I literally did all of the above. Engine in break in period now, everything seems to be working ok, passed CA smog. Thanks for the input, greatly appreciated.

I got some A-arm for my SUV, about a year ago, hopefully they hold, I dont drive it much, but I do tow with it.

Hey everyone, so I finally got it going, last week, passed smog (CA) on the first attempt, paid a ton for renewal since I never put car on non-op, you would think i learned my lesson from the previous cars I did the same. But alas it is officially registered. New engine feels nice, although I...

Good luck with the wiring, I am currently running one power door of a gst (Driver), and a crank by hand (pass), I was out of the country for a few months and they thought the 'new' gst power doors were trash and threw them out some time last year when they cleaned our garage, so now im back in...

builds like yours make me feel optimistic about keeping my car and keep making it better. Great job, everything looks extra crispy.

Car is finally running, after a long long time working weekends on it, engine and trans seem be running good. Haven't had a chance to drive it on the freeway.I have one minor issue so far, the fan doesn't turn on until the temp gage registers around 75-80%, and when the fans kicked in, the...

I finally got some dowel pins from them, but they werent the right size, I am guessing they stocked them as N/T but in actuality were Turb, so I ended up going to many machine shops around my area and just got whavetever matched the circumferance, I had to machine off to right length and presto.

good luck man, keep us posted on your work.

Tijuana :hellyeah:

Hey guys, so I've made some progress on the engine rebuild, after a few setbacks, the head from me original engine (og eng) was destroyed by the machine shop, so I moved on to the head of engine I bough for spare parts (eng 2), and took it to a new machine shop, they did a good job, but turns...

after a few weeks of looking for a 420a engine online or anywhere for that matter, I found someone 150 miles away willing to sell me their spare engine, it was abandoned in a shed with the oil pan out and and the bottom exposed and the top as well due to a pair of missing spark plugs, once I...

thanks for the heads up, i currently dont have the real estate to buy a whole car, I just recently purchased a 420a that looks it might be able to be worked on.

so I finally got around to getting another engine, I picked a 420a for a good price, person I bought it from states it has about 150k, and may need head gasket, engine looks like a 420a with 150k that needs a head gasket, so will see hopefully it is not a pandoras box cituation, I am having a...

Hey guys, looking for an engine '98 rs (n/a)' manual ,know of one shoot me a message. Also I am considering swapping if i can't find a good replacement soon, trying to get my rs back to life.

The car runs rough when hot even without the MAF?

Oh this has been an decade long ongoing project, patience is abundant.I think I am going to start by checking the rod bearings from the bottom while they are in, seems the most likely candidate.

Hey Diego, is your 2g built? Or are you working on it ? Also if you need any help translating shoot me a dm. Las traducciones de partes de carros muchas veces google no las tiene bien.

Will do, going to take advantage of this quarantine time, as soon as work ends. I’ll keep adding to the journal and update here. Thanks and wish me luck.

Do parts bought come with Lysol?

I've had this car for over a decade, and we been through it all, timing chain, valve, head, etc, everything you get into when you are broke and beating your daily, but now I want to rebuild this 2g to make it a fun weekend warrior. Last time it ran, was after fixing the water pump, that...

SoCal420a submitted a new DSM Profile :98 RS Long way to go.Read more about this vehicle here...