Yes, of course a filter makes you no longer stock. And no, there's no such thing as a factory freak. There is, however, a such thing as a BS freak! ;)

Thanks fellas.

Well, after 6 months of searching for a 2nd gen b GSX/TSi AWD, I gave up and went with a different platform. Yes, I went to the complete other side, in fact, and bought a 2000 Atlantic Blue Mustang GT. Below is a pic.It's too bad that I couldn't find an AWD 4g63 DSM. I know them like...

That's not a truck; that's a cross between an SUV and a truck that went horribly wrong. I can only imagine what kind of gas mileage it gets. :barf:P.S. Where are the door handles???

"The engine has 20,000 miles on it and is from a 99 eclipse."How the !@#$ does he know that??? Sounds like a pos "JDM" engine and he's just guessing the mileage. Do a compression test on that engine to ensure that it's healthy if you look at it. And tell him to remove that disgusting...

Whichever one you can find in good condition. I've been looking for either of them for the past 6 months to no avail. Both platforms are great to work with, but they're not easy to find in desirable condition. Good luck.

Excellent choice! :thumb:

He blew himself up, too? LMFAO!!!

Concentrate on selling and buying before you even waste time planning trivial matters related to your next vehicle. It took me 3 months to sell my n/t spyder, and I've been looking for a GSX/TSi AWD for the past 5 months to no avail. Winter is a bad time of year, I think, and it's aggravated...

I highly doubt that it is a part failure. You say you recently replaced many parts associated with the clutch fluid, so that sounds like it's the likely culprit. It's more likely that there is an air bubble in your system that is preventing the clutch fluid from actually doing its job...

This is probably what I'll do. Thanks for the info guys.

I think I may've finally found a car. Everything looks good, but the seller (a dealership) has no idea whether the 60k service has been performed or not. I checked the carfax report, but it offered no insight into this. Is there any way that I can find out if it has been done or not? The...

I'm out here, though I think you already know me Simms. :)The 2nd gen AWD search continues (I am currently DSM-less)...By the way, when are we going to see pics from your turbo install? All the ones in your gallery are old.

Wtf? Why does that matter?? You guys are morons. If a car is fast and nice, it doesn't matter what its name is. This is exactly the reason that car companies have to create alternate brands for the US market.. i.e. Honda and Acura. There are no Acuras outside the US. Know why? Americans...

My friend has thermal on his 420a, and it sounds AWESOME. 100x better than that Integra. When I finally do get my GSX, and do get an exhaust system, it will DEFINITELY be thermal!

My sentiments exactly man. I've been looking for a 2nd gen GSX/TSi for 4 months now to no avail. The thing is, money has not been an issue at all. The problem is that no one takes care of their DSM. Some people have GSXs with 85k mi, but never performed the 60k service, and refuse to lower...

Yeah, because, you know, the cop made you break the law. :rolleyes:

They don't - they don't make enough power to actually launch. :P

It'll only be boring if you make it boring. That's the art of public speaking; it's all in the hands of the speaker. Certain people can make everything sound interesting - even the most trivial matters. Others (like many college professors ;P) make nothing interesting.I think the ricer...

4E3AL54F7SE070407 [email protected] a lot man!! :thumb:

You all are dillusional if you think you'll get even a penny over blue book value for your cars. These are not Supras people. Sure, you can say your car is worth 20k to you, but no buyer is going to pay 20k for a 2k car. Let's try to be somewhat realistic here people because in reality, it's...

Congrats on the AWD. I'm in the same boat now that you were in in the past; I recently sold my n/t and am purusing an AWD turbo, though I seek a 2nd gen. I tell you one thing, it definitely is not easy to find a 2nd gen awd that has decent milage and did not have the hell beaten out of it!

Personally, there's nothing I find more frieghtening than a Honda Civic with a 10 inch fart can, some flame decals, a big wing, and a body kit.

LMAO. Only 100mph? DSMs are slower than that you idiot. Not only that, but you criticize the 9b turbo, like our stock T25 turbo is a godsend. 3/S' are faster than DSMs stock and they respond much better to mods. If you install a dp, mbc and intake on one you can run 12s with a good driver...

I hope it's a garaged car, else you're just asking for it to be stolen, like the others have said. It is a nice cd player, but I think it'll look a little out of place in a DSM cockpit; afterall, our interior isn't exactly of the highest quality. Point is, you should save that money and spend...

Here's the pic I was taking about: http://home.comcast.net/~timwoods/car_money.jpgI think you guys will like it. :)

YEP, THAT'S RIGHT, MY CAR SOLD! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO!My Dad cleverly sold her today to a woman who was buying it for her son. He is going to college somewhere in PA. The price they agreed on was $5k, and the woman paid tonight in CASH. My Dad got a great pic of all of the...

A ticking noise that increases in frequency as the rpms increase typically means you have lifter tick, which is a common problem of DSMs. If it's lifter tick, you'll just need to spend $150 and buy 3rd gen Eclipse lifters, which are better than their 2nd gen counterparts. Honestly, I don't...

You may want to expand on exactly what you did. If it was normal before you took apart the engine and is messed up afterwards, it obviously has something to do with what you did while you disassembled the engine.

What does it matter if it's from ebay or not? As far as I can tell, the ebay kits are brand name kits; in other words, je pistons, eagle rods, etc. Whether you buy them from ebay or the DSM vendors should make no difference.

Why swap the the entire 2.0L engine instead of just the head? Swapping the entire engine is a hell of a lot more work, costs much more, and you'll miss out on that extra .4L of displacement.

Ok, so in conclusion, I have to buy rods and pistons for the bottom end. Are Eagle rods and Ross pistons satisfactory?

Where can I get them?;)

Just tell her the truth, DSMs aren't even fast stock. And never tell her about the mods you do to it. :D

Blue is great, yellow is crap, and the rest are ok.

Not that this needs to be said again, but just in case you're not quite sure if the price is good, I'll just offer you a tid bit of advice. IT'S A RIP OFF!!! :)Though I must admit, that is one clean ass engine bay.

Thanks for the tips. I'd love to swap out the rods and pistons, but that would cost at least $6-700, if not more. As a poor college student, that would put a serious dent in my wallet. I have more than enough funds to do it, but I have no idea how to change rods and pistons. Is it a task...

Hey guys, my car is not going to sell and my lust for power is limitless, so I decided that I would do the only thing that I could; swap a 4g63 head into my car and then turbocharge it. I've been researching this extensively and I have a few questions that I hope you guys will be able to assist...

Just out of curiousity, how much boost can the 4g64 engine handle with stock internals? Believe it or not, I did search, and that search yielded no responses. I know the 4g64 has the same rods as the 4g63 and a variety of other parts, so I'm wondering if it has the same ability as the 4g63 to...

Tattoo the mind, not the body.

14.7 in a basically stock GST??? You must have been on slicks.

Yep, a lot of 3S owners replace the badging so it says GTO instead of 3000gt, I don't know why though, I think "3000gt" is a lot more intimidating that "GTO". Anyway, if your mod list is up to date in your profile, then there's no way you will take him. Stock they can run 13.6-14 in the...

Yeah, repost, but very impressive indeed!

No, I definetly would not have bought it if I knew then what I know now. Instead, I would've purchased an AWD DSM! :)

I guess it might be possible, but just think about how much it would cost. CF hoods are, what, $3-500? All the rest of those parts would be at least that much if not more, so in the end you're talking several grand. I think it'd be a better idea to add performance parts to the engine instead.

Out of the cars you mentioned excluding the WRX, I think the answer is fairly obviously the DSM. It's the only one that you consistently see at every track running very nice times all the time. DSMs are just too easy to make fast (not that that's a bad thing! :))The WRX is too new for us...

Man, you guys don't know anything about other cars. 3000GTs came in three trims; VR4, SL and base. VR4 has 300 hp on 91-93 cars and 320 in 94-99. SL had 222, and the base had 167. I imagine the guy you raced probably had a base, which has about the same hp and weight as a N/T DSM, so it is...

He's too lazy to click the person's profile, but then again, you're too lazy to press page down an extra time. Interesting contradiction there, eh?Listing mods in the sig simply makes things easier. People are always posting races, track times, pics of various mods, etc, and knowing a...

Well, I'm glad you have seen the light young grasshopper (albeit you contradicted yourself there.. trading one spoiler that you don't need for another is still an aesthetic mod that isn't going to help performance .. in other words, it's still rice). However, turbo Eclipse spoilers look...

No one will buy my N/T becaue it has 106k miles on it (albeit it's in great mechanical/cosmetic condition), and as it turns out, I have 3 roommates in college next year. Yeah, that's right, 3, in a school of 1200. Is this bs or what?! It seems that my lust for mechanical power will not be...