Looking to get some advice on my cruise log. Just recently got my LC1 installed and calibrated to match what Link is reading.No boost leaks, great motor health, idle and biss set according to wikis, timing is correct as well.This run was done on 91 octane (only thing available in my town...
I figured since I am an avid photo taker during my builds that it would be prudent for me to try and document everything for everyone else that may be interested to read. This build will focus on my travels from a utterly COMPLETELY VIRGIN 1996 Eagle Talon TSi AWD that I just purchased as a toy...
Well here I am again...7 years after I sold my 3rd DSM and have gotten sucked back into this incredible addiction. I just recently picked up a nearly virgin white 1996 Eagle Talon TSi AWD.Picked up this one for $2400 with a few issues but definitely without a PO's project mess. When...
Ok here is my choices. I gotta find a clutch to install on my 97 GST (mods in profile) to mate with my new transmission I am going to be getting in the next month. My tranny is about to explode and I figure this would be a good time to do it and just throw it all on my credit card until...
Ok so I got to go to the Trans Siberian Orchestra concert last night in OKC. It was a sold out show and I have got to say it was one of the most AMAZING shows I have ever seen. If nobody has ever heard of them then look them up on youtube or myspace they are just amazing. They have a huge mix of...
I decided to make a write up for the Lambo door hinge install as I was taking the hinges off so some parts are already put together as I am taking these pictures in reverse. This kit was purchased on ebay and was modified a little to allow better opening and stability.Tools Needed:Socket...
Ok my 2g tranny has been acting up for the past few months. Whenever I am stopped and disengage the clutch to start moving it use to make a violent bang and kick out of first gear, now it has became less and less violent leading me to believe that the gear is getting destroyed. I found this...
Ok I am fixing to move to my next college and I feel like it is time for a new car, I've lost interest in DSMs for awhile after having my 3rd one. I have recently put my 2g back to stock and planning on selling it with a fresh rebuilt motor and I have money saved up. Alltogether I have around...
Ok after some searching I think I have got the problem for my car but going to run it by everyone to make sure. Ok my car has been having problems with not wanting to start, the starter will continually get harder and harder to start, making looooong cranking sounds trying to start it until...
Ok so last week my 2g takes a shit on me while I'm on a road trip leaving me stranded for 14 hours. The car drives perfect there but on the way back, early in the morning, the car has been sittin so the engine isn't hot just yet but is an extremely hot day. Ok car starts cutting out and bucking...
Ok I have had a hell of a week, my turbo breaks down on me with a bad ignition coil leaving me stranded for 14 hours on the way back from my g/fs. NOW I take the backup 92 Eclipse GS 5speed up to see her and AGAIN have the DSM woes :(. Ok here is the problem, car idles fine, no overheating, oil...
I did some photoshopping tonight to give me an idea of what I want my car to look like over the next year and I think it will look great. Hopefully all of the greys on the car will match I couldnt get them to on photoshop but when it is done it will...
I am planning on building a multi-stage boost controller in my GST but have a few questions on some wiring issues. I want to be able to to run low boost in first gear slightly higher boost in 2nd and possibly a bit higher in the rest. I don't want to wire in a manual switch I want it to change...
Hey here are some updated pics of the doors, they are holding up FANTASTIC buuuuuuut I'm parting out the car I think. I am wanting to switch over to an AWD eclipse of a different color I'm not a big fan of silver. If anyone is interested in my doors let me know because I am going to put the...
YaY I finally got some work done on my car since I had a few days off, also have some stuff planned for this weekend like the hood pictures on the red car.http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/zachissak/lambos.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/zachissak/lambos3.jpg...
Ok so I had a decently large system in my car that came with the car when I bought it.2 - 12" Kicker Pro Comp Subs, Polk Audio components all around all wired to a 1500 watt Kicker Amp. Also they were stuffed into a HUGE box. Ok I am pretty good at fiberglassing and race season has also...
Ok I purchased the schley valve spring compressor (http://www.thetoolwarehouse.net/shop/SP-91400.html)because it is a universal spring compressor that alot of people have used on their dsms when changing the valve seals. What I need to know is how do I get the passenger side mount on? The guides...
Ok I am fixing to order some new valve stem seals to fix my smoking problem and came across a few different choses so which ones did you chose and why and where?Ferrea seals http://www.extremepsi.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=18055&cat=0&page=1or Nippon Racing seals from Ebay...
Ok I am running stock injectors and stock MAF and wanted to get use to tuning my car before I upgraded. I have a SAFC 1 installed in the car and am checking all the trims with a logger. My problem is that even with stock injectors, MAF, and fuel pump my engine is adding 28% fuel to the mix at...
Ok I just got my SAFC1 wired in today and was going to try and tune it and from everything I have read when you have the 450cc injectors you shouldnt have to do much of anything with the STFT or LTFT but on mine however it said STFT was adding about 17 at idle so I go and add on like 22% to the...
All I can say is WOW! Ok night before last me and my roommate decided to go to walmart at like 2am because we was bored and wanted some food for the dorm room. Well we go and as I pull into the parking lot we see two fox bodys sittin over in the corner and they yell and wave at me as I pull up...
Ok last night I was taking my girlfriend home and after making a turn my blinker WOULD NOT GO OFF, it tried putting it on right turn but nothing it wouldnt change, turned off the car, still nothing wouldnt change, I had to pull the blinker fuse so I wouldn't cause a wreck and started to use hand...
I was lookin around on google and came across this valve spring compressor and thought that it just might work. What does everyone think? this would allow you to access the valves without removing the head.
Ok I have had this smoking problem for awhile now and been trying to fix it all summer before I head to college and still haven't got it quite right since I've started. I'll start with the symtoms and also tell everything I've checked.1. Does smoke at all when I first start it in the morning...
Ok I just got my car running again after a headgasket and 14b install. All my mods are in profile btw. Ok I got my Joe P. MBC installed going from the jpipe to the mbc to wastegate. I get boost creep in 1-3rd gear but when I get to 4th and 5th gear I can't get it to go past 9psi what is wrong...
Ok I recently ordered all my headgasket/timing belt parts from one of the vendors on here and originally ordered the OEM stock gasket but I open up the box and they aparently have thrown in the 4 layer OEM gasket. Now I would LIKE to use this gasket but I didn't get my head decked or my block...
I just took the head off my car for a headgasket install so I thought it to be the perfect opportunity to get easy access to the EGR Valve. I like to keep my buddy list close to me :cool:
I have been lookin at making an oil feed line for my 14b swap and on this install kit http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33742&item=7980732922&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW there isnt a banjo bolt from what I can tell it just screws into the turbo. Does anyone have this kit...
Ok here's the deal, my car has been smoking white for the last week/week and a half and it doesnt it constant. It still drives great and doesnt overheat at all but smokes all the time. I did a cold compression test 195-180-195-200 and a warm test 195-185-195-196. I'm not much coolant or oil that...
I recently blew the headgasket in my gst and need to replace it soon. My question is which headgasket should I chose for my application. The most I plan to run is a 16g but nothing over 20psi. I also don't want to have to yank the engine to have the block decked. Which of these two gaskets...
I blew a coolant leak yesterday and I tracked it down to the hard water pipe that goes from the oil filter housing to the upper radiator hose area. I think that a bolt wore a hole in the hard pipe because it is bone dry an inch above that spot. Would it be safe to try and use Stop-Leak and is...
I just put on a new turboback and it has 2 built in resonators and a muffler on it and as soon as I put it on it started smoking when I started it up. It didn't do this before I put it on so I'm pretty sure that is what it is, I have heard that the resonators will blow up and burn out leaving...
Ever since I bought my new eclipse whenever I go over small bumpers at low rates of speed I hear a really loud annoying knocking sound coming fromt he passenger strut area like pieces of metal knocking together. I have searched this over and over and CAN NOT find where it is coming from because...
I was waxing my car and noticed that I got rust forming in the area where the hinges are for the hatch. I don't know how I would get to this w/o removing the hatch completely. What would you guys do and how bad does it look?
Ok my first eclipse was a 96 Eclipse GS :barf: well I loved it at the time but that sure didn't last long. I bought the car for 2700$, after I had it for a month I got hit for the first time :( but I got 2000$ out of the deal because the guy didn't want to show it on his insurance so we got...
I'm going to detail cars this summer for some extra money, already working 2 jobs but need to pay this freaking car off before college. I picked up some of those Mr. Clean magic erasers and you know what? THEY FREAKING WORK GREAT!!!! I mean I thought it would be a joke or something but you dont...
Ok I got my datalogger bout a month ago and I have messed with it alittle bit but at the moment I don't have anything to tune with. Here is a 3rd gear pull but I let off at the end cuz i just took it and it was at night. Just something to base stuff off of. Anyways I was wondering if anyone out...
I saw another thread in the hangout about a car (thread got closed) anyways the car had a fan mounted behind the intercooler to pull more air through.
http://i5.ebayimg.com/01/i/03/c0/fd/60_12_sb.JPG
does anyone think this would do any good? I have extra fans laying around from cars I have...
I am looking for a 3" mandrel bent exhaust and would perfer one with dual tips but I cant find one cheap and dont say have one done at a shop because nobody in this bum#### state will make one for cheap that is mandrel bent. Anyways I found this one with a cannister type muffler on ebay...
Does anyone know any good exhaust shops in Ft Smith that does mandrel bending? I can't find one around my town and will pry have to go to Ft smith to have it done.
Ok right now my exhuast is stock and just cut off right after the cat and I LOVE the sound it has a nice purr to it and doesnt get loud or atleast not NEAR as loud as my n/t with a 2.5 exhaust. My question is are the differences between a stock downpipe and a 2.5" downpipe so great that it would...
Ok I'm wanting to get a 3" catback made at my local shop this week and have a question about what to do about my cat. I know I want to put in a testpipe because Oklahoma has no emissions lol. The deal is right now I have stock downpipe and cat and the pipe is just cut off after the cat. I want...
Ok I have been building a new upper intercooler pipe out of exhaust tubing and want to keep my car a sleeper so I am painting everything metal in the car black but also want to have it look even more stock. I was wondering if I spray the outside of the UICP with that black rubber coating will it...
OMFG who the HELL made the locks autolock when the car is running :mad: :mad: :mad: all I wanted to do was walk into the store and leave my car running for 1 FREAKING MINUTE while i went into the store and got some coffee.......THE FREAKING DOOR LOCKS AS SOON AS YOU SHUT THE FREAKING DOOR...
Ok I have a major cut out problem in my car and it seems like its only in second gear but that may be because of when im pulling. Ok at first I thought the studdering might be the clutch slipping so I set the cruise on 45 and headed up a hill and no rpm jumping so thats good right? If it was...
I get a really bad studder at like 5500rpms in 1st and 2nd it feels like a rev limiter or something but there is no way it could be that. any ideas for me to check out i cant think of anything.thanks
Hey guys I finally got around to painting my brakes with the Duplicolor Metalcast. Took forever to get all the rust off I used my dremel and wire brush attachment. Matches my center caps pretty well too.
http://www.dsmtuners.com/gallery/data/502/13288mycar3-med.JPG...