Delica Canada | Mitsubishi Van Club

Taken from the MDOCUK Site origianlly posted by daveL 400:

Ok good people I'll put all the details as the Japanese see it, this is a translation though:

Vehicle/Model Type

KD...1.
P... 2.
E... 3.
8... 4.
W... 5.
HS... 6.
E... 7.
U... 8.
P... 9.


1. Exhaust emission & fuel standards

E = 1978 emission control conformity car (petrol)
GA = 1994 emission control conformity car (petrol)
KB/KC = 1993/4? emission control conformity car (Diesel)
KD = 1994 emission control conformity car (Diesel)

2. Model
P… Space Gear (I think?)

3. Wheelbase and drive
A… Standard wheel base - 2WD
B… Long wheel base - 2WD
C… Long wheel base - 2WD, leaf spring
D… Standard wheel base - 4WD
E… Standard wheel base - 4WD ( high roof?)
F… Long wheel base - 4WD, (high roof)

4. Capacity & engine code
3… 2000cc (4G63)
4… 2400cc (4G64)
5… 2500cc (4D56)
6...3000cc (6G72)
8...2800cc (4M40)

5. Style
V… Van
W…Wagon

6. Body shape & doors
HL… High roof - 4 door
HS… High roof - 3 door
NL… Standard roof - 4 door
NS… Standard roof -3 door

7. Transmission
E… 4 Speed Auto (column shift)
N… 4 Speed Auto (floor shift)
Z… 5 Speed Manual (column shift)

8. Features code
D… E
J… G,X
U… GX, XG, Chamonix
G… Exceed 1
H… Exceed 2
X… Super Exceed
P… Royal Exceed

under each features code comes your options (i.e crystallite roof)

9. Engine specification
blank… Carburettor specification
E… Electronic Fuel Injection
F… Intercooled Turbo
T… Turbo

Maybe Jesse or Noel can chime in, just making sure the short wheel base reads as PE8W and assuming from the info above the long wheel base would read PF8W.

Confirmation, please.

yes, your right on that
cheers;
Mardy

Thanks for the confirmation Mardy!

Your welcome my friend,
Cheers;