98 Spyder Gs-T rebuild

[98mitsubishigst]

Well my eclipse has 180k miles on it and run strong and still goes but im sure that head gasket went... Well it didnt take long to decide that i cant get rid of my first car and friends of mine have gone to mechanics school and rebuilt engines and can help me =)

so my garage had so much crap in it and we cleaned it out and now its ready to move her in

But this is the first post of many on my progress of everything that is done =) hope you all enjoy


First picture is of my car after being put in the garage

More pictures of Day 1 tomorrow!

 

[98mitsubishigst]

Day 2 pt.1 .. Windshield Wipers/arms, windshield visor, Hood off, Battery off, Alternator and power stearing cable harness's off and some wires to the intake manifold are off.. Time to eat.. then getting ready to get most of the wiring done

 

[costas14]

uh i did a headgasket in under 4 hours, jack up the drivers side take the tire off, take the belts off first unplug the fuel injectors and all that crap and alll those wires just move to the passenger side. pull the whole head off with the intake on and just unscrew teh 4 bolts on the turbo manifold and leave the turbo where it is just dangling on the exhaust. of course the belts and the timing well good luck. theres some guides online but get zipties. as you can see this is prob hour number 2

 

[costas14]

also theres no need to get the hood off or wipers or battery, i though have a 1g intake so its a bit different but this is such an easy job except for the timing thats going to suck

 

[98mitsubishigst]

im rebuilding the engine . not just the head gasket

 

[costas14]

ah well i dropped an engine too. take it out with the tranny, trust me. dont ask what happened to the tranny but this is my 1g 7bolt 7k rebuilt motor

 

[98mitsubishigst]

progress made so far.. about 6 hours total on first rebuild...
ripped out alot of shit manifold/turbo/exhaust housing is off
coolant lines are off (drained) Oil (drained) all the lines and hoses are unpluged.. going to be pulling shit out from the wheel well soon

hopfully pullin tonight

look at how much oil just built up on the block...

 

[jmdst28]

wont be racin u now haha looks good

 

[98mitsubishigst]

well i took the tires off.. lifted the car in the air ... trying to get rotors off.. well no luck with it.. is it that rusted on?

 

[98mitsubishigst]

yep its finally out =) More pictures to come as i clean up the engine bay and disassemble the engine to be shipped out get machine work done

 

[Apeximprt2nr]

Nice. What are your plans for it?

 

[98mitsubishigst]

just a stock rebuild.. Kit with Arp Head studs and cosmetic head gasket. Clean up the bay and repaint it. FMIC, Bigger injectors, Fuel Pump, Bigger turbo. nothing fancy dont got the money =)

 

[portnpolish97]

I wouldnt go with cometic in my experience with them. I would go with a mitsubishi oem or metal.

 

[98mitsubishigst]

u think so? im not really sure i need the best tho

 

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[98mitsubishigst]

Tranny off today =) Hopefully Bolting the block up to the engine stand.. then starting to take her apart =)

 

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[98mitsubishigst]

Finally, got it on the jackstand yesterday. had to adjust the chains so it could be evenly moved onto the stand. Well took a day break from working on her. Today though me and a buddy got right back into it. We took off ALOT. Intake Manifold, Coolant Lines, Injectors, Timing Cover, Pulleys, And the Timing Belt. Valve Cover. Stopped at the Camshafts. Soaked them in oil and put the valve cover back on so i can resume taking them off tomorrow =)

 

[erickp86]

Looks good so far but the fun is just begining!

 

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[98mitsubishigst]

new pictures up =) got the cams off.. took them off with gears because i couldnt get enough leverage to get the gears off..

 

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[98mitsubishigst]

Separated the Head from block. Turned the block over, and hit the pistons out.. CHARCOAL. they are disgusting.. Look how black they are. (180k miles might i remind you) Well .. we couldnt get the crank out. Took the Block down to nearby shop and had buddys of mine get her off.. Everything is off and ready to go to the machine shop =) should be taking her there tomorrow .. Whatcha guys think so far? Bought Wire brushes and Sand Paper, ready to go and get all the rust out of engine bay and get her ready for paint

 

[eltoshan]

Nice work, I'm thinking about doing something similar. What machine shop are you taking your stuff to in Pittsburgh?

 

[98mitsubishigst]

idn, One in murrysville i think.
Buddy of mine got his stuff done there cheap because he knows people, along with his uncle.

but still deciding =)