Welcome to the new FLP Garage Works web-log. On this site you will be able to find useful information regarding the import segment of the automotive performance industry. The largest focus will be cars from Mitsubishi, Honda, and Nissan, mainly the 5th generation Mitsubishi Mirage.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Reminder

RMTT 2012 is this Saturday, August 25,2012.  Hope to see lots of folks there.  I recieved a few more confirmed attendees as of today.  I am hoping that we get a few more before Saturday.  Breakfast is at 8:00am, Dad's, 385 Main St. in Security.  The owner, Larry, is offering us 10% off of our meals with event attendance.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Rocky Mountain Touge Tour 2012

We are currently putting together plans for the first ever Rocky Mountain Touge Tour.  The event is to be held August 25, 2012 (Saturday).  It will be a one day event into the Colorado mountains for a day of fun and frolic!  I hope to get a decent amount of cars out so and have a ton of fun.   I will get the word out so that the number of participants will rise.  The event will go along the Arkansas river, and into Salida (departing from Colorado Springs).  If time permits, we will be including Monarch pass.  Hope to see you there!  I am working on a finalized route and included stops/potential photo spots.  As things come together, I will have them posted.  Please contact me if you can make it. I am going to keep an updated list of participants and vehicles.  You can find the route directions and map on the Events page as well as other final details.  If I can get enoughh confirmed participants in the next couple of weeks, I may get t-shirts or window decals made up for the occasion for those willing to pay up!  If you have an idea for a shirt design, email it to me.


Saturday, May 19, 2012

Parts From FLP Garage Works

I plan on getting back to making parts for the 5th generation Mirage by later this year.  This will begin with a short run of custom parts for a select few in and around the FLP family of cars.  I am going to fabricate at least two G93 turbo manifolds, two G15 turbo manifolds, some evap delete parts and some chassis components as well.  I am using my car as the primary test subject to build these parts and test some of them, while others will be tested on other vehicles I have access to.  Please feel free to ask questions and place comments on new things as they occur.  When the parts are completed I will post pictures up on the site.  These parts may or may not end up being sold, demand and my time involed will determine that.

In addition to these hard parts, I have begun working on multiple different tunes for the 4G93 Mirage.  These are available upon request.  I can also build a custom tune (for you to flash to your ECU) at no charge.  E-mail me with any requests for a tune for your Mirage. 

Tunes are available for N/A, Turbo, and e85 vehicles as well.

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Blog Info

I have recently begun to add new features to the blog.  These include new pages full of technical information, as well as links to other great web pages.  These are found at the right side of the page below the counters and what-not.  Check back often to find new info and links as they will be added from time to time.  If you enjoy the site, please join as a follower and feel free to post comments and let me know what you think. 

Also if you have questions regarding info on the site, please feel free to post them as comments, and I will try to answer them in a timely fashion.



FLESH

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Pictures!!!

Misc Tables From Tuning BBYEVO





Manufacturing Seat Brackets For Eric's Mirage With BBYEVO In The Background




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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

New Flash For BBYEVO!

Re-Flashed the Mirage today:  Updates were added for more fuel and RPM.  Added a ton of fuel (e85) above 5000 at WOT.  Seems to run even better, and with some other minor tweaks, no more CEL!  That made my day.  That pesky thing has been on for one thing or another since 2001.  I hope to get some screen shots of the flash maps to add to the site.  I will have all versions of flash upgrades for the Mirage available for those who need it.

Hopefully I will have pics (screenshots) soon.  Also for inquiring minds, the key to flashing the Mirage ECU in some cases is the removal of the wire going to pin 9 of the DLC (light blue).  This wire seems to cause an interference on some cars, not all.  I am doing some research to find out why that may be.

FLESH

Monday, April 2, 2012

What's New?

It's been a long time since a good update to the site, so here goes.  Eric's car was finally shipped to him back in California.  This was after a fun time had by all while he was out to vist.  His visit included a dyno-day at Die_Hard Motives in Colorado Springs with a small group of friends.  We had three Mirage's, one EG hatch, and an ION Redline.  The Redline was the big surprise of the day with 236whp.  Next was Zeke's Turbo G93 with 178whp, my G93 with 110whp, and Erics Mirage and Zumpy's EG shy of the century mark.  Overall we were pleased.  All numbers were uncorrected at 6500ft.  Eric gained over 20whp from his previous dyno session, showing that all of our efforts did some good!

After all of the fun was over, we packed up Eric for his journey home.

So, what's next?  It has been a whirlwind of miscellaneous projects over the past few months.  We have continued on with Zeke's Mirage, aiming for the next level with the addition of an intercooler and misc other goodies.  My car has recieved a street tune on e85, stepping up the game a notch, we yanked the GZE from Leif's MISTER2, and dropped the Kbomb on yet another hatch! 

It seems to always be something around here.  Race season is rapidly aproaching, and with such a short time for preparation, we need to stick with working on our performance goals ahead.

Performance goals ahead for bbyevo include a larger intake manifold, bigger intake, and throttle body, higher compression, and I'm contemplating a 50shot of the giggle gas!  Who knows where I'll go in the long run.  Hope for a new photo shoot inmail. the near future.  Hope to host a meet soon, so anyone interested, drop a line, leave a message, or send an e-mail





FLESH