Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Well first real test for the new radiator and now enclosed stock fan.

Temps outside were saying 101 at the bank. Car ran mostly at 196-200 thr whole way to work with momentary temps at 193 as well as 203.

When I pulled into the parking lot at work after all the speed bumps when I finally parked temps showed 210 i sat with the car idling for two minites to see if they go up but sat at 210.

Any rate for the outside temp im happy with what I was seeing. Normally anything over 95 outsode car would always sit at 216-229.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Id take that on a 100* day, sounds like its working fairly well, good job. I think in link you can adjust the temp the fans kick on on 2Gs as well if you wanted, but either way those temps seem decent as is.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Sorry I should have posted it earlier but since just before my first coolant flush/change I have had the fan running at all times via link.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

No reason to let the fan run all the time. Glad to hear your temps have become more stable!

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

At high speed, would a fan that is on acutally be a hinderance to air just trying to flow right through?

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

It shouldn't be, if anything, high pressure air might push the fan speed higher. I can't see it being a restriction.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Well did a test today on my way into work.

1st half of my 22mile trip I turned my fans so they run normally when needed. Temps stayed at 210.

At the half way point switched the fans to always on. And temps immediately dropped to 193 and stayed there the whole trip till I hit the parking lot where they went up to 203.

Outside temps said 95 today just for comparison

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Also had my first roll race. I was stuck behind a car doing 45 in a 75-85mph and I saw a white 300 coming up in the rear view. (There are only 4 passing zones the entire trip)
So my first chance I passed and the 300 immediately passed as well amd then tail gated the he'll out of me. Hes slow down then speed up on his third time. I accelerated amd he tried to stay with me

Input about 4 cars on him before letting off somewhere in the top of 4th.

The next passing zone he pulls up next to me give me the thumbs up amd then.continues to pass me.

On the back of his car it said Hemi, and he had some kind of aftermarket exhausts it wasn loud

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Well today got back from VIR chump race early so decided to clean my fuel filter and swap out my isc and tps sensors.

For starters first thing I noticed after taking the I/C piping off was my positive wire from the battery (relocated to the back) and I always wondered if maybe there was a loose connection. And its all hooked up to the starter and I was easily able to move the wires back and forth. I tried tightening them but they still moved. After putting on a washer and a locking washer I tried again. They tightened only I then noticed its not the wires moving but the piece they are attached to? Any idea why it swivels? I believe that is the voltage regulator its attached to. (Small round cylinder looking thing)

I attempted the free fiav mod but after taking it all apart it haf already been done. Any ill effects from going with a block off plate? (It 2) would be just to clean up the engine bay a bit)

Next I swapped out the tps sensor and noticed that the one on the car only had 3 prongs. The new one j has 4. The plug has 4 wires so I went ahead and swapped the sensor.

After that I did the isc. The old one was just filthy and when you moved it. It was easily turned.

The new one feels like it has more tension on it.

Went for a quick drive to get gas and should have done a boost leak test but forgot. Will do that tomorrow before work.

The new isc started out reading high (2turns out from close it was reading 86%)
But idled great and bov would close perfectly after rev by hand...old one read 36 when o t was set that way) any rate after the drive to the gas station isc was reading 44 when idling)
however tps even after doing the tps adjust on link. 0-100% it was still fluctuating between 0-1% at idle and when it would go to 1% idle would be high so tomorrow will be back at it. And Will be doing my BLT.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

The fiav I usually block off, but keep the ISC for sure if you want to retain a decent idle.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Well little more work done to the car today. The windshield wipers were getting rusty from all the rain we've had this month (seems like every day for the past month)
I took a wire brush and took all the rust /paint all the way down to the metal, and then painted first with flat black rustoleum. Looked a little to dull for me so I then used gloss black rustoleum. They are still drying in my garage so I haven't seen the final product as I had to leave for work. I also painted the little caps as well. As the previous owner had gotten red on them by accident so they looked bad.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Nice progress! I repainted my 1G wiper arms too, really made the car look better. I also repainted the plastic trim underneath the wipers.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

that will probably be next as he spilled red paint on it also when he painted the car. Hopefully tomorrow or Sunday if the weather holds.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

FYi any time you spray bare metal you should use an acid etch primer to prevent rust in the future. Rustoleum has it in cans.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

well went back and painted the wiper cowling using the same "gloss black as the wiper arms".
Like posted above, it was sun faded, and had red paint spilled on it by previous owner... turned out great now i just need to get new wiper blades as they are faded and now stand out.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

its funny for being a $25/gallon rustoleum painted car it sure does shine in the pictures and that was before I washed it lol.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Wipers and cowl look good, really cleans up the look. How are the sills along the windows? If they faded/cracking, you can get new ones for pretty cheap from the dealership.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Looks good.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

pretty much all of the rubber is cracked or in rough shape. When I have the car painted come tax returns, I plan to have all the rubber, etc replaced.

I've also fixed or bought all the missing interior plastic pieces already, I just need a new passengerside airbag, and then leather seats.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

I think I only paid around $40 for the pair of new window sills from the dealership.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

LOL @ socket set on roof!!!

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Learned from experience to always keep a good set of tools with you if you drive a dsm lol.

He'll my old car you could here in the video of my 11.7 run my.jack, jack stands, extensions, prybar, full tool set to name a few items all raddaling around lol

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

well did some more work today on the car. As I had the weekend off.

I stripped a lot of the brackets and repainted them, along with the hood prop, as well as polished up the letters on the valve cover and the FP intake.

I really wanted to do the brake and clutch resiviour brackets but couldn't get the bolts off that clamp against them (the metal would twist but not budge the bolts)


Any rate here are picts.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

well got tired of my cold start issue, started digging in the garage and found a multi meter.

Since installing the new ISC I got shipped from what I call the dsm graveyard in NC as he has over 200 dsm up there. The ISC had been logging 100-120 at idle with the biss screw turned out 2 turns from close. Had horrible cold start issues which I thought was caused from the "free FIAV" mod I did.

Well checked the coils on my old ISC and all of them per https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KibYz21IMA0
all the coils came out perfect, so checked the new ISC that was on the car and turns out 2 of the coils are bad. Swapped ISC sensors, set the biss screw to 2 turns out.

started the car/logs - came in at 40 once car was warmed up, so minor turn of the biss screw and its now sitting at 30 with a perfect idle once again from cold - warm up. No longer have to hold the gas for a bit till it gets warm.

Next things on my list are injector cleaning and fuel filter replacement (I still get a random hickup once and a while after cleaning the filter... nothing like before which is good.
Between now reading that my injectors when running E85 are really prone to clogging with anything other then a 10 micron filter. I think its just best to get them cleaned (supposed to be done anyways every 3-4 months with E85 and there is no telling when the last time the previous owner had it done) and replace filter with a 10 micron one.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Run a few tankfuls of quality premium gasoline with high levels of detergent (Chevron, Shell, & BP) with a bottle of Chevron fuel injector cleaner additive and you'll be set.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

awesome will try that for sure. Thanks for the help.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Well was bored today and went out to the garage to find something to do, and here is what happened after another oil change, and coolant flush (wanted to clean up the thermostat housing).

Opinions? (i'd have to do more work, and find the correct pushpins to make it all permanent and line up right, along with paint but was curious what the talon door piece would look like as well as added the stock eclipse sideskirt, since the holes where already there, only part I didn't add was the plastic panels at the bottom of the door)

I'm not sure which way I like better:
1) way it was
2) complete 2g stock look
3) with eagle door pieces


edit: also side note for Kracka - I'm on my 2nd tank with Fuel injector cleaner, so far so good. (had 1 spell briefly during the first tank after a 1-4th gear pull but nothing since)

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

2gb eclipse front with 2gb eclipse sideskirt. 2gb talon with 2gb side strikes plus talon side skirts. No mix and matching between eclipse and talon. It looked great from factory and should stay that way.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

without door pieces

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Those door moldings look good as long as you have the matching Talon bumpers. Otherwise they look out of place.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Agreed. Eclipse OR Talon, not both.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Well small update:
I blew out the exhaust manifold to turbo gasket, and a while back the head to my biss screw crumbled to pieces.

So I went ahead and ordered a few things while I was at it in preparation for upcoming installs.
Today in the mail I recieved:
-new biss screw
-new biss cover cap
-black triple a-pillar pod
-remote oil sending pressure sending unit line
-the gasket I needed.

I will hopefully be ordering the aem oil pressure gauge here shortly. Been trying to find one used but so far its been nothing but unanswered emails or texts. Or already sold. Will update with picts tonight.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Well sunny day today, woke me up early and the little one was kind enough to sleep in, so since the wife went to the coffee shop I decided to head to the garage.

Installed:
-remote Oil pressure line
-AEM digital Oil pressure gauge (read 80psi cold start, then sat at 20psi warm idle)
-3 gauge A-pillar pod (was going to move my WB and Boost gauge but decided not too)

although the picture of the wire is before I ran it through the boot. It's actaully ran through the boot and through the same places as my AEM WB.

Am very happy to now have a working oil pressure gauge.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Is that an adapter on the oil filter housing? What kind? So many ports lol

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

The stock threads are BSP which is a very unusual size, so I would guess the first one is a BSP to NPT adapter, then a T-fitting from there for the gauge and turbo feed.

It's a little scary having your oil lines completely exposed on the bottom of the car like that. They look low, but I guess it's probably still above the oil pan.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

RTM racing sells BSP adapters if you need. I think autometer does too.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Please get that oil line mess cleaned up, that is just asking to be taken out by debris on the road. I'd be more comfortable w/o an oil pressure gauge that having that hanging low and vulnerable.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

That "T" fitting has been there since i bought the car.

All i had to do was unscrew the bad OEM sensor and put in the AEM one in its spot (using the remote line of course) I'd guess it is about 4-6" higher then the oil pan and down pipe.

But you never know something odd could swing up there and take that out. It would have to go through the oil filter first as the filter is about even with the bottom of the oil line, oil pressure sensor line.

Pictures are at a bad angle, I can take different ones if need be when I"m removing the turbo this weekend.

I do plan to do something about it come taxes. I plan to run and External Oil cooler and at that point I'll address the issue. I have thought about possibly running a Moroso Oil pan which I've read helps with the dsm oiling issue for Road racing cars. And the pan has ports for oil pressure, and Oil temps if I'm not mistaken (been a few months since I was looking at them)

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

IMO, take this opportunity to correct someone elses mistake. Just because it's higher than the lowest point doesn't mean it can't be hit. For example, Scheides had a crank pulley sheered off by a chunk of ice after it bounced off his oil filter. Those lines could easily get hooked by a rouge tree branch laying in the road.

Re: 1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.
 

Relocate that mess higher in the engine bay, it will be a lot safer.
I hate having that OFH there.