97 GST Rebuild...and stuff

[Eclipse'd]

Hello, this is my 97 Eclipse GST Rebuild thread.. and stuff.

Lets start off saying this car is my baby, Im the 2nd owner of her. Bought her from a fellow around 35-40's somewhere along there. I paid $3,800 for it.

Post 1- Bringing it to the shop..
Post 2- The Tear down
Post 3- The Rebuild
Post 4- New Goodies!!
Post 5- The finished Product.

The car when I got it-
-100% Bone stock, for the exception of a JVC headunit +10 points
-Excellent interior, leather has little wear +10 points
-Exterior was almost perfect for the exception of a small dent on the quarter and rust in the bay +5 points
-Never smoked in, although I smoke, I wont in the car, Ill TRY... +5 points

I had started this thread a few hours ago, took me an hour to type it all up.. While uploading photos my lovely firefox crashed! So I'm retyping EVERYTHING. It bothers me ooo so much. SO instead of retyping the sad sad story of my rebuild, Ill tell you this: Drove it for 5 days, let a buddie drive it ONE day while I drove the GSXR600 and he brought it back to me that evening on a motha' ....... trailer. He was, .

Enjoy!

The plans-
-Stock rebuild
-Oem crank
-New bearings
-New oil pump and water pump
-Gaskets NEW EVERYTHING
-SUPER CLEAN EVERYTHING!!
-Metallic Blue block
-All bolts cleaned and/or painted
-The usual stuff...and stuff..etc..

Exhaust-
-3" Magnaflow
-2.5'' from the 02 to the flex
-High flow cat

Turbo-
-Stock T-25
-Rebuilt
-New gaskets

Intake and stuff-
-GReddy FMIC
-GReddy BOV
-K&N Over-sized Oval filter

I lost my iPhone that had all the photos of when I first bought her, so this is what I have to begin with. (mind all these photos were taken with my iPhone.)

This is what it was like when I got her stock, too bad I lost all the photos I had running and in the bay. :/

 

[buhay6]

clean looking 2g man! make sure to post lots of pic's, you going to do a BSE at all? be the perfect time to do it as the engine on the trailers already out. kit only cost around $70 and will save you a headache!

 

[Eclipse'd]

Thanks! Sadly no I was gonna order a BSE kit from RRE when I ordered my SS Flexible clutch lines and Oil catch can but I already have my oil pump and timing kit on.

UPDATES SOON!!



Hey guys, this is update 2. This was the "tear down" and clean stage.

and stuff..



Got it on the stand and took the components off, now lets go inside and see what the damages are.
Took the valve cover off, and everything looks good

All the parts laying out, waiting to be cleaned/inspected/replaced/installed.

In the block.. Heres what we've got, I had 1 rod bearing spun on the crank.
Need-
-Crank
-New rod
-Rings
-All new bearings
-And stuff..

Bearing....NO bearing

WOO-HOO for 7-bolts and high mileage!



This being my first 4G63 Rebuild.. Bolts and stuff, go in bags and things. And stuff.

Some cleaning


I ended up painting my waterpipe - glossy black
Thermostat - housing silver
Block - metallic blue
Oil pan - glossy black
Oil pan bolts - bronze
02 dump - black
Wastegate- bronze
Head - really clean
Valve cover - silver metallic blue lettering
AC bracket - silver
and stuff

BEFORE

ALMOST THERE

DONE

 

[Eclipse'd]

Now the nasty block

Started off like....

Washed it off and stuff

Tape up and prep for paint!

Time to clean the head.

BEFORE

AFTER

Thats all for today, will post the rebuild pics up soon!! Subscribe and rate!

 

[sypherzero]

Good progress man! That block was all sorts of nasty though, haha. I haven't seen one that bad before, haha. Keep up the good work.

 

[Eclipse'd]

Ya, like i said woo-hoo for high mileage right? It had 151,XXX miles on the car before the bearing spun due to starvation of oil on a bad oil pump when my buddie drove it..
Thanks!

 

[Eclipse'd]

Yo, this is update 3, and stuff..

THE REBUILD

Here we start off with some parts!

New qwank

And some stuff

Installed the new crank, bearings, and girdle.

I cant find the photos of the pistons and rods bring installed, but here I have the oil pump on and the ofe, the pan is just sitting there.

The head, Water pipe, and exhaust manifold on, Im pretty sure I had to put a turbo line on from the block then put the water pipe back on.

Got the waterpump, a/c bracket, and motor mount installed!

The other side

Alt, thermostat housing, turbo, intake manifold, power steering bracket, dip stick, valve cover, etc installed. Notice the huge a$$ bolt in my turbo mani.... damn thing stripped..

Got her all put in there and ready to fire up!

Had the hardest time getting it to start, It would turn and turn and turn but no cigar.. THEN!! I finally realized to check the cam sensor, I looked at it and I freaking forgot to bolt it in the head!!!!! Got that in there and it finally started, then stalled. Swapped the cam sensor around and it purrrr'd

Here was the finished product! Next update - New Goodies!!

 

[stuckwithgsx]

No BOV recirculation...

Other than that it looks drop dead gorgeous!!!

 

[Eclipse'd]

Yes I know, Ive recuirculated the BOV after that, but now I have some new goodies


GReddy

Thanks, Its a VERY clean 2g, I thought it was a good buy for 3,800 last year being bone stock.

 

[92AWDHX40]

Looks good im doing a full rebuild too.

 

[buhay6]

love the whole thing, but I like that you didn't shave the writing on the head and paint it all one color the most! Glad to see not everyone doing the same damn thing.

 

[Eclipse'd]

Thanks, Im thinking of re-painting it another color. Any ideas anyone?? Im also thinking of repainting the car. I thought about a metallic orange with a gold or blue metallic flake. And the valve cover orange and blue letters. I just wanted my eclipse to stand out. What do you all think?

 

[ENICKB]

maybe this is a stupid thing to say... but hopefully this will prevent mistakes and knock. check your base timing make sure its 5 degrees btdc.. dont just spin the cam sensor until it sounds good....