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[Zenmervolt]

The 2.2 TII engines had a forged crankshaft but that was it. The rods were beefed up, pistons were different, and a few changes in the valve train. Everything else was pretty much the same as the non-turbo engines. The heads tended to crack. My van had a regular non-turbo head on it when I got it I assume to do a blown head gasket/cracking. I swapped on a turbo head eventually and the machine shop tried to talk me into a new head because of the normal don't matter cracks. And the 2.5l engines tended to develop piston slap because of the long stroke and short piston skirts.

One of mine for example with 150k miles on it. Still ran fine but made more noise at idle than my current TDI lol. Forged pistons replaced the stockers.

I was sure that the rods were forged as well in the Turbo II.

They were admittedly crude little engines, but I'd still take them over anything from Mitsubishi during that period.

ZV

 

[ElFenix]

You have, unfortunately...it's called a LeBaron.

Actually...a LeBaron with a Mitsu V6 would be an upgrade.

yup, technically a lebaron and a tc were different models, even though both were K-platform derivatives.

friend of mine's parents had a lebaron convertible when i was in jr high. kinda nice looking and good to run around in with the top down.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I hope you don't think I actually think the car is great. I think it's an amusing oddity and I enjoy spotting very rare pieces of crap.

:thumbsup: Well, you spotted a doozy! :biggrin: