Battle_Born
Probationary Member
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- Aug 23, 2014
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Reno,
Nevada
Hello! I have been lucky enough to have a come upon a 1995 GS-t Eclipse, I have never owned a Mitsu before or anything turbo for that matter!! A friends neighbor had the car, at some point swapped over another engine into it (the junkyard writing on it says a 1996 GSX engine, I THINK) apparently they did the whole swap got a 30 day moving permit on the car and one day it just stopped working, not wanting to work on it anymore and thinking it was worth nothing they just gave it to us! WIN!
So a year after receiving the car and just letting it sit (Didn't have the title, Long story, Now we do!) we looked into the problem and the car would turn over but produce no spark, checked every option and noticed A LOT of things aren't bolted down or plugged in. I notice that the Oil Position Sensor wasn't plugged in, get that taken care of and BAM car starts right up, runs great and I really enjoy driving it. (The one block drive I did! Ha)
So I have a few questions, (I looked through the searches and archives and hit quite a few dead links and what I found seemed a little dated.) First things: with a car that has newly swapped motor that may have things that aren't connected what should I ensure is set up or things they may have easily missed that I can repair? What are the major things I should do maintenance on and check before I start driving the car daily? I have only been able too find two "Free Mods" to start with are there more? The car came with a Aftermarket BOV and it seems to be dumping into the "Atmosphere" and I keep getting linked to the same post on what that means, I feel like a dummy but I really don't understand fully, Do I just need to route the open spot back into the intake?
Finally, is it worth it? I am in college making college student wages and this has been a bit of a godsend because my other car just broke down (Clutch and Water Pump) that I didn't want to fix anyways because it was boring as hell to drive, This car RUNS
but the car obviously needs work which is okay with me I have wanted a project and don't mind throwing my money into something fast and fun BUT I have been reading that the FWD cars are basically as bad as a non-turbo car in terms of performance, is it really that drastic? I am looking for a DD that I really want to get to the MID 13's someday, Should I just sell the thing and make my 100% profit and try and find a AWD?
Thanks for reading! Just a guy that is new to DSM's looking for a good place to start tinkering with it at.
(I promise I tried to use the search function the best I could! Just seemed to loop me around.)
So a year after receiving the car and just letting it sit (Didn't have the title, Long story, Now we do!) we looked into the problem and the car would turn over but produce no spark, checked every option and noticed A LOT of things aren't bolted down or plugged in. I notice that the Oil Position Sensor wasn't plugged in, get that taken care of and BAM car starts right up, runs great and I really enjoy driving it. (The one block drive I did! Ha)
So I have a few questions, (I looked through the searches and archives and hit quite a few dead links and what I found seemed a little dated.) First things: with a car that has newly swapped motor that may have things that aren't connected what should I ensure is set up or things they may have easily missed that I can repair? What are the major things I should do maintenance on and check before I start driving the car daily? I have only been able too find two "Free Mods" to start with are there more? The car came with a Aftermarket BOV and it seems to be dumping into the "Atmosphere" and I keep getting linked to the same post on what that means, I feel like a dummy but I really don't understand fully, Do I just need to route the open spot back into the intake?
Finally, is it worth it? I am in college making college student wages and this has been a bit of a godsend because my other car just broke down (Clutch and Water Pump) that I didn't want to fix anyways because it was boring as hell to drive, This car RUNS
but the car obviously needs work which is okay with me I have wanted a project and don't mind throwing my money into something fast and fun BUT I have been reading that the FWD cars are basically as bad as a non-turbo car in terms of performance, is it really that drastic? I am looking for a DD that I really want to get to the MID 13's someday, Should I just sell the thing and make my 100% profit and try and find a AWD?Thanks for reading! Just a guy that is new to DSM's looking for a good place to start tinkering with it at.
(I promise I tried to use the search function the best I could! Just seemed to loop me around.)
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