96 Eclipse RS street build

[Sullbren17]

I bought a 96 Eclipse RS from a old friend for 2000. It has a body kit, turbo kit, pistons and rods 0.20 bore I believe, low profile front tires, vortex fuel regulator 450cc injectors I believe. I had fun with it for about a week and a half and I spun the rod bearing so me and my friend (not friends anymore) took the engine apart. We put new rod bearings on, no I didn't take it to the machine shop because I'm 17 and poor. Eventually he got mad my car was there and he pushed my car out in the street with the engine held on only by 2 bell housing bolts and the clutch wasn't bolted to the fly wheel, I moved the car to my girlfriends back yard and I tried to finish it. I need to paint it and build the head up. I believe the only thing I have left is my timing to do and I think it will start right up. I'll post pics possibly later this afternoon.

 

[sypherzero]

Turrible....

 

[95weclipse]

How is this a build thread? come on man, pics, more detail, and if you spun a rod bearing with out getting the crank cut and the rod reconditioned its just going to knock again as soon as you start it or after driving for 5 or ten min, you are the type of person that gives dsms a bad name by doing that kind of work, get it done right the first time or dont do it at all, not trying to sound like a d**k but come on, a body kit? really? look around we aren't hondas body kits give eclipses the F&F ricer name, even worse a turboed N/A, your asking for trouble, especially not doing the work right.

 

[grothe3297venge]

^^^^^^ I completely agree with this guy!

F the head guy, did you even check tolerances and what not for said rod bearings?!? Also you need to tell us what you have running this future train wreck. You are just going to be spending more money in the long run if you don't do it right the first time..

 

[Sullbren17]

Hey sorry about the wait I know it's a piece of shit and I know that I didn't do it right. Sound stupid but I'm going to buy a new short block or a new engine. I think with this new job I have and take the car to my dads house in another town this is my first car/build and I want to be a good mechanic one day and I will do it right I am also looking for a mentor to help me with some of this but I'm gonna do it right. They guy I bought it from put all this stuff in it I'm just trying to figure everything out but if you have suggestions I would be glad for help, I don't want to be a bad name for Dsm :/ but I ordered the harmonic balancer puller to redo my timing and I just need to move the car from my girlfriends yard before it becomes a onus. But here's the "train wreck" car

 

[firstdsm2g]

To each is there own but I would ditch that wing. So far this seems to be the right spot for help.
I to am building my first train wreck of a dsm but mines gona take awhile.
Good luck with it and have fun, that's the important part.

 

[BayState300GT]

it kinda looks like the supra from the first fast and furious when paul walker brings it in on the tow truck

 

[Sullbren17]

It's painted like that because I'm an idiot and I used rattle can with k2 primer and it rained the next day but il keep u guys updated

 

[TJCTalon]

At least its not a 4g63.

Carry on.

 

[Sullbren17]

I got my puller yesterday, I bought if from eBay for 40 bucks. I lowered the engine alittle bit and I tried taking the balencer off but i guess I angled the puller the wrong way and somehow I cross threaded the bolt for the puller but I put it on some vise and took the bolt out, I think the bolts still good to finish taking the balencer off I only have a hour of daylight every day to work on my car sometimes only 20 minutes.

 

[jesterkid99]

its a work in progress, as long as you enjoy the car that's all that matters

 

[Sullbren17]

This is shooting high but do any of you guys think there's a chance that my rod bearing and crank are ok? When I spun the rod bearing i heard a knock start and I turned the car off immediately if not I'm gonna see how long I can go on my car and I have a friend that said we can pull the engine and work on it at his shop if the car isn't in the shop and located somewhere else

 

[m1nd64m3]

This is shooting high but do any of you guys think there's a chance that my rod bearing and crank are ok? When I spun the rod bearing i heard a knock start and I turned the car off immediately if not I'm gonna see how long I can go on my car and I have a friend that said we can pull the engine and work on it at his shop if the car isn't in the shop and located somewhere else

Nope

 

[mechanix565]

When you had the rod cap off and yoi were looking at the crank were there any visible lines or discoloration on the journal? If so you have high and low spots and it will probably spin again within an hour of when you fire ot. Rule of thumb is if you can run your finger nail accross the journal with no hangups then it should be ok to run.

 

[Sullbren17]

Yeah I heard the fingernail thing before I had a heated color on the cap of my rod and no lines on my crank if I remember tomorrow il have time to work on it and il see if I can get it started and il let u guys know

 

[mechanix565]

the heated color on the rod SHOULD be fine ive seen alot of OE rods with odd coloring inside the big end. id run with it let us know how you make out if you want throw some pics up of the journal and rod in question.

 

[Sullbren17]

It's a aftermarket rod it's the eagle h beam rods. And it's the one in my first chamber if that matters

 

[talonalex92]

Eagle specifically mentions not using their rods after they discolor.

You can find that information here.

 

[White_knight]

it kinda looks like the supra from the first fast and furious when paul walker brings it in on the tow truck

it actually does

 

[r-rracing]

Good luck on your build!! +1 fast and the furius

 

[Sullbren17]

I know I shouldn't really ask questions but I got my harmonic balencer off and I lined up my cames and
Crank to tdc and I put the engine mount on and it still back fired and the belt like slips clear to the right idk what I did wrong

 

[Sullbren17]

Hey guys I got my timing done and I got the eclipse running now, but I think my girlfriends mom tried killing me ### all my lug nuts on the front drivers side where all lose and I took a turn and my tire fell off and my car Watson the ground, also there's something wrong with my transmition it will jolt and like stop the car and kill it, I also have a fatal knocking noise that I had before the rod sarted knocking and I had a are mechanic listen to my car and he said if could be the wrist pin? I also have some sort of lifter tick or something in the head, I don't know what I should do first take out my engine, or take out my transmition?

 

[Sullbren17]

I got some pics to add here I took a video of my motor running like shit the rods not knocking but it's not the rod, Im looking for a short stroke crank and I'm got a bad lifter tick a high idle, all that crap il upload the video later tonight if I can.

 

[grothe3297venge]

Hey guys I got my timing done and I got the eclipse running now, but I think my girlfriends mom tried killing me ### all my lug nuts on the front drivers side where all lose and I took a turn and my tire fell off and my car Watson the ground, also there's something wrong with my transmition it will jolt and like stop the car and kill it, I also have a fatal knocking noise that I had before the rod sarted knocking and I had a are mechanic listen to my car and he said if could be the wrist pin? I also have some sort of lifter tick or something in the head, I don't know what I should do first take out my engine, or take out my transmition?

WTF... Blaming your gf's mom is going to get you really far...NOT

I don't really know what to tell you to do with your car other then it seems you aren't mechanically inclined enough to do the work you are needing to do. If you want to get that car even close to running (decently AND SAFELY), you need to seek professional help. Because the fact you have more issues then what you started with, leads me to think you shouldn't do anything other then oil changes. I mean come on, who doesn't check lugs before taking off.

So take it to a shop, get it done right. But that's just my .02..

 

[Sullbren17]

Well first off all I just turned 17 this is my first car my first mechanics everything I don't care if my I caused those problems, isn't it about having fun? I had someone tell me that I don't have time and effort to take my engine apart. And before I did I didn't even know what a turbo was and I have a aftermarket one, i don't mind to have "help" if you want to help me or anyone wants to get sold of me and help Idc but just because my car is a peice ### of me it doesn't mean I can't fix and lern to be a better mechanic, but like I said if someone wants to get ahold of me and push me in a better direction I don't mind. And I know I shouldn't blame her mom. But someone had to mess with the lugs we parked the car in a parking lot for about an hour and I live in a small town were I'm the weird kid and anyone could have done something to it we did check torques and everything tire pressure, coolant, and the oil, but i don't like to here your doing a shitty job I'm just having funi with the car.....