just got '95 GS-X but sounds like i made a mistake!

[LTCol]

hi guys, im new to the dsm world...i just bought a 1995 GS-X AWD Eclipse and was a little excited in the beginning but after reading about the "Crankshaft Walk" problem that these cars are prone to, i feel like i wasted my money. i just got my car checked and a dsm mechanic advised that my car is ok but he's saying that these year model are more prone to crankwalk! i just wanted a quick car but not really to race..just something quick! and i cannot put more money onto the car if it ends up needing more repairs with a crankwalk.

damn! now i'm posting the car for sale..ill probably get a Non-turbo or a different car.

i have read a lot of articles about Crank Walk and majority of them were heavily modded but also some of them were just stock and still had crankwalk. i have been reading theses articles for over a week now and it just scares the hell out of me since i dont have much funds if this problem occurs.

do you think its best for me to just sell the car? any advise will be greatly appreciated.

thanks!

 

[LTCol]

LtCol....as in, Lieutenant Colonel??

nah..it's a long story for that screen name...i've been using it for years with any other forums...

 

[sbcxtreme]

my 95 gst had 170k(original motor) on it when i had a bad spike with the 16g....

 

[DSMark]

I think talons are more of a girly car....only the 2g's tho.

Yep...your mom seems to love my car .........now that that's out of my system, as everyone has already stated, with miles like yours if it hasn't happened yet then it probably will never happen. I was scared when i first got my 2g, but these guys really know how to cheer you up about the dreaded CW. But the saying is true, real men drive talons

 

[blcknspo0ln]

Yep...your mom seems to love my car .

real men drive talons

ok ok, enough with the talon vs. eclipse remarks.. haha

 

[a_scobel]

Thats what I was thinking. Thats up there on the officer scale...still not full bird though

Ha. Our commander is a car dude...Lt. Col. He has a pretty nice STi. Funny story..friend of mine, when he was a little A1C, screwed our previous commander (Who was a dick) of getting full bird...

 

[RGdsmNewb]

Hafl up to the cost of the car if you can't do work yourself. Let me get this straight, you purchased a stock 2G because it was "quick"? Even when I first started with cars nothing that ran 15's, high 14's was considered quick. They are great platforms and repsond well to mods but a stock DSM is not fast by modern standards. Hell the new Rav4 is running 13's and it's a cute ute. Crankwalk is overrated, my car ran 12's on a "walking" motor.

uhhh i work at toyota, the new ravs run 15's .

 

[DSMark]

uhhh i work at toyota, the new ravs run 15's .

Yea i was going to say, there's no way that cute little suv is hauling 13 stock, or even below mid 14's.