And suddenly I need a new engine!?

[Fummins]

White one.

It's like Christmas morning all over again!

Mark: you should have left your post. It was funny.

It keeps looking like Christmas here. More snow last night...

I'm offended that Mark changed his post.

[Fummins]

After driving the white car for a day I kinda want to keep it now. It's does seem to drive noticeably better. When you take off from a stop it actually moves, almost like a real car!

[MetroMPG]

Motor swap?

[Fummins]

Or speedo swap? I wonder if I could pass the black car off as having 50k lol. It hasn't seen a dealer since 2014 iirc. I should take the black car in anyways for the airbag recall. The light was on when I bought it(front airbag sensor code) so I just cleared it and it's stayed out until Friday when I hit a huge dip in the road doing 70mph and almost bottomed out the suspension.

[Mark]

After driving the white car for a day I kinda want to keep it now. It's does seem to drive noticeably better. When you take off from a stop it actually moves, almost like a real car!

If the engine was replaced with a current model one, it's those extra 4 horsepower you are experiencing!

Would like get your impression on the new tires some day.

[Fummins]

I don't think they put a 2017+ engine in it. The part number on the work order was for a 2014-2015 I believe. It has a 1230A105 oil filter on it without the anti-drainback valve. I haven't notice any noise on startup, it sat outside last night and it was -10c/14f this morning.

I only drove on the fancy new tires this morning. The compound is far stiffer than the el cheapo rotella snow tires I have. For the first few minutes in town I could hear tire noise. Then I quite paying attention after that and tried to remember how to blindly use the rostra cruise control again.

[allrock]

wow congrats on your new engine,..is this the part no they install 1000C504? i just remember we put that part no on a 2016 model before due to improper installation of oil filter.

[Wil B]

All this makes me wonder which engine I'm gonna get for my 2018 Mirage? Still waiting for the replacement engine (warranty) from Mitsubishi!

[Fummins]

If you have a 2018 I'd assume you get a 2018 engine. 2017 and newer have different camshaft and maybe some other minor changes.
I have a 2014 so I got a 2014-2015 engine. Hopefully one less prone to knocking.

[Wil B]

Yes, I'd rather have the updated engine. I noticed the differences (however small) between my 2015 Mirage engine, and the updated 2018.