
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I am the 2nd owner of this heavily modified 1995 3000GT VR-4. The motor has about 10k miles on it, transmission about 30k. Purchased in April 2000, I have invested over $50k in aftermarket parts and modifications into this car. It has been garaged nearly all of it's life and hasn't seen rain in about seven years. Nearly everything on the car still works except for the gas light and antenna mast which needs to be replaced. A few items have been removed, such as the active aero, front windshield wipers and reservoir, and cruise control. Other than that everything else on the car is in perfect working order, including the all-wheel steering (I recently had the RWS rack and pinion replaced), ECS shocks (recently replaced as well) and ice cold A/C etc. My plan for this car was to build a 600awhp weekend driver on 100 octane and meth injection. I got about 95% done before funds dried up with the purchase of a house. Right now the car drives beautifully and easily makes ~450awhp on 91 octane at wastegate pressure of ~10psi & has a TON of potential. With meth injection, intake pipes and tuning I'm sure it could easily hit my original target of 600awhp at 25-27PSI. The car is smogged until May 2015 and comes with a gutted catalytic converter for track days (right now it has a flow-max catalytic converter). I have put so much time and money into this car I will only let it go for $30,000 as it could easily be parted out for $20k, possibly $25k if someone was really ambitious. However, I am only willing to sell this car to someone who has the time and desire to complete it. That said, I will not entertain any offers less than $30,000. The perfect buyer for this car would be a 3000GT enthusiast who knows and can appreciate the laundry list of rare, expensive, and nearly impossible to obtain parts on this car such as the authentic PitroadM front bumper, titanium cat-back & FMIC; Kaze side view mirrors and rear bumper; ACPT one piece carbon fiber drive-shaft, quaife front LSD, OS Giken twin disc clutch, genuine MHI TD05 16G turbos, 15" StopTech brakes, and the discontinued 19" AVS Model 5 rims in limited black chrome (19x9 front, 19x10 rear) to name just a few items. Please see below for a complete list of aftermarket parts and upgrades. 

PitroadM 99mm (~3.5") titanium cat-back exhaust
PitroadM Downpipe (modified to fit up to the TD05's)
PitroadM FMIC
PitroadM Carbing Front strut brace
PitroadM Front bumper
Kaze side view mirrors
Kaze rear bumper
OEM '99 combat wing
OEM '99 front headlights & signals
OEM '99 sail panels
OEM '99 rear center garnish
OEM '99 Cabin light with Homelink
AVS Model 5's in Limited Black Chrome (19x10 rear, 19x9 front)
15" StopTech big break kit (front)
GT Pro Stage 5 Heads
OEM Shortblock with ~10k on it
MHI "EVO3" TD05 turbos with ceramic coated headers 
OS Giken twin disc clutch (has about 15k on it)
Quaife LSD installed with Kormex rebuilt transmission
ACPT One piece carbon fiber drive shaft
AEM V1 ECU, street tuned by FSR Motorsports 
Defi BF Gauges (Coolant temp, Oil temp, Oil pressure, Boost pressure, Exhaust temp)
Genuine MR "GTO" carbon fiber Instrument bezel
KOYO 2" Radiator
Spal 14" high performance radiator fan
HKS DLI
MSD ignition wires
Polished intake plenum
Greddy DSBC
Polyurethane motor mounts
VIS Carbon fiber hood
JDM Gearset (otherwise known as "MR" gears)
Aeromotive 340lph in-tank fuel pump (hot-wired)
Denso 720cc Injectors
AEM Fuel Pressure Regulator
AEM A/F Ratio Gauge
Momo Millennium steering wheel
Pioneer AVIC-Z110BT Navigation deck (with 2013 update)
2 sets of Focal K165s
Soundstream Tarantula 500/4 Amp
Entire rear cabin has been dynomatted
LoJack
Compustar RF-P2WSS 2-way 6000' alarm (needs FT-RC-P2WSS replacement case)

Note that I have about 90% of the receipts for all items above.

If you're near Orange County CA and are interested in the car don't hesitate to swing by, pictures don't do this car justice. Feel free to ask me any questions as well.

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