94 Galant ES build (pics heavy)

[okm12346]

The car has been through many changes, and I have taken pictures of everything. It is my daily driver and my project, and it is really hard to modify it this way .For some it may be annoying, for some it may be fun. I hope you enjoy it!

This is how my car looked when I first took it home back in 2006/winter/ - just another galant on the street. That didn't work out for me very well; having experience in painting and detailing cars, some basic knowledge of mechanics I can proudly say that my car hasn't been in shop for any repairs. So here we go:

Originally the car was automatic

First mod - sway bar out of 2g GST /15mm/. The car didnt have one to start with.

Second mod - rear disc swap, dual piston front calipers off 2G GSX, and 5 lug conversion to all four corners

After some painting she looked like this

New exhaust: 1g Eclipse Tsudo SS header, 3'' Magnaflow cat and 3'' Ebay GST catback.

Replaced the GST sway bar with 3g Eclipse 18mm sway bar and tubular lower and upper control arms.

Went and bought 2g KYB AGX and Eibach Pro kit

On December 7th, 2008, I finished the 5spd swap and installed 2g leather steering wheel which was a bolt on BTW. All parts besides the trans came out of 2g GST

 

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I was collecting turbo parts, and in the meanwhile I did some custom work.

work in progress

My engine bay in late 08

cleaned up - went with the back theme

More goodies

4 - point Ralliart under brace

And yes the car was stripped for another paint job

Sometime in the spring of 09, I went turbo. Tuned with MAFT and SAFC on 510cc Evo3 injectors. The setup was s16g, Bullseye hotside, Evo3 manifold and o2 housing, 3'' Ebay DP, Adjustable FPR.

 

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updated

Got me 02 Infinity g20 side skirts, Integra Mugen lip () and 09 Lancer GTS rims

More parts came in - 2.4L Wisecos, Eagle rods, ACL bearings, Evo3 oil filter housing, Sonata 43cc head, Evo3 intake manifold

The OEM 2.4L Cam gears

Did thge rear Evo brakes

 

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Another set of wheels

In January 2010 I pulled this out.

The shit is so dirty and sludgy its not even funny

The head isnt looking right

Trans is ok, no play at the shaft, im gonna replace the pivot ball and the throw out bearing

Well, I happened to find out that I was driving w/o balance shaft belt for the past 3 years

More Shats, Im gonna leave the pics do the talking!

All cleaned up

Balanced and assembled!

Everything is in!

And While I was ding the engine, my friend did this

 

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Finally home after a month of headaches and curses.

Some JDM stuff

A few engine shots

Started a little project here:

before

And after

Dropped 1k on this.

 

[okm12346]

My new setup

Finally some progress on the from Brembos. I used KMV brackets

Newest pictures:

From East Coast MOD

My car is spitting antifreeze ..

 

[okm12346]

Finally done!!! Moar braking powa'! Daym, its been a while since I bought these!

I found out that my curved control arms have bad ball joints after just 3 1/2 years. WTF??!! I need to buy new ones again!

Im having some 4Loko and relaxin ### it has been a very loooong day for me.

 

[brian9397gsx]

Very good looking gallant i was a bit skeptical when I first started looking at this but this is a great build great to see it I love these gallants.

 

[okm12346]

Thank you sir!

 

[NWHTanK]

Ha i was looking at one of these cars at work today. I like the u...se of parts. Great build

 

[3BarDSM]

Looks great man, want to do an evo2 clone but not practical at the moment

keep this thing updated

 

[91whiteGSX]

I have to say one of the best Galants Ive seen in jersey ... Thats not all pep boyed out !!!!

 

[okm12346]

My car was in two accidents that I know of, and the last one was with a deer. Half of the roof was smashed in. I repaired as much as I was able to, but the chassis started cracking windshields - its on the 5th windshield.

Either way, I just picked up one of the rarest Galants in the US. Its a 94 Galant GS. The 94 GS takes second place of rare Galants after 91 Galant GSX. The GS was made only in 94 and only 1700 of them were made.

Here are some pics

Everything from the red one will be transferred over to this one plus AWD swap.

 

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A few last shots of the red Galant

Its a mess!

Pass side rust spot

Driver's side rust spot

I refuse to half-ass it! Do it once and do it right!

 

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All the shit that came out from under the car

Test fitted the AWD tank to see which holes to use for the AWD tank straps

Driver side rear hole

Dr. side front hole

Pass side rear hole

Pass side front hole

Dropped the bolts in

Rear subframe

The advantage of having your own powder coating system. Thats my new short shifter (home made type of deal) and some of the rear subframe bolts

The rear carrier

The front carrier - its pretty trimmed so it fits there.

What do you think - its about 6'' short?

My quick trans installation

 

[kronus]

What Galant forum do you frequent?

 

[phizzalot]

google the galant center.

 

[boostwhipped24]

IM definatly amazed man. Absoulty sick I cant wait to see these finished.

 

[blakktalon]

Kudos sir, kudos. Very nice attention to detail/ no half assery.

 

[snowborder714]

Did you buy that Ralliart brace from someone in PA? I've been trying to get a hold of one of them for a while to check it out, but they're so darn rare!

Looking good!

 

[okm12346]

Thanks for the comments guys! I appreciate it.

Yes, I got it from a guy in PA.

 

[jordonbryant777]

looks awesome man! my first car was a white galant es. seeing your pics makes me miss it.

 

[okm12346]

Installed the spare 4g63 engine I have.

Eclipsh suggested that I cut the drive shaft in the middle, so there it goes

I used some exhaust pipes and t-bolt clamps to get the shaft to its correct length. I'll be taking it to the drive shaft shop this coming week

Full drive shaft installed.

This is the piece that can be fit in the Galant's tunnel. I had to fab up a housing for it to make it beefier.

from this

to this

Filling the gaps

Carrier bearing tacked in its place.

 

[okm12346]

Been sick for a couple of days and havent been at the garage.

I did the roll stoppers with liquid urethane and its not the Windo weld urethane or any home depot roofing urethane, but the very same that the motor mount inserts are made of.

I had the partial insert in the rear one and full race welded front one which actually was kind of harsh.

If anyone cares, this is what I used:

dSt DIYMMI Do It Yourself Motor Mount Inserts - Liquid Urethane

 

[okm12346]

Everything is coming off tomorrow and I'll be coating the undercarriage.

Just a quick few pictures of all brackets, bolts, nuts and washers being coated.