Solaire
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- Apr 6, 2018
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Palm Bay,
Florida
Thanks for the advice bossJust take your time. Be patient. Skipping steps can mess the whole thing up.
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Thanks for the advice bossJust take your time. Be patient. Skipping steps can mess the whole thing up.
If I can find a lower mileage car then I will restore it. But this one has been abused over the years, and I figured what the heck lets make it fast and custom. I've done well on the custom part, but still working on the fast part . You're absolutely right though. I'm attached to these things now.Man, you have made a ton of progress on your car and it looks amazing. Your attention to detail, and frankly your entire build, is inspirational to me. It is exciting to see someone as passionate about their 420A Eclipse as I am. Our builds may be in different directions, but the genuine joy of owning one of these cars seems to be much the same. Keep up the great work!
I have a feeling I will stick with these cars for the rest of my life.
Also, if the car was in perfect condition you wouldn't get the fun of working on it!Haha same here.
I hear you on the condition too, but to be honest, personally, I'm glad that I don't have a gem mint collectors item-- I wouldn't want to drive it and I would be too afraid of "ruining" it to really enjoy it.. I realize that everybody is different, but that's just not for me. I've always found the pursuit of perfection to be a stressful thing, but the pursuit of excellence-- well that can be alot of fun.
Your car is awesome man. Keep enjoying the journey, and keep up the great work!
I just ordered a 3 gauge cluster. Woo hoo!
Now I just have to figure out how to run the gauges...
Oil pressure, afr, and amps from the alternator.Have you decided what gauges you are going to run? AFR, oil pressure?
Thank you for the info.Depending on the brand gauge you are going with, it might be cheaper to just replace the alternator than invest in a voltage gauge. Besides a water temp gauge would be more useful in my opinion since the gauge cluster temp is more of an idiot light with an arbitrary scale.
Oil pressure is nice to have to keep an eye on. Wide band AFR is definetly a need. Summit racing has a nice tap in strap so you don’t need to get a fitting welded in... though it would be more ideal to weld a fitting in. Since you are still running the stock ecu, you will need to leave the stock sensor in place (unless the stock ECU can read the narrow band signal out of the AFR gauge). I can’t remember if it will or not. It’s been years since I completely removed the stock ecu.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/...MIrKyvu-7u5QIVBpyzCh1ofQe7EAQYAiABEgIs4_D_BwE
It sucks how they don't sell the 1st and 2nd one. That's literally the only one I need. I guess I'll just leave it in till I blow it. Thanks for the info.My personal opinion. Do not rebuild the trans until you have to. These are my reasons. The stock trans uses a steel synchro with a bonded fiber material. This is why it takes a special fluid to not damage this fiber synchro. If you buy a standard aftermarket rebuild kit, it will come with brass synchros. These are noisy when cold, it will sound like a bunch of rocks in your trans, but they do work. Last trans I rebuilt I measured all of the synchros I had and used my best 5 in order to put stock synchros back in. The trans had been rebuilt before and had a brass 2nd synchro.
Last time I checked, you can still get 3rd, 4th, and 5th from mitsu. But 1st and 2nd are no longer available. So keep rocking it until you need to have it rebuilt and then do so.
+2 on wideband. " "
+1 on volts gauge.