FTO AUSTRALIA

Finally went through the last of my pics. Have a selection.






Mount Panorama, Bathurst


Putty Road, was nice when I could see through the rain




Sunrise on the Great Ocean Road

Car looks great BJK, nice work.

shiggz wrote:

spetz wrote:Car looks great BJK, nice work.

Cheers guys.

Someone wanna donate me some money for a respray?

I had an idea about a small (but not particularly simple) way to sort of modernise the FTOs profile slightly. Will likely end up being nothing more than a pipe dream due to the amount of custom work I imagine it would require, but I still think it works nice enough, so I did a quick mock-up and comparison.

The C pillar might be crucial to rigidity though plus you'd need to find a suitable window.
Not sure if it is worth the effort considering the relatively small change

It looks the same.

Also, never gonna happen.

Daniel2019 wrote:It looks the same.

Also, never gonna happen.

Ya blind, but also yes.

spetz wrote:The C pillar might be crucial to rigidity though plus you'd need to find a suitable window.
Not sure if it is worth the effort considering the relatively small change

Yeah, basically. Too much effort once the inside is there as well. But I do like the look of it.

Yes it certainly would look better but the cost/benefit is not there.

With a few tweaks the FTO could've been such a great looking and driving car... it almost feels like Mitsubishi wanted it to fail.

spetz wrote:Yes it certainly would look better but the cost/benefit is not there.

With a few tweaks the FTO could've been such a great looking and driving car... it almost feels like Mitsubishi wanted it to fail.

I think it was just one of those niche things, in a time before niche things weren't financially viable. I think comparing it to the GTO is a good example. They're both coupes of the same era, but although the FTO does without AWD and boost, it also does without the added weight all the extra gadgetry of the GTO brings. Looks-wise perhaps there are things we might change, but considering the age of the overall shape (even before the facelift) I think they did pretty damn well.

What suspension does this have?
I tried putting my e7 wheels on mine last weekend and the front tyre hits on spring perch on the fronts.

Coilovers will fix that

evo-gsr wrote:What suspension does this have?
I tried putting my e7 wheels on mine last weekend and the front tyre hits on spring perch on the fronts.

Yep, I'm on BCs. If your struts are the Volvo KYB replacements the spring perch is lower than stock. You'll need a lower profile tyre if you wanna run them

Stay in school, kids.

Let's hope I get another chick at the cop shop when I go lool

bjk wrote:

evo-gsr wrote:What suspension does this have?
I tried putting my e7 wheels on mine last weekend and the front tyre hits on spring perch on the fronts.

Yep, I'm on BCs. If your struts are the Volvo KYB replacements the spring perch is lower than stock. You'll need a lower profile tyre if you wanna run them

Gotcha. Not sure I want to put coilovers on just to fit a set of wheels! They are in the for sale section if anyone is keen!

evo-gsr wrote:

bjk wrote:

evo-gsr wrote:What suspension does this have?
I tried putting my e7 wheels on mine last weekend and the front tyre hits on spring perch on the fronts.

Yep, I'm on BCs. If your struts are the Volvo KYB replacements the spring perch is lower than stock. You'll need a lower profile tyre if you wanna run them

Gotcha. Not sure I want to put coilovers on just to fit a set of wheels! They are in the for sale section if anyone is keen!

Nah, tyres would be all you need to change. I think that Lawso was able to run a 225/45, but you'd be pretty safe with a 215 width.

Figured out a way to secure the battery. Used the stock tray from the parts car and bolted that to the chassis where the plastic tools tray usually goes. Had a bit of fun doing that because the MDF is glued down and was on top of the edge of the tray.

That looks shoddier than Toblerone's manual conversion