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No. The chassy codes just refer to what options the cars had.

gotcha....one is stronger than the other due to structural changes up top is what you are saying?

Actually, no. A lot of people think that though. If you ever look at a non-sunroof 3S with the headliner removed, there's no bracing in the middle of the roof at all. Just the bottom side of the outer sheet metal. If anything, the sunroof cars might be a little stronger due to having more structure up top.

^i sadfully have see pics of a moonroof car flip multiple times....local member over in NJ had that happen to his 94 or 95vr4...Joe for the old timers who remember him....that car held up real well (meaning he was luckily barely hurt)

I am going to venture a guess that all of the nuts, bolts, screws, small hardware, and gaskets would total $15,000 alone from a dealer. Anybody want to total that up for us? I think you would be lucky if you can rebuild a VR4 with parts from a dealer for anywhere near $60k. My guess is that it would be just a hair under $70,000 at dealership prices.

[quote=""J-Groove""]
It would be a blast to get a run down VR4 and strip it to nothing and completely build it up. [/quote]

See also: Jackhammer.

i would say around 100,000
honestly i dont think you build a 100% brand new vr4 for anything less.

david

To answer the question about the chassis codes there were three chassis used for the 3s.

1. Z11A-Front Wheel Drive
2. Z15A-AWD without AWS (our 95-96 Stealth Turbos, JDM MR cars and JDM NA AWD Cars)
3. Z16A-AWD & AWS cars (every single 3000GT issued a VIN in the US used this chassis.)

go to mentormitsubishi.com and ass every part there is...they have an online catalog and a shopping cart, and their prices are 25% off list price...let us know what you find!!

even if the car were still being made it would cost at least 3x to build it from parts.