Blitzeclips
15+ Year Contributor
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- Aug 5, 2004
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Bear,
Delaware
Not sure if you remember me but many years ago I finished a project Eclipse and archived it on this site. Long story short- I still have the car, and motor. I've been starting and revving the car once every 2 month for the past 7 years. It stills runs extremely strong but the strut towers have rusted so bad that it's not safe to drive. I can literally put my hand through it and touch the shocks on both towers. I have longed to finish this car as it's sat in my garage. Well, the time has come to FINISH THIS THING FOR GOOD.
I am going to finish my car the right way. I'm on the hunt for a new shell. I have a Howell automotive rebuilt 420a for my 95 eclipse GS. I would love to get a convertible frame. I'd like swap my built motor to another shell, but I really don't recall what will fit. I'm trying to have a simple motor swap and not have to rig the ECU, etc to fit my 95 into the 98 frame. Better yet, am I limited to only shopping for 95-96 shells? Also, my 95 is a manual, can I only buy manuals to swap into or can I buy an automatic since I'll be swapping the transmission over anyways? I plan to keep my manual transmission but I will buy an automatic car and just toss out the automatic transmission to keep the manual transmission I currently have- if need be.
Thanks so much for any help here.
I am going to finish my car the right way. I'm on the hunt for a new shell. I have a Howell automotive rebuilt 420a for my 95 eclipse GS. I would love to get a convertible frame. I'd like swap my built motor to another shell, but I really don't recall what will fit. I'm trying to have a simple motor swap and not have to rig the ECU, etc to fit my 95 into the 98 frame. Better yet, am I limited to only shopping for 95-96 shells? Also, my 95 is a manual, can I only buy manuals to swap into or can I buy an automatic since I'll be swapping the transmission over anyways? I plan to keep my manual transmission but I will buy an automatic car and just toss out the automatic transmission to keep the manual transmission I currently have- if need be.
Thanks so much for any help here.