Mitsubishi Starion
The Mitsubishi Starion is a sports car produced by Mitsubishi Motors. It was made 1982-1990 at different production sites. In North America, he was also marketed as Conquest of the Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth. The Starion is considered the founder of the Japanese turbo era, although he was not the first turbocharged vehicle on the market.
At its market launch in Germany had the Starion engine power of 125 kW ( 170 hp) from a 2-liter engine with 4 cylinders and turbocharger. These early models, the model number designation A170 (Engine 4G63T ) and A180 and A183 (Engine G54A ). Later, an intercooler the Starion was donated, the power increased to 132 kW (180 hp). As part of the facelift starting around 1987, a 2.6 -liter engine (4 cylinder also with turbocharger and intercooler ( engine code 4G54B )) was built, and designed the body even more dynamic. It was called the " Wide Body " with aggressively flared wheel arches and three-piece front and rear spoilers. The "big" model has the designation A187 and was fitted as standard with two catalytic converters and an exhaust gas treatment system rather complicated. The 2.0er models were rarely equipped with Kat.
The Fz - ID numbers start at Mitsubishi with JMBA, followed by the model ( ie, for example, 187), series (eg AMLK wherein also the year of manufacture is encrypted ), and sequential production number ( 6 digits) and are itself. along bulkhead behind the front catalyst At Chrysler & Co. they have different names, such as JACC ... and read through the windscreen behind the dashboard, sometimes the B- rail of the driver's door.
The four-cylinder engines have "silent shafts" balancer shafts. This patented technology from Mitsubishi was also used by Porsche for four-cylinder engines. There are two shafts in the engine block, where the unbalance weights are attached and which rotate at twice the crankshaft speed, thus giving the machine a smooth run, so you could keep them for a 6-cylinder.
All engines have a two-point injection system, which is controlled by a so-called ECU, based on a one-chip microcomputer 8049. The ECU data of a plurality of sensors supplied ( as we know it from modern cars). Error in this system are issued via a simple service port.
The Starion has a very good disc brake system. Even the 1982 models had front and rear ventilated discs.
A technically interesting solution ensures the braking force control of the rear axle. The system is called ASBS and can be considered as the predecessor of the famous ABS. The boot floor is a G - sensor is installed. With the aid of this sensor, which detects movement of the vehicle (G- forces), the microcomputer controlling the braking pressure of the rear wheels is controlled.
From Starion still exist in Germany, according to KBA Flensburg (04/ 2007) 200 copies (including temporarily decommissioned vehicles) of all engine variants.
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- Automobile review, catalog number 1982 ( specifications )
- Mike Covello: Standard Catalog of Imported Cars 1946-2002. Krause Publications, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87341-605-8, S.580.