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DSM Wiseman
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- Jun 12, 2014
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Japan / Mexico,
Arizona
I have a friend who is writing articles about cars in Japan. And I told her about the DSM scene in North America (since "DSM" is not common in Japan). It's still active and many people love DSM and racing with a DSM. She now is interested/wondering why or what still makes people crazy about DSM.
I told her about "my guesses" below. I have been living in North America many years but I think there is something I have missed since I am originally from Japan. So, I would like to ask your thoughts.
What factors made you crazy about DSM?
So far I told her :
- Because of its potential. 4G63 can easily make a good amount of power with factory parts and a little modifications.
- The existence of turbo and AWD model.
- Galant VR4 was sold but was limited and EVO 1/2/3 were not officially sold in North America. So, a lot of people who wanted a AWD-turbo-chargeded car back in the early 90s to early 2000s went with DSM.
- Built/Made in USA (I think this is one big factor)
- 80s and 90s Mitsubishi's concept (or the way they were going) just fitted with many North American people's style.
And also she would like to know about the engine sound of Paul Walker's green Eclipse in F&F 1 in the video in the link below. It's a 420A Eclipse and it has been said the engine sound in the movie was Honda CR-X's sound. She told me that some people believe that the engine sound was from a 4G63 and she wants to confirm it.
To me, it's pretty much Honda's engine sound, at least not 4G63. There are many infos in Google about it and most of pages say that the sound was from a CR-X. But does anyone have some real info about this?
I told her about "my guesses" below. I have been living in North America many years but I think there is something I have missed since I am originally from Japan. So, I would like to ask your thoughts.
What factors made you crazy about DSM?
So far I told her :
- Because of its potential. 4G63 can easily make a good amount of power with factory parts and a little modifications.
- The existence of turbo and AWD model.
- Galant VR4 was sold but was limited and EVO 1/2/3 were not officially sold in North America. So, a lot of people who wanted a AWD-turbo-chargeded car back in the early 90s to early 2000s went with DSM.
- Built/Made in USA (I think this is one big factor)
- 80s and 90s Mitsubishi's concept (or the way they were going) just fitted with many North American people's style.
And also she would like to know about the engine sound of Paul Walker's green Eclipse in F&F 1 in the video in the link below. It's a 420A Eclipse and it has been said the engine sound in the movie was Honda CR-X's sound. She told me that some people believe that the engine sound was from a 4G63 and she wants to confirm it.
To me, it's pretty much Honda's engine sound, at least not 4G63. There are many infos in Google about it and most of pages say that the sound was from a CR-X. But does anyone have some real info about this?
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