Work/Shops around Seattle, Wa

[phlx]

Hi, I just recently purchased a used 91' galant vr-4 and it's been nothing but bad luck. The throwout bearing has gone out and it's stalling when i depress the clutch, i'm still hoping it's not crankwalk, but seeing how things have gone lately, it probably is.

I was wondering if anyone in the area would be willing to help diagnose what needs to be fixed with the car, or if anyone knows of a good shop in the area that could do a checkup for cheap.

I was considering taking it to PINA, but everyone seems to agree that they're very costly, and as it stands i just don't have a lot of money to spend...

Any recommendations or ideas would be greatly appreciated as i've been worrying over the car for weeks now.

thanks again, cheers.

 

[mistuman]

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[inneedof]

drive down to english racing

 

[layzie12g]

If u want it done right u should probably save up some money and take it to pina or start takin the car apart yourself

 

[BigRand]

Where did you buy this galant from? Was anything done to it so far? Does it still run?

 

[debow_8787]

save the mone and go to pina or start driving down to english racing.

 

[We're on Boost]

I've usually had really good results from Pina and I never thought it was too expensive.
When the rear diff went out on my 90 (3-bolt) they upgraded the diff and rear axles to a 4-bolt setup from a later year - parts and labor installed all for $400. That's cheap dude.
One time Andre put new capacitors in the ECM - took it out of the car, replaced the caps, put it back in the car, for $20, while I was standing there watching and taking pictures! Try that anywhere else.
If you want to know what rip-off is, take your car to someplace that barely even knows what a mitsubishi is, like Mark the Mechanic or Greg's. They'll charge you up the butt and do a crappy job besides.

Hey I doubt you have crank-walk. Your car is a 91? If it has the original engine it would be a 6-bolt engine. Those are the ones everybody wants and they almost never get crank walk. They were only made from 1989 thru 1992.5 or thereabouts.

Gary

 

[phlx]

thanks for all the great replies guys, i actually ended up bumming garage space from a family friend and swapping out the clutch myself (with his help ofcourse) turns out the tob ate itself into the spindles/fingers of the pressure plate, shit was all fused together, haha.

anyhow cars back up and running for now. and with it a new question.

this is probably a stupid one, but i figured i'd ask since i really don't know where to look.

Does anyone know of a good muffler shop i can take my car to, to install a downpipe, catback + new cat?

the reason i'm asking is because i have a 1g catback, which works with my galant vr-4, but i need some extra piping added in, since my cars a tad bit longer. So i'm guessing it's probably an easy job for a shop, but i wasn't sure where to look, so i figured i'd ask.

hope no1 minds.

thanks again for all the help

 

[1ghaaaaaw]

pina motorsport in kent will take care of any of your Exhaust needs, he works on alot of galants, just give him a call and ask. if you need more info message me.

 

[phlx]

not sure if i can afford andre's good work

 

[frew]

most exhaust shops can make you something decent at a fair price, you dont needa go to a specaillty shop for an exhaust. try a muffler king or somthing along those lines.

 

[h3o]

Whatever you decide to do, absolutely do not go to Pina! They overcharge you with subpar work! My rebuilt transmission didn't even last me 2 years! On top of that they charged my friend $10,000 to for an engine and manual transmission swap. Obviously he's not my friend anymore.

10g's I hardly doubt that, you can buy a used mitsu with very little miles for that price, unless the engine and tranny were fully built.