This is my 1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX manual. It's pretty rough around the edges, but everything drivetrain related works great. $1000 off if you want some beat up Motegi wheels over the Avid1 AV06s$6000 OBOPros:
Runs and drives
Engine works great, great compression numbers (160 - 180 -...
Dear Diary,It's been about a year since I updated this, but I haven't made enough progress to feel like I needed to update this. Let's get caught back up to speed.The radiator has been replaced with the Mishimoto aluminum radiator, along with an aluminum coolant overflow tank, since I didn't...
ALL PRICES ARE OBO, SHIPPING INCLUDED ON ALL BUT INTERCOOLER AND TURBO
I honestly just want most of these gone and would hate to throw out something that someone else might need, so if you want it, buy me Domino's or Little Caesar'sMishimoto Intercooler (similar to CX Racing or Punishment...
Here's two of the things that I'm not sure I reconnected correctly.
I'm like 95% these are ground wires and should be grounded to the body.And I remember this being attached to the body, but I have no idea what this is.
Oh sorry, that was the goal, but I ended up back tracking since I think that changing it might take a little more time than I want to spend, since its been sitting for like 6 months and I dont want the fuel to varnish
I've looked around a bit on the forums to try and find a solution to this, but I just get a lot of people having issues with cranking and starting exclusively. Mine is that everything electrical seems to be out.Backstory:
I stored my car for the winter in my garage while I slowly amassed some...
Thanks man, I'll try and mount the turbo up this weekend, and then see what the move is from there. I got the VRSF for $400, so I can probably resell it for around that if necessary and fab a new pipe Mishimoto if I go that route, or get a couple bolts, a drill and use an angle grinder to trim...
I can try cleaning up the inside of the engine bay since its been very dirty since I bought it a year ago. The Mishimoto intercooler attaches with 2 bolts coming from the top, you can kinda see it in the pictures. But as for what is normal, I don't know as I am the 13th owner of this Eclipse and...
To keep it simple, I bought a VRSF 2G front mount intercooler kit from a user on here a while ago, but due to not having a compatible turbo, neglected putting it on. Now that I've tried, it looks to be significantly more work than I first thought.As this is going to be a street car, I don't...
I am indeed planning on doing to supporting mods at a future date. The problem is that I need to do the other necessary maintenance in order to ensure everything is in good shape before making those mods and getting the car tuned.This is disingenuous I believe. If we talk about fluid flow...
To give background to the question in the title, I have a 1996 GSX with a stock T25 turbo, and a wacky as hell intercooler system.I'm pretty sure the turbo is going out, so I figured I'd replace it with a 14B. I ended up getting a VRSF front mount intercooler to make it all play nicely...
But wouldn't a MAT sensor account for that anyway. It's not like a manifold is going to leak air out, so if you know the temperature and the pressure of the air directly before it goes in, and you know how quickly the valves are going to open, then you know how much air is going into the engine.
I had a bit of a one off question.Why do speed density setups use intake air temperature instead of manifold air temperature?Is it because it's just easier to install and use a IAT sensor than it is to place it in the manifold, or perhaps some engineering issue with early MAT setups that...
I ended up going over all my hoses and found a small section of the stock hosing that wasn't sealed up properly so I fought to get it sealed up, got the blow off valve sealed off and ended up getting 7 psi and some compressor surge.I have a 16g coming in and will replace the intercooler piping...
Hey,Just like the title suggests, I can't get my eclipse to get past atmospheric pressure (0psi of boost) and because of that my car is having a lot of AFR issues relating to that.I think it's either the blow off valve, a greddy type RS I bought from another forum member, or the intercooler...
Okay, so I didn't actually solve my problem with this. I'm still left with no idea what is causing my car to run so poorly and would love it if any of y'all could help me out with some knowledge.
I just wanna post this for posterity and say he was right. Decided to do one last look through and see if there was anything that might be out of place, and it had been a while. Checked the vacuum line that runs from the intake manifold to the boost gauge and the from the boost gauge to the fuel...
I'm not trying to make massive numbers, in fact right now I just want to get the car driving without weird issues. But if a 10psi difference is enough that like 7 pounds of boost is gonna f*** it up, I'll definitely take it to a shop.
Thanks man, I think I'll go ahead and do all the important maintenance stuff first and just keep using the block without rebuilding it. I'm not planning to make much more than 350 crank horsepower so it should be somewhat reasonable.
Fair, I just bought the car a few months ago and am in the middle of replacing the entire cooling system, so I can't exactly run the engine till it gets warm, but I'll definitely run it again once I get a new radiator and hoses.
Hey I'm sorry if this is a bit redundant but I wanted to get y'all's input on my eclipse.Trying to decide if I should have it rebuilt or not, ran a compression test (though it was cold) and got 185/170/180/160, apparently it's a 2.1 stroker with a 9:1 compression ratio.Is that 160psi...
It's been a hot minute since I last updated, but not much happened. In order to fix the air fuel ratio nonsense that was killing my power, I ended up just removing the upper intercooler pipe and replacing it with the intake pipe, essentially making it naturally aspirated, but with the turbo...
Both a lot and not a lot has happened. I was having an issue with my car running poorly after about 40mph, where it would either lean out, or become too rich. I re-ran the vacuum lines for the blow off valve and waste gate according to the diagrams listed here...
Update: I re-ran the vacuum line as per the diagrams Mello linked, the intake manifold directly to the BOV, and the compressor nipple directly to the waste gate actuator. However, the problem still occurs. I did decide to try and drive it on some nearby highways just to see if it could get up to...
I was told I have aftermarket injectors, but considering I just bought this a month ago, I haven't had an opportunity to check, but I assume that it's the stock fuel system.Thank you, and especially thank you Mello for showing me where I can find that diagram. A lot of the vacuum lines have...
So in the span of time between this post and my last, I bought a Greddy Type RS off another forum member, I also bought an appropriate mount for it to be welded into my intercooler piping. I also bought vacuum hosing so I can actually use my wastegate, and my blow off valve.So the valve is...
Brakes got put on, just normal Duralast brakes. Finally got the blow off valve installed, and hooked up. I'm pretty sure I have a boost leak somewhere, but for now I'm not having compressor surge.
Finally got an intake filter and some new vacuum lines so the wastegate actually works. Now instead of fuel cutting at 4500rpm because I'm at 15psi of boost, I'm getting at maximum 5-6 psi of boost. Beyond that, I also ordered new brake rotors and pads cause the ones on it felt sloppy and...
Took the car into the shop on Wednesday, just got it back today. I wouldn't say it runs like a dream, but it at least runs and drives. Decided I'd try my luck and take it for a drive around town and within about 30 minutes it started idling at 4000rpm and overheated. Got a friend to bring me...
First week, there's an electrical short in the ignition system, which could be pretty much anything in the car minus the tailllights, so tomorrow I plan on replacing the ignition switch to see if that solves it and if not, just start f***ing around and pulling fuses. If my poor attempts at...