Mitsubishi Legnum VR-4 Quick Review

The Mitsubishi Legnum VR4 is a powerful twin-turbo V6 station wagon with an advanced all wheel drive system and a manual transmission. It has ‘276’ horsepower and a whole lot of 90’s JDM character. But how does it drive? And does the performance match its aggressive looks? Thomas and James are excited to find out! We hope you enjoy the episode. SUBSCRIBE!

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[jamesengelsman]

Hello beautiful people, as pointed out in a comment, we said that this car has the special Advanced Yaw Control system because it is a Type S. While it's true that it is a Type S, Active Yaw Control was available on non-Type S as well, just not the Type-V (the very base version). Appreciatcha

[jordanjoestar]

"Cool another lambo..."
"HOLY SHIT a LEGNUM!!!"
This is the content we need!

[VMPhilosophy]

The Legnum, GTO, FTO, Eclipse, Diamanté, Lancer Evolution…the 90’s were Mitsubishi’s golden era.

[TheStigsSimcousin]

Should be on Throttle House, 8min ain't enough

[kspectre]

I love how this wagon looks, this generation of Galant/Legnum had such good style imo

[CruiseControl]

I’ve owned this car for years…in gran turismo

[CupOfJav]

The little plaque inside says "Something in Japanese."

[peaceduke.]

thanks for making a video on an obscure car that won't get many views. we need more stuff like this!

[acerimmer]

Tell me you haven't played the early Gran Turismos without telling me you haven't played the early Gran Turismos. These were one of the most fun cars to buy and mod to death on the PS1 games. It's a 3000GT engine w/ Evo AWD in a freaking wagon! Such a cool car, shame we never got 'em over here.

[KaldekBoch]

As a loooong time VR4 guy, stuff worthy of note for this particular car. The bodykit is mostly aftermarket, probably from a lad in Russia. The headlight eyebrows in particular are things he sells. The mirrors are "ganador" style, likely also from Russia. The driving lights which are usually in the bottom corners of the front bumper have been removed and it looks just hollow back there.

The air intake is a bit naff - that's a hot air sucker and whilst cool looking not the best for good MAD. It has aftermarket intercooler piping including the elbow that goes to the intake (that's good) but it also looks like it still has the stock intercooler (that's not so good). If you own one of these cars, get a "HDI GT2" intercooler. It's an easy install (check my channel for an install video). Big power VR4s should keep the airbox but *wiill* also need a hole cut in the bottom of the airbox and a pipe connected to it from a suitable other cold air source. If not, the insane air flow will suck the bonnet rubber lip into the air intake and starve the engine of air.

This car also looks to have the stock power steering "cooler". It's rubbish - just a loop of pipework - and a hard day at the track will cook your pump. For like $10 you can get a small oil cooler and fit it yourself. Do it as soon as you buy one of these cars.

Stock these will put about 132awkw down on a "Mainline" brand chassis dyno. It's common for the VR4 to show a ~70kw drop between the crank power and the at-the-wheels power. So, they are about 206kw at the crank. Stock engines can be tuned to about 200kw at the wheels in the absolute best case without major work other than exhaust, intercooler, injectors. You can't throw heaps of boost at the bottom end without getting rods and pistons, but I've done it as have others. 300kw at all four wheels is then realistic, especially on E85. You will need one of the available Coil on Plug conversion kits and Denso VK22 spark plugs if you're going anywhere near high power or ethanol. Big power will also require that the 3rd gear is re-welded otherwise you will rip the outer gear ring off the inner one.

The stock ECU can be tuned for flex fuel with a custom ROM, but you are better off with Link or Haltech here if you're in the USA as niobody will know how to tune that custom ROM.

Other good mods to make on these are the Evo front LSD. Any aftermarket Evo IV-VI front diffs will fit in the transfer case, which is identical to the Evo case. The Super AYC differential for the rear is also a drop-in with no electrical or mechanical work, and gives you better torque vectoring.

I have all this stuff on mine. It's a beast.

[nanasguy]

holy crap....dont even see these around here in Japan anymore
nicely done

[jacobrev]

This is my favorite Mitsubishi car they ever made

[GT-gtbf]

It hurts to see how amazing Mitsubishi was.

[coryartrip]

I drove a Galant Vr4 once for about 15 minutes in 2006. It's a before/after moment in my life.

[afterburner]

Wow a Legnum VR-4. I had the previous model E84A Galant VR-4 many years ago - what a great car. Had it for 5 years, added 100hp, took it drag and track racing, and it never let me down.

[goldenageofdinosaurs]

Never understood why Americans don’t like estate cars. As an American, I freakin’ love em!

[essenlame]

I dont care how old i get, or how far tech advances. Late 80s through early 00s Japanese cars will always be special to me. That plastic interior that was the same in every car, the revvy little engines and subsequent noise, the styling, it just encapsulates everything that is right and good about automobilia in general.

[RichardJones-kxmb]

What a wonderful find. I love Thomas shifting left handed. When I was 17 and learning stick, my friend had a manual bug. We’d go to McDonald’s for shakes. He’d drive one handed and hold his shake with the other. I’d work the shifter with my left hand. When I was 40 I got a manual rental in England. The shifting 20 years later was so natural because of all those trips for shakes. Like riding a bike. You never forget.

[LurchNZ]

Owned a trigger mauve version of this. VR-4 Twinturbo V6 2.5L 4WD. Loved pushing the AYC and watching the the lights on the dash :D AYC was on all VR-4's. There was a facelift and there was a super VR-4 with a more in the face bodykit. Changing the cambelt on these cost $1500 NZD many many years ago! 300k's to the tank and the 4WD is epic on a twisty road. Owned it for 5 odd years, miss that wagon. Now they're are cheap as chips as they say in NZ. Mine was full leather on 18" bronze wheels... ahh nostaligia. If only I could be on a car show doing reviews like you guys. Love cars so much. Thank you so much for doing this! Now I own a Toyota Blade Master G V6 3.5L.... you should give one of those a review!

[Tmrfe]

This is why I watch you guys very few other people review this type of car.