RubberDuckyz
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- May 17, 2012
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Milaca,
Minnesota
Hey guys,
I bought a fixer upper 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-T. I currently drive a 99 Eclipse RS...biggest reason I wanted to upgrade to a GS-T or GSX. Now I knew this car had been messed with by somebody that has no idea what they were doing, but I didn't know to what degree. After some research, I am convinced the motor installed into this GS-T is NOT the stock motor.
My reasons that I think it's not the stock motor:
-Multiple wires/plugs NOT plugged into anything under the hood. (Refer to pics)
-The intake mani. says ECI-MULTI (Refer to pics)
-The turbo is completely missing! The exhaust heads just drop straight down to the downpipe. (Refer to pics)
--As a side note, the body still has the IC and some of the piping still installed, just nothing attached to them. Also there are various vaccum hoses not attached to anything.
-A/C tubes hanging there, not attached.
After looking around the interwebz, I can't seem to find where this motor came from! Although I'm leaning towards a Hyundai variant.
Mission:
-Find out where the motor came from so as to have the proper information.
-Do what is necessary to find where these various plugs actually plug into (if anything)
-Decide whether or not it is a motor that I can put back to as close to GS-T condition as possible. I would LOVE to put a turbo back on it (or for the first time).
--MOST IMPORTANT: The engine will not run as it is! It turns over, sputters and seems to slightly fire on a cylinder or two, but does not actually start up!
---Not sure if the plugs/wires hanging there OR the fact that it doesn't seem (to me) to be the right motor for the shell...is the reason that it does not want to fire up.
----Note: after a compression check, I found (starting from passenger to drivers side)
-----Cylinder 1 - 150 Closest to passenger side
-----Cylinder 2 - 115
-----Cylinder 3 - 95
-----Cylinder 4 - 130 Closest to drivers side
It has spark at all four plugs, obv has air, has questionable compression, just haven't checked fuel to the rail but was told by the seller that he pulled the line and fuel made it to the rail.
Any info/advice/help of any kind is greatly appreciated! I am just trying to restore this beautiful car back to it's once original glory.
FYI, this will be my daily driver after I get her running reliably. I will not be taking her to the track or trying to get 300+ HP out of it. (At least with this current build)
I bought a fixer upper 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-T. I currently drive a 99 Eclipse RS...biggest reason I wanted to upgrade to a GS-T or GSX. Now I knew this car had been messed with by somebody that has no idea what they were doing, but I didn't know to what degree. After some research, I am convinced the motor installed into this GS-T is NOT the stock motor.
My reasons that I think it's not the stock motor:
-Multiple wires/plugs NOT plugged into anything under the hood. (Refer to pics)
-The intake mani. says ECI-MULTI (Refer to pics)
-The turbo is completely missing! The exhaust heads just drop straight down to the downpipe. (Refer to pics)
--As a side note, the body still has the IC and some of the piping still installed, just nothing attached to them. Also there are various vaccum hoses not attached to anything.
-A/C tubes hanging there, not attached.
After looking around the interwebz, I can't seem to find where this motor came from! Although I'm leaning towards a Hyundai variant.
Mission:
-Find out where the motor came from so as to have the proper information.
-Do what is necessary to find where these various plugs actually plug into (if anything)
-Decide whether or not it is a motor that I can put back to as close to GS-T condition as possible. I would LOVE to put a turbo back on it (or for the first time).
--MOST IMPORTANT: The engine will not run as it is! It turns over, sputters and seems to slightly fire on a cylinder or two, but does not actually start up!
---Not sure if the plugs/wires hanging there OR the fact that it doesn't seem (to me) to be the right motor for the shell...is the reason that it does not want to fire up.
----Note: after a compression check, I found (starting from passenger to drivers side)
-----Cylinder 1 - 150 Closest to passenger side
-----Cylinder 2 - 115
-----Cylinder 3 - 95
-----Cylinder 4 - 130 Closest to drivers side
It has spark at all four plugs, obv has air, has questionable compression, just haven't checked fuel to the rail but was told by the seller that he pulled the line and fuel made it to the rail.
Any info/advice/help of any kind is greatly appreciated! I am just trying to restore this beautiful car back to it's once original glory.
FYI, this will be my daily driver after I get her running reliably. I will not be taking her to the track or trying to get 300+ HP out of it. (At least with this current build)