wtb early sigma for my 2l starion motor

2lturbs · Post by **2lturbs** » Sat May 26, 2007 5:26 pm

if any one in adelaide has an early sigma for sale lets me know cheers

woops · Post by **woops** » Sun May 27, 2007 6:33 pm

Probabally best to try www.sigma-galant.com.
If your looking at putting the starion engine into a sigma why don't you look at posibly using a galant instead. Alot lighter and it is possible to have them look alot nicer. I think they might have a leaf spring rear though.
If your still keen to put it into a sigma the lightest sigma i think is the chrysler ge sigma's. The gh sigma's may be just as light but i don't think they are. Prob best to double check.

www.18u · Post by **www.18u** » Sun May 27, 2007 7:16 pm

There is a sigma turbo shell on ebay at the moment.

Chryzla · Post by **Chryzla** » Sun May 27, 2007 8:30 pm

all galants = leaf spring rear... sigmas arent

always heaps in the trading post mate. found my ex's GE in there, was in good nick all it needed was a coat of paint, was immaculate inside. 1k was handed over. Never did paint it for her... became an ex before then rofl

2lturbs · Post by **2lturbs** » Sun May 27, 2007 10:50 pm

yeah i was thinking 2 door galant but im sick of having a car that you cant get parts for..so i thought sigma with a 9 inch in the rear end thrash the f out of it

Chryzla · Post by **Chryzla** » Mon May 28, 2007 12:52 pm

2 door galants parts arent that rare... like... say... starion part rare...

dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Mon May 28, 2007 3:38 pm

2 door galants? got any pics to see what shape it is?

I think my eterna is technically a two door galant:

it already has a starion engine, gearbox and rear IRS diff in it already tho :P

Superscan · Post by **Superscan** » Mon May 28, 2007 8:36 pm

BTW: It's called a Scorpion here in Australia (no IRS tho), and a Sapporo in USA. It was the pre-cursor to the Starion. If you know of an IRS for sale for one of these, let me know

Cheers.

2lturbs · Post by **2lturbs** » Mon May 28, 2007 10:56 pm

thats a weird looking galant havent seen one of them be for, nah id rather sigma than a galant

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Tue May 29, 2007 7:54 am

^^^ nah thats not a galant like we know here mate, thats like a GK scorpion. actually an early (GE/GH) scorpion might be an alright choice for ya, certainly a lot more stylish than a ge sigma!

the kiwi's called sigma's "galants", our galant was a small little thing similar size to a LA/LB lancer..

dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:30 pm

Sigma, Galant and Eternas are all the same car. The 70s models were called Galants (GE I think?). At one stage here they were called Galant Sigma's. In the early 80s they were called Sigmas in AUS and NZ, yet were still named Galants and Eternas in Japan.

Mine's a jap import A164A Eterna 2 door, same as a Galant 2 door (which is named Galant Lambda or Sapporo in other markets). Infact on the bootlid of my Eterna it has a Lambda "A" symbol.

The 5th gen Galant (what we called the 'FWD' Sigma) was the basis of your guy's TM Magna.

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:37 pm

^^^ can someone please post a pic of an aussie galant for this guy? he doesnt seem to get it LOL

hang on i'll look at the sigma/galant forum...

check this thread out mate few pics in here..

http://sigma-galant.com/modules.php?nam ... pic&t=3414

dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:58 pm

It's not that I'm not getting it - I'm just saying there is more than one model Galant coupe!

I think this is the Galant you are referring to? (I know its a sedan but I couldn't find a pic of the 2 door easily)

That's a 2nd generation Galant made from 1973 until 1977ish.

kiwieurospec · Post by **kiwieurospec** » Thu May 31, 2007 6:58 am

That ^ in New Zealand was only a coupe and called a 1850 coupe ( no galant) No 4 door here because they still has Hillman Hunters and Avengers.
The yellow one is a Sapporo in NZ (had a 2.6 1) and is called an Eterna because of the irs and turbo.(and imported) Eternas are always a luxury model, fwd ones have longer wheel base and pillarless windows etc.
The galant name disappeared from here from early 80's until the vr4 imports started arriving. We still have mid 90's sigmas ( Diamante)

dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:34 am

The NZ built version of my yellow Eterna was initially called a Galant Lambda, then later on changed to Sapporo like the US and Europe were using.

There have been a couple other imports like mine badged as 'Galant' and they also have turbo and IRS.

As for the FWD 5th gen, the Eterna was a hard top (pillarless windows) but the wheelbase was the same (I've had both cars).

The Galant name resumed here with the introduction of the SB (E33A) Galant in 1987. My father had the very first imported E39A VR-4 in 1990 (it was an '88 model).

The 90s Sigma is just a lower spec Diamante (doesn't have pillarless windows, same as KR/KS Magna) and doesn't share any relation to the previous Sigma or Galant.

Austarion

wtb early sigma for my 2l starion motor

wtb early sigma for my 2l starion motor

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