New Montero Sport Owner

[EmersonHart13]

2003

Pretty excited, added a hitch as soon as I got home. Full service records and garage kept its whole life.

My buddy did a lot of research on these and almost bought one and says they are awesome.

Suggests removing side steps. OME medium rear springs, crank torsion bars, good shocks, and 32s (235/85/16s).

This is our do it all rig. My other car is an 04 GTO and my wife drives a 13 Beetle TDI. Previously owned a 00 WJ GC and 2 Suburbans.

Looking forward to reading some threads,

John

 

[mitsuman]

Welcome and congrats on your new ride!

I had a 2001 Sport for a long time. I had the OME medium springs and their shocks, best thing you can do for a Montero sport. Looks like you got a nice clean one with all the options and the hyrbid diff.

 

[EmersonHart13]

Seems like people are split on shocks. Lots of good options!

 

[JordanM/S]

Sweet rid, wish I had leather seats...does your rig have that cool hybrid LSD?


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[EmersonHart13]

Yessir.

Thanks.

Put a hitch on land did the wiring tonight. I think I'll be ordering Bilsteins for the front soon, already has them on the rear.

 

[Drabadum]

Your Mitsubishi has AWD instead of the Rear Wheel Drive mode, right? Here, in Europe we have only 4L-4H-2H transfer cases for these rigs.

 

[EmersonHart13]

That is correct. It has its plussed and minuses but I'd probably rather have a 2wd mode available to me

 

[EmersonHart13]

Took a hwy trip this past weekend and netted 293 miles on 14.7 gallons of fuel. That seems too good to be true, just under 20 mpg.

 

[Clem]

Just a bit better than EPA estimate

YMMV,

Clem

 

[EmersonHart13]

Yeah I looked that up and to me that is more than a bit. I'll take it!!!

 

[PirateMcGee]

I easily pull that or a bit better on the highway as well. I've been looking at replacing my sport but the mpg vs cost vs capability make that a very tough choice and really just a waste of money for little gain. No lift easily clearing 32's (with stock 4.90 to turn them) and still getting 20+ mpg is hard to beat.

 

[EmersonHart13]

That is excellent news!

Do you have a build thread?

EDIT: found it... http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/71116-PirateMcGee-s-2001-Montero-Sport-3-5XS

 

[EmersonHart13]

Added Airlifts to the back, removed the side steps, and put on some cross bars this past weekend. Also replaced the front shocks with Bilsteins, previously had the rears changed.

 

[PirateMcGee]

Sweet! I think we're headed down the same track....my full set of bilsteins get here next week hopefully!

 

[EmersonHart13]

Really happy with how they ride. Firmed it up nicely, but still a nice smooth ride. The bags really keep the rear from squatting even with just 5-10 lbs in it. I loaded the truck up last weekend and put over 30 in the bags and it still rode nice.

Not really a heavy load, but without the bags it would have looked like I had cement in the back. I was getting flashed all the time when I had either people in the back or supplies as the headlights would tilt up.

I think the next step is to get rid of a little of the sway and replace those bushings and end links.