95 TSi Build - wire tuck / brake line tuck / engine bay shave

[onelowgst98]

Im here

 

[cbarbosa1986]

I just got here... but hell I am really interested ! I wish I can gather the courage to tackle a project like this ... but I get overwhelmed with mess and I think I would spend more time reorganizing all the parts out of the car than putting the time to make it look nice in the car ! I think I am slightly OCD haha WTF

 

[Fejery4491]

I'm still looking forward to any pictures you got! So post them up!

 

[DSM_munky_man]

Me too, just found it but looks great!!

 

[TSi Kid]

Postem up!!

 

[dsb97gst]

Nice work so far! I can't wait to see the pics let's do this!!

 

[GAMEOVER]

alright ladies and gents... some might not be in the right order. reason being is all I was doing through the build is taking pictures of my progress and doing the build. haha. I didn't really sign on tuners because i was simply busy.

Again, any questions about my work, feel free to ask. im not implying my work is the best or the only way, but my way did work. k thanks.

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IF YOU DECIDE TO USE MY PICTURES OR MENTION ANYTHING THAT I DID. PLEASE BE NICE ENOUGH TO GIVE ME CREDIT FOR MY HARD WORK, AND REFERENCE ANYTHING TO THIS THREAD. NONE OF THIS WAS EASY...
PLEASE AND THANK YOU.

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first off enjoy the video of her first start... i didnt record me priming the oil pressure because u should do that anyway right?

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so here are my choice of coilovers, they are ksports 36 way adjustables.

self explanatory.

brand new clutch slave and master.

the mock up...

there is about to be a massive amount of electrical surgery headed your way!

yes i cut my engine harness in half...

i didnt feel like spending 80 something dollars for an ugly ass harness, so i cut off the 95-96 cam sensor sonnector and soldered in the 97-99 connector, i found a good 98 motor with 2% leakdown .. near perfect motor. pulled it out of a t-boned bone stock automatic gsx. i just wired it in color matched and switched the plug wires around. i dont recall having to invert signal on dsm link either.

if you dont have dsmlink, i think all you have to do is solder the red from the 97-99 connector to the blue on your 95-96 harness .
and the blue wire from the 97-99 connector to the red wire on the 95 96 harness, and black to black.

mocking up the harness , and cutting it to length.

here is the harness on all the connectors.. can u see em?

These are the wires that i cut off of the engine harness... well most of it.

 

[eclipse gsx]

looks great man i got everything done just like you. keep it up bro. im intrested in the brake line tuck

 

[GAMEOVER]

this is a shot of the spare tire metal that i cut out to make it flat, and save a few pounds.

here is the harness all don eon the left and the motor ready to be torn apart for all new gaskets and seals

here it is all torn apart. the easy part right?

and after cleaning the block really good, the rebuild begins!!!
The long block did stay sotkc by the way, in exception to arp head studs and a cometic head gasket.

who torques things and talks on the phone with their girlfriend at the same time?

some painty thingy thing

i was so happy it came in safely!!

Here she is all put back together with the harness on as well...

 

[Pursuit]

Looking Good

 

[GAMEOVER]

the interior got completely stripped for paint.. like everything!!

READY to drop in!!

and BAM!!! there it is!!

I cant fin the pictures of me and my friend painting the car in my garage... so when i find them ill post them!

doing some MOAR wiring!!! yipee!!

Here u can see where i placed the ballast for the H.I.D's and some of the engine/accessory wiring.
And the color that the car was painted at first..

Those look so good in there!

The mess...

some more mocking up of everything.

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AND THE MOMENT EVERYONE WAS WAITING FOR!!!....... I think 0_o....

The brake line tuck!!!

The complete ABS system was removed/cancelled/chopped off/discarded/deleted/trashed/put in its place/retired.. u get the idea.. sensors complete wiring the sensors under the fenders EVERYTHING ABS related was removed!!! I took weight reduction seriously :/

so i of course got a prop valve from a Non ABS equipped eclipse/talon. the non-turbo prop valves are identical, and so are most of the other non ABS mitsubishi's of that year range. If u decide to delete your ABS system, just get a prop valve the same year as your car. example 95-99 non abs eclipses are the same. idk about 1g's though.

so i completely removed the wiper system from the car from wiper blades to wire harness for them, all the way to the fuse box and switch on the steering column, the right way to remove a system from your car.

I dont have pictures of it, or i can't find them yet. but i ran the lines to each wheel on each side of under the wiper cowel to under the front fenders. i drilled holes on each side and ran them under the fenders and the two under the car to the rear wheels.
sry i cant find those pictures.

 

[GAMEOVER]

HERE's another set of photo's by my good friend Jay (mrjaydm)

I got myself a set of Buddy Club bucket seats... I love them!!!

MOAR WIRING !!!

can u see the oil restrictor for the hx35?

 

[GAMEOVER]

I bought a carbon fiber hood from sone one for $30 and cut out a lot of delete plates for holes in the engine bay and on my dash and decided to make this for my cockpit. hope you like it.

finally got my set of tires for my wheels!!!

235-45-17 on my 17x9 +27 mb motoring weapons

u can also see my fail in the clear coat..

I did some color sanding and buffing on the car, took out the orange peel and clear coat runs.

Orange peel

No orange peel..

more color sanding and buffing.

rear quarter finished

stanced? loving it!!

started on my side exit exhasut..

Ready for some e85?

boost pipe fabrication time!!

Here i am messing around with the dsmlink v3, i lost count on how many times i removed the dash board..

here she is smilin gin the morning!

 

[GAMEOVER]

side exit looking sick!!

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guess what... i took the dashboard out again... i felt i could same a few more pounds on removing un used brackets or brackets that weren't really important to e for the dash board. so the glove box is gone the air bags air bag brackets, the knee gaurd for the dash board on the drivers side. and every single wire not used under tha dash from switch to ecu or fuse box completely de-pinned! you would not believe how much weight i took off by completely removing wires!! 40 lbs+ !!!! on the whole car!! GEEEEEZZZ!!!

first batch...

second batch...

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cleaning it up and organized/ taping up the harness...

This is a whole lot cleaner/organized. only the necessary wires are left. oh and yes my steering wheel does tilt.

so much better.... so much...

third batch of wires... how the hell moment right?

took it to the shop to change out the non lsd rear with a LSD rear end.. i had nothing to do that day so i worked on my own car..

NON LSD out...

LSD Rear end in!! Hells to the yes!!

 

[GAMEOVER]

now time for the roll cage!!

ok im done for the night... more pictures tomorrow..

any question, please feel free to ask and i will answer the best i can.

hope you guys are enjoying this as much as i did.

 

[eclipse gsx]

wow man thats all i can say nice job, i need to start taking more wires out of the car like you did

 

[blackcrow64]

This is a great looking project!!

 

[9!'clipseDOHC]

Wow, that's a lot for one update! Car has come a long way, congrats!

 

[skatershawn]

Sick job man, wish i had the time and tools do to this do my car! That wire tuck looks like tooo much work but the overall product is AMAZING.. want to do so bad myself!

Good job man!

 

[JAX2Ganey]

Holy shit, that is beautiful. Great job!

 

[brandonwh64]

Beautiful car!! You do great work! keep it up!

 

[import2nr4g63]

Keep going buddy, everything looks sweet!!

 

[adamtsi]

Awesome project I love the color you chose!

 

[snowborder714]

This would be much better in the blog section. It will be easier for you to document your progress and everyone to follow it, instead of wading through a whole thread to find your updates.

You can easily turn any post into a blog entry by clicking the little icon (guy with a speech bubble) in the bottom right corner of the post.

 

[Blurred Talon]

Freakin sweet!