Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

wow man. car is lookin good. cant wait to see it out

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Thanks for the compliment.

However, now the bitch is over-heating. It seems to be the t-stat is sticking. She'll warm up quick, hover around 200 when the fan kicks in, but then slowly keeps rising. She was at about 230 on the logger when I got it home and let it cool down. Even when I got on the highway it didn't help.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

I took the t-stat out and she runs really nice and cool untill I get into town, stop for any amount of time and the temps shoot up. Not as bad as with the thermostat in there. I need to get a second fan though.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Holy triple post batman!


Figured out my over-heating issue. The stock fan wasn't turning on for some reason. I'd let it sit in my garage and idle all the way up to 210 and nothing. So I spliced into the fan wires and ran a switch inside. I wired it so I wouldn't need the key in the ignition so I can leave the fan on to keep the engine cool after shutting it off.

She runs so cool now, 160-170 through town with the fan on. On the highway I didn't need the fan on yesterday, but it was raining so we'll have to wait for a really warm day.

I am very happy with the way it turned out. She runs absolutely flawless. Next up I got to replace all the wheel bearings, ball joints, and I would like to get poly bushings for the suspension, sway bars, and find an equal length axle setup.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Glad to hear its running good... Get that T-stat back in though.

Let me know when you want to get the exhaust finished up.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

I'll get like a 170 or 180 t stat this friday when I get paid, along with new plug wires, and an oil and filter change. What exactly do I need? 3 90 degree bends?

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Since I'm such a pic whore, I decided to roll it out yesterday and snap some:

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/DCP02275.JPG

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/DCP02276.JPG

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/DCP02277.JPG

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/DCP02278.JPG

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/DCP02279.JPG

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/DCP02281.JPG

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/DCP02280.JPG

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Finally doing what the title of this thread says.

Going to the autocross test n tune this saturday. :D

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Car ran absolutely awesome during the autocross. I decided to run both days and ended up getting 3rd in my class of 5 cars. Something like 21 cars showed up.

Over-all I had great fun. Got a few little tweaks I have to do before the next event on June 22nd at the Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway in West Salem, WI.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Awesome to hear! What class you running in?

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

I was bumped up to SM because of my FMIC, Exhaust, and lowering springs.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Oh, you're running a 16g, that puts you into SM regardless of your other mods.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Nope, stock 14b.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

hrm, first page you showed a china 16g, no go on that?

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

It's blown. I just got a good condition 14b. I'm lovin the response of the 14b on the track too.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

An intercooler, exhaust and springs would put you into Street Prepared.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Bit of an update. Built my own COP setup, easy as shit and have great results. Car feels much stronger over-all, more responsive, and just all around better.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...14-08_2144.jpg

Also tucked my throttle cable.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

That's a pretty clean 1g you have there man. Nice ride.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

where did you get the coils from?

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Thanks. :)


Brando: I got the coils off ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=320254992863

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

good work son that thing used to be a hack job. now its time to pretty up the hatch and doors

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

If anything I need to gut the hatch and replace the interior door panels.


I can not believe how heavy these fucking hatches are...

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

the hatch isnt heavy when your struts work

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Burn!

Get those bad boys and you'll be happy. www.machv.com is where I bought mine. No more bonking my melon for me!

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Went to work pulling the axles out to replace my axle seals in the tranny yesterday. As luck would have it, I pulled on the wrong part and ripped the boot on the drivers side axle. Ordered a new boot and I just went and got it.


Are the axle seals the only common place for dsm trannies to leak? Mine is completely dirty all over, and I have no idea where else the crap is coming from.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Spray wash it off or soak it in brake cleaner to get it semi clean and get rid of all the fluid and dirt around the seals then check for where its leaking.

Axle seals do tend to leak, the more times they are messed with, pulling the tranny in and out, replacing axles and such, the more they tend to leak.

Axle boots are simple to replace also, just rip the old one the rest of the way off, pull the clip holding the CV joint onto the axle and remove it. Clean everything up good, slide the new boot on, crimp the small band first, put the new packet of grease into the CV cup, slide on the axle, put clip back on, and tighten down the large band.

If you dont have the tool to crimp the bands, I do. Just let me know.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Alright, thanks. Go figure, the boot I got was for a 1.8 axle. So now I gotta wait untill Monday for the correct boot.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Same problem with the boot. Figured out I have a different driver's side axle. Here's a pic, can anyone help me figure out what it is? Once I figure out what axle it is I can get the correct boot and throw it back together.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...30-08_1918.jpg

I'm FWD too, so no intermediate shaft.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Did they give you the inner or outer boot?

Does the boot slide tight over the axle just not the CV cup?

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Thats the inner. Dsm axle cups are Y shaped, this one is circular.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

You are incorrect... Mine is round not Y shaped. The Y is internal for the CV joint.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Inside they are round, but on the passenger side axle on my Laser it is Y shaped, but the driver's side is not.

I'll take pics later today, I gotta work in an hour. I had them order the outer boot which is round on the inside and should work.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

I got the boot today and it fits. Going to slap it all together tomorrow, and enjoy my new Greddy weighted shift knob, and my new leather rear seats to match the fronts.

EDIT: I also am going to try a new replacement for the 5 mph crash beam because I'd rather have one. I got an Aluminum one off a Buick Lesabre from a friend at a body shop. It's pretty close, so we'll see tomorrow. It's about half the weight of the stocker, and the stocker is 32 lbs.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Well, after waiting over a month for my foot to heal, I took it out a couple days ago and realised I still got work to do.

I still have some small boost leaks. When I'm at 10-13 psi, I can rev out all the way to 7k. However, when I'm at 15 psi, she cuts out at 5k. I know I have a leak at the tb, and I also got a set of injector o-rings yesterday.

The next autocross is here in Winona, Aug. 16-17th. I plan to be there.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

I figured out my cutting out issue. Gapping the plugs out helped, but what really helped was re-wiring the fuel pump today. Pulls so much better and smoother all the way to 7k. Tomorrow I'm going to try gapping the plugs out to .28. They are at .25 right now.

Makes me really want a set of cams and a 16g.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

I use to have this stupid phantom knock issue ever since I got the car. Would only happen at part throttle in vaccum just cruising around. I would get crazy counts of knock that would max out what the ecu can read. Now it's slowly coming back more and more.

Is it my lifters? I can't believe this is happening, the flippin engine is only about 3k miles old.

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Calm down dustin you havnt even checked your base timing yet

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Took some pics tonight. Keeps getting colder, so I don't know how many times I will have it out due to my heater core leaking and unhooked. I also took a video of a 3rd gear pull, but that will take a while to upload.

Here's the pics:

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...icture_001.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...icture_002.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...icture_004.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...icture_003.jpg

Here's the shaky video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is6bCV-CKQg

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

How's the weighted knob treating ya?

Re: Getting the Laser ready for AutoX
 

Awesome, although you couldn't tell from the video. I just don't trust my knee without power steering.