jmartinez1228
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- Feb 20, 2004
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Rocky HIll,
Connecticut
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The 1g is the more popular version to build, there are also more options for intake manifolds, pistons, crankshaft girdle, things like that, but the entire 1g vs 2g engine and six bolt vs seven bolt debate has been beaten to death for years and you will have a few come on here and quote me and disagree with me, so on and so forth, use what you can find the easiest but more of the higher horsepower cars run the 1g six bolt stuff for what its worth and its what I prefer to build, more in particular the 1g six bolt stuff, but even the 1g seven bolt stuff if you had to in my opinion is less problematic than the 2g stuff in my experience and thats all that I prefer to say about that, if you want more in depth information you can pm me!
The 1g harness is a lot easier to work with and more documented however you can buy a patch harness that will make using a DSM engine harness plug and play with your Mirage. I think he also offers a 2g harness but I'm not too sure http://www.4g63swapped.com/pnp-harnesses.html
The website link I left was Chris Pearson's site, you can contact him on facebook or he is also known as Mirageman89 on 4g61t.org and the Mirage Performance forums which are also good places to do research on these cars. The 4th gens are more popular on Mirage Performance though.
For the big brakes keep the stock 4th gen Colt/Summit/Mirage knuckles, but press in 1g DSM 5 lug hubs, they press right onto the 4th gen CSM knuckles, and you can use the 2 piston calipers they bolt right on and then use 3000gt NA 5 lug rotors.My question about the braking set up and what idea I had come up with, was to try to use the front spindle from a 1g or 2g fwd since, and use the larger 5 stud rotors and two piston calipers. I don't know about the fitment of all those parts, I just knew bigger brakes would be needed eventually. This seemed like a possible method to also be able to run a larger wheel/tire set up that I would also eventually need for traction.