No biggie, I probably over-reacted anyway.I have a set of rear Cusco Zero-2 coilovers for the evo 8 CT9A - don't ask. but it's been a little harder than I thought to find matching fronts at working man prices. It's just been a goofy couple of days. I'm just hoping all I would have to do...

So, you haven't actually done the work. you just googled the same things I googled which don't really answer the question.I.E. wasn't asking for evo 4/5/6/7/8/9/x was asking evo 1/2/3 and wasn't asking for an elitist attitude. If you don't know don't reply, easy right?

Can't think right now. I'm pretty sure that the fronts work fine, but the rear (evo) shock body is too long for dsm. hoping for someone to verify. (found some used parts to think about)

Stick a fork in it sirs.put in another ECU and all good. No idea how ECMLink tested my original and put a socket in it. Anyway, since there was a Technical Service Bulletin on the 1990 (and apparently only the 1990) with a $400 fix; I found a 1991 GSX ECU.This thread should be...

was the package deal with dsmlink. they did it.

already had it serviced a few weeks ago when I had the socket installed for DSM link. they found minor capacitor leakage. I just might get to the point of trying another ECM for the hell of it.check engine light comes on when you turn the key. when it shuts down, there's no bogging, it...

dunno, it's freaking me out and 60 hour weeks at work are killing me. If this ASD relay is the same relay that has been called "Fuel Injection Relay", "Fuel Pump Relay", "MPI Relay", and "Universal Relay" then is not the case, but for all I know there could be another half dozen relays under...

Yellow would probably look kick ass with my black cherry/silver. There is something else about yellow too. like anti glare or something. I guy I work with wears yellow tint glasses in the morning if he takes his Harley. He swears by them.

Plastigauge!!!One, two days tops. But if you're running around and taking stuff to get hot tanked, or bored out, or whatever at the machine shop you could be a month easy.

I know when I changed my fuel pump the float got hung up on the baffle in the fuel tank, thus was reading near full. If the pump is out of the car you could turn the key on, move the float and see if it changes the fuel gauge. some senders go 0 ohm empty - 90 ohm full; some go 90 ohm empty - 0...

sometimes tough. If all you have is basic hand tools it might be over your head. At the very least you need a bench vice or a dangerous contraption to press the new bushings in. By dangerous I mean something like a C clamp with a breaker bar or something that can surely cause pain when it...

just save it and use it for good maintenance. buy an drop in K&N filter... car is almost 15 years old, it's going to need something eventually.This lesson brought to you by my first car, a 96 Cavalier with the 2.2 OHV. Before I was beating anyone I had an intake, P n' P on the intake...

the only concern would be aerodynamic, and that's hard to guess at. A little down force is certainly a good thing for spirited driving, too much will kill your MPG (if that is something you might be worried about) and take away some acceleration. Worse than that is lift, since the front end of...

Oh man, I'm listening, and super interested. But I have to get my car running again first.

Is that the same relay that powers the fuel pump?If so, then have already tested it, unless it could have an intermittent issue, like working fine some of the time, I did borrow one from a parts store, which didn't change anything. But this was before I shipped my ECU to link for testing...

No dice on the additional ground.Pretty sure the Camshaft Angle Sensor functions as both cam & crank sensors. I'm not totally sure though. I just got the car like 6mos ago.I've been kind of busy lately, so the car stuff is even more frustrating. Strange thing the other day, I pulled...

Car is driving me up a wall. well, I wish it would. cranks over, runs perfect for about 20 seconds then bogs out and dies.when it's running it charges at 14 volts, and runs perfect. I ran it up to about 3-3.5 k rpms with no problem. Then it dies out, and for about 30 seconds to a minute...

SRT-4's didn't come with a muffler. that just popped in my head a month later and I thought I'd share.

$20ish on rock auto. listed under "body interior"

under the body. could use those protruding pieces of sheet metal that honda puts along the pinch rail. they are one of the few auto makers that give reinforced places to jack up the car. the others are krauts, and some newer Chrysler but the rubber bump stop looking things always fall off...

the level could have gone down far enough to drain oil from the torque convertor, meaning it takes time to get oil back into it. possibly running dry could have caused one of the little ball bearings in the valve body to be stuck. I've never worked on a dsm's auto though, really only GM...

for the love of god, if you weld a wrench to the drain plug, make sure you will be able to turn the wrench 360* aka all the way around.EDIT: If you have time and a few bucks to blow, maybe find a stripped lug nut socket for a krautwagen (VW, Audi, BMW) they are also 17mm.the filing down the...

^ and a bag of -AN fittings that you will probably never use sitting in the bottom of your tool box. measure twice, order once.

if you want the quick and easy, but sometimes messy. you would empty the power steering reservoir with either a suction pump or a turkey baster, remove the return line, plug the hole - where you removed the return line. fill the master, point the end of the return line into a large jug or...

if you jack the car up under the lower control arm there will be tension on the upper ball joint. the only time you jack under the lower control arm to check the front end is on trucks and old cars where the coil spring compresses against the lower arm. for state inspection purposes on some...

summit usually has better deals on shipping though. damn me for forgetting any "local" (dsm forums) vendors.

For some reason the Jegs brand fittings go together smoother than the summit brand fittings. I used russell hose. I'm pretty sure russell still makes the "twist-loc" hose that is a bit cheaper still, but the fittings are different. but yeah the two big places to shop are Summit Racing ? High...

If they're metallic pads they will make some noise when cold, but this noise would go away when warmed up (the heat "softens" the metal) Could be the dust shield (behind the rotor) rubbing against the rotor, that's usually what it is. if it is just bend it back, or remove them. if it's more...

blower motor. plain and simple.

Is it one cylinder or all? Do the plug(s) come out soaked in fuel?

^ use a torch to melt the plastic insert in the nut, then they spin off fine. doesn't have to be oxy ace torch either.

Totally forgot to check the spec again, been busy at work. I'm 90% sure it's 107 ft/lbs. should be able to google if you need to. sometimes forks work really well, sometimes you're better off without. it will usually destroy the boot if you use it, so something to consider, like if you were...

different engines. 420A, 4G63/4. I think the GS spider had a 4G64 which is engine drivers side, trans pass side. if yours is 420A it's engine pass side, trans drivers side.

did want to throw it out there, if water can threaten the filter from splashes and such it's probably not in a good place, also going to add that (generally) a lot of "cold" air intakes scoop up hot air from close to the surface of the road. the street absorbs heat from the sun and heats the...

Sounds like fun. going serious all motor can get really serious, though. and more expensive than a basic turbo system. some cranks benefit from a knife-edging, some are decent enough out of the box. lighter & stronger internals like using T6 hypereutectic pistons instead of forged. It would...

I'd say a 255. they are the same price (within $20) also get a decent fpr, something with a rising rate boost reference. it would be overkill to re-wire the OEM pump, then get a 190, then get a 255.I put a 255 on a non-turbo 2.2 cavalier and ran beautifully, it all in the return/pressure...

forgot to mention torque wrench for the axle nut, probably around 100ft/lbs. I have a book at work that has specs, will confirm tomorrow. will also need side cutters (it's more fun to call them dikes) to remove/install cotter pins.I have done tie rod ends/ball joints using an almost...

there is a walk through with pictures somewhere, I wanted to comment on it but haven't posted enough to become "Proven". for the outer tie-rod ends you loosen the jam nut, remove the nut on the stud and "tap" it with a hammer. sometimes it's easy sometimes it's not, generally it will go easier...

point is I actually like wearing a seatbelt. having it disabled and wound all the way back would make it too much of a hassle to put on and take off. maybe I'll just get used to it. stock belt doesn't really go across my shoulder/chest like I would like it to. I'm sure I'll figure something...

AWESOME thank you!They likely wouldn't find out. I have no coverage for the car, only liability (but they will never take my DSM away), so there wouldn't be an agent assessing damages on my car. unless heaven forbid, I end up in a hospital, as I do have coverage on myself. I might talk with...

Just to set the record straight, the automatic belt itself works fine. However, what happened about two hours ago has happened several times since I've owned the car and it kinda hurts. when you get out of the car in somewhat of a rush, and forget to take the shoulder belt down from the...

the stock one doesn't actually measure boost, it just shows assumed boost from reading sensors and such. so it would still work, and don't be surprised if they show different readings when you get the car on the road, as the stock one doesn't account for air filter resistance (opening can of...

should be about the same stuff.

most definitely yes if your car is OBD2 (1995 is coin flip). does the engine turn over?

the quick way is to undo your t-fitting with the engine running, if you hear it "hiss" you have vacuum. I don't think you're going to make much boost in neutral though.

I swear I'm the only one that has cruise control. I'm gonna need some coffee to figure how to get rid of it, or find/make a new cable. just goofy how it goes from the pedal to a cruise control box then to the throttle body. yeah it's a 5sp.

I usually work 60 hours a week, no kids, no girlfriend. money doesn't mean a whole lot.

So, I got this car about a month ago and have been basically doing maintenance work before I consider any real upgrades. so for it needed a new slave cyl. so I did the slave(OEM-mitsubishi), master(OEM-mitsubishi), and stainless braided clutch line, because that's how I roll. swapped out some...

^ that's about damn right. the first time I drove my talon was thinking like i was driving an old truck. I got a lot smoother over time, but it's just me babying it.

summitracing.com has decent prices on aluminum pipes and bends. shop around, it's going to be one of those "open the hood, take the bumper off, make some coffee and stare at it" measure each straight section, and take note of each bend, add up how many couplers you'd need, just check your notes...