BIG Turbo 500+hp Galant VR-4, AKA the Mitsubishi Evo's Grandfather

Before the Mitsubishi Evo, there was another venerated AWD turbo'd sedan in the DSM lineup: the Galant VR-4. AWD, 4G63 powered, and relatively light compared to any modern sheetmetal. While this car may look unassuming to most, it comes with some proper rally pedigree and a serious 500+ engine build. And SO MANY TURBO NOISES.
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[@LarryChenPhoto]

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[@user-yl3sx6bm4u]

It’s 4G63T?

[@jamessilby1814]

Im still driving a 91 vr4 evo o here in Australia an have owned a vr4 since 18yrs old an just turned 38 lol

[@carholic-sz3qv]

this is one of the best mitsubishi in the world those cars are so underrated , even the wagons there is even a AMG version of this car but its so rare

[@kirkarvint.2017]

when you know, you know my boii

[@Sparkmovement]

Funny enough, The Andre that he refers to in the video, has a BUNCH of those AMG parts. The valve cover is BEAUTIFUL!

[@magnuswf]

AMG parts are pretty pricey, yeah. Just the AMG spoiler is 4000$ alone

[@atragerlspezi9500]

that was before amg was part of Mercedes

[@misterhaze5795]

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[@noodle5420]

I'm a simple man, i see a galant vr4, i click like.

[@LarryChenPhoto]

Most people had no clue Galant VR4’s were still around. This video was made you and the handful of other people that still liked the Galant!

[@luisDiaz-qw3hr]

Same here

[@wolftmfg]

Hoonigan AutoFocus Thanks!

[@shakur060384]

Not just simpel but also smart. One of the most underrated cars out there.. I owned a few and lancer 2,0 stc sport.. They cant be killed. I abusede Them sooo Much. They just kept on going.

[@swerveking3447]

Fr

[@kennyjean392]

My buddy had a galant Vr4, Starion, and Chrysler conquest TSI all at the same time. Man the Love for DSM and Mitsubishi stays strong.

[@ahmedislam2580]

only conquest is dsm

[@andreandrews571]

There’s plenty of these still running around in New Zealand you need to come here and film our car culture

[@madbikeboysins]

I destroyed the motor in one of these in the late 90's, heading to a sound off in Wellington, only made it as far as Taupo where the motor went full nuclear meltdown. I pushed it into the BP servo where the pipes are. Light, my ass...

[@patrickjan7896]

Lmao they trash it around here in the philippines. Im hyped up to beef one of these sometimes and the supply of jdm goodies is unlimited!

[@lunabobles4526]

I saw 1 Nissan Skyline 1 supra 1 Subaru gc8 NZ is turning into Japan now

[@michaelharrison1093]

This reminds me of my mispent youth modifying these as well as all the other great Japanese hot vehicles we had access to in NZ. The other really tunable car that is from the same era was the all wheel drive Mazda 323.

[@rapidfiremuzik_official]

When BadBoyKillers C.C was at their height back in 2001 onwards and THESE (and the zr4 & evo 1,2,3 🤪 )were a staple diet in that Club LMAO

[@ckongthadon]

my old coworker had a pretty beat up one. i didn’t believe it was turbo until he did a pull leaving the parking lot 😂

[@LarryChenPhoto]

Go low ball him on the price and pick it up for us!

[@andrephan86]

Hey. I’m the Andre that Brett was referring to. The feature turned out awesome.

[@robertjohnson884]

I’m still hoarding mine...

[@carloshenryjr]

You're a good man

[@matthewscatchell2184]

Love that the Galant VR-4 is getting recognition once again. I've been following Brett's build of his 2 VR-4's since I acquired my 87 JDM model almost 3 yrs ago. Both of his VR-4's are pretty amazing as well as numerous other examples around the world 👍

[@silvertiburonfx]

Appreciate that, Matthew!

[@jkalash762]

I can't believe I'm actually seeing this on video that isn't old rally footage. I've always had love for these things.

[@Peongster]

Mitsubishi's first rally legend. I have an 8th gen vr4. Very nice fun cars.

[@elite_shadower_6057]

nice i've got the e88 vr4

[@RafiKhairullah]

The 8th gen looks better IMO

[@rockerpeller5346]

Got the EC5A as well. Would prefer the Legnum to be honest

[@Peongster]

@@rockerpeller5346 honestly I prefer the EC5A, the EC5W is a cool estate car and all but I don't do much hauling so no need for all that cargo space.

[@Metatr0n]

Galant EA0 here with a fully built 4G63T. Don't like the 6A13TT of the VR-4, always was and always will be a 4-banger.

[@chriswilliment3304]

Yeah cool as car. In New Zealand we called them the EVO 0. There were heaps of them. but sadly due to the young boyracers. So many were losted to the junk yard. Still a big fan of this car. Aweome to see

[@maccoretti]

Not all of them were Evo 0's. They are even rarer. Used to have one but it burnt to the ground. 🙁

[@rapidfiremuzik_official]

@@maccoretti good friend of mine bought a nana-spec vr4 auto, became his Daily then BY CHANCE found an Evo-Zero at a Car dealership in Otahuhu (2002). Bought straight away for 13K and is now parked in his garage up north......turns key just to keep her going then puts back in garage 😭😭 He still has both Cars 🤣

[@mikedrop4421]

These cars were basically the Evo's daddy. My first car was a base version of this gen Galant and I've also had few pmmm AWD Eclipse turbos. I've always wanted a Vr4 so badly. I miss my Starion (turbo/oem widebody) and I will replace it someday and have one of these. It's such a cool bit of jdm history and specifically Mitsubishi's rally legacy which was actually quite a glorious thing for Mitsu. Tom's Turbo garage here on KZbin is worth a sub and he's got one of these unicorns.

[@Boric78]

How can you dislike this? Awesome car.

[@johnsonwu6773]

Man, after watching this video, I really miss my 91 VR4... The 10 years that I owned it, went to many street race and threw many people off. Now I kind of want to look for another one, but I know it would be impossible to get my hands on one...

[@zackybinantara3292]

There is a lot of this thing in asia so probably import it was the only way

[@xkumak]

Honestly.. thank you for covering this car. Its such a gem.

[@cheddarcheese8945]

Here in new zealand everyone wanted the vr4 (evo-O they are worth gold now haha

[@Baplolo94]

Damn straight my bro hahahah

[@ggmass]

Hearty g

[@cheddarcheese8945]

🤙🏼

[@joshuacannar607]

I moved to new zealand and bought a mitsubishi galant VR, I then found out shortly after about the VR4. I got the one with FWD and no turbo -_- still a V6 luckily

[@kagolekuisi]

a mate had one & we use to take it to the drags back in the day, good times, the sound of the downpipe whhhhaaacckkkkkkkkkkkkk!

[@Mr4Grim]

Brett's GVR4 is a beautiful Galant and a amazing build. Definitely inspiring for me to get mine up and running again. Congratulations Brett...well deserved!!

[@valdonjoseph5364]

Hey whats up where can I get parts

[@Wheelwell]

@@valdonjoseph5364 Same place Brett does... from us.

[@silvertiburonfx]

Thanks @MrGalantGuy! What @Wheelwell said!!!

[@mikedrop4421]

Beautiful car man, tastefully modded and most importantly you're keeping it alive and well while also driving it and not squirreling it away like collectors do so often.

[@96mivec]

We had good few of these in ireland in the 90's, not one left.... Savage build!

[@jonplayle6954]

bro here in New Zealand they got the label of ZR4 pretty much a VR4 hatchback my dad had a ZR4 and it was a V8 killer !

[@bradcarpenter1881]

Car forums are where it's at! Thank all of you diehard forum guys that selflessly share so much information!

[@LarryChenPhoto]

Dude, only if forums could go back to what they were 8 years ago. Car forums were the best places to hang out in before spam started taking them all over...

[@markoz673bajen8]

Internet roast & knowledgeable

[@silvertiburonfx]

2 forums still true to the cause: www.galantvr4.org and www.dsmtuners.com

[@snafu6548]

I love my '91 VR-4! I bought her in '93, and she is still 99% stock with just over 150K miles on the clock. I have been lucky to enjoy her as the sleeper she was back in her early years, but even now at 28 years old, she is still a hoot to drive as my daily!

[@quasimondo1933]

Watching Larry's child-like enthusiasm for the delayed gratification that boost brings...This Sparks Joy!!!

[@chaseventrillaquist6458]

"When dat boost kicks in doe,.." Love Larry Chen, such a chill guy. Thank you once again, Hoonigan!

[@orronoco524]

This is my dream car back in early 90's. In my country it is Mitsubishi Eterna FWD 2.0 4G63 NA. Have a chance drive it ten years leter and it is really comfortable and fun to drive.

[@stevecolgrove4625]

This made me so happy I've been looking at importing a galant vr4 for a while now

[@unathandavis]

Super cool car. My boy had one. Broke my heart when he sold it. Best memory is when we took it to Englishtown NJ Mitsubishi vs Subaru day. All the Evo guys lost their shit when we pulled up. There was no parking and they moved to Make a spot for that car. LOVE IT!!

[@Dattson510]

Would rather have this than a GTR

[@daantuin3351]

Or an evo these things are beast, go look up the amg version

[@roberttiofilo3684]

I currently drive a 94 TT V6 Sport Hatch Galant, but there's some special about a VR4 I cannot lie. Great car man, Keep it rare.

[@dadsjunk4664]

Very much appreciated showing these cars !

[@2jzfrank]

Brings lots of memories I was a hardcore Vr4 guy back in 2001 till 2003 I owned 4 of them had a blast with them street racing every weekend

[@stuart7337]

this thing is sick. 500 awhp in that car has got to be a blast

[@LarryChenPhoto]

It’s crazy how hard the turbo comes on, and yet you get little to no wheel spin.

[@isaacshively6705]

Much respect for DSM based cars, my buddy had a 90 AWD Talon in high school (I graduated in 2001) and we used to go to Sacramento Raceway and smoke all the old guys in their built Corvettes, it ran low 10's which was insane back then

[@LarryChenPhoto]

10’s in the early 2000’s was a big deal. We’ve seen some crazy DSM’s at Irwindale that just smash on other drag cars.

[@isaacshively6705]

@@LarryChenPhoto yeah one time we went there was a RACE TEAM with a red C5 that was trailored in because it was built and not street legal and my buddy beat him by a car so they plugged in their laptop messed around a little and asked my buddy to run it back and got beat again and they did this maybe 5 more times got beat everytime eventually put the car away and took off, we drove the car their and it was registered.... Now days it wouldn't be on the road probably but back then you could give your local smog tech $100 and he'd "pass" any car

[@goran2009]

This was my first TURBO car, absolutely loved it !

[@Whitesp0t]

My first car was a Mitsubishi Galant 1994 . Dreamed about this car.

[@taylorbenz627]

man, that car just gets better looking the longer I lay eyes on it.

[@jonwilliam3554]

I miss my 91 VR4 brings back a lot of memories 😢😅 Awesome 👏 Best Vr4 I have seen in along time! Kept it authentic, clean looking without over doing the exterior! Thank you 🙏🏽 this makes me want to search for another VR4....

[@johnsonwu6773]

Same here, I also had a 91 VR4 for more than 10 years, had lots fun when racing with some loud Civic and Integra on the freeway. Hahaha...

[@myisu827]

Extremely clean!! Have driven a couple and would love to own one of my own. Bucket list of cars for sure.

[@enlightenCA]

Respect to anyone making over 100 hp per cylinder.

[@AFatGuyILittleCoat]

damn man, reminds me of my old Talon AWD. That same sensation at about 350hp also, DSM guys are a strange breed of fanatics. They're like the evo dudes before there were evo dudes

[@etakishinji7266]

There are a few of this still running here in the Philippines as well. And there was one owner who's around his 80s who has a darkish green galant (I don't know the color name). But damn the car is so fresh and clean all stock. He even has the stock mags for it like its brand new. So damn cool to see one of this still alive and running.

[@faze65churrchurr17]

We have a lot of these in nz we call them evo zeros they were the car that started the evolution era. They also won car of the year 1989 great cars

[@xsduprwd3937]

we call them VR4's, but their was a evo zero version of the vr4.

[@faze65churrchurr17]

@@xsduprwd3937 Yeah there vr4s to us to mean cars getting bit rare now even zr4s the hatch back version

[@jasonmanual5397]

Vr4 rs is with the sun roof and manual windows also known as evo0, amg was classy model and the there was 4ws also.

[@johnmoser2689]

So stoked about this episode one of my good friends has the only Gallant Vr4 I've ever seen

[@6speeds10]

I used to really want one of these. Guy in my neighborhood used to have a flat black one. It always looked so understated and unassuming. But if you actually knew what it was it was badass

[@chrispraz5198]

Special car. Love Larry's enthusiasm 🤘🏼🏁

[@jordanburnouts557]

Super clean, gotta love the old VR4's ! got a genuine Galant VR4 evolution monte carlo version sitting in the garage that will get some love one day!

[@Pursuit_Of_Speed]

Wow! I had a 92 Nile Black a couple years back. Extra clean

[@Pennychaser1]

Super rare car! Thumbs up from z32tt owner. Gotta love 90s jdm cars

[@KoffingOS]

I love this car so much, it brings a tear to my eye. I would love to import an 8th generation VR-4

[@tenmillionvolts]

One of my favourite cars in the world. Still around in New Zealand but getting rare now

[@cd5sircoupe]

There was one of these VR4s for sale down the street from me about 10 years ago for $1500, didn't have the money then. I really wish I did at this point in time.

[@stevedwong1346]

The Ultimate V-Tec smasher! Cheer's from East-Van B.C., Canada.

[@ASyarifZNst]

Thank you for build and keep this GVR4 (The Evo0) as your tuner car.... Not much people know about this rare car history especially as first Main Weapon of Rally Car from Mitsubishi and become The big boss and The Legend of Rally with Impreza WRX 92 from Subaru as hot competitor in that time. I have this car too as my daily car, but the condition is not much good now and I cant repair all because the parts here is very expensive and very rare.... This video give me inspiration to keep this car and someday can build this car like yours.

[@robertmoreland7527]

Finally a dope DSM!!!!! Thanks Larry!

[@Sparkmovement]

YO! I KNOW DRE!!!!! HOLY SHIT!!!! such a small world! Can't wait til he gets his Galant finished!

[@pattyjay9999]

Proud owner of a GVR4 #456 of 1000 my Gray Lady. Long Live 4G63💢

[@uptownsamcv]

those Galant VR4's are nice little rare gems.

[@luckybastards5318]

Had one for 5 yrs with a tdo6-20g and bolt ons, smashed it daily only thing I ever broke was a transfer case and some cv boots now n then ,was super reliable.

[@sk8erguy1450]

About to start my vr4 build this is awesome!

[@martinstanek9711]

Hot damn! My friend is building one for last 2yrs :D ... White regular 4wd Galant with originally Sohc 4g63... Rly looking forward when he'll finish it

[@Peongster]

That thing scoots man. I love it. Mitsubishi Forever

[@nnkilos]

The galant has always been a dream car of mine, they look so sleek!

[@LarryChenPhoto]

Keeping the traditional look of the Galant and not over doing it with an extreme body kit is what completes this car.

[@akitsuki1149]

These cars are so underated and can be really fun, hope I can get one sooner rather than later, cus like the e30 & e36 these things have been getting more and more wanted by the people

[@gillifreyr5957]

that's literally my dream car to the point and i currently own a regular 92 galant and its the best car i have ever driven, i dont even know what i would do to get a vr4, probably anything

[@calambres6614]

Granturismo 4 showed me so much I built one of these on my ps2 it was a grip beast

[@brandonpanozzo86]

Love love love the galant vr-4 hope to get another some day

[@ValladolidArde]

I actually worked on an official WRC version of this, mighty fast!! amazing feature! and like WHAT?!!! SUPER STREET is still publishing?? I thought they went a little while after Turbo, gonna subscribe!

[@johnscarlett4378]

I have had a few of these,,, really really cool cars... which had kept the last one,,, super comfy, fast with some mods, reliable as well,,

[@christoforospaphitis4090]

Very beautiful example of a VR4!!!! I have the 91' hatchback but 2L NA stock engine FWD. The one I have was built for comfort but I could do with some more power. I absolutely love it as it was an over-engineered car for the era. I would not have fitted the titanic turbo though because I hate very high boost thresholds but if he loves it then I can't see why not :)

[@kamalashraf4846]

In Malaysia we have a lot of these rebadged by Proton. 6a1x turbos and 4g63t's swaps galore. They are really tough and durable cars. Parts are getting harder to get by the day though.

[@InvincibleExtremes]

That thing looks so much fun. And rare like you said.

[@danchampagne450]

Love this thing! Only other VR-4 I've come across besides mine with a Super VR-4 badge!

[@tamadance870]

Aerodynamics of a brick Great great car! Great work!!

[@jyaj007]

that 4g63... got to love it

[@mrolsen6987]

Woooha!! For a Mitsubishi mechanic since almost 20yrs this Brings back some memorys! Cheers from Sweden!

[@LarryChenPhoto]

Cheers! It’s not very often you hear about a Mitsubishi mechanic that has been in the game for 20 years.

[@mrolsen6987]

@@LarryChenPhoto Yeah I kinda grew firm in the shop...😂 I think it have to do with that I work in a small shop and do everything (exept bodywork) One day doing a oil change and next day change bearings in a gearbox. Btw I Love your videos man! So much Beautiful pictures!👌🤘 And very interesting when you follow for example the baja race, when you show all the stuff behind the scene👍

[@jdmpwr4283]

Of topic but is it true that the msn is covering up huge Increases in crime in Sweden ?

[@mrolsen6987]

@@jdmpwr4283 No it's alot of bullshit from the "right-wing" Sure we got some new people in our country and some of them aren't that great.. But it's not that it has been some sort of explosion of crime.

[@jdmpwr4283]

@@mrolsen6987 you lost me with right wing I'm not sure I believe you now as you sound bias

[@gesangsucahyo]

Old but gold, Amazing perfect n love it !!!

[@finemotorskillz1663]

This Galant is so clean, hope mine can be half as nice someday! (I have 831/2000)

[@GarveyMustangMan]

I had a 1992 Galant non VR-4, and I remember a classmate who had a VR-4, RARE AS CAN BE.

[@GreenCrim]

I have one of the few hundred sold by Mitsubishi Australia. Got a 2.2 stroker build with a cnc head and Kelford 272s underway. :-D

[@erasmoestrada1638]

I use to drive one in college , back in 1999 .... nice car

[@Dickerlump1277]

drive my type EA0 Galant about 5 years... still missing it...galant cruisen ;)

[@twoshooz3365]

I remember my neighbor in the 90’s had one of these. She showed me the adjustable ride height feature and I flipped!

[@wolftmfg]

Always loved this gen Galant

[@HFV_Junkyardin]

I had 741/2000 an awesome car... when it ran. But it was such a fun car in snow, or on dirt.

[@nelsonjaneiro5543]

i have a 2003 galant but love that one is beautiful awesome motor berry clean keep it like that bro👍

[@Pursuit_Of_Speed]

Vr-4 is 90s baller

[@BZA_]

that engine bay is stunning

[@ourtime-downhere6931]

I just picked up 1305/2000, awesome video!

[@Frietpan]

i love galants, the grills / front looks so good

[@LarryChenPhoto]

It has such a traditional early JDM design. It’s perfect.

[@markpontarolo]

Video turned out awesome! I was laughing with you guys regarding everything. Sounds exactly like my car from the turbo to the interior rattles on coast down.

[@valdonjoseph5364]

Hey sounds great where can I get parts though

[@nikolaialexis5107]

I've always oogled on this car when everyone was raving about EVO's and sh*t. When I saw it in Forza Horizon, I bought the game ASAP just to get me closer to this beauty!

[@fubar1217]

I had a 91 Eclipse GSX and a 91 VR4....I miss them both. Fun fact....they came with key chains that match that dash badge.

[@CRAPO2011]

These were always special havent seen one in years. Saw one with a blown motor for 3k was very tempted.

[@vr4luva491]

I love that he kept it 4 lug

[@wawan748rik3]

I am still using this car for rally competition And it's still a really competitive car I got first national champion of the class in 2018 season using this car

[@silvertiburonfx]

Love seeing these cars doing what they were made for 👍

[@aliasadkhichi]

I have love the galant 1999 version classic mix of old and new still feels like new

[@shanefraser7764]

The vr4 has a proud heritage of ruleing the streets in the 90s here in new Zealand, only the DOHC TURBO Interplay mazdas were as deadly, full time 4wd.

[@g0ferboy]

Oh my you picked a good road to drive on. That's my stomping grounds.

[@scrapheapshuffle9130]

Damn Brett, that is one clean car. Congrats on the feature! Well deserved!

[@jnava357]

You missing yours yet.....?????

[@scrapheapshuffle9130]

Yup, every day. I'll never be able to replicate that car.

[@silvertiburonfx]

Thanks, Ed. I loved your car, and definitely took some build tips from it!

[@culturebreath369]

Been a galant vr4 fan for a bit. I want one sooooo bad.

[@MrSinester100]

This car is a blast from the past.