1993 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 1.8 turbo
Summary:
Scooby-eating stealth machine that still makes me feel good after 2 years
Faults:
Well, nothing that hasn't been my fault...
I blew the alternator jump starting it from a Cavalier which handily had an orange cover on the negative terminal and nothing on the positive.... it was early in the morning, so that's my excuse.
I slid into a kerb last Xmas and fubared an alloy, but that gave me an excuse to get nice 16" rims :)
And apart from regular serviving, replacing the clutch, and pads once or twice, that's been it.
General Comments:
If you can find one, it's a bargain. Mega sleeper potential due to the lack of Evo-type scoops and wings, but basically the same performance.
Insurance is a bit of a killer as they tend to get lumped in with the Evos by the insurance companies and 22-25mpg ain't all that, but hey, what do you expect?
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 27th December, 2000
5th Feb 2004, 01:25
Well I am from NZ, and we have EVO's and GSR's as well, and I agree with the 2 comments above; a GSR has a power output of 149 KW (same as the 1989 Galant VR4), and an Evo has the nudge, nudge, wink, wink power output of 206 KW.
The GSR's aren't that great; I've beaten a few standard ones in both my stock VR4 and (now I'll cop some flak) my 1997 Honda Prelude, which has only had exhaust and air filter mods, and was 25% cheaper than a GSR.
24th Mar 2004, 23:52
I agree with all the comments. Generally an EVO will blow a GSR away. However, the GSR does have a lighter body. BUT!!! I've driven a modified EVO VII and nothing compares to its neck snapping performance. I have a few questions however. I bought my Lancers in 1993 and 1995 (can you tell that I like them) and did modified it over the years. It eats Civic Si's, Integra's and Preludes for breakfast. With some tweaking the 1.8 in the GSR can be made to do more than 149Kw. I know because my GSR made 201Kw and my GLXi made 189Kw.
25th Apr 2009, 05:17
A GSR could only be 1.8, but we tried using a twin side weber carb and it's a monster on the road.
16th Jun 2003, 22:43
I disagree. A GSR will not perform on an equal standard as an evo. GSR's are only 1.8L as opposed to 2L with the evo. Also GSR's have TDO4's (turbo) and the evo has a TDO6 which is a big difference. also having the extra 200cc of displacement for the evo it is going to have more potential. I have owned both and modified both. driven both (ofcourse) and the only good thing about the GSR over the EVO is the lighter body, and the fact that having a smaller turbo will spool up quicker reducing lag.