Expedition from Argentina to Alaska needs help

[la chancha viajera]

Hello!
We are traveling from Argentina to Alaska on board our Mitsubishi L300 4x4 (Delica).
At this time we are in Santa Cruz, California.
We need to change our old engine but we couldn´t find any engine that it serve to us.
Our car uses a Mitsubishi 4G63 engine, 4-cylinder 2.0 cc petrol carburettor.
We asked at the store "Attarco" and they told us that they don´t have an engine that can replace ours.
Does anybody know where we can get a motor and where do a workshop to change the engine?
We are from Argentina and we don´t know too many people in California.
Any ideas or suggestions will be very welcome and we will be very grateful.
Regards
Patricio


Hola!
Estamos viajando de Argentina a Alaska a bordo de nuestra Mitsubishi L300 4x4 (Delica).
En este momento nos encontramos en Santa Cruz, California. Necesitamos cambiar nuestro viejo motor pero no encontramos ningún motor que nos sirva.
Nuestro carro utiliza un motor Mitsubishi 4G63, 4 cilindros, gasolina 2.0 cc con carburador.
Preguntamos en la tienda “Attarco” y nos dijeron que no tiene ningún motor que pueda reemplazar el nuestro.
Alguien conoce donde podemos conseguir un motor como el que necesitamos y un taller donde hacer el cambio de motor.
Somos de Argentina y conocemos muy poca gente en California.
Cualquier idea o sugerencia será muy bienvenida y estaremos muy agradecidos.
Saludos
Patricio

 

[off-roader]

The closest match could be the 4G63 found in the Mitsubishi Galant (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Sirius_engine) although I believe they are not carbureted engines (electronic fuel injection).

Alternatively perhaps the 4G64 2.4L 4 cylinder gas engine found in the 1997-1999 Montero Sport may work although I definitely cannot confirm that it would match your transmission. You need to check if it's carbureted or fuel injected.

HTH.

 

[Scott Brady]

Many of the Delicas have been imported into Canada.

Here is the Candadian Delica forum: http://www.delica.ca/

 

[MontyMcV]

What about it needs replacing? I wonder if you can find a 2.0 short block and bolt the rest of your stuff onto it? The block itself should be plentiful.

 

[tibfibber]

crossposted to southbayriders...

and the first reply was pretty helpful..
http://www.southbayriders.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128847&p=1794920#post1794920

Rallyguy / Chris writes:

I have one of those in my garage....seriously. But it is from my race car with only 100 or so miles on it so I am sure it is not going to work for them. This is the standard Mitsu eclipse, eagle talon motor from 90 to 99. Plenty of them in the local pick n pulls. If you can get a message to them, tell them to talk to Road Race Engineering in Santa Fe Springs. A few hours south, but they have many sources and know which places can ship to them. I also have some spare parts left too so if there is something small that would help them out, let me know. Feel free to post my info on that forum. I have plenty of experience with those so if they need some help I can meet up over the weekend.

http://www.roadraceengineering.com/4g63motorsearch.htm

http://www.roadraceengineering.com/m...plications.htm

Let me know if you need to get in touch with Chris.

 

[Michael Brown]

This is a company in California who buys JDM engines and sells them. Might be able to help. The 4G63 was used in Eagle Talons (Chrysler), Lancers, Evolutions, and some Eclipses. Almost all of Mitsubishi's 4 cylinder engines were some form of the 4G Sirius engine.
http://buyjdm.com/index.php?option=...e&category_id=23&Itemid=54&vmcchk=1&Itemid=54

 

[pjpvi]

I don't have a source for an engine, but if you need any help locally, I'd be happy to do what I can. I'm about an hour and a half north of you.

Phil

 

[Guri]

Hi, is a big community of Argentinian people in California, Please contact me for more info.
PM sent also.

Hola, hay una comunidad muy grande de gente de Argentina. Por favor de comunicarte con migo para mas informacion.

Hello!
We are traveling from Argentina to Alaska on board our Mitsubishi L300 4x4 (Delica).
At this time we are in Santa Cruz, California.
We need to change our old engine but we couldn´t find any engine that it serve to us.
Our car uses a Mitsubishi 4G63 engine, 4-cylinder 2.0 cc petrol carburettor.
We asked at the store "Attarco" and they told us that they don´t have an engine that can replace ours.
Does anybody know where we can get a motor and where do a workshop to change the engine?
We are from Argentina and we don´t know too many people in California.
Any ideas or suggestions will be very welcome and we will be very grateful.
Regards
Patricio


Hola!
Estamos viajando de Argentina a Alaska a bordo de nuestra Mitsubishi L300 4x4 (Delica).
En este momento nos encontramos en Santa Cruz, California. Necesitamos cambiar nuestro viejo motor pero no encontramos ningún motor que nos sirva.
Nuestro carro utiliza un motor Mitsubishi 4G63, 4 cilindros, gasolina 2.0 cc con carburador.
Preguntamos en la tienda “Attarco” y nos dijeron que no tiene ningún motor que pueda reemplazar el nuestro.
Alguien conoce donde podemos conseguir un motor como el que necesitamos y un taller donde hacer el cambio de motor.
Somos de Argentina y conocemos muy poca gente en California.
Cualquier idea o sugerencia será muy bienvenida y estaremos muy agradecidos.
Saludos
Patricio

 

[la chancha viajera]

Muchas Gracias ! Nosotros en este momento estamos en Argentina visitando a la familia. Nuestra camioneta quedo en santa cruz (California) en al casa de un amigo. Ahora estamos intentando resolver nuestro problema a la distancia. A fin de febrero llegaremos a California y nos pondremos en contacto con vos. Nuestro mail: lachanchaviajera@hotmail.com y nuestro facebook: la chancha viajera. Decinos como poemos contactar con vos. Saludos !

Thank you! We are now in Argentina visiting our family. Our van is in Santa Cruz (California) in the house of a friend. Now we are trying to solve our problem at the distance. We will be in California in February and we will contact you. Our mail: lachanchaviajera@hotmail.com and our facebook: la chancha viajera. Tell us what can we do to contact with you.

 

[la chancha viajera]

I don't have a source for an engine, but if you need any help locally, I'd be happy to do what I can. I'm about an hour and a half north of you.

Phil

Thank you very much! Now we are in Argentina visiting our family and we are trying to solve our problem at the distance. At the end of february we will be in santa cruz. If you can help us with something we will contact to you. Thank you very mucha again

 

[la chancha viajera]

The closest match could be the 4G63 found in the Mitsubishi Galant (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Sirius_engine) although I believe they are not carbureted engines (electronic fuel injection).

Alternatively perhaps the 4G64 2.4L 4 cylinder gas engine found in the 1997-1999 Montero Sport may work although I definitely cannot confirm that it would match your transmission. You need to check if it's carbureted or fuel injected.

HTH.

Thank you very much for the advice. I am researching on the internet.

 

[la chancha viajera]

Many of the Delicas have been imported into Canada.

Here is the Candadian Delica forum: http://www.delica.ca/

Thank you very much for the tip !

 

[la chancha viajera]

This is a company in California who buys JDM engines and sells them. Might be able to help. The 4G63 was used in Eagle Talons (Chrysler), Lancers, Evolutions, and some Eclipses. Almost all of Mitsubishi's 4 cylinder engines were some form of the 4G Sirius engine.
http://buyjdm.com/index.php?option=...e&category_id=23&Itemid=54&vmcchk=1&Itemid=54

thank you very much for the information. I will check on this web site!

 

[la chancha viajera]

Thank you everybody for answering and dealing with my problem. I'm really grateful.
If I do not answer quickly is because I am currently in a place away from the city and is very dificult the conection to internet.
I hope you can understand me because is really dificult explain this stuff in other idiom.

 

[la chancha viajera]

What about it needs replacing? I wonder if you can find a 2.0 short block and bolt the rest of your stuff onto it? The block itself should be plentiful.

Thank you very much for the advice. I´ll take this into account.
At this point I think that the best thing is change the entire engine.
I talked to several mechanics and they recommended to do a complete change. My engine had many problems and at this instance it can not to be repaired by parts. It must be replaced entirely.