I had to send my 99 GSX project to the crusher after discovering a ton of rot in structural areas.
You can read more about that car here --->http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/dsm-build-journals/475412-mystery-machine-1999-eclipse-gsx.html

So I pulled the motor, trans, interior, AWD components and everything else from the car then got rid of it.

Next I needed to get a replacement shell.

I traveled 450 miles south to Maryland to make sure I was getting a rust free shell this time around and brought it back home to Massachusetts.

In the meantime I started buying some parts:

New timing belt
Tensioner
MLS HG
All new gaskets
ARP L19s
HKS 272s
Mighty Max FF OFH
Holset HX-40
Tial 44mm wg
Tial Q bov
Victory FMIC
DSMlink v2.5 with Eprom
Custom tubular manifold
JMF Race SMIM
Fuel Lab Filter
Stainless braided fuel feed back to tank
Fuel Lab AFPR with gauge
Mishimoto Aluminum radiator
Avid motor mounts















Okay let's get to work.

Here's the 6 bolt being pulled from the old shell...




Head back from the machine shop. Decked and cleaned. Painted the block. Time to start reassembly with all the new engine parts.




Painted the engine bay also..




Most of the motor is back together..




Next I'll be assembling the rest of the motor, cleaning, painting, and installing the trans, then dropping the motor in.

I also need to start on the AWD conversion (I took everything needed from the old car), then will be wire wheeling and painting the entire underneath of the car with SEM Rust shield paint.

In between all of that I'll be painting the interior side of the floor pan and then install my new black carpet and all of the black interior pieces including the dash that I took out of the GSX before I junked it.

Plenty of work to come.

Nice work man! Its looking great so far

Always sucks when you gotta send a DSM to the scrapper, but it looks like this build will go ok

Finished up the floor tonight with some SEM Rust Shield. This is the same stuff I am spraying the under carriage with.
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Before:





After:









Black dash, carpet, and interior can go in the car now.

very nice so far!

Looks good... Went to look at a silver 99 Gsx a few years ago, had that same rust and it was all the way through the rear fender wells.

Looks good bro. Keep it up. Im following this build now. Cant wait to see how it turns out!

Thanks for the support guys!




A little transmission cleanup and paint tonight, before and after.
Also started mounting the dash in the car. Plugging away at this project.

Looking good! I cant believe just how bad that eclipse was you had, I thought my rust was bad hahaha.
What paint you use on the tran? looks sharp

Thanks!
I used Rustoleum metallic grey on it.

Tackled some of the interior work tonight. I swapped the vins between the grey (Talon) and black (GSX) dashes so I wouldn't have any unforeseen problems in the future. I got the dash bolted down, started installing the new black aftermarket carpet. The carpet required a some trimming for fitment but is of better quality than even the OEM carpet. This thing is thick! Kind of a pain in the ass to cut through.

There's still a bit of work to do on the interior as you can see. The grey door panels also need to be swapped out amongst many other things.

I'm a little reluctant to throw the steering wheel back on just yet because if I can find an Evo VIII or IX steering wheel at a decent enough price I'm going to go that route.

Motor/trans in, interior coming together. Still plenty left to do but it's getting there.

Hope I can do a big makover on mine like this one day. I just hate not being able to drive her thats what stops me. Lol

I'm a little bit behind on updates.

Since the last post I have just about finished the AWD conversion, painted my undercarriage, re-done my talon headlights and buffed the lenses, and some other misc things. I still have some work to do until the car is truly finished, but I'm plugging away at it when I can.














I still need to rewire the fuel sending unit, put the driveshaft up, fab my exhaust manifold and downpipe, and some other misc things in the enginebay as you can see. It's getting there though!

Its nice mines coming together nicely too bit by bit feels nice to have things come in the mail.

Huge fan of all your builds Dave, I'll be following this one too. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks man.

Painted the Valve Cover today.

I haven't updated this in quite some time. The car still isn't 100% finished. I had a debacle with my Holset and just am waiting on a replacement turbo at the moment. Probably going to go with a Precision 6262. Pretty much everything else is finished. The AWD conversion is done, the car has been started up and moved under its own power using a friends 16g setup momentarily. I do need new wheels and also need to finish my Evo VIII steering wheel install but that's about it. It's so close.
I'll be completely repainting the entire car this winter (Black with gold pearl in it so it flops in the sunlight) and also it will have black TE37 knock offs with gold lugs.. Notice I want to run away with this black and gold thing !