So every year after driving 200+ miles to the shootout, i seem to come driving home and 25 minutes into the trip my car at cruise decides to misfire terribly to the point where it'll eventually die and i have to pull over. Heres what happens;I would be driving along and this misfire would come...

i have, they are good to go.

i forgot to mention, had those cleaned last year as well.

Hey ladies and Gents.I am having a weird misfire after the car warms up to operating temp only when going into boost. The car idles fire and is fine at low rpms for putting around. As soon as the turbo is about to get into spool, or after half throttle, it chokes out around 3000 rpms. The...

Alright everyone, I am having some issues with my DSM.After finally figuring out that i plugged the Crank Position Sensor plug into the A/C connector causing the car not to start, i plugged it back into the right connector and the Car starts but refuses to stay running.I just completed the...

Will this axle be the whole assembly consisting of the axle, intermediate shaft, and the bracket?I have a 97 eclipse GST, AWD swapped 5 speed with a 95 Trans. Looking to buy a 95-96 Axle with the bracket that bolts to the engine, not the ac bracket. Would this be the right one?Is this the...

Hey guys, i been trying to figure something out. (I have a 97 Eclipse GST, AWD swapped, with a 96 Transmission.)I understand that you need a 95-96 a/c bracket with the 95/96 axle and you need a 97-99 axle for a 97-99 a/c bracket..But does it matter which transmission you have? I have a 96...

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And that is where i am at in this point of the swap. The rear end is in and ready to go along with the AWD gas tank and the AWD gas tank has been wired.I am waiting for the morning to take a test drive to make sure the rear end isn't making any more noises so i can pull the engine out and get...

I am definitely learning a bit more about these cars every day. The biggest thing with this is the time.. And i don't have much of that.. And yes, i read the 1g AWD swap is much harder than the 2g. But i couldn't trash this shell. My FWD dsm was too beautiful to just sell or scrap for another...

I pulled the car back into the garage tonight after i ordered a new rear end. The rear end came in and i swapped the old out, with the new. I pulled the axles out instead of dropping the whole subframe.This was a PITA. But it is done. The old rear end you could barely spin the yoke. I guess...

And the most beautiful thing.. THE REAREND IS UP AND IN!I then decided to take the car out for a test drive to listen to see if anything in the rear end is making any funny noises. This felt great, no exhaust, and knowing I got a good bit done on the swap..Here is the picture after a...

Next was the FWD gas tank removal. This sucked due to me not getting rid of most of the e85 that was still left in the car, but i manned up and got it out anyway. Heres the picture of the gas tank area and the gas tank out of the car.And of course, the install of the AWD gas tank. This...

Now the fun begins.Pulled my car in the garage and i jacked the car up and put it on jack stands. (You never quite realize how much rust you really do have until you start doing this swap haha.Bye Bye FWD Exhaust! You will be missed, you sounded amazing.After demeling holes everywhere...

After i finished with the rear end i started noticing something was going on with this car.. Whole car was pieced together as two separate cars! The front half was out of a FWD dsm, and the rear half of the car was AWD. I am not joking. The car was welded together. TWO SEPARATE CARS, WELDED...

We are in October at this point, and the weather is still beautiful out. But i knew i had to hurry and get the parts i needed off this car, and cut the car up before the first snow fell. So i invited some friends over, grabbed a case of beer, and we started tearing this car apart. And just like...

It started about 5 years ago, when i bought this car, i only built one dsm motor since, and i picked up this car because i always loved this color. The Cayenne red pearl is hands down the best. But i also wanted a 5 speed, i didn't want the automatic that i use to have. FWD wasn't all that bad...

Alright everyone, Sorry it took so long to update, I am a car salesman for a dodge dealership and i work almost 5-6 days a week 9am-9pm so my time is very limited especially on this build.. But i snapped a good 50 pictures so far in the process.We will start on the next post! Here we go!

Sorry its been a while! The parts car is cut up and the last thing i need is a AWD trans, i work 9-9 every day so much of my time is taken..Im going to be start working on the car again soon =) ill be updating this weekend.

she will still be getting the same suspension, but i believe ill raise her up. I am going to go race mode on here and put slicks and do all that jazz.. She made 400hp on an HX40 set up, i ran out of pump on e85..I am shooting for 650-700 now.

Hey everyone! i haven't done one of these build/journals since 2009, and i have to say.. I am pretty dang excited!My last build was on a Spyder very long ago when i was a frequent forum guy. Since then i finished the Spyder then i sold it to buy my beautiful DSM that i own now. I have had 20...

It started on way home from the dsm shootout. ill go over a fast story of what it did.. and summary of mods.I left the shootout and drove 2 hours and all of a sudden i noticed my wideband reading 16-17/1 and straight red.. i couldn't hit boost, and i could barely move because it felt like it...

So i have two codes showing..i have read that to fix the code p0105 you must clean the MAS, or get a new one.. Any other information on this would be appreciated..Also, i know this code is very vague, i have read up a lot on it.. What do you guys think code p0300 could be??Thanks =)

Just want a quick reassurance ..Will the part number (60889) work on BOTH the inner, and outside side of the throttle body? I can't find the other part number through advanced auto, but i was wondering if this gasket will work for both sides (the side where the elbow meets the throttle body...

how many ball joints do we exactly have? a lower an upper?

ball joints were all replaced though. same with the tie rod ends,..the noise is coming from the actual steering knuckle from the shaft that comes from the steering wheel, that connects into the steering rack itself i believe..

Hey guys, I've been having this weird steering noise for quite some time now..It gets worse as you drive longer distances..Heres the link to my photo bucket with the video... lemme know whatcha think...

UPDATE:When i click on dsmlink to turn both fans on, nothing happens.. I swapped out my ecu with my buddies v3, and still no luck, so i know the ecu is good..I found when i gave power to each relay individual they would all turn the fan on except one..When we put power to this one rad fan...

i checked my relays, all the high and low rad and ac relays are working.. i checked my (RAD fuse 20-30amp what ever it was) and it wasn't broken, but still replaced with new fuse..When i turn the key on, and turn the ac blower on, my driver side fan turns on.. When i go to dsmlink, and hit...

That is what im trying to do, i have the connectors spliced in and ran stock connectors, to the stock harness..update; i know the fans are wired correctly, because when i turn the blower motor on, through the cabin of the car, the driver side (AC) fan kicks on just fine... but my passenger...

Forget what i said about the fire,I am asking for information regarding how to figure out how to continue going backwards until i figure out where i need to go.I have the fans wired CORRECTLY, both POS colors to the POS on fan, and Both NEG colors to the NEG on fan..Now, which...

The fire only melted a wire i ran from the fan straight to the battery, because im a dips***, and ran a ground to the frame of car, then ran the line to a switch, that caught on fire, only that line, and that line was wrapped around the battery, which burned through the battery,..No lines in...

Just a short background..Background: My car overheated, fans weren't kicking on, i saw the wire/connector to fan was melted beyond help. So we ended up just making the fans on a switch.. Long story short, my wire caught fire because i was a idiot without a inline fuse, and the battery then...

Heres my DSM with XXR 527s

The only way i know how to take the side mirrors off is to remove the door panel, then unbolt the 3 bolts and pull it up out.

For what i know, the starter is right.. i believe its still the stock tranny that came with the car when i bought it, i haven't swapped it out.. And i have a FWD flywheel.Ended up being the starter was bad from the factory =)

SO my starter has been doing this for a year now, i replaced it last summer and it never did it before..4 years ago, we replaced clutch and all that jazz, and the starter didn't do this, i replaced starter last summer because it ended up stop working and the new one ended up grinding for some...

I'm paying $220 a month for the car payment and I'm paying $149 for my 2g and full coverage on my 4g =)the car has about 69k miles on it.

Soo.. Long story short, i bought a 1999 oldsmobile alero, drove it for a year, sold it, and bought a 1995 Eagle Talon..The last owner mistreated this talon, and a few days before i went back to college, the talon needed its timing belt done, and when we went to replace it.. the valve bent...

"your broke as a joke.." implies that you are not capable of owning a dsm, and there for you will be giving DSM a bad name because you will half ass and buy non quality parts and then blame the dsm for being a shitty car when in turn it is because you bought a car broken and had no money to...

I've only ever ran 10-30w Mobile 1 synthetic in my cars.. =/idk man.. im stumped haha

I did a compression test on my Talon tsi awd today while i was work.. if you remember the post yesterday i am having a blue smoke issue from the exhaust.. Mostly once the car warms up..I checked out my turbo for shaft play, this one has very minimum side to side, no in and out.. feels good...

http://youtu.be/xS_pTS-0ZDA^^ VideoReplaced the thermostat, and the rad cap.. i replaced the thermostat with a 170 degree one as well.. what do you all think? it has a little stream moving along at idle so I'm assuming that means the pump is pushing coolant through.. Also you can see me rev...

I see a stream come by, and it won't bubble out of the neck or overflow..

… If you read, i can sit at idle just fine and have my heat on and it makes the car cooler..hmm looks like their was a stream coming from it.. could it still be bad?

i can't live without heat, haha my 165 pound body can't take this cold.

yeah I'm going to do that.. if its not overheating, and just going up an down .. and it isn't going to 3/4 of way on the gauge, do you think it is something smaller? i can't imagine it being head gasket..how can i tell if water pump is shot or not?i hate to sound like a moron or a...

i just bought the car last week. The car is all oem, at 109k miles.. The fluid coolant bottle is sitting with coolant at halfway and has stayed that way since I've owned, i been keeping track.. and i haven't flushed the system yet.hmmm, what do you mean about the resistance in the sensor...

im gong to replace the thermostat and the rad cap tomorrow.. wanted to see all your opinions though.

i just tried it out, I'm not sure if there were bubbles. it didn't seem to do anything. overflow is in middle when i filled it to a while ago.