I have been to many shootouts, starting with 1996, I only misses 3-4 years and that included last two years. But this year was especially special because after breaking my back in 2019, I wasn’t sure I will be able to attend again…But I made it, brought my recently painted Summit, was able to...
Fronts are TEIN SS-SA (height and damping adjustable)
Rears are Koni Yellows, only used them for less than 300 miles! I paid $300 for shocks and $110 for adjustable threaded collars.Also, including tear SS-SA shocks, one was rebuild for $260 and one needs to be rebuild.I built this...
1996 Eagle Talon Spyder AWD. It started as a rust free, GST from Florida.It is an awesome summer daily driver and Autox car, with very street-able mods. This car took second place in 2016 DSM shootout AutoX! It isn’t a drag car, but it ran high 12’s on a mild tune.Engine mods:
ECM Link V3...
PTT twin disc for 6 bolt AWD DSM. All wear items are replaced (floaters and ceramic discs). Basically like new! There is just minor wear on the flywheel. $580 shipped!
Both front and rear RM Sway bars. Painted black, front has new end links. No bushings (uses OEM bushing brackets). You can use stock bushings, just ream them out to 20mm or contact RM for new bushings.Price: $150 plus shipping or pick-up in Mass.
Officially this clutch is for EVO1-3 (and EVO guys swear by it!!!), but it also works in 7 bolt DSMs 4G63, with the matching TOB (which comes with the clutch, it is $110 option). Rated for 700 FT/LBS of torque.This is one of the highest quality, floating sprung center twin disc clutches you...
I pulled the rear end from a car that parted out, it looks pretty, in fact, the rear axles nuts are totally intact! Very suprising for otherwise rusty car!$350 for everything.
I am converting my Spyder into a Talon, so I have my old parts for sale:3 piece spoiler: $30 with all the brackets (came from Spyder, so no 3rd brake, but there is space for it).
3 piece OEM tail lights (with center section) $40
White rear bumper cover $40Take it all for $70...
1999 MITSUBISHI Eclipse Spyder Convertible 2 Dr GS ConvertibleOK, way overpriced, but... who would go through all the trouble removing the rear spoiler AND ground effects?!?!? Or, I wonder if very base Spyder GS could be ordered without them? I just never saw such animal :shock:
Showroom condition! One owner car, which was babied and kept in the garage most of its life! It was never raced, always maintained. The only reason original owner was willing to give it up, was because it developed crankwalk (despite stock clutch, stock turbo, stock boost and synthetic motor...
After a year of driving my Galant, I got another, equally as rare, daily driver: 2001 Vevhicross.I loved these cars when they came out in the '90's. They were so ahead of their time, that people still think that it is a brand new vehicle! But they were kind of pricy: over $30k, when...
So, there are numerous threads on how to do this swap, but I haven't seen this issue addressed:What do you do about the convertible top neutral/safety switch? I am in the middle of the swap and need to put up the top, but it isn't working. I suspect that that safety switch which prevents...
I picked up a shell for my Spyder's AWD swap project, so I am parting out the rest of the car. Naturally, I will be keeping all of the drivetrain swap related parts. And can be picked up in Northern Mass. This is what is left:2GA rear lights ($40/ both but can separate)
2G bolt did not...
There are several good threads on this topic, but I thought I would put this into a Tech Article with focus on weight and add some of my own photos.One of the problems with upgrading your brakes, is that such upgrade is usually accompanied with increase in weight. Some aftermarket brake...
Hey guys, if you haven't been following 14b racing thread, you probably wouldn't see what I have been up to. For the last 18 months (on and off again, not continuously), I have been swapping 4G63 into my 93 Eagle Summit AWD. I got it running about a week ago, and already raced it 3 times (had...
Find myself a complete newbie when it comes to the automatic trannies :(.My FWD Sypder GST has this problem from the day I got it: tranny is 100% fine under normal driving. But when going above 90% throttle, it seems to loose a 3rd gear (it goes to shift from 2nd to 3rd, but instead...
Most of these are too big to ship, so I prefer local pick up:'92 Tranny complete with center diff. came with my daily beater, I was told that it grinds into 3rd when shifted fast, but should be fine under "normal" shifting. Ether use it on a normal car or use as a core or parts. $130One...
Myself and a couple of other New England DSM members want to test the waters about bringing back "DSM powered" class to the DSM Shootout.It was a great class (in thought), but 10 years ago, there weren't enough running swap projects to support that class. I think that in 2010, we have a...
I am starting a separate thread, because I want to emphasize my main message:ALWAYS YIELD THE CAR ON THE INSIDE LINE!Many of you have heard about the driver who "rolled over" in the gravel trap at Norwalk. Well, I was the driver who raced Keith in that practice round and this is my side...
I find myself in a strange situation, I parted out '95 Summit AWD and I was told by several sources that it has the same transfer case as 91-96 5spDSMs. The manual confirmed that it has the same ratio (1.09:1) as 90-96 5sp DSM.. Just to be sure, I checked the actual ratio and it is 1.07:1...
As many of you know, I have been working on a 4G63 Powered Triumph TR7 project for the last few years. Because of Green Machine and its busy racing schedule, I havent been able to commit to this project.Well, the Green Machine is now gone :(, I am now back to working on the TR7...
For years, I have been thinking of driving out to NY/NJ and attending their NOPI events. But for one reason or another, I was never able to make the trip. I was kind of pissed when I found that NOPI was coming to my home track (New England Dragway), right after I sold the Green Machine :(...
Guys,I know havent posting much lately, but with my Green Machine in storage over the winter, I was concentrating on my 4G63 powered TR7 project.I got the car out of storage last weekend and to make sure that it is still in fighting shape, I took to a local 2WD DynoJet. Not only was...
Guys, I took my car out of winter storage this past weekend, had it dynoed yesterday (615hp ~ 60-80hp more than before), so I should be ready for this Saturday.Is anyone else from DSM Tuners going?
I have now budded my head with several people who insist that EVO 16G can benefit from a 34mm flapper upgrade. Well, I will give them the fact that this turbo can definitely use a wastegate upgrade, but it is my contention that 34mm flapper is NOT the way to go!I am not sure if you can see...
I was finally able to put together some nice back to back runs since I switch to AEM and FP3575.I had a pretty good day:1. Dyno 528whp (FWD mode)
2. Set my highest ET and trap speed of 10.58 @138mph.
3. Reset my highest ET at 10.301 @ 140.43 (that is right 140mph!!! )
4. Won the...
I have been asked this question numerous times, so now that that I know what has really happened, I can address it.I decided to ditch my VPC/TMO/SAFC combo and convert to AEM EMS about a week prior to the shootout. Not sure if this was a wise move, but I did it and I almost pulled it off...
Not sure how to proceed about this. Check out the bottom of this auction:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33742&item=2453130146The Extremeimport.net put their name on my car and then put their name over BRs front mount Talk about misrepresenting ...
Well, guys, I am already getting e-mails from people asking me abut this. I am not getting out of DSMs, I am just looking at what I want to do for the next year and it involves completely tearing my car apart (new cage, new doors, new hatch, hew fuel system and much more). So before I do...
We had an awesome New England Club DSM meeting at NED. Must have had 30-40 locals, in addition to the usual crowd.My first run was a very disappointing 11.50 at 121mph. Green Machine definitely felt slow. But on the return road I remembered that I forgot to pug-in my BOV/MBC line, so my...
I have heard people question why Shiv and his shop, Vishnu Tuning, are so disliked on numerous DSM forums. I am not going to say anything bad about them (as Vendor bashing is not allowed...), instead, I am just going to quote him from EVO forum and let you make up your own mind:"Thank you...
After battling all day with a sputtering problem, I was able to isolate it to a bad HK$ MAP sensor. Thanks to Mike Rizzotti, I was able to borrow one from his car and run 10.94 @ 129.5mph!This wasnt even a clean run! Tony caught it on video, where it shows my pretty bad 1-2 shift (I...
OK guys, I have long been pocking fun of 18G turbos for being over-priced and not performing much better than a 16G. Well, if you look at our current #9 fastest guy (Adrenaline), looks like he has set a new 18G record!Checking out his time-slip, looks like he beat some poor guy with an AWD...
We had a local import race at New England Dragway. Street shootout class had 6 DSMs and two highly modified Supras (500-600 whp) on race rubber. Supras took out a couple of DSMs but final was all 4G63.I had an interesting track experience. I tried a bunch of new things on my car: New Turbo...
I took out Green Machine for the fist time this year. I was very excited about running 180-190psi motor on a little 14b. That was until I saw the knock With base timing set around 10-12 deg and ~19psi of boost, knock would go up to around 25-30 I lowered to the timing to around 7-8 deg...
Hope you guys have some time I finally had some time to give you a complete description of this:Following winning this contest, I started my communication with Extreme Turbo in early January, they told me right a way that they do not have any GT turbos at that moment and will not have any...
You are right, we were getting off the original topic. So I started a new one :).I have been looking for a clean Mighty Max truck for last few years. I think that I finally found '88 truck, only it is a very rare automatic. I think that this would make for a great drag vehicle. Just bolt...
I spend the entire summer on a blown head gasket (oil in coolant). Because there was no coolant in oil, I kept driving like that (drove it 700 miles to the shootout ran 11s and drove it back). At the end of the summer I installed a different head (which was straight with-in .001-.002), a...
Last night I was able to make a direct comparison between a 14b and a Frank 5. I only got in two runs with very little traction. I actually thought that 1.82 60 time was pretty good considering the traction. That was 11.52 @ 124.9 (compared to [email protected] on a 14b).Otherwise, it was the...
Now that ShockTek has been out of business for almost a year, has anyone found a place to rebuild their socks?That was supposed to be one of their best features. But now seems a bit of a waste...