Plate Number: Syria Damascus | 954366
Hi guys, how are you all
Today we do have this beautiful car, Mitsubishi Lancer Ex
Turbo? Turbo Ex, Okay. It dates from 1983
Thanks for coming Reda. You are letting me drive your beautiful car. Not an issue, not an issue.
Yalla? Yalla let's go.
I hope it doesn't stall. Naah.
The steering is a bit stiff. Look,
the car
purely old school
You have
You can start from from the Hydraulic steering wheel, it's not there.
and also
All the refined and comfort systems are unavailable
canceled. For sure. You are driving right now a pure old school car.
For sure
Great
How many power does it deliver?
For now, the car. Hmm, it makes around...
275 to 280 Horsepower.
Backwheel. Okay.
On the
Available settings on it.
By the way, this amount of horsepower you have
is enough for the car's weight
it became rdiculously fast. It's like a slingshot.
To be honest yeah.
The more you decrease the weight, the more it becomes responsive.
But yeah, the amount of Horsepower is more than what I need.
Okay Reda. Tell us a bit about the car's story.
From where did you buy it and all...
The car's story is ehmm...
It's story, is...
It has a special story.
When I bought the car, I was
I was looking for a normal simple car.
And... I wanted her to take me from point A to point B.
I wasn't interested in all these car stuff.
So Yeah I went and bought it. And...
The car was a piece of crap.
It was just a rusted metal, damaged.
I just don't know, when I saw it for the first time. I fall in love with her looks.
And me, I am just a person that was looking for a daily task car.
And I took her.
And after sometime...
My friend came and told me: You car has a very big history.
I told him where? And he told me:
Take this link and check what was this car doing in Japan.
And I discovered that the car is the first Mitsubishi Lancer's Editon.
And the first edition for Evos.
The one that they started with the Evolutions. You know the performance engines
I got more deep in it and I knew
that the car participated in many Rally races.
Wow.
And.. I loved this project and so I said: That's it
I want to do a restoration.
And I started.
When did you start?
I started with her in 2004.
Dayum, it's been a long time.
Yeah yeah, a long time ago. You know the car
Besides it survived a lot until now
The car... Thanks God, I am grateful it still surviving with me
And she is strong
So, it took me around 9 months
9 months, all of it was a full restoration
But you know, how they say.. Until the last bone.
Yep, I got you.
I didn't just do any random painting job on it, or
just quickly. No no.
I started from the car's roots
Nice.
I brought a car from Japan.
Group B.
a white Rally car
I took most of her parts and
the engine and we started
working on the car.
I am sorry. Just the...
Are there indicators on this car?
Yep, there is.
here it is. Where?
Owh these, okay.
Japanese man.
I told you it's pure... I got confused with the wipers.
No no they're overhere.
Ok
Continue the story.
So, so.. I still even remember
a person came to me
A very old man. He told me:
Reda, what you're doing is useless
9 months to restore a car?!
But me I had hope. That
I want to restore this car
to her value
Yep
And...
thanks, I am gratefull.
We worked on the project
and I wasn't expecting the upcoming results
and the car was fine
Thanks god
To be honest,
I can see that the car is perfect
God bless you
the color is clean
the body is clean
True
The finishing is clean
There are just some stitches
on the seat.
True
But, generally speaking
The car is perfect
True true. Really
Bravo
No No. I really like people who
takes care of their cars
and...
and yeah, when they do a good job on their cars.
No thanks god, for me the car
I take care of her more
than myself
if you want the truth
I really take care of her more than myself because
It needs to
be washed twice a week
For sure, yeah.
From the bottom to the top
and it's always
covered.
It doesn't see the sunlight
So yeah...
Thanks God
Ofcourse when you
do the right job
It will survive with you
So yeah, these things helped a lot
the car to maintain it's value
with it's high mainteance
Tell us Reda
We talked about
the car's design
about the interior
and in general on her
but tell us more on the performance side
of the car
what is the engine's name?
Did you do any swap?
actually more on the work done on the engine itself
Ofcourse, but now look
I took all
the parts
From the car that I brought from Japan.
And she was already loaded
a Group B Rally car in performance
But what I added is
that a lot of parts
We can say like a
renewal or...
an upgrade
for example, we do have
the injectors
for example, I've put some that belonged to the Evo 5 to 6
Because you need more fuel
For the fuel pump
The car has 12inch BOSCH fuel pump
Two Mercedes 600 pumps
To efficiently pump the fuel
to the engine
The engine's name is 4G63 and
and it's well know in
in JDM cars
And it's one of the first engines
that had a turbo
from the 80s
And until now
it's used in all types of Evos.
Ofcourse with some upgrades each year
but the engine's crate
and the fueling system
and the horsepower ratio
it's exactly the same
So.. So I did some tuning on
the engine's internals
from pistons
to the setup of the engine
Turbo's system
I wanted her to have a good amount of torque
and fast
So it can deliver the power on spot
As you can see. On approximately 600 RPM
It takes all the car's torque
You don't have to wait
to make her load or lag
so this what happens
Plus....
between gears
You changed your mind and you want to load up more power
the pressure will always be there
So I did a lot of games and tricks with the engine
to give me this performance, but
in general
the upgraded brakes system are old school
the ones
that you find I think in American cars
it's actually two metal pieces
and between them
the brake opens
Basically like Pickups
Exactly, like Pickups systems
and all this has changed
and now they are all brake discs
and ventilated too
it has a cooling system
Plus
the car's suspension are Sumitomo
From Japan
They are a bit stiff. Yep they are.
As you can see, we are all jumping.
and then there is
The differential
We talked about it previously
It's an LSD Autoblock
It's complete
It comes in one piece
It transfers the power to both wheels at the same time
What is?.. the.. the...
Tires sizes?...
So we do have
Size? Right?...
You mean tires?
Yep, both front and back
At the moment, we
we did two sizes
the fronts are 195s
the back ones are 225
for a better grip
specially the Autoblock differential
The LSD
So you need to have
wider tires to get a better grip on the road
Yeah ofcourse.
In addition to that, whenever you want to do
some slides, to the right and the left
You still have
You can have a better control on the car
Yep, correct.
So as I said, the performance has been carefully engineered for this amount of power
and for this speed
Yep
For the car's body design
I didn't add a lot of power to the car so I don't exceed the safe margin
and at the same time it's enough
Ofcourse the whole car has been built up in "Rabee Al Zabadani Garage"
He is very well known
Where is it located?
It's in Syria, in Damascus
Nice
he is a specialist in tuning cars
and one that belongs to the Syrian cars club
He is a very well skilled guy in cars
Yep
So, his experience has helped me a lot
In this things
he really did a good job
He actually used to race and he had some good rankings
this explains
And he is a back wheel specialist
Even too, a lot of people told me to make it a four wheels car
Or put on more power
I told them all, no. I just going to leave as it is
I love to slide
I love, love... Even this Autoblock
Gives me a good feeling
As you can see while driving
You feel the whole car's power delivery is there
Correct
But... uhmmm
There is a little issue with the car
Tell me
The gear is a bit tough
Yep
I mean like, sometimes it gets complicated
Correct.
When I put on the gear, it gets stuck.
Yep, true.
Look for now, it can get fixed
but if I changed the type of gears
I mean if I brought up another gearbox
There are a lot of modern companies
They can recreate the same exact gearbox
But everything inside will be new
So it will be softer and smoother
So the inside gear won't be anymore old
Yep
So yeah, it all depends on what each person wants actually
For me, if I don't feel I am wrestling with the gears
To get the right gear on
So you have to be a man and push
Yeah yeah, so you have to suffer a bit with it
For me, what's the point of driving a car and the gear just comes easily for you
No...
you have to do it the hard way by yourself
And when you do put on the right gear
Whenever you're racing
and the shift is just perfectly executed
You get that feeling of achivement
The power that you required just came in the perfect time
True, true
So yeah, that's beautiful thing
But, yeah it's true that there is a lot of things that I need to correct and change
But for the moment, I am leaving the car as it is
Man, just the turbo's sound is just perfect
I swear to God it's just amazing
Dayum
It's a bit sitff
But, the turning radius is
It's not, not...
Yep, it's not short
Yeah, yeah... It's not
Yes, it's not short
The problem is
If you want it short, you need a Hydraulic or an electric system
Because if it was short on this type of cars
It will immediately slide
Yep
So you've got to have a hydraulic system in it
I have a question
The RPM isn't working or is it just laging
Nope, the RPM is working and it's not working
Why though?
Yeah, actually when....
It's a bit weird
When the fans open
Yeah?
It makes a difference
But you will fix it yeah?
Yeah ofcourse
What's happening actually is, because the fans are new
Ok
And the system dates from 1983
So you do have a difference of
15 years of technology
For example, you can checkout the Boost gauge
Ok
So here, it's a Minus Plus system
it doesn't have a number
This is the reason why I've put another Boost gauge
So I can know the digital numbers
But also... If you come back to the modern restoration
So this is what happens actually
So it's something normal
The most important things are the temperature
And the oil's temperature
Yep, the engine's temperature and the turbo's pressure
Just the...
It's amazing
Yeah the backpressure
It's not too loud
And not very low
and it's not annoying
You listen to it
and you enjoy it
Even when people here it from the outside
Especially, when you are on a high speed
They will hear the back pressure being thrown
But there isn't anything to cancel the sound
Like a loud exhaust or anything else
Plus the steel
The whole car is made of steel, nothing is made of plastic
So this helps the back pressure to sound nicer
You know what, I could just do it again
many times a day
and I will never get bored of it
True, true
To be honest, it's very amusing
I daily drive the car
and daily too?...
Yep, daily.
But did you see how is it stiff?
Yep
But look, I will tell you something
If you ate
it's better than a 7UP
The whole vibration that happens
with all the stuff
sometimes it gives me some back pains
But it's fine
Anyone who loves these type of cars, he needs
To have some patience
Yep, he needs to be patient
and sacrifice too
Did you see the spin?
So amusing, so amusing...
Every time this sound comes
I don't know
I just get a sort of giggles and I want to laugh
True, true
But then you feel that you're controlling the car
You feel that the car gives whatever you want
To be honest, it's driving isn't easy
and you, you...
you are the 8th person to drive this car
For me, I have a limited number of persons that can drive it
There are a few that drove it
Me or my friend
There are just few people that did drive it
Not a lot of people knew how to react with her
Most of the time, when I used to move it from a place to place
When the recovery guy comes
I used to tell hime, Nope. I will put it on or off the truck
They suffer with it
Exactly, they do
It easily jumps
But you...
God bless you, since you pushed it hard
Thank you
How did you find my driving... For an old school car
Yeah you were good
Nah, it was beautiful
Where will it go? It just wants to jump...
The pressure wants to go out
it needs to be thrown
People are getting confused of what is happening
what are these sounds
Give it some load on the 2nd gear
Yep, I want to fully load it
Damn it, get in
Yeeh, you just started
Beautiful, Beautiful
C'mon
It's enough for today
Let me show you now
Yep, just let me stop here
Reda...
The car is beautiful
Habibi
God bless
May God bless you
I liked it a lot
It's like a toy
True
It's so beautiful... beautiful... beautiful
You feel the real mechanics
Exactly
Steering wheel....
Gear
Clutch, Turbo
Air
Engine
And brakes
Oh yeeh
chassis and tires
and also
backwheel
Sooo...
You don't need more than that
The whole package is here
You get me?
True
Thank you Reda
Habibi
I fatigued you today
You came over here and all
It was a pleasure for me
No no really
Thanks for letting me drive you car. I know that while I was driving, you were scared for it
But...
But I liked the fact that you drove it while having fun
And this proves that
You love what you are doing
There are some that do reviews
Just to speak about specs
and it's just a page of words and talks
No, but here you were really feeling the drive
and for me, I had fun
with the tour that we did. Thanks, thanks
Thank you guys
I hope that you liked today's episode
and...
Take care of yourselves
and will see you the next time
See ya
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