My Intro - Nice to meet you!

[rvaughn]

Hello everyone, names Rafe, aka rvaughn. Ive been debating about doing a blog logging my build and have finally decided its time to put up some material. So without further rambeling lets get started! Note this post is purely a "Getting to know you" post, more meat to come shortly!

This is a couple pics of my '97 GSX previous to tear down.

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This photo is before the two tone scheme I have now, but its one of the better photos I have of the car.

The next photo is gives a decent view of the car, minus a couple of recent goodies, it illustrates the wonderful curb rash of the front bumper and a slight alignment issue with the hood and fenders rather well dont you think?

I blame high speed bumps and a less then awesome paint job from the previous owners encounter with a bad driver. All in all she is clean, but some body stuff will have to follow after the motor build.

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This photo is from right after I completed the two tone (plasti-dip). I like the look but im worried the car is begining to loose its original color.

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And finally, a teaser of how she is shaping up now / how she sits as we wait for the stroker from ER!

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Please feel free to comment! More to come shortly!

 

[ganbaa]

nice work good luck

 

[mattasi]

Nice work man, I am not a big fan of the two tone, personaly I think it looks 5x better all red.

 

[scottyhops]

have to agree, the all red looks better but hey its not our ride its yours! looks sick either way, keep us updated on everything

 

[rvaughn]

Thanks for the comments guys! I've been fighting the red vs black debate for a while, so the comments are great constructive feedback. I think I'm going to give it one year, if I still can't make up my mind, the dip will be peeled off. Keep the comments coming all!

 

[eimarshall]

Lookin tight Buddy!! keep me posted on the build!! god i wish i could either be there to help wrench/bust another knuckle on yours or gut mine and start fresh!! but alas i'll have to live vicariously through you......for now!!

 

[tkstoygsx]

looks good... another vote for the ALL RED SCHEME... keep us updated on the build

 

[tfaulk21]

carbon fiber mirrors would look pretty good now that you've two toned it. all red looks good but the two tones not bad either man. i like it. it's different

 

[rvaughn]

Cars in a holding pattern, having issues with vendor / manufacturer on the pistons. Who'da thought they don't normally stock 6 bolt 2.3L 1400 HD pistons on the shelf (vendor OR manufacturer). More to come later.

 

[rvaughn]

Still waiting... Wiesco and MAPerformance have gone cold on me and wont get their acts together... I am extremely dissappointed. Its been 3 months of the car being one week from completion...

 

[AWDGIRL]

HI my name is stephanie i love your mitsu im new to the dsm tuner web site and blogging i dnt do fb or any of that. i have an awd spyder built 2.4 built tranny t28 turbo on 18 lbs i love it i also had a stock gsx wrecked it then traded for a daily driver. it was in the shop for 6months and now keeps spitting out a not reddy at emitions do u know if its because i got the dsm link? anyway your mitsu is sick 2tone or all red

 

[rvaughn]

Car is done! 400/400 with full boost by ~3700 rpm and full torque by ~4000... it is snappy. Numbers are slightly lower then i wanted but im told its due to the larger intake mani with the small turbo. With a bigger turbo it will shine anyway! Check my profile for the graph.