99-420a
Probationary Member
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- Jun 30, 2018
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Newark,
Ohio
Wanted to stop by and say hello and introduce myself and what I am working on. First off I have been browsing this forum for years. Over the years I have learned a lot. Mark seems to be the 420a wiseman. I am Tim from Newark OH.
I bought a 420a 99 eclipse with 100k miles a couple years ago. I drove it for a couple weeks and spun a bearing. I decided to gamble and just drop the pan. I replaced all rod bearings with some king bearings. Also used the emery cloth on the crank. I noticed the rod that spun seemed to have damaged the sides of the rod and crank. Which caused excessive side clearance. I still went a head and ran it. Was mostly trouble free for about 1.5 years. Over that time I had to replace crank sensor, cam sensor and vac lines. Egr started sticking so deleted it. Then coolant temp sensor went bad during the coldest time of winter. Took a couple days to figure it out. Anyways engine wise it was fine for nearly 2 years. I decided since it started to have a minor head gasket leak to replace the headgasket,studs and rods with neon rt rods and LS bolts. Still had knock from side play(expected). After i got that done it got in an accident(not my fault.) It was declared totalled. I was given a check for $2.5k due to the amazing interior and low miles. I paid less then i was given for the car. Bought it back,I tried my hand at repairs and painting. I went for a custom mixed flat grey single stage. Looks nealry identical to primer. Currently the engine is sitting in my garage waiting for me to get the time to rebuild it. I am doing the weisco/ eagle combo with arp head studs and a felpro permatorque. Will be running a mild turbo setup using a blox fmu,fc1 wideband walbro 255LPHP (see been reading). Will likely run an ebay turbo (possibly cx racing). Will upgrade to megasquirt and namebrand turbo later as funds allow. I have 3 kids and a wife and other projects. I will post pics later on. Sorry for the long post.
I bought a 420a 99 eclipse with 100k miles a couple years ago. I drove it for a couple weeks and spun a bearing. I decided to gamble and just drop the pan. I replaced all rod bearings with some king bearings. Also used the emery cloth on the crank. I noticed the rod that spun seemed to have damaged the sides of the rod and crank. Which caused excessive side clearance. I still went a head and ran it. Was mostly trouble free for about 1.5 years. Over that time I had to replace crank sensor, cam sensor and vac lines. Egr started sticking so deleted it. Then coolant temp sensor went bad during the coldest time of winter. Took a couple days to figure it out. Anyways engine wise it was fine for nearly 2 years. I decided since it started to have a minor head gasket leak to replace the headgasket,studs and rods with neon rt rods and LS bolts. Still had knock from side play(expected). After i got that done it got in an accident(not my fault.) It was declared totalled. I was given a check for $2.5k due to the amazing interior and low miles. I paid less then i was given for the car. Bought it back,I tried my hand at repairs and painting. I went for a custom mixed flat grey single stage. Looks nealry identical to primer. Currently the engine is sitting in my garage waiting for me to get the time to rebuild it. I am doing the weisco/ eagle combo with arp head studs and a felpro permatorque. Will be running a mild turbo setup using a blox fmu,fc1 wideband walbro 255LPHP (see been reading). Will likely run an ebay turbo (possibly cx racing). Will upgrade to megasquirt and namebrand turbo later as funds allow. I have 3 kids and a wife and other projects. I will post pics later on. Sorry for the long post.