07-11-2013
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Mitsus for days!
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WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
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07-11-2013
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Mitsus for days!
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
Back story, continued
Right away I noticed a problem; the car was running "odd". It barely made it to the gas station. I blamed the 4-6+ year old gas. If I remember correctly, my dad said the last time it was registered was 2006! That is some old, nasty ass gas! I filled it and it still went through a lot of gas. Then it threw an CEL.
After a long search it turned out to be this little bastard.
The "gas filter" as it is called by Mitsubishi and Toyota was broke. This connected inline from the intake manifold to the MAP sensor. I bought a new one from Toyota for around $36 shipped.
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07-11-2013
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Mitsus for days!
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
Now
After nearly doing only God knows what to the engine by POURING gas into the little 4g15, I decided to start collecting some 4g63t swap parts....5-6 months later I started buying parts! In the mean time I have just kept on driving the Colt! She's slow as all hell but it is a car!
6/15/2013
I picked up this Spyder for the swap. It had a 2g transmission, axles, a full engine, ECU, engine wiring harness (not to mention all the left-overs could be used on my GS-T!): it was perfect!
From just the looks the engine seemed to be clean. I don't even know how many miles are on it. I never even bothered to check the cluster. From the looks of it though, this engine may not be original to this car. That's not a problem with me though. It's still the revised 7 bolt.
I tore the head off to changed the valve springs and grind the valves while I was at it. I was not pleased with the amount of high temp orange RTV I found throughout the head..
After a few runs through the cleaning/baking machine fixed that though, thankfully!
Last edited by DSMINMN; 07-11-2013 at 02:36 AM..
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07-11-2013
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Mitsus for days!
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
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07-11-2013
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
How deap did you go on the oil port job, also from the base to the tip did you just taper it.
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07-11-2013
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flips McGee
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
I vote RWD conversion on this one...it'll already be a mess in the snow, might as well have some real fun?
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07-11-2013
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Crash Course Racing
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
Buy Mai Camber plates!
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07-11-2013
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Mitsus for days!
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
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Originally Posted by blesi660r
How deap did you go on the oil port job, also from the base to the tip did you just taper it.
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I do not know exactly how deep I went. lol
If I had a caliper to measure I would. I have to wait until I get to school before I can buy one though. I know I started with a carbide bit which was a HUGE mistake. Never do that. Grinding stones for a dremel did the trick. I also polished it a bit.
Check out Jafromobile's video on it. He gets far more precise than I could at the moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T97R...e_gdata_player
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I vote RWD conversion on thisthis one...it'll already be a mess in the snow, might as well have some real fun?
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As fun as that sounds, I'm going to cover this problem by buying a truck. I've already test drove a '00 24 Valve Cummins. From what I've learned though, I am going with a '94-'98.5 12 Valve. Just a little something to help get around and maybe move some of the cars around too.
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aka Goodbye
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
Those black pits are mostly likely casting material flaws, shouldn't be any big deal. A little copper spray on a MLS gasket or a regular composite gasket will easily absorb that. Don't be tempted to smooth it with a belt sander.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
Thanks for the link awsome build fyi
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Transmission destroyer
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
Yea, that Jafromobile video is what I was going to recommend in the other thread. Guy makes some awesome how-to videos.
Good choice on the 12 valve also.
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Mitsus for days!
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
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Buy Mai Camber plates!
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Say whaaaaat?!
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Originally Posted by Goat Blower
Those black pits are mostly likely casting material flaws, shouldn't be any big deal. A little copper spray on a MLS gasket or a regular composite gasket will easily absorb that. Don't be tempted to smooth it with a belt sander.
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That's what I was figuring. I was just a tad concerned as I do not remember seeing them before. That's probably because of the resurface though. A FELPRO composite HG w/copper spray will suffice for this build.
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Thanks for the link awsome build fyi
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Not a problem! Thank you as well.
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Mitsus for days!
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
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Originally Posted by goodhart
Yea, that Jafromobile video is what I was going to recommend in the other thread. Guy makes some awesome how-to videos.
Good choice on the 12 valve also.
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Oh yeah, "Jafro." (IMO) has the best DSM/CSM/4g63 videos..at least on YouTube. I always love seeing new videos from him.
Yeah, after test driving a 2000 24 valve and having it die on the way back to the dealership kind of got a...bad taste left from them. That and the whole block casting issues. Oh, the mechanic working on it thinks it's a lift pump too, surprise surprise.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
holy jack pot on how-to's lol thanks again, opend my eyes to a few things i will address on my current build
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07-11-2013
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aka Goodbye
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
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Originally Posted by DSMINMN
A FELPRO composite HG w/copper spray will suffice for this build.
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Whoa, no need for copper spray on a composite gasket.
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Mitsus for days!
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
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Originally Posted by Goat Blower
Whoa, no need for copper spray on a composite gasket.
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I suppose.
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07-12-2013
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Mitsus for days!
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
I painted the block about a week or so ago and I thought it turned out alright. The paint definitely could have been a lighter shade of purple but that's okay.
Yesterday I was at our shop and noticed it was sunny out. I pulled the short-block out of the corner and rolled it into the light. Again, not exactly what I was wanting but it'll do.
There isn't enough metallic flake for my tastes, but the paint it also to blame for being so damn dark. I'm thinking it'll look fine though. I would post a current picture of the car's engine bay but after a winter of not cleaning it and a trip down a few minimum maintenance roads has got it looking...well, it has seen it's fair share of better days.
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07-21-2013
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09-25-2013
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
UPDATE
Welp, my dumb ass hauled this bitch (the engine) to school. So now; the crank is coming out and getting polished, I'm replacing all of the bearings, getting new piston rings...pretty much an entire rebuild.
I (of course), forgot to take pictures. As of right now the pistons/rods are out and the front case/oil pump is off. Since I started working, I am hoping to start buying parts maybe next month..? Little by little of course.
I've still got no idea when I'll be attempting the swap. I've made friends with a Honduh kid here at school and he's offered to let me use his own shop (yes, he's got his own shop), to do the swap. I may have to take him up on that.
Anyway, I'll stop spewing off. Stay tuned for pictures and/or updates!
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10-10-2013
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Mitsus for days!
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Re: WHITE POW'R! - Winter beater turned....?
AWD swap, opinions?
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