Hey guys,I am trying to pull my motor again and like an idiot I have miss placed the hooks to attach the chains to on the motor. They go on the back right and the front left. I am not even sure what they are called. Can anyone help me out with this? Where I could buy one and a name for these...
Hey guys, so I am building a megasquirt 3 with the expansion board. I am about to solder in the capacitors. But it says that if I am using a coil trigger input to do certain steps and if I am not using the coil trigger input (fuel only) that I should do certain things. It says the using the coil...
Hey guys,I am going megasquirt and there are just so many options. I am going to get a megasquirt 3 and I am going to build it myself. I have a 96 eclipse with 8.6-1 comp wiseco pistons, fully ported head, 72mm precision turbo, etc. I want to run 880cc injectors to hit around 400hp. I have...
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I have a 420a turbo and my radiator just went so I am looking for another. I have searched all over the threads and every link is too old and doesn't work. I have checked fluidyne but they wanted 500 bucks for it. Needless to say I am not doing that. I want a performance radiator or...
Hey guys, I have a built 420a eclipse 5 speed which is vibrating and I haven't done anything to the suspension yet. When I go on the highway my car starts to vibrate. Whenever I go somewhat fast it vibrates. I have newish tires. It feels like it is coming from the rear passenger side of the...
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I have a newly built bottom end in my 420a. Its 8.6-1 and i have a 72mm precision turbo and i am looking for more horsepower. I want to go megasquirt but i just flipped a mustang and will hopefully be getting about 3 grand for it once i sell it. So since i have some cash my mind...
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So im doing the timing on my built turbo 420a. I have to do this because my stupid hydraulic tensioner failed on me and it walked toward the engine and started shredding itself. So i am doing a mechanical tensioner conversion and i wanted to put on an aluminum crank pulley. But i...
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So i have been reading a lot and made some important decisions about my project. This car is my daily driver and I want to start off by thanking Glowryder for helping me so much in my other post http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/420a-bolt-tech/438543-can-i-reach-400whp.html. I owe you...
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So two days ago my turbo just stopped working and it sounds like a ziptie now. So im in the market to get a new one. My final goal for the car is 500hp. But i am going to be going into my freshman year of college so i don't have all the money in the world. I want to run 400hp daily. I...
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Had this in another section and it got tossed so trying it here. I have a freshly built 420a turbo. It has 1200 miles the new build. I did all new timing and everything. The only thing reused is the injectors, rail, and intake manifold. Today it started making this weird noise at 2000...
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I was driving my freshly built 420a with 1200 miles and it started to make a noise at 2000 rpms. It sounds like someone is fastening up a zip tie really fast. It is very short and the noise doesnt keep happening. What could this be?? Any ideas?? thanks
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So I have a built 420a and basically just have turbo grind cams to do left engine wise. I am trying to decide on what fuel system to go with. I have been reading a lot of threads and not a lot of people like the hahn portfueler. My goal is 400whp :hellyeah: minimum. Anything above...
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Was skimming though craigslist today and found something very interesting lol. Aparently this guy is selling his 300hp naturally aspirated 420a :confused:. Yes, I did type that right, 300hp!! Check this out guys. I hope you all enjoy. I have already emailed him :hellyeah:1996...
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I just finished tieing up loose ends with my engine build on my 96 eclipse so now i am ready to start making it look good so i can go to the fresh meet summer bash on july 15th. Its going to be huge! Almost 800 people are already signed up facebook for it. But back to the point. My...
I am just finishing my break in with my built 420a and want to switch it to synthetic because of the heat and the turbo. I have no knowledge of what is good or not so i apologize in advance :coy:. Should i run royal purple?? I have heard bad things about mobil 1 like it will mess up your engine...
today i was driving it and it started to over heat and i went to help cool it down by turning the a/c on so the fan will turn on(i deleted the a/c) but it worked. But then it started to over heat again after awhile and i came to find out the a/c fan isnt turning on anymore:banghead:. What can i...
Hi, I have a newly built 420a turbo. Its got low comp pistons, rods, springs, valves, retainers, fmu, 50 trim turbo, fmic, 38mm wastegate, ssqv blow off valve, and 255 walboro. I have been starting to over heat so i changed the thermostat but that didn't fix anything. Box fans work. I took out...
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I just built my 420a with 8.1 compression. crower rods, wiseco pistons, crower springs and retainers, ferrea valves. i am running 7psi with a 38mm wastegate. I am super broke and i feel like i am running really lean. i was wondering what sixe is the biggest injector sixe i can run with my...
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I just built my 420a and i was driving it and everything was awesome and all of a sudden the starter didnt work at all. The starter isn't turning over at all and its not seized up. So i took my relays off and they had this like vasoline substance in them and i was wondering if its supposed...
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This is my first build as i am only 18 years old and i have a 96 420a eclipse. i put the engine back in and hooked everything up and took it for a test drive and it worked great but it leaked tons of oil. i found out i forgot to put the rear main seal in :ohdamn::ohdamn::ohdamn: Is it...
hi,i just built my 420a and turbocharged it and everything :hellyeah:. i put a south bend clutch in it and it is making a noise when i press down on the clutch but it only starts to make the noise when it is fully pressed in :banghead:. is this normal since it is a high performance clutch...
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There is a huge import meet in Hecksher State Park on March 18th. I will be going and was hoping for some support. There are no DSM clubs up on there list of clubs that are going and i want to put us up and show that we still rule the road. :hellyeah: Check it out: Island Import Day /...
i have a 96 mitsubishi eclipse gs (n/t). i have been looking around for a solid turbo:banghead:. can anybody help me? also, do i have to change anything in my dohc 2.0 16 valve engine so i dont blow it up?