Durango Copper 95 GSX engine bay clean up

[shredwin]

I have owned my 95 Eclipse GSX since July of 2008. In October of 08 I pulled the engine for the very first time. I used a 98 7bolt bottom end with mitsubishi EVO 9 pistons and rods, stock head, t-28 turbo, topline engine gasket kit. I pulled the motor out again in summer of 2009 to change all of the topline gaskets with OEM ones, including the head gasket. i did that because my topline front case gasket started leaking oil. Winter was coming so I stored my car at my friends garage. So during spring of 2010 I decide to pull the motor out for the 3rd time and actually put more time and money into her. I was planning on using the 7bolt motor that was in it but then I ended up selling that engine with a 2G Talon I had put together and sold. So now a G4CS bottom end will be going in there, Garrett 35R, and I could go on and on....

This is what my engine looked like when I first got it in 2008

This is what it looked like in 2009.

And here she is in spring of 2010 with the engine pulled for the 3rd time.

The car is been sittin for 2 years now, and over time i have been gathering parts and planning what I want to do to it.

 

[shredwin]

Up on Jack stand with front subframe and suspension removed

Degreasing the bay and masking some stuff

Primed

Painted

I put in a new OEM slave cylinder and used a lot of SS allen head bolts. I also powder coated a few things.

Here is my Front subrame

I want it to get it powder coated but I really didnt feel like pressing out the bushings. So I used RustOleum gloss black to paint it

I even powder coated the washers red as well as the exhaust hanger

 

[208DSM]

Way clean looking car bro. That copper color really sets it off and i like the high-rise gsx spoiler on it. Overall, CLEAN RIDE.

 

[EDM95]

Man that did come out nice, I'm not sure how I feel about that color on the v/c though.

 

[shredwin]

knuckles before they got stripped and powder coated gloss black.

1 of them stripped waiting to get sandblasted and the other 1 powder coated

and they turned out something like this

I didnt want to reuse the old bearings cause they looked all dirty and rusty. I was gonna get the OEM front wheel bearings but "Timken" is a good brand IMO made in the USA

I also powder coated my upper A arms. I put in new ball joints too.

both of them done

 

[shredwin]

Man that did come out nice, I'm not sure how I feel about that color on the v/c though.

that valve cover is gone as well as the engine that was in there.

 

[tkstoygsx]

lookin good bro, have you made any progress on an engine build yet?

 

[shredwin]

more pics

Powder coated sway bar brackets

RM fron and rear sway bars

Stock VS RM Sway bar (front)

and its finally off the jack stands