Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Forum

My only mod has been replacing the stereo (non-MMCS) with a Pioneer double din. Using an app from the Google Play Store, my phone fills the screen and I have full control of it from the stereo's touchscreen, so I have Waze as my sat nav and Deezer or Spotify providing the tunes!

That would not only disable the 'petrol refresh' function, but the whole vehicle at one go - wouldn't it?

Anko, you know it's just before starting up you disconnect the aux. battery for a few secs. That is it - this 'trick' I'm sure is well known by the forum members (at least, those consuming very little petrol over the months, like i do...)

Dear all
I was in Norway last year and saw Outlander PHEV with a kind of body kit, fancy wheels and an additional lightbar under the bumper.
I'll try to upload the pictures for your inspiration

Hi,
I'm new here but saw this thread and had to post.

We need to get some interest around the Mits Out PHEV in aftermarket parts.

Some major area's which would help with performance would be a lighter weight hood (it is obscenely heavy and hurting overall performance due to extra weight) and possibly slightly less environment friendly, but better performing exhaust for the gasoline engine.

Also a open air filter for the engine.

One thing I do suggest everyone do is use lighter weight wheels (for those not off roading). They help with performance and efficiency greatly.

Hi Bugalydosh, all three very good points there.

BTW - have you by any chance weighted the factory 18x7 rims yet? I wonder how heavy they are, while they don't look a particularly stodgy wheels to me (still they can be heavy).
I've got the PHEV for 7 months now, but even months before the purchase I was planning I would get some real lightweight rims for it. When I got the PHEV, i no longer gave it a thought tho, partly because I thought the lightweight wheels can be rated for less weight than a 4x4 demands, especially one that's packed with a few hundred kilo's of batteries. That said, this upgrade can still be an interesting topic hereafter.

Hood (bonnet) - Very good point again, however when I lifted it up, again it didn't feel that heavy to me. I used to have Saabs with double strut support to the bonnet, and when the struts became weak, it felt heavier than the PHEV's. Again, would be nice to know how many kilos we're talking about, to make a calculation about weight saving potential with fibreglass hood. (Carbon fiber hood is out of scope i think, as too few companies are available that would be able to produce it professionally to a low weight and affordable price standard.) A well made fibreglass hood can roughly halve the weight of the factory steel one.

Gasoline engine upgrades - open air intake could be something to consider, however I'm generally against it due to mixed reviews on the non-paper filters' filtering abilities. However, an air intake that is significantly larger than the original one, should be a fantastic upgrade methinks, so would be some ECU remapping of the ICE engine and as you say - a performance exhaust system... possibly with sport catalytic converter!

I was very disappointed with the headlights so one of my mods was to add an led light bar.
It's fantastic on those quiet A & B roads.









Simply piggy backed power from the fuse box.

Is there any point in tuning the petrol engine in a PHEV? At speeds below about 50mph, the transmission can only be electric and the power put down on the ground will be limited by the electrical system irrespective of what the engine can output. The engine can couple mechanically to the wheels above about 50mph, but only via a single speed gearbox - not a lot of scope to make controlled use of any extra power you manage to wring out of it.

A nice protection for the cooler behind as well.