Street Build: Eclipse GSX '91, only one in Croatia (lots of pictures)

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Let me introduce my Eclipse.

Short story how i got her
About 6 years ago the time has come to buy myself a car. In one occasion my friend gave me the opportunity to try a GS-T, the first generation of Eclipse. Then I said I need to have this car. About 6 months later my friend calls me and says that there is one GSX and asked if I wanted to buy it because it is the only one in Croatia. The owner was an older guy who was giving the car all of the care that she needs. Then I said this car has to be mine. Since that time, I am still driving the Eclipse and I will never sell it.
When I bought it it had 107 000 miles. Full stock.
I must mention that this is the only copy of GSX in my country. There are 1G, but they are all N / A.

Here's mods i done so far:

Engine:
Magnecor 8.5mm Sparkplug wires
Palm Pocket Logger
Turbo timer
A/C delete
3'' Custom downpipe exhaust
Cat delete
Perrin MBC
Dejon Intake pipe
K&N Air Filter
FMIC with custom 2.5'' piping
Synapse Synchronic BOV
2G TB Elbow


Interior:
Racetech Mechanical Boost Gauge
Swapped black interior.

Exterior:
H4 Bi-Xenon
H3 Xenon foglights

Suspension/Brakes/Drivetrain:
D2 Racing Coilovers
Front and Rear Strut Tower Bars
EVO Front 2 piston brake calipers
XTD Stage 3 Clutch Kit


Wheels:
Sparco Drift 17'' 8J ET 48
Good Year Eagle F1 Asymetric 215/45 R17

So here's pics few days after i bought her













More pics in few moments...





This is old pictures

Embedded with XTD Stage 3 Clutch and flywheel. I have it on car about 5 years and so far no problem.
Soon i will have to replace clutch.

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End of clutch, just on time




OEM Flywheel


Old vs new

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New vs. Old








Installed front and rear struts





Little interior view

Changed the skin, put the skin with a red thread.

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Tinted winows









Here's new interior color. Swaped from another Eclipse.





Big Brake Upgrade.
Evo 3, 2 pistons calipers


New disc

Before

After


Evo 3, 2 pistons caliper vs. stock one piston.







New wheels finaly.

Sparco drift 17'' 5x114,3. ET 48.

and tire GY Eagle F1 Asymetric 215/45 R17


Put the red tape...


Installed new mechanical boost gauge. I like oldschool style. Still 2 more to come

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Put new 3'' Custom made exhaust from turbo to the end.
Cat delete.















The sound is amazing, and car go much better now.

FMIC install on Eclipse.
FMIC came from Van Iveco Turbo Daily II

It was necessary to make small modifications...

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Bad look



Extra parts



Final Product, custom made pipes




The pipes are bent to fit


Adjusment




Drilling holes for the bov


Made 2 flanges, one for the BOV and other to housing Turbo




Polished pipe








Threaded flange for the BOV that does not need to use nut.

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In meantime...

Valve cover polishing

Before...



After...












Mounting FMIC pipes on car

Dejon intake pipe



Placed elbow of 2G clips. Here you see the difference 2g vs. 1g
















Little exhaust manifold upgrade.

Stock Exhaust manifold was full of cracks.

New exhaust manifold.





Synapse synchronic bov and oil catch can.

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New rims on car












D2 Racing Coilovers...

The difference in driving is amazing. Now car holds lika train in rail





Stock Vs. D2



Before


After


Magnecor spark cables and transparent Cam cover installed.





Polished spark plug cover.


Headlights H4 Bi-Xenon 6000k(Hi-Low beam)
Xenon H3 6000K in foglights.



Perrin MBC

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Here is newest pic of engine...

Another before:



and new, after...


And small photo session by me

[noavgjoe]

Very Nice! You ought to be proud!

[gofer]

Great job Ivan.

[TheBlizz]

Looks great. Love the exhaust and intercooler piping! Very clean.

[Exxxel]

Great job! Hope to meet sometime!

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Thanks guys

Originally Posted by Exxxel

Great job! Hope to meet sometime!

Ohoho, we are neighbors. I hope so too

[ys0blupandab3ar]

Sweet car man cleaned it up nice!

[Marceldsm]

Very nice

P.S PLEASE RECIRCULATE YOUR BLOW OFF

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2 Marceldsm:

Why? Car is running fine.

Tell me more why is recirulation better.

Thank You.

[iugrad92turbo]

Sweet build just picked up another dsm awd, got some plans for her looking great in croatia.

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Nothing special but to rise up the power a little bit more.

My plan is Bigger turbo, EVO III 16G, bigger injectors, Walbro fuel pump, and balance shaft elimination, dsm link or megasquirt.

[danielsl1999gsx]

Wow, thats a pretty awesome story that came with the car. Glad to see you representing the DSM community over seas!

[FlashBack-Cro]

I am so proud. But the only thing bothering me is that there are no parts for Eclipse.
The only thing we can do is to order online.

[GRAVEDIGGER]

What an amazing transformation! It looks great! What were the steps you took to polish the valve cover? It turned out great and really sets off the engine bay now.

[necrotopsy]

reticulation is needed on the 4g63 because the stock MAF/ECU is looking for the little bit of extra air that is put back into the intake after you're BOV goes off. When it's not recirculated, that little bit of air goes into the atmosphere instead of back into the engine. This causes a brief spurt of running rich, and other problems that can all be fixed by a short piece of rubber piping.

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Originally Posted by GRAVEDIGGER

What were the steps you took to polish the valve cover? It turned out great and really sets off the engine bay now.

First I removed the OEM color from the valve cover using the acid which is here called'''' desolate.
Then I started with 360 grit sandpaper, and later to 2000.
In the end I used paste for polishing aluminum. I hope that u understand this. My english is not so good.

Originally Posted by necrotopsy

reticulation is needed on the 4g63 because the stock MAF/ECU is looking for the little bit of extra air that is put back into the intake after you're BOV goes off. When it's not recirculated, that little bit of air goes into the atmosphere instead of back into the engine. This causes a brief spurt of running rich, and other problems that can all be fixed by a short piece of rubber piping.

I see. Thanks for the info. I can smell a litle of fuel between shifting gears.

[GRAVEDIGGER]

Originally Posted by FlashBack-Cro

First I removed the OEM color from the valve cover using the acid which is here called'''' desolate.
Then I started with 360 grit sandpaper, and later to 2000.
In the end I used paste for polishing aluminum. I hope that u understand this. My english is not so good.

I understand completely. Thank you for your reply my friend.

[OOO_ROB]

Very very nice work! Any video clips of the exhaust debating to get a straight pipe done.

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Here's exhaus sound, it was strong wind outside so sound on camera is not so good.



here also you can hear exhaust and my girlfriend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib1TwVw5Xx4

[OOO_ROB]

Sickkk!!!

[Marceldsm]

Originally Posted by FlashBack-Cro

2 Marceldsm:

Why? Car is running fine.

Tell me more why is recirulation better.

Thank You.

First of Nice Dsm, honestly

you have a MAF youR ECU dosent Know your venting , your running rich between shifts and sometimes your car might even stall

[zcoh2gdsm]

your car just became my new desktop picture. im not typically a fan of 1g's but this is one of the cleanest i've seen.

[an orange crayon]

crazy i saw this car on google and was like wow B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L. I set this as my wall paper and has been for awhile then just found it on here, crazy!