New dsm to minnesota?

[mdost03]

and it idled around 970rpm

Well on the 2nd video you posted, at 1:35, he goes to the cluster and it's sitting at 1500rpm and then he revs it.

And do all DSMs have an A/F curve at idle that the gauge hops around so much? I never had one on my DSM, but on my SRT, it moves between 14.7 and 15.2 at idle only.

Just trying to point out possible issues, not trying to give you crap.

[Swifty1638]

^Mine hops around a ton at idle, but that's because of the cams. At Idle, it's tuned to run a bit lean, since the engine isn't working hard, so it needs just enough fuel to stay running.

[Brandito93]

well i want to get rid of my fwd and get awd it doesn't have to be this spectacular car, im sixteen and can't afford a super nice car, therefore talons and eclipses are in my price range and i wouldn't mind some tasteful mods to make it go faster but im not to familiar mechanically wise with cars but i have some buds that can help me with things if they go wrong so im not too worried about that i just don't want it breaking down constantly so i was asking you guys what you thought

[mdost03]

^Mine hops around a ton at idle, but that's because of the cams. At Idle, it's tuned to run a bit lean, since the engine isn't working hard, so it needs just enough fuel to stay running.

Yeah makes sense, this one doesn't have cams though. Or at least isn't listed in the FS ad.

[awd-drifter]

well i want to get rid of my fwd and get awd it doesn't have to be this spectacular car, im sixteen and can't afford a super nice car, therefore talons and eclipses are in my price range and i wouldn't mind some tasteful mods to make it go faster but im not to familiar mechanically wise with cars but i have some buds that can help me with things if they go wrong so im not too worried about that i just don't want it breaking down constantly so i was asking you guys what you thought

why not keep your current one then? Older cars will tend to break more often especially if the previous owner hasn't taken good care of it. If you want to go fast, I'd suggest reading/researching online more about how to properly mod a DSM. DSMs will make you a mechanic, a reason why a tried to sell the galant, but right now I'm not going to do so because plans are changing :) .

[Brandito93]

i want awd for the winter so thats why and i dont want to mod this one because of the fwd if i get an awd then i will start modding if it doesn't already have some

[goodhart]

I say you just start collecting parts for an AWD swap if that is the only part you don't like about the car. I know others on here have done it.

[Brandito93]

http://www.wi-dsm.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1857

[awd-drifter]

I wouldn't even invest the time/energy/money into converting a 1g fwd to awd even if I had all the tools in the world unless I was a rich zillionaire. lol. I guess you can get the awd but like I've said in every single post...RESEARCH :)

[Brandito93]

yea i am and have been for awile i just wish by some act of god somebody would just say ill buy your car then all my problems will be solved