Autocross Build: budget 99 Gsx build

[eclipsalon]

I would love to see how you put the motor in with the tranny already in. post a link if you ever can?

[ed1380]

Took the front and rear roll stops out. Also the intermediate shaft. Lifted the transmission up and forward as much as possible (about 30°) and propped it up with a 2x4. Engine went it like usual. There was maybe 1/2" clearance between the block and frame rail.

Shame shame on whoever rigged up the j-pipe. It's in front of the intake.


While cutting off the flange I took some shrapnel to the face. Always wear safety glasses


But in the end it's worth it

[Bomalleygst]

I love the color of that valve cover. What color did you use?

[ed1380]

Flat black primer although ill be repainting it to semi gloss later on. There's dust trapped between the layers and I dropped a socket on it and chipped some paint off

[mattasi]

Originally Posted by eclipsalon

I would love to see how you put the motor in with the tranny already in. post a link if you ever can?

+2 on that haha... I always wondered how people do it. Anyways man things are looking great!

[johnovision27]

Keep the beer cold and the good times rollin! Looking great so far.
I should really start a blog on my 99 Spyder build... hmmmm.... Maybe tomorrow.

[ed1380]

Finally made noticeable progress!! Engine fired right up. Just got to set the timing and bleed the power steering and then I can drive it!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJLM_...e_gdata_player


Yes I was nervous and excited at the same time

[PrimerPLus]

Looks good

[ed1380]

Breaking it in tomorrow

[ed1380]

Doing first oil change now. 21 miles. The 2.3 is reaching 93% injector duty cycle at 11psi.

Its definitely a head turner lol

[ka24debt]

sick build!

[jtmcinder]

I wish I'd seen this sooner to mention this before you put the tranny back in: if you really dragged the car with the rear wheels on the ground (as in the third pic on the first page) and didn't drop the driveshaft, you'll need a new center VC.

[ed1380]

I did drop the driveshaft


Small update after literally not touching it for 2 months.
Poured the concrete in the shop monday, so now I have a clean place to paint it. Did emissions and tag today. Since I've started driving it after the wait, I've been hearing a tapping/knocking. It hasn't gotten louder after 20 miles, so I'm guessing it's a lifter. It just doesn't sound like rod knock.

Also installed an evo3 manifold and ditched the 14b. Evo3 16g now.

[ed1380]

Update on the ticking problem. I took the oil pan off just to make sure it's not the bearings, and everything checks out fine.

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So far it's hit 20-25 psi a couple times now, with the stock tune. I blame it on the crap mbc. Wideband reads 10.5 AFR.

I'm very impressed with the 2.3 and 16g. According to logs it hits 20psi at 4k with 53% throttle in 3rd, and that's with stock 2" cat.

[ed1380]

The past few months have been eventful.

The hood flew up destroying itself and the windshield, and the power steering rack sprung a leak at one of the fittings.



One of the bolts in the transmission backed out and rattled around inside. It also broke a shift fork, and I didn't know that until I took it apart 300 miles later.




There's still an occasional light ticking, but it runs great. Currently running 20psi at 11afr

Finished up the adapter harness for the evo8 ecu. 2 wires gets swapped for fuel pump, 2 get moved for the fans, and a couple removed for some misc stuff. If I had to do it again, I'd just swap the pins on the stock harness. It would be much faster and easier.

[952g63t]

What sort of benefits will you get with the ECU swap? Nice build btw.

[gixrman]

Having been doing the same slowly, as funds are available. I have until march for the DSMlink meet at Summit point to get it ready. 'd at the original pictures as those are the same rims im trying to unload now to get something auto-x worthy. Are you going to change the driver seat? five point harness, roll bar?

[urbansmoker1]

Were you using the stock latch and was it properly adjusted when your hood flew up? Which cf hood was that? I havent had any problems with my vis on the stock latch at 125+ mph

[born2tune]

My carbon hood flew up and it cracked a inner rib of the hood itself, kind of cracked the hood end corners and damaged my roof. it didnt affect the glass which was weird.
I ended up repairing it with fiberglass and im about to paint it black, good as new but no more carbon fiber look.

[urbansmoker1]

Same question to you^

[ed1380]

Got the last piece to finish my return line.

[NeedTalonNow]

wow, what a build.

[Doubleot]

Digging this build. Keep up the good work!

[born2tune]

keep you the build!

Originally Posted by urbansmoker1

Same question to you^

and in my case I didnt even latch it I just layed it down and forgot to push it in completely/at all. 100% driver error on my behalf, ohwell.

[ed1380]

Thanks for the kind word. Helps keep the motivation up.

The hood was my fault. I didn't latch it down all the way.


Here's what I managed to get done today. Drove 1.5hours to summit for one damn fitting, but it's worth it.
Now to put on the compressor cover and change the VC gasket.

Hx35 with no cover - YouTube

[dsmeric69]

nice build. looks good. i think i remember seeing this on craigslist when i lived in gwinnett lol

[P3Kans DSM]

This builds really coming along nicely. I like that oil return bung for the holset, I was debating on gettin one made similar or just buying an extra oil pan and gettin the -12 welded on myself.

[ed1380]

I went this way so I could go back to my 16g if I ever wanted. And fitting a tig torch between the bung and lip on the oil pan would be a major pain.