cliff mccrary
Probationary Member
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- Apr 3, 2015
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long beach,
California
How's it goin folks. I just recently purchased my first dsm about a week ago, managed to snag a 1992 eclipse gsx manual turbo from a police auction for 850 after towing it. Unfortunately it had been towed on 2 wheels a couple times and the wheels are currently locked up, so I know the transfer case and possibly trans/rear diff are in need of a replacement/rebuild. The front differential looks like its leaking pretty bad too so thats gonna need some work.
Engine looks stock and in pretty good condition besides a minor valve cover leak. It has 75,000 miles on it and I found records in the car for oil changes done every ~4000 miles up to 73,000 miles so that is a major plus. It must have been sitting for about 11 years before some decided to drive it again for 2k miles and then get it towed haha. All the fluids are at proper levels, engine oil was about a half quart low. battery looks like it's seen better days. I have no keys yet so I dunno if it starts, I took apart the driver door lock and had a key made thinking it would work for the ignition but the lock must have been changed at some point cus it doesn't work for anything but the driver door. I'm having a mobile locksmith come out on Wednesday when I have a day off to see if he can make a key from the ignition.
My skills are some what limited as I'm a mechanic in training but I can follow direction pretty good so I can manage to do most stuff if I have some sort of guideline haha. I'm sure you will see me back on here with lots of questions haha. My current plans with this build are to build up the engine a little bit, definitely new timing belt, fuel pump, injectors, maybe some new cams, new hardware, black valve cover, possibly exhaust/intake manifold and whatever is broken or worn out when I break down the engine. For turbo I'm leaning heavily towards the hoslet hx35 but I'm also considering a big 16g. Not sure on that though as I would like to hit around 400-450 hp which might be a bit much for the 16g and it looks like the hoslet might be a cheaper option. Also I'm in cali and have access to a decent amount of e85 gas stations wondering if that might be a good way to go for a daily driver, I know the pros but are there any potential cons?
On another note anyone happen to have a copy of the dsm repair manuals that used to be linked on dsmtalk? Link is dead and I can't manage to track down another copy, I would be forever grateful if someone could provide a link or download! otherwise I'm gonna have to pick up the haynes manual asap haha
Engine looks stock and in pretty good condition besides a minor valve cover leak. It has 75,000 miles on it and I found records in the car for oil changes done every ~4000 miles up to 73,000 miles so that is a major plus. It must have been sitting for about 11 years before some decided to drive it again for 2k miles and then get it towed haha. All the fluids are at proper levels, engine oil was about a half quart low. battery looks like it's seen better days. I have no keys yet so I dunno if it starts, I took apart the driver door lock and had a key made thinking it would work for the ignition but the lock must have been changed at some point cus it doesn't work for anything but the driver door. I'm having a mobile locksmith come out on Wednesday when I have a day off to see if he can make a key from the ignition.
My skills are some what limited as I'm a mechanic in training but I can follow direction pretty good so I can manage to do most stuff if I have some sort of guideline haha. I'm sure you will see me back on here with lots of questions haha. My current plans with this build are to build up the engine a little bit, definitely new timing belt, fuel pump, injectors, maybe some new cams, new hardware, black valve cover, possibly exhaust/intake manifold and whatever is broken or worn out when I break down the engine. For turbo I'm leaning heavily towards the hoslet hx35 but I'm also considering a big 16g. Not sure on that though as I would like to hit around 400-450 hp which might be a bit much for the 16g and it looks like the hoslet might be a cheaper option. Also I'm in cali and have access to a decent amount of e85 gas stations wondering if that might be a good way to go for a daily driver, I know the pros but are there any potential cons?
On another note anyone happen to have a copy of the dsm repair manuals that used to be linked on dsmtalk? Link is dead and I can't manage to track down another copy, I would be forever grateful if someone could provide a link or download! otherwise I'm gonna have to pick up the haynes manual asap haha
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