NW3S drag car / race car project - Mitsubishi 1994 3000GT VR4 rebuilt for racing.

 

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3000GT VR-4

The Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 is a unique sports car. During it's production (1991-1999) it was the most advanced sports car on the market and retailed for $49,000 - $55,000. The vehicle came stock with twin-turbos, All Wheel Steering, All Wheel Drive, electronic suspension, and much more.

The NW3S race team has taken this high-performance sports car and built a drag race car. Incorporating a custom built 3.5L stroker single turbo engine, and all custom electronics and EMS system.
Over 1,000+ BHP
(Brake Horsepower, SAE, Dyno)

This is the worlds highest horsepower single turbo 3000GT

 

SLAYER - 94 3000GT VR4 by the NW3S drag race team

Build Modifications
Build, parts, operating total: $163,745
Approximate in-house manhours: 3600


(Figures and specs are as of April 2011)

Exterior

  • Two-tone Kandy Pearl paint job (7 layers) with Xtra-High strength clearcoat (5 layers)
  • Custom hand airbrushing
  • Carbonfiber sunroof insert
  • High deck fiberglass rear spoiler, OEM Style
  • Carbonfiber hood
  • New design front bumper,headlights system, sail panels, rear garnish

Wheels/Suspension

  • TEIN FLEX Adjustable Suspension
  • WELD Custom Forged Aluminum Wheels
  • Hoosier Drag Slicks

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BUILD SPECIFICATIONS AND DETAILS

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in specific detail and visual reference.

Engine

  • 3.5L V-6
  • 6G74 Crank, custom machined, Mallory internal balanced
  • Custom Ross racing pistons
  • Oliver Billet custom rods
  • Custom H13 wrist pins
  • A1 Technologies Head studs
  • Garrett GTX-4202R Turbo
  • Turbowerx Oil Scavenge Pump
  • Single turbo crossover and stainless steel headers, titanium ceramic coated
  • Dual Tial 44 Wastegates
  • FMIC with coated and full polished 3" pipes
  • Tial 50mm BOV
  • Solid Motormounts
  • Billet 11L14 Steel Oil pump gears
  • 5 inch cold air intake w/ K&N Filters
  • Ported, polished and O-ringed heads
  • Derale dual pusher fans
  • High Capacity Aluminum Radiator
  • Hardweld racing cams
  • +1mm black stainless nitride intake valves
  • +2mm stainless black nitride exhaust valves
  • Titanium valve springs retainers
  • UR polished cam gears
  • MSD 2 tower GM Ignition coils
  • MSD DIS-4 HO Ignition Controller
  • Magnecor 10mm Racing Wires
  • Polished valve covers
  • Ported and polished lower intake
  • 90mm custom upper intake
  • 90mm Throttle Body
  • 4" custom stainless steel downpipe
  • Full 4" stainless steel exhaust system
  • Aeromotive 13110 Fuel Pressure Regulator
  • Aeromotive Pro-series 11102 Fuel Pump
  • Aeromotive Dual 100/40 Fuel Filters
  • Aeromotive Fuel Speed Controller
  • Setrab Fuel Cooler w/fan
  • 1000cc Injector Dynamics Saturated Fuel Injectors
  • Stainless braided -12 & -10 AN fuel lines
  • Billet hi-flow fuel rails
  • Hi-flow Setrab Oil Cooler w/ dual fan system
  • Custom Nitrous Oxide system, 10lb, Remote and Automatic Operation
  • Liquid CO2 Intercooler cooling system
  • HG 15 gallon alloy fuel cell, -12AN sump feed
  • Tilton Electric Pre-Oiler System

Mitsubishi 6G72 V-6 24v DOHC turbocharged engine. Stroked 3.5L, single turbo and output of over 1,000 horsepower.

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Over 1,200 horsepower turbocharged engine
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Custom 3000GT racing fuel, nitrous, and power systems by NW3S.

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Drivetrain

  • 5 speed transaxle
  • 5 speed rear end
    (changed over from the stock 6 speed)
  • Quaife Front LSD
  • Quadco XR Output Shaft
  • 25 spline Aluminum Billet Transfer Case
  • Carbonfiber driveshaft, two piece
  • Multi-disk RPS carbon/carbon clutch
  • Short shifter
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Electronics

  • AEM Engine Management system
  • AEM Wideband O2 system
  • PC computer system for live parameter readouts & radio telemetry. Intel i7.
  • Parameters output system to 7" LCD screens w/ custom electronic dashboard configurations
  • Optima Redtop Battery
  • Full secondary gauge system by AEM
  • Custom switches and warning panels by Cobo International, Italy.
  • AEM Boost Controller System
  • MSD DIS-4 HO Ignition Controller
  • Ecliptech Progressive Shift Light
  • AEM Water Injection System

Interior

  • Sparco Race Seats
  • Sparco 6 point Camloc Harness
  • Safecraft 10lb Halon extinguisher system
  • Full 10 point S&W roll cage
  • Custom dash & ABS console
  • Custom steel rear firewall & artwork

Other

  • Storm racing brake rotors with F3 Tornado 'zero-drag' Calipers by The BrakeMan
  • Stroud pneumatic parachute system and custom electric air launcher
  • Hurst Brake Lock System
  • Midland UHF two-way transceiver and telemetry system
  • Fuel - VP Q16 leaded race gas

3000gt custom electronics and NW3S engineered VR4 race cockpit.
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Slayer's rear firewall, CO2 cooling tank, Halon Fire control system, and water / methanol tank and pump.
Rear showing custom firewall, CO2 and Halon tanks
(no, those aren't N20, that bottle is in the trunk)

To see the above specifications in detail go to
BUILD DETAIL - ENGINE

 

 

NW3S RACING - taking the 3000GT VR-4 to a new level!