razrman8
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Troy,
Missouri
Decided to make a journal to follow almost everything done to my car since I have bought it. I plan to push the 7-bolt to 400+hp on an Evo316/e-85 setup for fun street car, and of course make some passes
If anybody has any comments as far as anything I can do to improve the quality of the thread, I am open to criticism, good and bad. Thanks ahead of time.
Provided below is the link to the thread where all of the information as far as tuning to my car is loacted. It has been a long and continuous road learning tuning and all the aspects to it. So I have decided to try and consolidate all of my tuning endeavors into a general location : http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/ecm...est-boost-gauge-not-equal-attached-log-6.html
01DEC2010-19FEB2011
02APR2011-28JUN2011
01JUL2011-04JUL2011
20JUL2011-19NOV2011
25JAN2012 Welded Differential Transmission Failure
02FEB2012 EGR/Emissions Delete ~ Cruise Control Delete ~ Semi Wire Tuck
27MAR2012 XTD Stage 4 6-Puck Sprung Clutch
04APR2012 Fuelab Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator
17MAY2012 FIC 1150cc Injectors
21MAY2012 Denso 300 Fuel Pump
24MAY2012 Exhaust Leaks ~ Garage Cleanup
25MAY2012 DSM Broken Door Handle..Again
29MAY2012 Semi-Photoshoot
16JUN2013 Transmission Problems Part 3
24JUN2012 New Airbag Cover ~ Interior Photos
25JUN2012 Buffed & Waxed
20AUG2012 Photos With Friends & Shelly In A Creek
20SEPT2012 Plasti-Dip Wheels
20DEC2012 Transmission Removal Part 4: Unknown Vibrations
1JAN2013 Immaculate Chrysler Conquest TSI
25JUN2013 DKS Cams ~ HKS Timing Belt Replacement ~ 3g Revised Lifters ~ Purchase of Tein SS Coilovers ~ Misc. Maintenance
15JUL2013 Tein SS Coilovers Install ~ Rear Differential Bushings ~ Rear Subrframe Bushings
I bought my '99 GSX around September of 2010, I had previously owned a 420a Talon. Actually, my Talon is what lead me to my GSX now. I was driving my Talon, and all of a sudden it just died, and I mean out of nowhere. Well the shop that I had to take the Talon to first had an 8 foot high fenced in lot in front of the shop. Being that I am a curious person, I went looking around the lot. I happened to stroll across a DSM. I thought it was very odd that I had found one here. It had 4 foot high weeds towering the sides of the car, all tires were flat, bent wheels, extremely dirty, had random parts that were supposed to belong under the bay in the floor boards. I mean at first glance the car looked a mess. But under all the dirt, the body seemed EXTREMELY straight. I talked to the guy about the car, and apparently the car belonged to a lady who got it from his some after a rod fail on him. The car had sitting for over 5 years, so you can only imagine!
The lady had to track down the title for it, which took way longer that I wanted. At first she wanted to sell it for $800, but she had owed the guy who owned the shop some money. This is why the car had sat at HIS shop so for long. She ended up dropping the price to pay of the owner of the shop, to $600. So I hopped on it and purchased my first 4g63 car, bone stock, with 94k miles on it.
This was my Talon that I owned previously. Bought the car when I was fifteen, did some work to it and daily drove it for quite a while.
Now, when I tell you that there were 4ft weeds surrounding the car, I mean it. Here are pictures from when I first found the car.
At this point in my "DSM" career, I didn't have much experience having to work on 4g63's. So I decided to to trailer the car to a guy located in Kansas City, MO so he could get a new motor put into it and iron out what problems that it may have. BEFORE everyone freaks out, this was the only trailer that I had access to, so it was as simple as disconnecting the driveshaft and carrying on. As you can see from the pictures, the car cleaned up surprisingly well. I wasn't expecting it at all.
The guy I took it to got a hold of another motor for me. Here's a picture of the old bearings in it.
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20OCT2010 Wheels & Tires
As much as I like the wheels that come on the GSX, one of them had a pretty decent dent in it and they didn't quite have the nicest finish to them. Also, the tires were the same tires that had been sitting on the car for years, dry-rottted. They held air for the 4 hour trip to Kansas City and as far as I'm concerned, that's all the more I wanted to trust them. To be honest I probably shouldn't have trailered Shelly on them but hey, got to do what you got to do. I knew that if I were to want some aftermarket wheels, it was going to cost me some decent dollhairs. Did some research on what stock wheels had the same bolt pattern. I ended up strolling across some Mazda RX-8 wheels. At the time, I couldn't quite picture whether they would look decent on the car or not. So, I went with it and bought them, got them for $200. Got my hands on some Acheles 225-40-18 all season tires. For the price of the tires, they weren't bad quality at all. I would definitely buy them again.
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27OCT2010 Typical DSM Door Handle
While the car was being worked on in KC, I took it upon myself to buy a pair of door handles. Was able to get a can of the factory color, Soranna Red, paint ini a spray can. Did some prepping work to the raw black door handles. i guess you can say it came out pretty decent. Pretty good for an aerosol can.
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29OCT2010 Engine Swap Complete!
After Shelly was done with getting a motor swapped in her and getting all the kinks figured out with it, my father and I made the journey to go pick her up. When we got there we were noticing that the car was smoking a little bit.
The stocker t-25 had some shaft play in it, so that was the source of my smoke.
I drove it home that day, lightly smoking and all. I dang near it made it home with about 15 minutes to go, when going around a corner on this back windy road, the car started cutting out. From then on it was stumbling and bucking the rest of the way home. I thought it was a bad o2 sensor causing the ecu to get confused and calculate wrong air/fuel ratios. I got home that day and did some research. Got the o2 sensor replaced within a day or so and that still did not fix the problem.
We pulled the fuel rail, checked it, the injectors and all. Everything looked to check out just fine. Come to find out, the car has a sticky fuel level gauge, so what seemed to be at least 1/4 tank, was close to empty. Looooong story short, put some fuel in the car and it got rid of the problem. The simple stuff, it'll get you everytime.
Pictures of the car of the night I brought it home and the next few days with it.
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31OCT2010 Autometer Mechanical Boost Gauge & Totaling of a Fellow 2G DSM
Something about the stock boost gauge in a 2g just doesnt tickle my fancy so to speak. I had to find a better boost monitor. The first modification that I put on my GSX was an Autometer 30-0-30 boost gauge. I purchased it from OReilly Autoparts here in town. I had no pillar pod or any other means of mounting it other than what I could find at OReilly and Autozone. I ended up purchasing this metal bracket and mounting it in the spot pictured below. I know it was a HORRIBLE spot, not easy to glance at, hit it getting in and out of the car, but I was able to monitor my boost which was all that mattered to me. As you can see the 5+ years in the hot sun did work on my airbag cover.
The Night of the totaled GST. My friend Kyle, kstoopsdsm, brought his GST to my house, we were trying to diagnose why when at WOT with the A/C on it would just hit a brick wall like no other. We pulled out on the road, ran through first gear, grabbed second, and pulled through second. Out of nowhere BAM! Next thing you know there is glass in my eyes, misting the whole car, and were in a ditch. Ended up hitting a 6pt buck about 70 m.p.h. and sliding off of the road. After going back the next day to the accident site, we realized just how lucky we were to be alive. After that I took it easy in my GSX for a LONG time. I still do.
Heres a link to the thread for more pictures! http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/hangout/387290-dsm-deer-never-ftw-heres-story.html
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11NOV2010 Tail Light Tint and Picture Compilation
I decided that I kinda wanted a different look as far as the rear was concerned. Ended up buying a can f VHT Nightshades and did some tinting of the tail lights and reverse lights. Some extra random pictures as well.
Shelly went wingless for a hot second!!
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15NOV2011 Center Tail Section Paint
I rocked the Eclipse lettering on the center tail light for a while. I decided to take my can of Soranno Red and do some more color matching. Very happy with how it turned out.
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If anybody has any comments as far as anything I can do to improve the quality of the thread, I am open to criticism, good and bad. Thanks ahead of time.
Provided below is the link to the thread where all of the information as far as tuning to my car is loacted. It has been a long and continuous road learning tuning and all the aspects to it. So I have decided to try and consolidate all of my tuning endeavors into a general location : http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/ecm...est-boost-gauge-not-equal-attached-log-6.html
01DEC2010-19FEB2011
02APR2011-28JUN2011
01JUL2011-04JUL2011
20JUL2011-19NOV2011
25JAN2012 Welded Differential Transmission Failure
02FEB2012 EGR/Emissions Delete ~ Cruise Control Delete ~ Semi Wire Tuck
27MAR2012 XTD Stage 4 6-Puck Sprung Clutch
04APR2012 Fuelab Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator
17MAY2012 FIC 1150cc Injectors
21MAY2012 Denso 300 Fuel Pump
24MAY2012 Exhaust Leaks ~ Garage Cleanup
25MAY2012 DSM Broken Door Handle..Again
29MAY2012 Semi-Photoshoot
16JUN2013 Transmission Problems Part 3
24JUN2012 New Airbag Cover ~ Interior Photos
25JUN2012 Buffed & Waxed
20AUG2012 Photos With Friends & Shelly In A Creek
20SEPT2012 Plasti-Dip Wheels
20DEC2012 Transmission Removal Part 4: Unknown Vibrations
1JAN2013 Immaculate Chrysler Conquest TSI
25JUN2013 DKS Cams ~ HKS Timing Belt Replacement ~ 3g Revised Lifters ~ Purchase of Tein SS Coilovers ~ Misc. Maintenance
15JUL2013 Tein SS Coilovers Install ~ Rear Differential Bushings ~ Rear Subrframe Bushings
I bought my '99 GSX around September of 2010, I had previously owned a 420a Talon. Actually, my Talon is what lead me to my GSX now. I was driving my Talon, and all of a sudden it just died, and I mean out of nowhere. Well the shop that I had to take the Talon to first had an 8 foot high fenced in lot in front of the shop. Being that I am a curious person, I went looking around the lot. I happened to stroll across a DSM. I thought it was very odd that I had found one here. It had 4 foot high weeds towering the sides of the car, all tires were flat, bent wheels, extremely dirty, had random parts that were supposed to belong under the bay in the floor boards. I mean at first glance the car looked a mess. But under all the dirt, the body seemed EXTREMELY straight. I talked to the guy about the car, and apparently the car belonged to a lady who got it from his some after a rod fail on him. The car had sitting for over 5 years, so you can only imagine!
The lady had to track down the title for it, which took way longer that I wanted. At first she wanted to sell it for $800, but she had owed the guy who owned the shop some money. This is why the car had sat at HIS shop so for long. She ended up dropping the price to pay of the owner of the shop, to $600. So I hopped on it and purchased my first 4g63 car, bone stock, with 94k miles on it.
This was my Talon that I owned previously. Bought the car when I was fifteen, did some work to it and daily drove it for quite a while.
Now, when I tell you that there were 4ft weeds surrounding the car, I mean it. Here are pictures from when I first found the car.
At this point in my "DSM" career, I didn't have much experience having to work on 4g63's. So I decided to to trailer the car to a guy located in Kansas City, MO so he could get a new motor put into it and iron out what problems that it may have. BEFORE everyone freaks out, this was the only trailer that I had access to, so it was as simple as disconnecting the driveshaft and carrying on. As you can see from the pictures, the car cleaned up surprisingly well. I wasn't expecting it at all.
The guy I took it to got a hold of another motor for me. Here's a picture of the old bearings in it.
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20OCT2010 Wheels & Tires
As much as I like the wheels that come on the GSX, one of them had a pretty decent dent in it and they didn't quite have the nicest finish to them. Also, the tires were the same tires that had been sitting on the car for years, dry-rottted. They held air for the 4 hour trip to Kansas City and as far as I'm concerned, that's all the more I wanted to trust them. To be honest I probably shouldn't have trailered Shelly on them but hey, got to do what you got to do. I knew that if I were to want some aftermarket wheels, it was going to cost me some decent dollhairs. Did some research on what stock wheels had the same bolt pattern. I ended up strolling across some Mazda RX-8 wheels. At the time, I couldn't quite picture whether they would look decent on the car or not. So, I went with it and bought them, got them for $200. Got my hands on some Acheles 225-40-18 all season tires. For the price of the tires, they weren't bad quality at all. I would definitely buy them again.
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27OCT2010 Typical DSM Door Handle
While the car was being worked on in KC, I took it upon myself to buy a pair of door handles. Was able to get a can of the factory color, Soranna Red, paint ini a spray can. Did some prepping work to the raw black door handles. i guess you can say it came out pretty decent. Pretty good for an aerosol can.
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29OCT2010 Engine Swap Complete!
After Shelly was done with getting a motor swapped in her and getting all the kinks figured out with it, my father and I made the journey to go pick her up. When we got there we were noticing that the car was smoking a little bit.
The stocker t-25 had some shaft play in it, so that was the source of my smoke.
I drove it home that day, lightly smoking and all. I dang near it made it home with about 15 minutes to go, when going around a corner on this back windy road, the car started cutting out. From then on it was stumbling and bucking the rest of the way home. I thought it was a bad o2 sensor causing the ecu to get confused and calculate wrong air/fuel ratios. I got home that day and did some research. Got the o2 sensor replaced within a day or so and that still did not fix the problem.
We pulled the fuel rail, checked it, the injectors and all. Everything looked to check out just fine. Come to find out, the car has a sticky fuel level gauge, so what seemed to be at least 1/4 tank, was close to empty. Looooong story short, put some fuel in the car and it got rid of the problem. The simple stuff, it'll get you everytime.
Pictures of the car of the night I brought it home and the next few days with it.
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31OCT2010 Autometer Mechanical Boost Gauge & Totaling of a Fellow 2G DSM
Something about the stock boost gauge in a 2g just doesnt tickle my fancy so to speak. I had to find a better boost monitor. The first modification that I put on my GSX was an Autometer 30-0-30 boost gauge. I purchased it from OReilly Autoparts here in town. I had no pillar pod or any other means of mounting it other than what I could find at OReilly and Autozone. I ended up purchasing this metal bracket and mounting it in the spot pictured below. I know it was a HORRIBLE spot, not easy to glance at, hit it getting in and out of the car, but I was able to monitor my boost which was all that mattered to me. As you can see the 5+ years in the hot sun did work on my airbag cover.
The Night of the totaled GST. My friend Kyle, kstoopsdsm, brought his GST to my house, we were trying to diagnose why when at WOT with the A/C on it would just hit a brick wall like no other. We pulled out on the road, ran through first gear, grabbed second, and pulled through second. Out of nowhere BAM! Next thing you know there is glass in my eyes, misting the whole car, and were in a ditch. Ended up hitting a 6pt buck about 70 m.p.h. and sliding off of the road. After going back the next day to the accident site, we realized just how lucky we were to be alive. After that I took it easy in my GSX for a LONG time. I still do.
Heres a link to the thread for more pictures! http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/hangout/387290-dsm-deer-never-ftw-heres-story.html
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11NOV2010 Tail Light Tint and Picture Compilation
I decided that I kinda wanted a different look as far as the rear was concerned. Ended up buying a can f VHT Nightshades and did some tinting of the tail lights and reverse lights. Some extra random pictures as well.
Shelly went wingless for a hot second!!
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15NOV2011 Center Tail Section Paint
I rocked the Eclipse lettering on the center tail light for a while. I decided to take my can of Soranno Red and do some more color matching. Very happy with how it turned out.
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