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I'm a fan of the Mitsubishi Eclipse, not Eclipse Cross ))). The second generation of eclipses played an important role in the development of tuning culture. With great pleasure i am engaged in tuning of these legendary, cult cars.

What awaits us in this series?

Mitsubishi Eclipse which is dissassembled at all will arrive to me on the tow truck. I will build it again. I will build it as factory stock and also tune it. I will recover 20th years old body of this car. I will share the experience of swaps and alterations to all-wheel drive for these cars.
All series are divided into days, not always calendar, as the working day, the working stage can be more than a day.
Welcome ! Day one !
 
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Day 2. I continue to disassemble 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse 2G. Prepare it for sand blasting. Show and tell secrets of conversion GST to GSX (swap to AWD).

How to fasten rear 4wd subframe? How and where need to fasten AWD fuel tank? What fasteners do you need for remaking FWD body d32a to 4WD body d33a?

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Day 3. I delivered the body of Mitsubishi Eclipse 2G 1999 to sandblasting work shop. There it was cleaned from rust and covered by acidic primer.

What's happened with the body after the treatment? What will be next step?

All this you will know from this serie of my restoration vlog ... Watch, comment, like and subscribe to my channel

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Day5. Forged pistons are installed into the block 4G63 from Mitsubishi Eclipse 2G. I'm installing EVO's crankshaft and modifying oil pump for working without balance rods, remaking housing of oil filter for oil cooling. Water pump, rollers, gears and screws. Short block is assembled. Everything is ready for cylinder head installing

What problems arose during the assembly process?
What parts decided to build the engine?

All this you will know from this serie of my restoration vlog ... Watch, comment, like and subscribe to my channel

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Day6. Choosing cylinder head for Mitsubishi Eclipse 2G. First head went to trash can. Second head needs additional repairing works. The third one passed vision control. Preparing it for detail checking. If all parameters will be suitable, pass it to mechanical treatment of plane which connect with cylinder block, pressing and valves lapping

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Treated all rusty points by rust converter with zinc. Glued all seams by sealant. Treated front part of body by antitrust solution. Sent suspension elements to powder painting company. Made engine shield protection by aluminum thermo screen with ceramic layer. Braked air scissors and of course installed the engine

What will come out of this ?

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Episode 11. How to make the coolest new turbine from the old one? How to make upgrade? I visited company Turbolab. They made diagnostics of the old turbine PTE. They decided to convert it from bushing to ball bearing. Replaced the impeller and made balancing.

What was the process? What difference between cast impeller and the whole milled?

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ZergBush updated #SaveTheEclipse (awd swap)

Here we have a 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse 2G. This car is 20 years old, and I was tasked with restoring it to its former glory. I'm having to cut and drill all around, since a long life in harsh conditions has taken its toll on the bodywork.
How do you revive it, and is that even possible? Check out episode 12 of my savetheeclipse series to find out.

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ZergBush updated #SaveTheEclipse (awd swap)

Here we have a 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse 2G. This car is 20 years old, and I was tasked with restoring it to its former glory.
At first I wasn't keen on doing any bodywork, but every body shop I knew didn't want to have anything to do with this rust bucket - as soon as I told them that the job goes beyond repairing damaged exterior panels and involves restoring the inner structure of the rocker panels. Which meant I had to do everything myself. At least I got some great content out of it for the 13th installment if "savetheeclipse"

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ZergBush updated #SaveTheEclipse (awd swap)

You guys were asking how to convert a second gen Mitsubishi Eclipse to all-wheel drive? I've put together a comprehensive guide, which contains all of the important information and small nuances of doing the all-wheel drive swap. How do you turn a D32A into a D33A, convert a GST to a GSX, how do you secure the propshaft, what sort of mounting would you need to fabricate for the subframe and the fuel tank? You'll find answers to all of these questions in the 14th installment of #savetheeclipse

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ZergBush updated #SaveTheEclipse (awd swap)

There are obviously plenty of secrets when it comes to converting a Mitsubishi Eclipse to all-wheel drive. In this video I begin assembling the rear suspension and transmission elements. What sort of issues might you encounter, and how should you go about solving them? How do you modify suspension links for the front-wheel drive version to get them to fit the all-wheel drive rear subframe? What do you replace the stock fuel lines with? Which fuel tank innards are fit for the purpose? What will you need to cut off in order to install bigger brakes - from an Evo, for example? I'll answer all of these questions in the 15th installment of #savetheeclipse

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ZergBush updated #SaveTheEclipse (awd swap)

How to assemble the rear AWD drive shafts on the Mitsubishi Eclipse? What types of lubricants should be used to extend the life of all-wheel drive machine? In this series I brought to working condition of drive shafts outer cv joint. Installed repaired in the previous episode arms and the rear element of the transmission. What's next? Episode 16 #SaveTheEclipse.

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This second gen Mitsubishi Eclipse has been fitted with all the necessary all-wheel drive bits. The suspension and the driveline both front and rear are now completely assembled. The propeller shaft is mounted in place. But what sort of suspension arms is the car rocking? Why have the front steering knuckles been replaced? What's up with the shock absorbers?

Find out all of this and much more in the 17th installment of #SaveTheEclipse

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I've completed the final large-scale system for the turbo Mitsubishi Eclipse 2G, namely the air intake and charge cooling setup. It starts at the air filter, then goes to the mass air flow sensor, the feed pipe before the turbo, the turbo compressor housing, the hot charge pipe, the intercooler core itself, the cold charge pipe fitted with either a blow off or bypass valve, until it finally ends at the throttle body and intake manifold assembly. Each and every aforementioned pipe mounted before the throttle body had to be fabricated from scratch for this application.

How did I do it? What sort of material and what sizes did I use? Find out in the latest episode of #savetheeclipse

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