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I got an eye-full of the sedan version of a 1997 Galant VR4 on J-Spec and I must admit, I reckon it's a cool looking car, seems practical-ish too with the whole 4 doors thing. My question, does anyone here have one or know someone that has one. Are they a decent car? I read they make over 200kw's stock and are 4WD but what's the weight like? Do they mod up OK are they hard to get parts for, do they use the evo engine etc etc etc. I currently have a 96 Series II 33 (as Seen in my avatar ) so would be comparing to that.

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Dan

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I don't have one, but have driven the wagon version called the 'Legnum VR-4'. It was an auto so didn't really get a feel for it as what I could've with a manual, but for what it is it's (the Galant) a great alternative to a Toyota Mark II or R33 sedan. Being front wheel drive based 4WD you do get that typical feel of understeer, but straight line performance is on par with the others mentioned, and on paper really should go as well as an Evo 5/6 but I don't think so.

As for the Galant you can't really argue with those looks, it's very well proportioned. But it fails miserably for aftermarket support compared to Skylines, theres only a handful of companies in Japan that really support the Galant/Legnum and even then they aren't exactly cheap. Try finding stuff for Mitsu GTO's and adapt... Yahoo will come to the rescue somewhat too. Other thing is the engine is a trasverse mounted twin turbo so with the limited room and piping everywhere you might find it hard to find someone who enjoys working on them.

Some specs:

Chassis: EC5A

Engine: 6A12

Capacity: 2498cc

Type: Quad cam 24 valve V6 twin turbo

Trans: 5MT/4AT

Power: 280ps @ 5500rpm

Torque: 37.0kg/m @ 4000rpm

Weight: 1480kg

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I think they would great daily and a very reliable car but i reckon they would be hard to source parts from wreckers in Australia if parts needed to be replaced.

Untill people start importing these VR4s and driving them around and people are after parts out of it i dont think wreckers will be importing VR4 parts in a rush till there is market for them

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i think they are nuts, a real sleeper! in stock trim the 2.4L twinturbo v6 runs a 14.0 second 1/4 mile

well the r33 is quoted as pretty much that as well..

The Galant, is a larger engine to the EVO ones, which you'd think would translate into more power. I guess a lack of parts doesn't help.

The later model engines (6G75) were similar to the same one seen in the mitsu 380.

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