Hey all, my name is Zac, I just purchased my first DSM. it's a 1997 GS-T. guy I bought it from didn't know much about it as he only had it for a month.. looks like she may have a few lightly tasteful goodies on it. Plan on pulling it into the...

+1 on trying to clean up the hanger assembly. I also thought mine was ruined when I first removed, but some working with a mild brass wire wheel and a quick wipe down made it look nice again. You can see it still had most of the zinc plating...

That hanger still has paint on the outside OMG! It looks like it will clean up very nicely per 97egl‘s post. I also had issues with gasket mismatch and had to remove the little nubs (I got the MB400578 from STM). I was worried about this...

The biggest issue with the Chinese turbos is longevity. They usually "work" but it's just a question of for how long. I've bought several engines and/or cars that had china turbos on them and they all burned oil. Most of them were fairly new. The...

A little time out from home to explore grand prix racing in the United Arab emirates. Good times as I frequent the country every few years saw some cool cars. I've experienced so many things and spent time with other cultures priceless

Not a lot of activity in this thread these days, so thought I would add something I recently found from when I was actively in the 14b race. Bear in mind the video is from 20+ years ago. But still fun to see and reminisce about those days. I...

I had the same reservations Kurt without any testing. But it was hard to walk away from this for the price and opportunity for something new for the platform. I ended up going for the 3-4 kit for now as a compromise. Want to support them and...

The money is all from Evo owners overseas, mostly Asia and Australia/NZ. They are the ones willing to spend to maintain and upgrade, and the US/DSM market is an afterthought now, believe it or not. Despite that, almost all of the clowns talking...

A lot of the cars I buy have been sitting for a long time and the fuel hangers look like what you have there. Most of the crusty stuff on there is probably varnished fuel and not rust. Usually the hangers clean up pretty nicely. Alcohol works...

Welcome to the club! Always nice to see another DSM back from the ashes. Regarding your stalling issue: My first thought is the idle switch. It acts as a throttle stop but also tells the ECU when you're at zero throttle. It's a switch on the back...

Well good luck tomorrow morning :thumb:And if its a parts store or flea-bay coil I would probably just assume its gone bad LOL

I have serious doubts that plug gap would help with starting unless you have a coil going out. There is much more stress on the coil under load than there is when you start it. But hey if it does work and get you by that's why matters!I have...

If you have blow-by coming out of the dipstick tube there is an issue with the rings. You can do a compression check and leak down test to verify. At 190k miles most 420a engines have been beat on and neglected for quite some time. You probably...

Tesla rims I have seen are quite thick in the center so I would guess the studs on our cars are not long enough to get the lug nuts on.

Oh absolutely.. he knowns how anal I am about everything and how I spent 30mins with rulers and levels to make sure it was spot on LOL… so yeah. He also knows just mentioning it freaked me out and made me go look at it again. So he wins this...

Very interested in this conversion, do you think it can work on a 1g?

Now that the engine is wrapped up as far as timing and degrees I am waiting on a clutch and then I can hopefully hang the engine/trans in the bay in two weeks. BUT, also working on the steering and almost finished with the hardest part of it, and...

This past Sunday took the car out for TNT fine tune the launch.6.0 pass On this pass the nitrous was making the car drop fuel pressure as the boost ramp in nitrous turns off at 45 mph so i turn it off at 30 to keep everything “happy” also...