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sold mine back in September :(

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Replaced the passenger side axle seal last night at work. It was leaking, must have been damaged when we did the swapping. I'm going to do the intake manifold gasket as well, it has been leaking for quite some time. I still have a list of things to do/fix on the car, but it's still running and driving strong. Tore up a parking lot last night after work, unfortunetly I'm only at 11 psi on my setup, but that's only till I can get my gauge pod and install my wideband.

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And fix your intercooler fool. that cant be helpin ya

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The intake manifold gasket must have been leaking for a long time because I had to zero almost everything out on the translator to get it to pull without leaning out. Runs good now at 17 psi. Gotta re-wire the fuel pump before I put it back to 24 like it was.

Finally was able to get the car titled and registered. Took all week because the guy who signed it over back in 08 traced over a 6 in the date a few times so they wouldn't accept it. At least its over now, and it's all legal to drive finally. Good thing too, because yesterday I was pulled over for window tint. Told him nope, didn't know it was illegal and I didn't know what it was. He went and got his tester but for whatever reason, it wasn't working or something. He was quiet, went back to the car for a few mins. Came back, handed me my license and told me to have a good night. I laughed the rest of my way home.

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Yay no more semi truck steering wheel:

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...0312232820.jpg

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diggin the wheel! My god you've done a lot fast congrats man!

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Thanks Cam. The car really has come a ways in the two months or so it's been mine now. Wouldn't have been able to get it done as quick if I didn't have my friends who helped me swap everything over from my Talon.


On a side note, I rewired my fuel pump and weeee 20psi!

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Stopped on my way home and took a few pics. Finally washed the Galant yesterday.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...0712164101.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...0712164138.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...0712164042.jpg

Pulled the oil pan today. Figured out I need a new oil pan to stop the oil pan leaks. This one is warped. Still, need a daily driver so I put it back on with some toyota RTV. Still leaks. Also fixed my exhaust from rubbing on the t-case and also added the right lengths to it so the hangers line up on the longer wheelbase galant. And to try and quiet the car down, welded a 3 in. flowmaster chambered muffler at the end.

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.....aaaaand now the Galant's broke. Either the transfer case or the center diff gave up the ghost. The car still moves fine in every gear but theres a horrible gear crunching sound now. I wont know for sure until I get the car in the air. Luckily I was in town near work so I parked it there.

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Put it on the hoist this morning at work before my shift started and pulled the tcase real quick and sure enough, the damn center diff is grinding. So now I'm on the look-out for a cheap replacement trans. :(

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Picked up a transmission from a friend that was ran dry on fluid. Pulled it all apart for my first time ever tearing apart a DSM trans. Surprisingly, there's only 2 bearings and races that are trashed (on the intermediate shaft assembly), and the center diff doesn't quite feel right to me. Otherwise, nothing else seems to have abnormal play, the syncros look great.

Just some of the metal inside:

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...1112222351.jpg

Outer bearing has some bad marks, along with it's race:

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...1112222409.jpg

The inside bearing is pretty bad, explaining the chunks of metal:

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...1112224726.jpg

The race is just as bad. I'm assuming the black build up is gear oil that was super hot?

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...1112224656.jpg

I'm going to pull the transmission that's still in my Galant and take that one apart to figure out what happened and if anything is usable. I have my fingers crossed I can make a good transmission out of the two with some left-over parts. I'll have to make more room to take the other one apart:

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...1112231338.jpg

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ouch. hope all goes well man.

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I should be able to get two new bearings and races for them and press them in, clean everything, and reassemble. Could someone explain exactly what is meant by pre-loads? Basically, is it how tight you press the bearings on the gear set shafts? Any other transmission advice would be very helpfull, as this is my first time opening these things up.

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Finally pulled the trans out of my Galant and took it apart to see what happened. Pretty much, exactly as I thought....stripped gears. The gear clusters on the bottom are whats going into the trans, above is the ones that were in it:

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...1512193940.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...1512194200.jpg

Just a few of the gear pieces:

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...1512194238.jpg

My plans have changed slightly after finding a huge crack on the case of the trans I got from my friend. So far, as much as I can tell the trans case out of my Galant is good, so that'll be used. The center diff is being switched as well, due to mine having it's teeth crunched as well. If I can re-assemble correctly this should be a decent transmission with a GVR4 first gears, and bronze syncros. My old syncro's were the brass ones.

Thought I'd take a pic of the transmission rebuild table, in our living room:

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...1512230308.jpg

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Put the transmission back together friday night. Was up till about 3 am when I finished it. Installed it back in the car saturday morning, and drove it home around 530. So far no leaks, no weird noises. Occasional 2nd and 3rd gear crunch but otherwise it all seems good.

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Nice. how did u strip the gears?

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Good job, I was always too big of a pussy to take any of my trannies apart.

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How did the damage happen? Doing a pull leaving the frisby golf course. 1st, hit 2nd, get into boost and then it was gear crunching.


I was the same way until this one broke. This was the more cost effective option so I went for it. So far it seems successfull.

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Well, now that I lost my job, I have much more time to tinker with the Gaylant. Finally mounted the DSM ecu up where it should be in the Galant, ran the release cables for the trunk and the fuel door, also stole the latch off my Talon so now the fuel door is on. I took the stupid lawn mower battery out and put a real one in the trunk with all the stuff from the Talon. Bolted down the battery box, ran the cables. Fixed the non-working reverse lights.

Took a couple pics:

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...2612113205.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...2612113337.jpg

Engine bay is much easier to work in now. Also safer without the battery up there.

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I was bored, so I painted the chrome trim around the 92-93 tail lights to black. I think it looks better than the chrome:

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...2812102408.jpg

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Yay, more pics.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...2912112914.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...2912112933.jpg

Went for an 80 mile drive yesterday with a couple friends. Car behaved like it should. Made some mudflaps for it Saturday and they worked well too. I have to trim the rears though, the suspension really settled a lot. Transmission is still holding up. I suppose if it were to break, it would've already. I was surprised it didn't break when I used the Galant to pull the Talon shell onto the trailer yesterday so we could take it to a new spot.

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I bought myself a different intercooler from a friend of mine. It's about 28in wide, 10.5in tall, and 3.5in thick garret core. It was off his low 10 second 90 Talon, put down a little over 700 something to the wheels. I was very lucky as I didn't have to cut anything to get it to fit. Only had to drill two holes to mount it.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...1812193016.jpg

Only real issue is both the inlet and outlet are 3in in diameter, but the couplers solved that. Put it together, test drove it and it pulled harder than it ever has at 22 psi with that on it. When boost hits, I actually get planted in my seat.

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Nice.

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Sick of this so called "winter" season, and wasting my snow tires on dry pavement every day so I put the summer wheels on. I like the 18's on the Galant, I'm curious what others think. My guess is the general vote will be too big:

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...2612152956.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...2612153013.jpg

Yes, car is filthy. I'm now working back at my old quick-lube car wash job so I'm going to wash it really good, wax it, and clean the inside tomorrow after work.

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I like 18's in general, I think they look a little big because they're sticking out (at least it appears so from the second pic). 17's with a slightly higher offset I think would look better.

That's a pretty sweet FMIC.

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That's kind of a problem with my current brake setup, it spaces the front wheels out further than I'd like for sure. In the rear, it's pretty damn even from the top of the wheel well to the top of the wheel. I'll need to modify either the knuckles to move the calipers further towards the center of the car or find a different rotor combination.

The intercooler is working really well. Spool is very quick and it pulls harder at every psi of boost than before. Now I need some 650's and cams.

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Took a couple pics after washing it at work. Finally had a chance to clean my garage up a bit with the nice weather.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...1312165431.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...1312165454.jpg

I'm really needing DSMlink. I'm so damn sick of my knock sensor picking up every stupid little thing thats going on. That, and I need bigger injectors and don't want to tune with the translator anymore.

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Looks nice!

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18s! I remember putting 17s on my old gvr4...from a distance, it looked big maybe because it wasn't lowered.

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I'm going to try rocking out my stealth tt wheels that I painted once I can get the tires swapped over. They should look a bit better and not stick out so much I's think.

Took a couple more pics the other day after washing it:

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...1012095828.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...1012095810.jpg

The transmission I assembled is almost to 3000 miles but is making noises. Luckily I found a good trans/t-case combo for 125 so I'm just waiting on some Diaqueen trans fluid to arrive and then I'll swap it. Car is running okay, knock sensor still sucks. I'm rocking 20-22 psi but I'm running out of fuel at 22. A friend of mine has some 750's that I'll put in to take care of that issue. If not, then I'll have to get a 255 wally.

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Sign it up for the dyno day!

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I would seriously consider it, but it hits fuel cut due to the IDC's being so high at 23 psi. With my e3 16g internaly gated, the boost creeps sometimes to 25 psi so I gotta be careful. I know it pulls decent, but I do want numbers for once.

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turn down the MBC a notch. :D

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Awesome! Makes me want another GVR4 :/ haha. You have an idea of what you think you'll get at the dyno?

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I've tried. Turned it down to 15 psi and it just climbs as rpm's climb. lol


I'd like to thiunk I'd be close to 300 awhp, but I have no clue.

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Sounds like you just need to run E85 and embrace the higher boost!

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I am really intrigued by E85, but for now I'm stickin with 93 octane. All I need is a little bit more fuel and I'll be very happy.

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Was able to mount the tires I bought off of Cam, Nitto 555zr's 235/45/R17. Mounted them on my stealth TT rims that I just finished painting black. I like the new look, not nearly as flashy as the 18's and better grip.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...2912182808.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...2912182837.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...2912182825.jpg

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I just thought I'd post in my thread that I finally broke the transmission that I assembled. Happened last night, cracked the case. I'm very happy that it lasted for 10k hard miles though.

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Sorry to hear about your transmission!

Did you ever get your oil pan leak fixed?