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Update: After a very aggressive learning curve, and trying to fight every step of the way on this car for several months I no longer had the time or space to deal with it on my own. I had tried chasing electrical problem after problem. PTU's, Coil Packs, Plug Wires, Plugs, etc.

I originally bought the car under the assumption it would only need a tune and larger injectors once on ECMLink, fair enough. ( This was far before I knew what I was getting into. ) The car itself had a lot of quality parts inside the motor and out that could have made for a very solid setup. After dealing with a hacked up wiring harness, rust, a garbage interior, and quite frankly too many issues. I am going to be swapping the heart of this car into a much cleaner shell, I am pretty sure I have decide which I am going to. Nonetheless I will provide a little bit of backstory.

As mentioned before I had gone in way over my head with the car, as this is my first and I really did not know all that much about it. I spent around a year trying to get everything dialed in but each time I thought I finally found the issue it just led to another.

My family was no longer content with my car taking up the garage space and out into the yard it went, which is no place for the jackstands this car belongs on. So I reached out to a fairly reputable tuner that is 'somewhat' local to me in order to chase down the electrical issues, fix a few oil leaks, and get the car on the dyno. I was originally quoted $800, all said and done with a list I had given them of what I wanted done. I was told it would take about a week, I set up a date for my car to be trailered to the shop, it was all set up to go smoothly. Two months later after bickering with the shop not receiving much of any communication and getting tossed around I finally get a video of my car on the dyno making 323 WHP and around 270 TQ which I was ecstatic about, not due to the numbers but due to the fact that I was now the owner of a running, boosting, driving DSM. Later that week I went to pickup my car only to receive a $1200 bill and to see not all the work was done, and some of the work done was sub-par at best.

The transmission was howling quite bad and I was told by the shop it should be just fine to make the drive back home, it did not. I lost 3rd and 4th about 1.5 hours into the drive, and then lost the rest of my gears 1 mile from my house. Funny thing, earlier that same day I bought a transmission from 2gmitsueclipse, another member on the forums with a Quaife LSD and low mileage. Lucky me.

The part that did not sit well with me was the fact that when we finally got around to swapping the transmission in, I found multiple issues, there was no fluid in the transmission, and there was still a fairly large oil leak around the pan. I had sent down a spare transmission in the hatch of the car along with 3 quarts of OEM Mitsu Transmission Fluid, which led me to raise an eyebrow towards the shop that claimed nothing was leaking.

Nonetheless, we had to move on with the project. Finally we had swapped the trans in and everything seemed fine and dandy, nope. We were installing the battery and of course the tie-down ends up touching the positive terminal and sparking, which led to a world of issues that I still cannot seem to resolve.

Now upon trying to start the car I do not get fuel pressure, spark, or fuel (obviously). I cannot connect to my ECU as it does not seem to have power to several pins, along with the fusebox also not receiving power. All of my fuses and relays appear to be in good condition which is what is throwing me off. If this is something anyone has experienced, I would love to hear some advice!
 
Many, many, hours and new circumstances later. The car is finally getting an update. Unfortunately it has been sold to another DSMer here by the name of PLDSM, primary reason for selling being that I will be moving, but I keep close ties with the car and now that it's in a better location solid progress can be made.


To start we sold the built motor, ecu, turbo, etc. ( Really regretting selling the turbo now that we kind of need it, unfortunately. )

After pulling the motor we noticed the people that had helped me swap the trans caught the wiring harness under a motor mount completely crushed it and was likely the reason it would not start for a month or two.

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Super lame, but I had already received a new harness from Miller Import Parts, so that was sorted.

New parts arrived being the following: Poly Motor Mounts, BSFab 3.0" Tear Drop Side Exit, 98,99 Split Thrust Motor, Southbend Flywheel from Tim Zimmer, Untouched Harness, FP Intake, and lots of refreshing of old crusty parts are going to be put in with the overhaul of the car. After finding gremlin after gremlin from previous owners the car is better off receiving new life.


Began tearing down the engine bay after pulling the motor to reveal wonderful bondo hidden rust "repair" from the previous owner, taken with a grain of salt, nothing that can't be fixed.

Expected Engine Bay:

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Process undergone before showcasing the "gold".

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Now that most of the gunk was removed on to the actual process of the car getting the love it deserves.

New front clip with towers, rust free $100, not a bad pickup. Props to PLDSM for that.

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Now that most of the engine bay work has been done in terms of physical shaping, minus small touches that will be addressed onto the donor motor. 98-99 Split Thrust 7 Bolt, Stock Internals, ARP Head Studs, Fresh Timing, only 70,000 miles, will be paired up with a 70,000 mile transmission w/ a Quaife I picked up from a local guy that runs Mustache Motorsports. Super cool dude.

Parts begin undergoing the process from crusty, to not crusty.

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Many hours later, parts are starting to look new, the overhaul is looking pretty sick. Although there is still a ton more to do. The following pictures are currently how the car sits, still deciding on what color he wants to paint the bay can't decide between OEM P75 or Gloss Black, decisions.. decisions..

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Another update should follow shortly, we have many new parts to still put on this car that will be posted in the coming weeks. Until then we cross our fingers for a warm enough weekend to heat the garage to paint-friendly temp.
 
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Last coat of primer is on. Some more prep work and the bay gets sprayed.

Was a toss up between Gloss Black and a color matched P75 bay, pretty happy based on the results of the match, hoping the quality of the paint transfers over to the bay well. Fingers crossed.

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+ Evo 8 Enkeis
+ Brake Booster w/ Slave
+ Fusebox
+Stainless Steel Brake Lines w/ Clutch Line

Bit more progress on the car since the last post. Mostly waiting on turbo decisions and warmer weather at this point, nonetheless progress is still being made.

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+ Split Thrust 98/99 Motor 70k Miles w/ Timing Studs & Fresh Gasket
+GSX Brakes w/ SS Clutch & Brake Lines
+ Painted Valve Cover w/ Polished Letters
+ Lots of Dress Up Hardware
+ New OEM Suspension Bits
+ Poly Motor Mounts

Should be running within a week or so on a small 16g setup. Car may be getting a 68HTA Equivalent or similar, w/ a BSFab 3.0" Tear Drop Side exit, undecided on that matter.

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+ VRSF FMIC - Greddy RS BOV flange rotated to fit stock angle.
+Temporary CXRacing 16g
+Radiator, Misc Lines & Hoses
+Other final assembly.
+ Clean Leather Interior & Interior wiring touched up.

Car is now running! More content to post in the near future as well.

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- Swapped 16g for a 20g rebuilt by Justin Whitesell w/ a Holset Actuator
- Speed Density
- FIC 950cc Injectors
- ECMLink V3
- Injen Intake & FP Filter
- Oldschool Buschur Heat Shield
- Sparco Champion Steering Wheel

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Now chasing an electrical gremlin causing a misfire, then onwards to get tuned by Ricky Nichols @ RIX Racing
 


- First startup on the TD06 20g & BSFab Side Exit, sounded really great, was running great, just had to modify some intercooler piping and it was time to tune.




- Fast forward approximately a week or so, Ricky Nichols @ Rix Racing started tuning my car for me, we saw around 22 PSI just fine on the holset actuator, car was pulling strong showing around 40 lbs/ min already. Drove it home, parked it, saw white smoke billowing, pulled the manifold and discovered a ruined turbo and bad stem seals. Sent in the turbo to Justin Whitesell, time to go bigger.

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Began picking up loads of parts for the overhaul. Old school FP Green, Ported modified Evo 3 Manifold w/ External Gate provision, Stainless o2 Housing, Turbosmart 38mm gate, 3 Port EBCS, Sparco Steering wheel, BC 272 cams, BC springs & retainers, along with a plethora of other misc items.

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For now, I'm just waiting until I have a chance to bring the car over to PLDSM's and start tearing into it while accumulating parts for this, as well as my newly acquired daily, 2006 GTO. Which I will have to admit, definitely a hell of a platform and may be taking away some of the 2g's budget!

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Until spring comes, looking at build threads and old pictures of my car will have to do. :(
 

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