Yep..another one.

Constant_Project21 · 08-26-2009

SO yea I thought I was gonna stay away from dsm's for a while, but just couldnt pass up buying a car, that I've been wanting for a year now. Im bored, so why not shout out what I got. Pics will come tomorrow, after it gets shined up.

Its a 1992 Eclipse GSX, 5 spd. Went and picked it up today from John here on mitsustyle. It's white, with black top, and 17 inch gunmetal rims. Black cloth interior, and what I believe to be a factory moonrooof! Got some stuff in it, nothing crazy, just a simple set up. Heres the mod list-
act 2600
recently rebuilt tranny
b16g
SAFC
FMIC
660s
walbro 255 rewired
battery in trunk
Blitz BOV
Ported 2g Exh mani
Ported 2g O2 housing
Full N1 exhaust 3" turbo back, no cats
boost gauge and MBC
Intake manifold spacer plate
17" gunmetal rims with good rubber
2g mas w/intake

Thats just copied from the pm, so Im sure theres stuff here and there. Deal with it, is that it needs a new ebrake assembly, and its got a leaky oil filter housing, nothing big. Plans for the next couple days are to give it some fresh brakes, have the guys at primo powdercoat and shave the valve cover, install fans that are not in there, and have a set of hks 264's that will be going in. All in all, Im very happy with the set-up, and im sure it will be some fun.

slowbubblecar · 08-26-2009

If I remember correctly, I think it has a full Apexi N1 exhaust on there instead of the Bushur one. Should be easy to figure out by looking at the exhaust to see if it is a bluish purple color. The car also has a fairly new (low mile) ACT 2600. I bought the car from someone a few years ago and all it had done to it at the time was the exhaust, the 2600 and a recently rebuilt tranny. It had a few issues and I have not actually even driven the car. I had most of the aftermarket crap just sitting here and decided to throw it on the car as I already had it. I also pulled the head, put in arps, a new copper sprayed hg and did some other maintenance stuff before trading it away.

He probably could have made more selling the parts off the car instead of selling it to you, but he just wanted to get rid of it.

**goodhart** · 08-26-2009

Get some pics up!!

Constant_Project21 · 08-26-2009

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Originally Posted by slowbubblecar

If I remember correctly, I think it has a full Apexi N1 exhaust on there instead of the Bushur one. Should be easy to figure out by looking at the exhaust to see if it is a bluish purple color. The car also has a fairly new (low mile) ACT 2600. I bought the car from someone a few years ago and all it had done to it at the time was the exhaust, the 2600 and a recently rebuilt tranny. It had a few issues and I have not actually even driven the car. I had most of the aftermarket crap just sitting here and decided to throw it on the car as I already had it. I also pulled the head, put in arps, a new copper sprayed hg and did some other maintenance stuff before trading it away.

He probably could have made more selling the parts off the car instead of selling it to you, but he just wanted to get rid of it.

Yea I did notice that it was an N1 after looking at it closer. He did mention the rebuilt tranny and the 2600 now that I think about it. Im ordering up the brakes today, and will start tearing it down soon. Ill take some pics before I rip it apart, gave it a MUCH needed bath last night just for fun...haha

john · 08-26-2009

Oh and I think I remeber putting in a 2g MAS when it was my friends car. You can check by what MAS is on there. I soldered the plug and crap on so you couldn't tell by the wiring.

Constant_Project21 · 08-26-2009

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Originally Posted by john

Oh and I think I remeber putting in a 2g MAS when it was my friends car. You can check by what MAS is on there. I soldered the plug and crap on so you couldn't tell by the wiring.

Yep, has an intake to go along with it..yet another thing to the mod list haha.

john · 08-26-2009

Hard to say as most of the stuff was done as my friends car a while ago. I remember soldering the MAS stuff on for him. He was a mechanic and kept it in pretty good shape. His work did the tranny and QPR did the valve seals, EGR blockoff, and intake mani spacer. Reason it didn't have the headliner was because james got one at a junk yard and it was one without the dam sunroof...

Constant_Project21 · 08-26-2009

Yea I tracked a headliner down, waiting for the guy to get back to me. Need to clean out the drain offs for the moonroof, it was dripping a bit last night.

Constant_Project21 · 08-30-2009

A little update, sorry I'm being slow on pics, havnt been near my computer in the past couple days. Worked on the car all day yesterday. Swapped oil filter housings, installed the hks 264's, swapped some eibach springs onto some struts, redid the timing, and started her up. Ran good, cams lope nicely, but the leak wasn't from the housing. Gasket where the oil pump is, seems to be bad, so it's leaking a whole lot. Just gonna pull the motor and do all the seals while I'm at it.

viridionplague · 08-30-2009

its to bad, i enjoyed seeing the progress on the maroon one you got from me, oh well, glad to see your making progress, get some more pics up

john · 09-01-2009

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Originally Posted by Constant_Project21

A little update, sorry I'm being slow on pics, havnt been near my computer in the past couple days. Worked on the car all day yesterday. Swapped oil filter housings, installed the hks 264's, swapped some eibach springs onto some struts, redid the timing, and started her up. Ran good, cams lope nicely, but the leak wasn't from the housing. Gasket where the oil pump is, seems to be bad, so it's leaking a whole lot. Just gonna pull the motor and do all the seals while I'm at it.

hmmm.... Sorry to hear that. It drove great prior to resting, large turbo install, large turbo removal, and sitting... Maybe it was something to do with sitting there??? Hope you didn't buy the oil filter housing as I should have another and a front case or two if needed.

It would be nice to see what the car looks like clean

Haven't seen that in a couple of years. LMK if you need any motor parts.

john · 09-01-2009

If I get time tonight I may be able to post some dirty pics. Don't have many though.

Nartanian · 09-01-2009

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Originally Posted by john

If I get time tonight I may be able to post some dirty pics. Don't have many though.

Dirty...Pics...

Constant_Project21 · 09-01-2009

^^haha. Nah john I had a spare housing lying around. I'm guessing that rather large gasket just got old and failed. I have some pics just haven't gotten around to putting them up. Gonna take new ones once I have the eibachs put in and once I get around to waxxing it. That might be a little while, so I'll try and get some up tomorrow.

Oh and cut out that front piece inside the bumper, the white line piece in front of the fmic. And cut and fitted the bumper support, looks good now.

john · 09-02-2009

Cool. If I ever had the time I would have thrown the support on and definitly got rid of the center. I didn't remeber the bumper sagging until I took the dirty pics. I know my car didn't look like that, maybe I had a larger FMIC or it was placed higher to support it better. IDK, I will have to check swifty's car next time I see it.

Constant_Project21 · 09-02-2009

Yea it looks a lot better. Here are some pics I took the day after I bought it, after a quick wash. Ill get current ones up, but figure I'd at least get some up.

Constant_Project21 · 09-02-2009

The bumper no longer sags as much, since I installed the bumper support. Ill try and snap some pics today when Im working on it.

Forced Fed · 09-02-2009

Was it an option or something for the 2gb to come with the more aggressive side skirts and front bumper? I don't think I have ever seen a GSX with that front bumper and those side skirts.

Constant_Project21 · 09-02-2009

That's factory gsx I believe. The talon 1gb came with a twist style side skirt, and a 3 hole front bumper. Most people cut the white piece out of the front (like I did). If you look at goatblowers gsx he has the same sideskirts.

Forced Fed · 09-02-2009

I see, looks really clean though! Nice pick up, doesn't appear to have any rust which is getting harder and harder to find in MN. Plus I love when any DSM has the black painted top, I'm jealous!