91 Galant VR4 #597 Project redemption
 

This is my new Galant VR4 I picked up last week to get up and running as my new daily. It needs a turbo and the wiring fixed. Along with a hand full of other odds and ends. Tonight I fixed up the engine bay harness that was shortened by someone and when I did get the car home it would not start or run, but now it starts.

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Its the green on the other side of the race car.

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Its kind of weird to see them next to each other.

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The turbo is bad, so I will be swapping that out starting tonight. And I am putting power steering back in the car, well the pump was never removed but the AWS was taken out, so I just need to cap the lines going to the back of the car.

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Stock, not much to see here

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I looked in the car today and found the factory limited edition key chain.

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Some body messed with the engine bay harness a little to much.

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They were doing it wrong.

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I have a Eprom ECU I will use to tune the car. I am going to put the china evo 3 16g on the car and getting it driving around, then I will put some work into swapping on the mutt level 1 I put on the moon taxi, back in the day, and supporting mods to make a fun daily.

It also has the cyclone dual runner manifold on it now, I will do some thinking on if I can make it work like it should, that would help power under the curve a lot, something the moon taxi has none of, could be fun.

It also has a 4 bolt rear end and a 5 lug swap and a small FMIC with some OK piping. We will see how this comes together in the next week or so.

~John

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seems like everyones getting a galant these days

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How'd you get it running? JUST curious.

ps: Where do you find all this motivation?

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If you look at the pic of the engine bay with the wirering all layer out I cut out every spot you see red shrink tube as they were soldered together there. A few wires for the coil and transistor pack broke as I was stripping the e tape off. So I figure there were a few connections that were not good.

And as for motivation, I am not sure.

~John

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so is the HG blown?

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Yay for belize green! Looks like a decent pick-up for a daily. Glad to see it in good hands. :)

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lol. Nice work JDM.

It will be pimp having 2 GVR4s

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Wow nice work rescuing that thing!

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I do not know about the hg yet. I will get the turbo swap done then let it warm up all the way.

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Whoah sweet! Looks like a good car, if anyone can get this thing back roadworthy you are the man! Good luck and keep us updated!

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very nice

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I will up date later with more pics and the long list I went threw to make this thing a good DD. kind of funny when I towed it home we had snow, and my test drive tomorrow will be in fresh snow. But the hole time working on it, we had no snow.

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Looks cool John are you going to put a trailer hitch on the DD to tow the race car to the track?

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Yes I should.

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So the long block ended up being just fine then? No HG issues?

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I will fully warm up the car today and drive it around the block. I will know for sure then.

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So I drove it around a little tonight. The CAS stopped working after it was warmed up, so I swapped that out. There might be a lower end knock on #2 I will put a few more miles on it to see what else I will need to fix. And order some bearings I guess.

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updates?

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Time for a small update.

Long story short the motor was junk, rod knock and leaks all over, a lot of blow by shot rings and valve seals. The clutch slipped and just about everything bangs or rattles.

So it now has the backup motor, twin disk, and ems from the race car in it.

At wg pressure with a 16g we are at 210hp/220tq.

There will be some changes and a small list of things to make it a good DD.

I will run the 16g till it lets go then a bigger turbo and upgrade the fuel and IC setup.

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Just like a Boss ! ha

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Well shitty about the motor, but nice u got it up and running.

U just gonna move the AEM between cars then?

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No, lucky for me I have 2 aems.

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:ring:

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Sweeet :D Did you actually dyno it or just guess? Cool that she's up and running!

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Virtual dyno for street tuning.
1.00 correction, it is a start.

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Yes mass vs acceleration, with engine rpm, tire size, and gear ratio it should be darn near as spot on to a dynojet. It might make the spring dyno day to confirm.

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I have put 600 miles on the car. The turbo is just about toast so I will be installing a mutt level 1 turbo and some 760cc injectors I picked up. I am also going to swap in a spec stage 3 clutch or similar and a set of stock cams.

Also a set of tires and better suspension will make it a better driving car.

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I did get 1100 miles on the car.

But now the knock off 16g is shot, it does not make much boost anymore. And with the race car needing a few things back to get up and running I picked up a Spec stage 3 clutch, Evo 8 FMIC, and I will swap the cams, cam gears for stock units, and pull the shims out of the valve springs.

And I want to pick up a set of stock 2g wheels or something for the car, right now I am borrowing a set of rims and tires from a friend.

So the goal for the car is better drive ability, better MPG, and less bangs/rattles, and hook up the power steering again.

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I agree with all of those goals!

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Time for a small update.

I have finally made progress on this thing. Its up and running with the MUTT 1 turbo, 17psi on pump gas with the back up race motor, spec stage 3 clutch, winebro FP, AEM EMS vs 2, etc.

I figure its making about 260ish AWHP and has been a decent DD for 2000miles.

My next plans are install EBC, put the PS back in, buy a set of wheels for my 15" drag radials for summer use, and I might even track down AC parts.

I also installed a babe seat car base if I need to haul little Liana anywhere I am set to do so.

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~John