mitsu_gst97
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- Apr 8, 2009
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Dayton,
Ohio
So this is going to be quite a long post. After trying to acquire a dsm for quite along time i finally got mine.
Where should i start.
I got a freshly rebuilt 97 gst. 2g1g rod combo. 2g pistons, and a ported polished head. 16g turbo. (read profile) etc etc (this is the car that i was looking at when i created my profile trying to learn more about dsm specifics)
5k miles on the motor and rebuilt tranny.
When i got the car, it had a horrible idle and got 13 miles to the gallon.
The first thing to go was the vented bov. Swapped it out for a nice 1g and recirculated with an aftermarket intake. (ebay but it gets the job done.... probably the only ebay part that will ever go on this car). idle is better but still not holding. The car would stall out from any sort of real throttle if you didnt shift immediatly. or give it gas to get back into a sort of idle.
After conversing with the previous owner. ( who threw money at people to get this car put together...) he mentions the 780cc INJECTORS IN THE CAR. well #### thats a huuuuge problem in itself, go grab some stock ones swap them out. clear the corrections in the afc. boom! smooth revs and better gas mileage by far. still there is an idle issue.
I check the error codes on the ecu. i got a o2 issue ( I think there is no rear o2 sesnor..... It will be fixed soon.) I also have 2 not 1, 2 idle air control errors. so i didnt even bother
i said #### it and go grab a 1g tb and swap it out. BAM smooth idle. only problem is the battery is junk and can barely crank the car, let alone hold a good charge so turning on the lights causes the idle to fluctuate. well using anything that draws power messes with the idle.... and dims the lights etc etc (I could barely crank for a compression test with all the plugs out.....) but with the bad crank i still got 150 ish accross the board..
Now you may be wondering how i did this all in one day. My neighbor is 60 yrs old. in her back yard is a 92 6/4 bolt talon tsi. with 80k miles (original owner). Car jumped time ####ed the heads and its been sitting ever since. I tell her " Ill help you sell the car as a non running car if you let me get any parts i need off of it." she says DEAL just get it out of my backyard. DEAL!!!!! free injectors free tb and toomorrow free alternator. (The new battery is going to be coming from the previous owners wallet) ( im going to take as much stuff as i can off of my free parts car while i can.....)
this was my loooong day. its tiring. but i havent been more happier to be working on a car. let alone the dsm that got me dreaming about owning a dsm period.
excuse bad grammar spelling etc etc. Its been a long day. ( lots of running around)
this isnt really a post for help. Just a hell yes Ive got my dsm and what ive had to do to fix bullshit mods.
goodnight folks
Where should i start.
I got a freshly rebuilt 97 gst. 2g1g rod combo. 2g pistons, and a ported polished head. 16g turbo. (read profile) etc etc (this is the car that i was looking at when i created my profile trying to learn more about dsm specifics)
5k miles on the motor and rebuilt tranny.
When i got the car, it had a horrible idle and got 13 miles to the gallon.
The first thing to go was the vented bov. Swapped it out for a nice 1g and recirculated with an aftermarket intake. (ebay but it gets the job done.... probably the only ebay part that will ever go on this car). idle is better but still not holding. The car would stall out from any sort of real throttle if you didnt shift immediatly. or give it gas to get back into a sort of idle.
After conversing with the previous owner. ( who threw money at people to get this car put together...) he mentions the 780cc INJECTORS IN THE CAR. well #### thats a huuuuge problem in itself, go grab some stock ones swap them out. clear the corrections in the afc. boom! smooth revs and better gas mileage by far. still there is an idle issue.
I check the error codes on the ecu. i got a o2 issue ( I think there is no rear o2 sesnor..... It will be fixed soon.) I also have 2 not 1, 2 idle air control errors. so i didnt even bother
i said #### it and go grab a 1g tb and swap it out. BAM smooth idle. only problem is the battery is junk and can barely crank the car, let alone hold a good charge so turning on the lights causes the idle to fluctuate. well using anything that draws power messes with the idle.... and dims the lights etc etc (I could barely crank for a compression test with all the plugs out.....) but with the bad crank i still got 150 ish accross the board..
Now you may be wondering how i did this all in one day. My neighbor is 60 yrs old. in her back yard is a 92 6/4 bolt talon tsi. with 80k miles (original owner). Car jumped time ####ed the heads and its been sitting ever since. I tell her " Ill help you sell the car as a non running car if you let me get any parts i need off of it." she says DEAL just get it out of my backyard. DEAL!!!!! free injectors free tb and toomorrow free alternator. (The new battery is going to be coming from the previous owners wallet) ( im going to take as much stuff as i can off of my free parts car while i can.....)
this was my loooong day. its tiring. but i havent been more happier to be working on a car. let alone the dsm that got me dreaming about owning a dsm period.
excuse bad grammar spelling etc etc. Its been a long day. ( lots of running around)
this isnt really a post for help. Just a hell yes Ive got my dsm and what ive had to do to fix bullshit mods.
goodnight folks
80k really isn't to bad for an almost 20 year old car. Also, old lady=babied!!!!
