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The move to the 2. Reviews during the change were negative as many felt the car was slower, for most of these markets this was the case as the engine change also coincided with a move to the heavier body style. Horsepower varied between — hp — kW; — PS depending mostly upon the turbocharger that was fitted, the presence of an intercooler, and whether the 8-valve or valve head was used. A naturally aspirated version known as the GX was also built for the Japanese market, however production ceased in due to low sales figures.
The Starion GX had no power windows, no air conditioning, no independent rear suspension, no fuel injection and did not have power-assisted steering. The Starion was produced in two distinct body styles; A narrowbody and widebody often referred to as "Flatty" and "Fatty". This was so that the vehicle in Japan was in compliance with Japanese exterior dimension regulations that required an additional tax to be paid for larger vehicles, and engine displacement exceeding cc.
Only the narrow body was offered until the Mechanically both body styles were similar, but many parts are not interchangeable. The introduction of the widebody also split the car into to distinct ranges.
One a non-intercooled lower horsepower car using the narrow body style and a high-performance intercooled widebody. It should be noted some markets never received the widebody cars, but had flatties with most of the wide body upgrades as their top of the line model.
The front seats were adjustable for lumbar, angle, knee support, position and featured variable-angle side-braces. One of the more unusual features was that the seat belts were located in the doors for the driver and front passenger. The cars were also some of the first to use automatic climate control. Newer models also featured power windows that remained powered up to 30 second after the engine was turned off. A five-speed manual transmission was standard in most models, however, an automatic transmission was sold as an option in some markets.
Constant upgrades to the model included the addition of an intercooler, 5 lug wheels replacing the four-bolt wheels it had inherited from the rear wheel drive Mitsubishi Galant Lambda, rear power train changes from 4 to 6 bolt axles, various fuel management upgrades and upgrades to the transmission. The "best" year is often debated, For US market cars the debate is most often between the '86 and '89 models. The SHP was only offered during the 88 and 89 model years. The package can be retro fitted to earlier widebody cars.
The drag coefficient was around 0. Notable upgrades include MPI Multi-Port-Injection consisting of standalone engine management programmable computers to control individual fuel injectors, 1 per cylinder vs. Two injector systems were non sequential firing or primary idle injector and secondary Boost injector sequential firing
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