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The Mitsubishi Starion is a three-door, turbocharged four-cylinder rear-wheel drive four-seat sports car that was in production from 1982 to 1990. It was also marketed in North America as the Conquest under the Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth names; both the Starion and Conquest came to an end in 1989. Although preceded by earlier turbocharged designs such as the Porsche 930 (1975), Saab 99 (1978) and the Mitsubishi Lancer EX 2000 Turbo (1980), it is considered to be one of the originators of the modern Japanese turbocharged performance automobile genre.[1][2] Image File history File links WidebodyStarion. ...
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Sirius is the name of one of Mitsubishi Motors four series of straight-4 automobile engines, along with Astron, Orion, and Saturn. ...
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Background
The Starion's appearance in 1982 occurred during a period in which a number of Japanese Grand Tourer (GT) sports cars were increasing in popularity. It was launched to a marketplace against the other Grand Tourers of the era, including the Porsche 924 Turbo, Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6, Nissan 280ZX Turbo, Mazda RX-7 and the Toyota Supra. The Starion's turbocharged four-cylinder engine enabled it to be very competitive. A grand tourer (Italian: Gran Turismo), (initialised GT), is a high-performance automobile designed for long-distance driving. ...
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During production, the Starion was produced in both a narrowbody (sport body) and widebody (or "R" for Rally body) design. The design proved durable and few changes were made between models, with only simple improvements demarking the change from one model to the next. In the United States market, there was only one major change when the car was upgraded to the ESI-r (Conquest TSi) model; this model features an intercooler and five-bolt wheels replacing the four-bolt wheels it had inherited from the rear wheel drive Mitsubishi Galant Lambda. This Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 is an example of a narrow-body passenger cabin A typical narrow-body airliner has a fuselage diameter of 3 to 4 metres (10 to 13 ft), and seats arranged 2 to 6 abreast along a single aisle. ...
Wide-body Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340-300 A wide-body aircraft is a large airliner with a fuselage diameter of about 6 metres and twin aisles. ...
An intercooler, or charge air cooler, is an air-to-air or air-to-liquid heat exchange device used on turbocharged and supercharged internal combustion engines to improve their volumetric efficiency by increasing intake air charge density through isochoric cooling. ...
The Mitsubishi Galant Λ (Lambda) was a two-door hardtop coupé built by Mitsubishi Motors from 1976 to 1983. ...
Without any obvious flaws, the design was not without drawbacks. At the time, Mitsubishi opted for the Mitsubishi Astron engine with a single-camshaft head (SOHC) rather than the dual cam head, and also for a throttle-body fuel injection setup which mixed the fuel with the air prior to entering the plenum chamber. The Mitsubishi Astron engine or Mitsubishi 4G5 engine, is a series of straight-4 internal combustion engines first built by Mitsubishi Motors in 1972. ...
Single overhead cam (also SOHC) refers to the internal combustion engine design where one camshaft is located above the valves. ...
// Fuel injection is a means of metering fuel into an internal combustion engine. ...
Plenum may refer to: the antithesis of a vacuum; in other words, completely filled space. ...
The design was somewhat unusual however, and it didn't have widespread appeal. Probably because of the unusual design, the Starion never brought Mitsubishi the success it desired in the marketplace to match the vehicle's success on the racing circuit.
Production ceased entirely by 1990, and its successor, the GTO was fitted with the mechanicals of the recently demonstrated Mitsubishi HSX Sports Coupe concept vehicle. For the 1970–75 GTO, see Mitsubishi Galant GTO. The Mitsubishi GTO is the name of two different sports cars built by Mitsubishi Motors, both of which were rebadged for many export markets. ...
Many of the performance features of the Starion were integrated into later vehicles and can be found in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, in the Mitsubishi Galant VR-4, and the Mitsubishi Eclipse. The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, colloquially known as the Lancer Evo or simply Evo, is a car manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors. ...
The Galant VR-4 was the range-topping version of Mitsubishis midsize sedan, available in the sixth (1988-1992), seventh (1992-1996) and eighth (1996-2002) generations of the vehicle. ...
The Mitsubishi Eclipse is a two-door, four-seat sport compact automobile that has been in production since 1989 for left hand drive markets including the United States, Canada, and Taiwan. ...
Overview The Starion used a traditional front-mounted engine with rear-wheel drive layout, which most sports cars use. Many came with a limited slip differential and anti-lock brakes (single channel, rear wheels only) as standard features. The entire chassis was derived from the previous high performance variant of the Mitsubishi Sapporo or Mitsubishi Galant Lambda sports coupe, with a MacPherson strut suspension and swaybars that were fitted to front and rear.[1] Rear-wheel drive (or RWD for short) is an engine/transmission layout used in automobiles. ...
1963 Jaguar E-Type, a classic sports car 1963 Chevrolet Corvette was based upon European sports cars A sports car is an automobile designed for performance driving. ...
In automotive applications, a limited slip differential (LSD) is a modified or derived type of differential gear arrangement that allows for some difference in rotational velocity of the output shafts, but does not allow the difference in speed to increase beyond a preset amount. ...
An anti-lock braking system (commonly known as ABS, from the German name Antiblockiersystem given to it by its inventors at Bosch) is a system on motor vehicles which prevents the wheels from locking while braking. ...
Sapporo was an export name given to the Mitsubishi Galant Λ (Galant Lambda), a a large subcompact two-door hardtop coupé automobile built by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation from 1976 to 1983, named for the Japanese city of Sapporo, Hokkaido. ...
The Mitsubishi Galant Λ (Lambda) was a two-door hardtop coupé built by Mitsubishi Motors from 1976 to 1983. ...
A simple MacPherson strut suspension on the left front wheel of a rear-wheel drive vehicle. ...
Engine capacity was 2.0 L with the now well-known 4G63 2.0 L engine, subsequently featured in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution series of automobiles. However, American customers received the larger G54B 2.6 L engine but without any additional horsepower. Neither were DOHC. After 1987, European Starion models were also fitted with the 2.6 L engine, as was the GSR-VR for Japan. Both engines featured computer controlled fuel injection and turbocharging. Sirius is the name of one of Mitsubishi Motors four series of straight-4 automobile engines, along with Astron, Orion, and Saturn. ...
The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, colloquially known as the Lancer Evo or simply Evo, is a car manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors. ...
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The Mitsubishi Astron engine or Mitsubishi 4G5 engine, is a series of straight-4 internal combustion engines first built by Mitsubishi Motors in 1972. ...
Horsepower varied between 150 and 197 bhp (147 kW) depending mostly upon the turbocharger that was fitted, the presence of an intercooler, and whether the 8-valve or 12-valve head was used.
A naturally-aspirated version known as the GX was also built for the Japanese market, however production ceased in 1983 due to low sales figures. The Starion GX had no electric windows, no air conditioning, no independent rear suspension, no fuel injection and did not have power-assisted steering.
Seating was a 2+2 arrangement, although the rear seats are not too suitable for large adults. The front seats were adjustable for lumbar, angle, knee support, position and featured variable-angle side-braces.
One of the more unusual features was that the seatbelts were located in the doors for the driver and front passenger, and some American and European models featured electrically operated seatbelts.
A five-speed manual transmission was standard in most models, however, an automatic transmission was sold as an option in some markets. A manual transmission (also known as a stick shift, straight drive, or standard transmission) is a type of transmission used in automotive applications. ...
The automatic gear selector in a Ford Five Hundred vehicle An automatic transmission (commonly abbreviated as AT) is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the vehicle moves, thus freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually (similar but larger devices are also used for railroad...
The drag coefficient was around 0.32; quite efficient for the era, and although quite angular, the aerodynamics in general were exceptional at the time. The drag coefficient (Cd, Cx or Cw, depending on the country) is a dimensionless quantity that describes a characteristic amount of aerodynamic drag caused by fluid flow, used in the drag equation. ...
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Trim levels Trim levels varied from country to country, however leather seats were common in most countries. Modern leather-working tools Leather is a material created through the tanning of hides and skins of animals, primarily cattlehide. ...
Models A number of models existed throughout the world during 1982 to 1990.
Australia - 2.0 L 4G63 engine. Australian vehicles were mostly similar to the European TURBO specification. The J codes below denote the model version, and are found on the Australian Vehicle Information Plates. Sirius is the name of one of Mitsubishi Motors four series of straight-4 automobile engines, along with Astron, Orion, and Saturn. ...
- JA - 1982–1984
- JB - 1984–1985
- JD - 1985–1987
Japan - 2.0 L 4G63 engine, apart from GSR-VR which has 2.6 L 4G54 engine. Sirius is the name of one of Mitsubishi Motors four series of straight-4 automobile engines, along with Astron, Orion, and Saturn. ...
The Mitsubishi Astron is series of straight-4 internal combustion engines, along with Orion, Sirius, and Saturn. ...
The Japanese Domestic Market had a large range of Starions to choose from.
- GX - 1982–1983 (non turbo)
- GSR-I,GSR-II,GSR-III, GSR-X, - 1982–1984
- GSR-II, GSR-III,GSR-X,GSR-V - 1985–1986 - can be distinguished from the earlier starions by driving lights in the front bumper
- GSR-V - 1986–1987 - some had Sirius Dash engine
- GSR-VR - 1987–1988 (widebody)
The Roman numeral after 'GSR' denotes the vehicle specification. Some examples can be found below: - GSR-I - base model
- GSR-II - power steering and electric windows
- GSR-III - improved audio system, trip computer system, digital dash cluster, and air conditioning.
- GSR-X - leather interior replaced the cloth, climate control, air conditioning, cruise control
United States - 2.6 L G54B engine. A trip computer is an onboard computer device fitted to cars which can generally record distance travelled, average speed, average fuel consumption, and display real time fuel consumption information. ...
The Mitsubishi Astron is series of straight-4 internal combustion engines, along with Orion, Sirius, and Saturn. ...
with TD05-12A turbocharger Mitsubishi
Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth - TSi
- Technica (this was a narrowbody package not a model)
Europe - 2.0 L 4G63 engine with MHI TC06-11A turbocharger, apart from GSR-VR which has 2.6 L 4G54 engine with TD05-12A TC. Sirius is the name of one of Mitsubishi Motors four series of straight-4 automobile engines, along with Astron, Orion, and Saturn. ...
The Mitsubishi Astron is series of straight-4 internal combustion engines, along with Orion, Sirius, and Saturn. ...
- EX II - flatbody with Intercooler
- EX - luxury version
- TURBO - base model
With the exception of Australia, many models were available as either narrowbody or widebody shell styles. This Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 is an example of a narrow-body passenger cabin A typical narrow-body airliner has a fuselage diameter of 3 to 4 metres (10 to 13 ft), and seats arranged 2 to 6 abreast along a single aisle. ...
Wide-body Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340-300 A wide-body aircraft is a large airliner with a fuselage diameter of about 6 metres and twin aisles. ...
Conquest The Conquest was a version of the Starion sold by the Chrysler Corporation from 1984 to 1989. The Conquest was sold under both the Dodge and Plymouth names (much like the Dodge/Plymouth Colt twins) until 1986. Chrysler sold the Conquest under its own name from 1987 until 1989. The Conquest was replaced with the Dodge Stealth and the Plymouth Laser, as the Starion was replaced with the Mitsubishi 3000GT and Mitsubishi Eclipse. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2400 × 1800 pixel, file size: 1. ...
Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2400 × 1800 pixel, file size: 1. ...
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The Dodge Colt and the similar Plymouth Champ and Plymouth Colt, were compact cars sold by Dodge and Plymouth from 1970 to 1994. ...
Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 racing Japanese Mitsubishi GTO patrol car The Mitsubishi GTO was Mitsubishis flagship sports car from 1991-1999. ...
3 Plymouth Lasers, showing an all around view 1992-1994 Plymouth Laser 1992-1994 Plymouth Laser rear view The Plymouth Laser was a sports coupe made by Diamond Star Motors. ...
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The Mitsubishi Eclipse is a two-door, four-seat sport compact automobile that has been in production since 1989 for left hand drive markets including the United States, Canada, and Taiwan. ...
Motorsports
 Mitsubishi Starion (lightly modified) The Starion was a prominent competitor in motorsports up to International level during the 1980s and performed well on the circuit in Group A and Group N races of the era. In the United States, the Starion became best known for successes in endurance racing. Starions from Dave Wolin's Team Mitsubishi, with turbocharged 2.6 L G54B engines built by noted Lotus[1] engine guru Dave Vegher, captured the prestigious "Longest Day of Nelson Ledges", 24 hour endurance race, an incredible four years running, from 1984 through 1987. Team Mitsubishi Starions also won the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) U.S. Endurance Championships three of those four years, competing against the fully factory-backed efforts from Chrysler, Audi, Nissan and Mazda. Although not commonly seen in modern motorsports, a number are still raced on both circuit and in special stage rally events, usually by privateers. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 197 KB) Summary A lightly modified Mitsubishi Starion. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 197 KB) Summary A lightly modified Mitsubishi Starion. ...
Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ...
In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group A referred to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for outright competition. ...
In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group N referred to a set of regulations providing a set of rules for standard production vehicles for competition, often referred to as the Showroom Class. This contrasts with the Group A all-out competition production-derived vehicles. ...
Endurance racing can refer to races involving persons running in events such as marathons or triathlons, long cross-country skiing events, the racing of horses or other animals, or motorsport. ...
Nelson Ledges Road Course is a paved automobile and motorcycle racing circuit in Garrettsville, Ohio. ...
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Starion 4WD The Starion was equally successful offroad, and found victory in Group A World Rally Championships and Asia Pacific Rally Championships, during 1987 and 1988. An all wheel drive version of the Starion was also produced for Group B specifications (one of the few Japanese automobile manufacturers to enter this class), but after an encouraging start as a prototype was not homologated before the FIA banned Group B cars for safety reasons. The Starion was converted to all wheel drive by adding a strengthened transfer case from a Pajero behind the transmission. This configuration allowed the engine to be situated well back in the chassis, for improved front/rear weight distribution compared to the Audi Quattro, whose configuration required the engine to be far forward in the car. Although the wheelbase did not change, the use of regular headlights rather than the production model's pop-up headlights allowed the nose to be six inches shorter, as well as saving several pounds in weight. Further weight was saved by the use of carbon fiber for the driveshafts, sumpguard, and lower arms of the suspension, and fiberglass for the hood (bonnet), tailgate, door skins, fenders, bumpers and spoilers, resulting in a final weight of less than 1000 kg (2205 lb), lighter than the Audi Quattro. The car was developed with a turbocharged and intercooled version of Mitsubishi's 2.0 L fuel injected engine, but the final goal was to use a turbocharged and intercooled 350 hp (261 kW) version of the Sirius Dash engine that Mitsubishi announced at the 1983 Tokyo Motor Show, which switched electronically at 2500 rpm from one inlet valve per cylinder to two. The car was campaigned for Mitsubishi by Team Ralliart in Essex, Great Britain, under rally veteran Andrew Cowan and engineer Alan Wilkinson, who had developed the Audi Quattro for Audi Sport UK. In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group A referred to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for outright competition. ...
The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. ...
The Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) is an international rally championship organized by the FIA. The championship was first held in 1988 and won by Japans Kenjiro Shinozuka in a Mitsubishi Galant VR-4. ...
Four wheel drive or 4x4, is a type of four wheeled vehicle drivetrain configuration that enables all four wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously in order to provide maximum traction. ...
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Sirius is the name of one of Mitsubishi Motors four series of straight-4 automobile engines, along with Astron, Orion, and Saturn. ...
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Ralliart Inc. ...
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Cowan at the wheel of a Mitsubishi Lancer 1600 GSR during the 1975 Safari Rally Andrew Cowan, (born December 13, 1936) is a Scottish former rally driver, and the founder and senior director of Mitsubishi Ralliart until his retirement on November 30, 2005. ...
Major results circuit International - 1984 Australian Production Car Champion
- 1984 SCCA Nelson Ledges 24 Hour Race 1st
- 1984 SCCA Playboy Endurance Championship 1st
- 1985 British Saloon Car Championship 2nd in championship
- 1985 Guia Race in Macau Grand Prix 3rd
- 1985 Guia Race in Macau Grand Prix 4th
- 1985 SCCA Nelson Ledges 24 Hour Race 1st, Despite heavy rollover crash damage.
- 1985 SCCA Playboy Endurance Championship 1st
- 1986 SCCA Escort Endurance Championship 2nd
- 1986 SCCA Nelson Ledges 24 Hour Race 1st
- 1986 SCCA Showroom Stock A National Championship 1st
- 1987 SCCA Escort Endurance Championship 1st
- 1987 SCCA Nelson Ledges 24 Hour Race 1st
- 1988 SCCA Showroom Stock A National Championship 1st
- 1990 SCCA Showroom Stock A National Championship 1st
Japan - 1985 Inter TEC (JTC) 4th
- 1986 SUGO Group A 300 km Race (JTC) 3rd
- 1986 Race de Nippon Tsukuba (JTC) 1st
- 1986 Suzaka 300 km Race (JTC) 2nd
- 1986 All Japan Touring Car Championship 2nd in championship
- 1987 All Japan Touring Car Race (JTC) 1st
- 1987 GHiland Touring Car 300 km Race (JTC) 1st
- 1987 All Japan Touring Car Championship 3rd in championship
- 1988 Hiland Touring Car 300 km Race (JTC) 2nd
- JTC=All Japan Touring Car Championship
Major results rally Starion 4WD (1984–1986) - 1983 Paris-Dakar Rally 1st in Experimental Class
- 1984 Milles Piste Rally (French Rally Championship) 1st in Prototype Category
- 1986 Hong Kong - Beijing Rally 2nd
Starion Turbo (1987–1988) - 1987 Qutar Rally (Middle East Rally Championship) 3rd
- 1987 Kuwait Rally (Middle East Rally Championship) 3rd
- 1987 Rally Cote d' Ivoire (World Rally Championship) 4th
- 1987 Himalayan Rally 1st
- 1987 Oman Rally (Middle East Rally Championship) 3rd
- 1988 Scottish Rally (British Rally Championship)
Name The origins of the name "Starion" is claimed to be a contraction of "Star of Orion", but an urban legend claims that it was intended to be stallion, as a result of an "Engrish" mistranslation.[3] Some have also mused that "Starion" might be a derivation of the "Astron" series motor it used. An urban legend or urban myth is similar to a modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ...
A stallion A stallion is a male horse that has not been castrated. ...
An example of Engrish on clothing. ...
References Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mitsubishi Starion - ^ a b "Pre-Owned Performance - Mitsubishi Starion", Michael Knowling, Autospeed, Issue 89, July 18, 2000
- ^ "The Early Days of Turbo - Part Five", Michael Knowling, Autospeed, Issue 234, June 14, 2003
- ^ http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/starion.asp
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