While this whole car is a candidate for this page i thought id at least put this part here. Last week i found some 1/2” stainless. Spent a little time working one a head flange and a T3 flange for my manifold. I traced out the flange from a factory manifold and used that for a reference. Ill be...
I wanted to wait until i was a a ways into this project before i started this journal. Ive had this idea for a few years now but lacked the skill, knowledge and tooling to go through with it. A front engine, rwd 5 speed bug! This would require a total custom built chassis, a ton of time and...
Last year i decided i wanted to put a cage in my spyder since it was starting to get decently fast and just wanted some kind of reinforcement. Plus it strengthens the chassis so why not!? Plus ive been kind of teaching myself to TIG, also bought myself a pro-tools 105 tubing bender.Using 1...
Little back story. About a month ago I installed some new RCI2200s. Dialed in great that night and car ran like a beast. A few days later the car started running pretty rich.. Did a boost leak test and found a vacuum plug cracked and was leaking on the intake manifold, fixed. Car ran like new...
Got my spyder on a dyno today I estimated the car would make around 460 to the tires, I was close! 452hp and 438tq. Boost peaked at 30psi and fell to 28. I found out after the pulls that both of the barbs on the waste gates were loose. Im definitely running out of fuel. Ran pretty damn lean the...
Since more and more people are doing a 2gb Talon conversion to not only their hardtops, but their Spyder's as well, I decided to post my "How to" for others wanting to do this.*NOTE- This article does not yet have the tail light wiring, this is just the bumper mounting. Other than the tail...
Alright, well on my 1000s I bested a 12.2x @ 119 on my hx35 at 26psi. IDCs were showing 103% at the top end of my last pass. Ill attach logs. Well today I installed some PTE1200s and was still unable to get my AFR reading from my wideband to match my AFR estimate. No matter how much fuel I gave...
Took the spyder to the local track today for test n tune last weekend. As far as I know the current record is 10.40@140 Held by Nick Fox on a BW s362..I hope to get into the 10s on the Hx35. Next turbo for me after this is the hx40.Now onto last weekend.Stock short block, BC272s...
As much as I like my 1g, Id rather have a 2g awd beater for the winters. I dont care auto or 5 speed. However, Id prefer the car to come with trans and tcase, if auto the torque converter as well. A little rust is ok, but not a crap ton of rust or rotted out strut towers. Might even be willing...
My buddy bought a used built (eagle/wiseco) 6 bolt off a guy on craigslist about a year ago. He was told it was good condition since it came out of a running car. Anywho, I was in the process of getting the motor ready for install and upon putting on the timing belt I noticed some movement in...
Hope this is in the correct spot as it has to do with link v3. Also I posted this on the link forums and wanted to see what your guys opinions would be.
I feel like an idiot, I shorted out my battery yesterday. Anywho, when I did that I blew my 100a alternator fuse, as well as the fuse to...
Hope J doesnt mind me putting this up but the trailer has been up a few days and I thought Id get this out there for yall wondering about it!! Enjoy! And definitely a HUGE THANKS to SlantedJ for putting in countless hours in on this DVD.. Last weekend was the first time I saw him since the...
Like the title says, I want to convert my 2gb Eclipse to a 2gb talon. Straight up trade. Perfect for someone wanting to do a conversion of their own. Color of my bumpers is white so I would prefer them to be white but it really doesnt matter to me. Id like the front and rear bumpers, tail lights...
Local buddy of ours and his crew came out to an event with us this past weekend. This was the first time this car has seen a full pass. After his shake down pass he just said Fvck it!!! Big props to him and his guys! This car was built by a regular guy, NOT a shop!Check em!Mr Johnsons...
Hey fellas, this is my first time posting a log so I hope it works!Little background, Mr Peepers is the guy who usually does the tuning on the car but due to schedules I want to try and figure this out myself so Im not bugging him all the time. Last season the car was still on V3 and my 20g...
Recently Ive been dealing with a power draw, never really looked into it I just dealt with it and disconnected the battery every night. Then, a few weeks ago my right blinker light would blink fast and friends told me my right brake light was out. I thought, "ok a bulb is out." Finally got out...
Not really yay at all.. It sucks!! Apparently propane tanks are harder than my drunk me fists.. So, I figured Id start this.. Lets see some broken bone carnage!!! :hellyeah:482149[/ATTACH]"]
Whos going.. Its this weekend in the Dells.. Myself, Kp116, slandtedJ and Mr Peepers are going along with some other local guys as well a some from Madison.. So whos going?!
Hey fellas, Im hating having to write this.. A young man from my hometown of Orfordville, Wi was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday. I knew him and his family all through school and growing up. Rode the bus with him from middle school till we all could drive.. Please keep him and his...
Hey fellas, Im at the point in my build where I am starting to fab up my downpipe and waste gate dumps for my new turbo set up. I in no means call myself a pro welder, but I get the job done! I bought some 3" stainless 90* bends from Welcome - Ace Stainless Supply as well as some 1.5" straight...
Hey fellas, so heres the deal. Some of you may have seen my build thread and know that I cut the wiring harness in half so I could route my harness how I wanted for a good tuck. I labeled ever wire with appropriate numbers and cut between the tabs, so each wire had the same number on both ends...
Alright guys, before you start saying read the Holset faq's and jazz know that I already have.. This is just and idea that came to me while talking with my buddy Kenny (kp116) about the SIM evo build. They are using an Hx35 and feeding from the head. I asked them about it and pointed out some...
Hey guys, take a look at my good buddys Remedy and NixKuiper. Hes trying to get his stuff out for the world to hear. Past 4 years we've been roommates and Ive heard the way hes progressed. Hes come a long way since he first showed me his stuff.Anywho, give him a listen. If you dont like his...
Heres something for us Spyder guys. I looked around on here to see if it was difficult to remove the rear quarter window and didn't really find any info on it. Just a couple threads about problems with them, none on removal. So here we go.It really wasn't as difficult as I expected.All...
Alright guys, lets hear some stories of "those guys" who just do things that you look at them and be like WTF :ohdamn:Take my morning for example.. Its 9am, Im hungover, driving back to my house from a lady friends in my 1g.. I see a what looks to me a second gen Integra with the left front...
2012-2013 winter updates start page 5 post 142I figure now that I started tearing into the Eclipse that now is a good time to start this! Id really love to get the car into the 10s, although I know that is a ways down the road.Give y'all a little History. I bought the car March of 2008...
One night sitting in my tree stand I pondered to myself, "I wonder how many guys on tuners hunts?" So here I am asking you all who BOW hunts, what do you use for gear, monster bucks you've shot and possibly some stories!!Ive got an 07 Fred Bear Element, carbon arrows, luminoks and Bloodrunner...
Hey guys Im in the middle of a pretty sweet project right now and Im in need of some kind of front suspension. Im in the market for a parts quad. Soooo, If anyone around the area (within a respectable driving distance) has something let me know!! Thanks guys.
Well Ive been in the market for a winter car, and found a 90 TSI AWD.. Little rough around the edges but what can you expect from a 21 year old car?! Well, I went and looked at the car and everything was goin fine, looked under the hood and from what I could see/told it had a ported intake some...
Went down to MOD today and kind of calculated my mpg... While driving down to the shootout I managed to get 32mpg and 37 mpg on the way home when the car was FWD. Well, today I got 27 mpg on the awd setup. Didnt change a thing with the tune at all, just the swap. So heres proof that AWDs get way...
Thought I would share the process with you guys. I think I spent a total of about 70 hours on just tearing the spyder apart and back together. Been going steady roughly 8 hours a day in the last 9 days. Doner car was a 96 GSX California car. Ive spent the last day and a half on just the exhaust...
Well I went to Great Lakes Dragway about a month ago with MrPeepers and Kp116 and just thought I should share my horrible times.. I was pretty disappointed to be honest. Damn you FWD!!!! Also keep in mind it was my first run at a drag strip and I only had my 18" wheels.Set up is:
stock bottem...
Hey fellas, as the title says Im lookin for a 95/96 tcase and rear diff.. Doing an all wheel swap in my spyder this fall and the doner I have is an auto. Im in the Janesville area and Id like to keep things fairly close.. Thanks guys.
Like this! Just got done moving back across the country to good ol Wisconsin. 2061 miles packed like this! Made it from the Sacramento area to Janesville Wi in 34 hours.. My dad and I drove straight through..
Finally figured out my sputtering issue and had the car running pretty decent and decided to take it down to Hybridworks Automotive in Vallejo Ca to get on the dyno. So here it is, the car made 297.6 fwhp and 250 f/lbs torque on stock injectors!! This is on a 10 lb spring boosting at around...
Hey guys Im postin this for a buddy. Its a 97 GSX 140k on the odometer but has a freshly rebuilt motor. Had the motor started for a break in, took it down the road and the rear balance shaft sprocket broke in about 4 pieces.. Timing belt stayed tight however. Dont know how, but it did. Car had...
Anyone in the Fairfield/Vacaville area have a 95-96 transfer case and or rear diff theyre willing to sell or know of anyone with one? Ive got an auto gsx Im using for an all wheel swap on my spyder and I need those two things from a 5 speed.
Im posting this for a buddy. We just got his GSX running yesterday, he took it down the road and had some troubles so he came back. Then upon trying to start it back up you can hear the starter engaging but its making a clunking/grinding sound. Hes got a Fidanza lightweight flywheel, and I...
I had a thought the other day while looking through the Tech Articles. Since we have a "how to tune via DSMlink" and "how to tune via safc" why not have a How to tune via ECUflash?! I know we have this whole huge thread by Ceddy that has tons of info for this software but, I think it would be...
Ive noticed recently (mostly after I installed my BC272s) that my car has been running very lean during idle. Like 15.5+ all the way till the wideband just does the little - - - thing. Cruising I sit somewhere between 11.7-12.8, once in a while ill see 13s. I just installed a clutch, so I havent...
Ok guys sorry for the kind of long and in depth question before hand..Heres the thing, Im planning on doin an all wheel swap in my spyder this fall/winter. I had a 95 awd doner car buuuut it got crushed while I was deployed.. Not the point. So now I have a 96 awd auto doner car and a 96 5...
Hey guys, I recently threw on some Eibach Sportlines onto the Tokico Illuminas that were on the car. Ive read around a little and havent found anything like this or about the idea Ive got. Before I put these on I just had stock springs on the Illuminas and I had about 3-3.5 fingers width of...
Hey guys, this morning I installed my BC 272 cams. Im positive that when I was finished the timing was dead on. At first I didnt notice anything wrong, but on my way to work the car started to idle real funny. Coming to a stop the car would almost die (down to 1 or 200 rpm) and isnt very...
Hey guys heres the scoop. I have a 99 ECU and have been back and forth about buying link or since I have the "black box" ecu going with Evoscan/ECUflash. Question is, is there anyone around here (within an hour or so from Vacaville) that would be willing to show me how it works and just give me...
Ok so heres what I noticed today when I was sleeping at work today. I HAVE to fall asleep on my stomach laying on my arms. I wake up all the time with my hands soo asleep theyre numb. Almost daily. So, it got me thinking what kinds of crazy things do some of you have to do to be able to fall...
Alright guys heres whats up. Im just getting to the stage where Im gonna start to teach myself to tune, first with a pocketlogger and safc then later with link.. BUT!.. Whenever I go into a thread that has links to their logs I cant open them. I want to be able to see other peoples logs so I...
Alright guys sorry for the long post in advance.
Ive read through this thread http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/hangout/189960-4g63-fiero.html as well as thinking of ways this could be done. I personally think it would be sick! Ive had my Fiero for about 5 years now, my dad drove it before me...
So the day before I leave for the desert for 4 months I take the spyder out to run a couple errands and this happens.......[/URL]Uploaded with ImageShack.us[/IMG]Literally 50 feet from my house. FANTASTIC!