Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

You check your spark plugs? That exhaust wheel is toast.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

And here is some more carnage I found. Something went though my bep exhaust housing also. By the position I'm thinking it was part of a fin.

Since I had the radiator out i decided to do this mod also to see if it helped the coolant temps. And I'm also hoping that this mod may allow a the 2nd stock fan to go back in. But won't know till I mount the turbo and everything back in (hope to put it together tomorrow before the superbowl)

http://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/get...-could.436945/

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Well pulled the plugs. The looked like they needed to be changed even though they have less then 1000 miles on them.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

So if it wasn't your plugs that killed your turbo, what was it?
Have you done a compression test to verify no valves are bent? If solid compression then maybe your turbo self destructed, if valves bent then prob something went through the motor. I had some rocks go through my motor and take out valves, pistons, and one turbo last year. Hopefully your motor is good.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

I'll do a compression check hopefully before the weekend.

I'm taking my 02 housing to work, in the hopes I'll find someone who can weld it for me.
I also sent Justin from tuners a pm to see what he thinks about the turbo and if it's even salvageable/worth rebuilding.

Part of me thinks this is a sign. I'd been on the fence on which turbo to run for road racing anyways. Guess now I don't have to make the choice lol.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Well pulled the valve cover off to see if I could find any carnage in there. But actually everything looks in great shape.

Since I have some time before my 02housing is ready. I had a guy at work shave the lettering off valve cover.
So far I'm at 400grit sand paper

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Well tax money is in ordered new parts.

- road race FEAL 441 kit today with dust covers
-Paul Volk LCA and rear toe arms, custom provisions to be able to mount my porsche brake ducts.
-adjustable rear wishbones.

Also will be sending my rims off to be repaired (curb rash and what not removed) still debating on going with RPF1 18x10.5 but not sure if I want to run a spacer as I don't have any way to modify my suspension yet to clear them.

Edit: Feal Suspension and bobby's adjustable wishbone came in

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Few updates:
Received my torque solutions 12mm exhaust mounts. And they are really beefy. They have almost no flex in them what so every and look twice as thick as the stock rubber hangars.
Also received parts to make new all black 12an oil drain. The one I made out of braided line was just to rigid and a royal pain in the ass to get into place. The braided black line stuff is much more flexible.

Also recieved my tracking info for my feal 441 road race Suspension will be here on the 12th.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Need hood pin advice. Wife ordered me the carbonetics hood and rear diffuser for my 40th birthday coming up next month in fiberglass as I plan to paint them.(pictures for example)

I want to go with aerocatch locking hoodpins. But which style.
120-2100
125-2100

I've looked at the Web and most people run the 120-2100
Including Andrew Brilliant and john fruend.

But figured they probably got there prior to the 125-2100.

However ive also considered there might be a clamping/holding different between them

Anyrate chime in with info/knowledge

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

My aerocatch 120-2100 hood pins came in today. And upgraded to the steel pins after hearing a few people had there aluminum pins break

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Jusy a picture of the eclipse with the wife's jeep after she washed them.
My side skirt is off atm or it would be a perfect/new profile picture.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Ordered the bump steer kit from the group buy on tuners today.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Jay racing relocation kit...

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Looking good man! I'm looking forward to the pictures with the new parts on and the hood pins. Thanks for going with Aerocatch and not the cheap hood pins that turn to shit.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

I might have missed it, but did you get a new turbo installed/car running well again?

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Yep car is up and running. Back on my old hx35 that I HD sitting in the garage. Been DD for last 2 weeks (only because it's be awesome out and I want to drive it 90's)

Also more birthday presents came in today.

Got my RZ42 helmet that my brother recommended today.

Tried to talk my brother into coming 2 days early next week so we can go to the "CHIN" event at road atlanta with the eclipse. But he can't. (We're going to Atlanta to go camping with my family for my 40th right by the track. But I didn't realize how close it was till we had already make flight arrangements)

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Yep car is up and running. Back on my old hx35 that I HD sitting in the garage. Been DD for last 2 weeks (only because it's be awesome out and I want to drive it 90's)

Also more birthday presents came in today.

Got my RZ42 helmet that my brother recommended today with spare iridium lens

Tried to talk my brother into coming 2 days early next week so we can go to the "CHIN" event at road atlanta with the eclipse. But he can't. (We're going to Atlanta to go camping with my family for my 40th right by the track. But I didn't realize how close it was till we had already make flight arrangements)

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Well today I think I am officially going to call my car an original talon that was converted to an eclipse
I had a tail light bulb socket go out on my driverside that stopped the light from getting brighter when you press the brake pedal. So I asked Steve Miller to send me a pair from his yard. And he sent me a 2 pin. Set which didn't work. Long story short over past 2 days he's been checking his eclipses trying to find any that have a 3 pin light bulb socket. None did. He got in a 98 eagle talon. Checked it and it had a 3 pin light bulb socket.

You can see the 2 pin has the slot for the 3rd pin but it's just empty. And when you press the brake pedal with rhe the 2 pin version. The whole brake light shuts off

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

What does the VIN and title say? Looking at your original post, you say its a '97 GSX, but is that an Eagle logo I see on the steering wheel?

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Title states eclipse, car fax stated eclipse. But I'll admit I only my wife got the carfax to pull up at home. I never got to check the whole history of it before the time ran out on the report (just got busy and forgot about it, as it really doesn't matter for the most part, other then these little differences)

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

So after going to VIR for the UTCC /Hyperfest event with my son. Got the urge to get to working putting more stuff on the eclipse.
Yesterday I fabbed up the plate for my cut off switch on my break at work yesterday. And modified my gauge pod to hold the Moroso switch.

And don't worry about the gauges. They work fine, taking a picture of them though is like the old computer screens the camera catches them scrolling.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Pretty clean gauge setup, I dig it!

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

I keep jumping in this thread to see if the interior is white and yellow yet. :D

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

I had that flashback earlier today actually :lol:

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Ya so I spent the weekend changing interior - just for you guys lol

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

I still have 2 more gauges not pictured which I need to take a full cockpit photo at somepoint to show it all.

Interior will remain black. With the red highlights only being on the steering wheel and possibly soon to be driven race seats and driven harnesses.
They announced there was a new shipment of seats coming with a redesign now that momo owns the driven company. Where it's all black seats with just a driven logo and name.

I kind of liked the old style better - as the grey they had would have allowed me to not have to switch to the black dash. It would have matched the grey one.

They are FIA cert. But my issue... is me. I need to work out to get down to race weight so I fit into them lol. Or at least that's my hopeful motivation to loose weight.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Just a pict update

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Looking good!

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Looks awesome!

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Where are the NAWZZZZ buttons?

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Lol - it's a road race build. No NOS.

Friend at work made up some name stickers for me for free for my helmet.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Ordered up 2 new things today:
1)driven sfI gloves (match my steering wheel)
2)G-loc R16 brake pads front and R10 for the rears.

Per John Freund, UTCC winner with his GSX who was sponsored by carbotech but now G-Loc.
The owner of G-Loc. Is the founder of carbotech pads. He sold carbotech. But retained the allowance to still sell pads using the came compounds as the carbotech pads he created. So these are the same pads as carbotech only labeled now as G-loc.
http://www.g-locbrakes.com/products/brake-pads/search/

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

I thought that brake pad naming sounded awfully Carbotech-ish! Not sure about G-Loc, but everything Carbotech is holy overpriced. At first they had the C7 market cornered, but now that Powerstop has released pads at 1/3rd the price with similar street compounds their market share has become practically nil.

I just looked up G-Loc pricing and their C7 pad prices are better than Carbotech. I'll have to start pointing the guys interested in Carbotech this direction instead.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Meeting up with Alexii Coulter(1000whp 1g) tomorrow to buy some parts he had horded for a 2g he was going to build.

1)Split motorsports aluminum rear subframe bushings
2)Boston Hatcher rear diff mounts.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

The Boston hatcher kit is a nice set up.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Just happened that I put the car up on stands today to start my suspension install. When I noticed the rear diff bushings were in bad shape. Also found I need 2 new front tires. Found a nail in one. But both are down to the wire on the inside edge.
But what's weird is the entire tire looks perfectly straight across its just the rubber on the round edge that's has to be rubbing on something when it took them off it looked like there was plenty of room as they are only 235's. Need to look further into it as the tires actually had a lot of tread left otherwise.
Sad part is my mindset is well I wanted to upgrade to RPF1 18x9 (or 9.5) and RE71s.
So now may be the time. Hoping a 255 will fit. If not will have to do flares or fender roll.

What offsets should I look into +38 for that size I think is the recommendation?

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Well based off of my wheel setup I think +38 should be good. My wheels are only 8" wide but there is still room. I run a 245 tire and I know that I am not tucked in the wheel well at all but zero rubbing but you will be doing corners. My guess is it will work but it's going to be a very aggressive setup and you probably will be rolling fenders

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Did some work on the car today.
-got the rear suspension changed to the new FEAL 441's.
-Bobby Gould upper wishbones installed.

Will say the feal had me a bit confused. And I have no doubt I'll have to adjust each side once I get the car back on the ground to get the ride height set right.
Also took picts of the Boston Hatcher setup and aluminum subframe bushings.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Well bummer I hadn't heard anything from "driven" about my gloves that I ordered a week ago and the paypal had gone through.
Well recieved an email back that all products of "Driven" are out of stock and they'll be refunding my my money back. Looks like I'll have to find a different company for safety parts.

And still no word from carbonetics since they said my product was ready to ship 2 weeks ago and final payment was sent

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Picked up split motorsports rear diff bushings. For the back of the diff. Probably overkill with the Boston hatcher front dif braces. But they were cheap enough and local.