blasphemy

[Brooks Ellis <brooks@fortnet.org>]

	I went out to a car dealer today, to look at a 1991 Mitsubishi 
Galant VR-4 today. If you are unfamiliar with this car, it is a 4-cyl, 
16valve DOHC, turbo (eclipse/talon engine), AWD, ABS, 4-wheel steering 
sports sedan. It looked and sounded pretty cool, so I took it out for a 
test drive. It was pretty cool, had plenty of power, and I liked the 4-ws 
feature. After driving it, I decided the ride wasn't that great, and it 
just didn't feel as classy as my 100Q. I suppose it would be a pretty 
cool car to have, but I'd rather stick to my '90 100Q... besides that, I 
wouldn't want a car that will self-destruct by 150k mi, and since I would 
upgrade the power, it would probably self destruct long before that. Oh 
well. One interesting thing I noticed during this experiance, was that 
the salesguy I was talking to had to put some gas in the car, and he put 
85 octane in it...even the manual says to put 87 at the minimum, and 91 
is a lot better. When I pushed it really hard, it pinged like a motha.. I 
told the guy to put better fuel in it. Sure it's a Mitsubishi, but still, 
wouldn't want to toast a perfectly good car. 
	(redemption) The main reaason I decided to forgo the VR-4, is I 
decided I will get a (somewhat) low-mi '89 200TQ, and upgrade it 60-80+ 
HP. After I buy this computer/spring (overpriced) upgrade, I will go with 
a new turbo, either an RS2 or S4 turbo. 
         speaking of which, I recall hearing about the boost upgrade with 
a cheap pressure regulator - did this function as planned? What kind of 
safety features am I loosing? Estimated HP?
    Thanks for the info on the mod

So there you have it - sin, confession, redemption. 

Brooks