1996 Mitsubishi Mirage Coupe ASTI V from UK and Ireland - Comments

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This is a good economical car that provides a lot of style for not a lot of money. It is also cheap to insure.

In it's 1.3 guise it lacks hard acceleration when over 60mph however there are bigger engines available.

The car is well specified with electric windows and mirrors, keyless entry, air-con, ABS etc. The only complaint is a high level of wind and road noise and the fact that it is only available as an import from Japan.

I've just bought a 1996 Mitsubishi Mirage AstiV Coupe 1.5l (Ireland). Lovely car to drive, well built, lot of toys on the inside. Does anybody know if the suspension components (springs and shocks) are the same as the Lancer or the Colt??

Thanks.

Yes, some of them are the same. Try miragetuner.com It's got a link to a lot of great resources. I also know of a couple of guys in the states who run the Lancer style engines and the installation was "supposed" to be straight forward.

Yep, I have a 1996 Mirage Coupe (Asti V) and just fitted performance lowering springs(lowered by 30mm) - the Colt springs are the ones that were fitted, the Lancer ones were too large a diameter. I may add they did the trick, improved handling and braking - cool!! Recommend it as it was far too softly sprung for a car that looks that good.

Hey, I have just brought a 1993 Mirage Asti 1.5 manual. Goes OK for a little engine, but I'm worried about the fuel consumption - approx 10litres for 100kms - seems a bit steep for a engine of that size. Does anyone know of any problems these cars have that may affect the fuel consumption?? Have changed the air filter now am just clutching at straws!

Please help... I have bought a Mitsubishi Mirage Asti V, but the manual comes in Japanese - any ideas where I could get one in English???

The car was imported from Europe by the previous owner.

My suggestion to you would be take the Japanese manual to a Japanese translator, either in a college/university or put an ad in a local paper and ask for the whole thing to be translated. You could then post it on a web site for the benefit of others. I just bought a 1995 mirage asti v have no manual and would have apprieciacted even a Japanese one, so your lucky.

I have the same problem as the other comment, around town the car is heavy on petrol, but really good on a long journey. I just put it down to the auto-choke on them.

I have also tried to get onto the miragetuner. com site with no luck, does it still exist.

I am the owner of a 1.3 Manual Asti iv Mirage Coupe, imported from Japan. I live in Trinidad, WI. Is there anything in particular that I should know about this car especially since I haven't got a manual?

Is there anything that can be done to a mirage coupe asti iv 1.3 (manual) engine system to provide better performance?

You can do lots of things with your asti go te rpw in australia www.rpw.com.au.

Good luck.

Hi. I have just bought a 1996 Mitsubishi Mirage As ti 1.3 and I have noticed a rubbing noise coming from the rear of the car when turning corners. At first I thought it might be the shocks, but have now been told it is probably the tires. I have notice that there are 185/50/15 on the front and 195/55/15 on the back. Is this right or do you know what size should be on the car.

Thanks.

Hi could somebody please recommend a set of lowering springs for my 1996 Cyborg Colt. I was looking at getting a set of H&R springs that would lower the car by 35mm, but I am worried that the suspension already on my car might be as low as the new springs. I have standard cyborg suspension.

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I just bought a mitsubishi mirage 1.3 93 I'm a student and this is my second car, I find that the car uses a lot of petrol I put 30 euro petrol in it and I only got 200 km which is around 120 miles, I like the car and it's good to drive, but I can't afford this ammout of petrol at this rate I think I would be spending around 70 euro a week on petrol, is there something wrong with the car or is it just heavey on petrol.

I live in Dublin, Ireland, does anyone know where or how I could go about improving the performance of my 95 Mirage Coupe model 1.3 in this country? It is a great looking car, but not quite quick enough, also are 17 inch wheels too big for this car as they seem to rub when I lock the steering in 3 point turns?

Hey I'm from kerry Ireland want yo improve the performance in my1.3 mirage also have17" wheels on the car were catching on full lock, but if you trim the inner arch or just bend it in gently you won't have any problem with full lock turning. by the way I have a smoothed tailgate on my mirage an was wondering if any body has any ideas for a neat number plate light which is mounted on the bottom of my rear bumper.

The Mirage Asti 1.5 is listed as 5.2 lt/100km so if you are getting closer to 10 then you are either driving really hard or there could be a problem that is affecting your engines efficiency.

If you are wanting to squeeze more power out of your Mirage there is no specific ECU upgrade that I am aware of for the 1.3 or 1.5. The best thing to do is sell it and buy one of the 1.6 MIVEC models (R, ZR, RX). It's a fantastic engine putting out 175BHP as stock. Or you can go all the way and buy the VR-X, which has the 1.8 Turbo lump from the Lancer GSR and is very quick.