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ncdirtrider249

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Mar 4, 2010
Wilmington, North_Carolina
Well, it has finally come time! The 7 bolt in my 95 gsx is doing its thing (walking), and I have started to source together all my parts. Here's a little bit about the car, me, and my plans:

The car:
It is a 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX. I bought it from the original owner (technically the 3rd, the 2nd owner put 500 miles on the car, bought an Evo and put it up for sale) with 110,xxx miles on it. When I bought the car, it had a couple little things done to it, and was a fun car to tinker with. It had ARP head studs, Fuel Lab adjustable fuel pressure regulator, Walbro 255lph pump that's hot wired, Ebay FMIC, HKS SSQV, K&N air filter, Thermal R&D cat back, VIS carbon fiber hatch, VIS carbon fiber hood, COP, and a nice little tree air freshener :D:tree: .

Around 2011ish, I wanted more power. I bought a small 16g, FIC 650cc injectors, Apexi SAFC, 3in down pipe, external dump o2 housing, hard intake pipe, a Keydriver chip (set for a 16g, 7500 rev limit, 5000 2 step, 11:1 AFR), a wideband, boost, and oil pressure gauges. I also acquired a free Autometer egt gauge :) . This was my first time ever doing some major work on a car, so it was a good learning experience. I did my research, tuned the car myself with the SAFC, and chip combo, and had good numbers at Coastal Plains quarter mile. It ran a 13.4 @99 with a 1.6 60 foot, and two intercooler pipes blowing off at the 1/8. It sucked that those pipes blew off, but I was happy with the 60ft times.

Fast forward a couple months, and I found an Evo3 16g. I ported the exhaust housing out, polished the inlet on the compressor housing, put a DNP tubular ss manifold, and a bigger FMIC. It ran great! Then two weeks later, the turbo blew. I started getting antsy, and learned about a company called TurboLab. Really cool guys there, Austin is a great guy to work with, and he is building my new turbo for my build! But, I wanted to try my hand at turbo building. So, I ordered a rebuild kit, and the 20g conversion for the 16g. I did that, and that turbo is still on my car, with 20,000 miles on it, and zero problems! I still build and rebuild turbos, it's a fun hobby! But anyways, I haven't taken my car back to the track, but since putting the 20g on it, I put a TiAL44mm waste gate, AEM Wideband, new Autometer gauges, Gates timing belt, and just generic maintenance. I finally got around to putting in my new clutch (ACT2600 sprung 6 puck) and flywheel (Fidanza aluminum), and then it started walking. I still drive it, but I don't get on it hard. I need to conserve this car as much as I can before it really goes boom so I can have something to drive when it's raining instead of my motorcycle.

About me:
My name is Dane, I am a full time student at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. I am studying Sociology, my minor is Parks and Rec, and I am in the process of obtaining my professional writing certificate. I am the president of the car club at UNCW, and I am in the Delta Chi Fraternity. I am currently a junior, and I plan to graduate next spring. I am a manager at Advance Auto Parts, and I just got a new job at a race car shop called TI Racing. We build track cars, performance accessories, and can do pretty much anything except tuning. There are three shops around Wilmington that have dynos, so we found no need to have one. We have built some pretty sick cars in the past (mainly the owner), such as a 02 Miata with a Ls2, a twin charged 06 Miata, and we are currently building a s14 with a ls1 as our new SCCA car. Our current race car is a 1990 Miata with a built motor, caged, and pretty much anything else you'd see on a race car.

The build:
Here is a list of the parts I current have:
2.4 OEM Mitsubishi crank
Wiseco 1400hd coated piston kit
Clevite 77 main bearings
ARP head studs
6 bolt block
Ported&polished 7 bolt 2g head
BC272 cams
Turbo blanket
TiAL 38mm mvs vband waste gate
ECMlink V3
ECU controlled boost module
1g CAS
Flywheel
Shaved valve cover
Water pump



Parts left to get:
Head gasket
Machine work
Timing components
Rods
SD set up
6 bolt in a 2g harness
Valve springs
FF oil filter housing (I have the regular 90 oil filter housing with an oil cooler provision, but I'd prefer a forward facing set up)
Adjustable cam gears
Injectors (1600cc preferably, but we will see what kind of deals I can get on them)
Oh, and probably another fuel pump.


Turbo:
This is the fun part :) I got a Holset HX40. But, it's a franknenstein HX40. Austin at TurboLab is hooking me up big time. It's going to be the equivalent of a Precision 6666 (if that's even made). It is going to have the billet 7 blade compressor wheel, larger exhaust shaft, and larger exhaust wheel. All mated to a BEP open T3 housing with a 3in vband outlet. I plan on building my own top mount manifold for this car as well.


So, my plans for this car will be to make around 6-700 whp if I want to. But keep it around 5-600 depending on what all I can obtain. Unfortunately, there are no E85 stations within an hour away from here so that is probably out of the equation. I am going to have Carolina Dyno tune my car, and I am going to try and figure out ECM link while they do it. I'm not too bright when it comes to tuning, I'm more of a mechanical person. But it's a work in progress like anything else. So onto the good part: PICTURES!

The car:
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The bay: (I am going to be painting the bay, along with the car when I am doing the swap as well. It pays to work at a shop that does paint and body too :) )
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The block:
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Pistons:
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Bearings & Studs:
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Head&Cams:
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Waste gate:
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I will update this when I get parts in, and when things start moving. I just got real excited because my parts came today :) I am completely open to any insight, criticism, anything! Being that this is my first build ever (on a car, I have raced professional motocross, and was my own mechanic. I also have built my Buell from the ground up.) so it is absolutely a learning process!
 
Looks pretty awesome. My personal turbo builder of choice is TurboTSI95 @ Boost Addiction, and I would've gone with a different cam other than BC...other than that it looks great.
 
Well, keep in mind, I'm a full time college student. So the funds are limited. I got those cams for a steal! I would like to trade them or find a set of 280's though :)
 
Forgot to add pictures of the crank:
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My turbo should be here this week! Then it's time to start building my top mount manifold :)
 
Good work i understand about college funds and dsms, its coming along you have a nice list of parts, im in the process of a some work myself including a sd, soon. Subscribed.
 
Thanks man! Yeah the last missing links before I take it to the machine shop to get bored .20 over, and assembled are the rods. If I can find a decent set of rods for a good price I'm going to try and jump on them, but we will see. And see if someone wants to trade a practically new set of 272's for 280's :)
 
Got some more goodies in today! ECU Controlled boost solenoid, and ECMlink V3 :)

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Austin got my turbo built! He posted this picture of it on the TurboLab Facebook group. Ohhhh man I'm stupid excited! Here's the measurements:
Holset HX40
6666. 66x84 compressor and 66 x 78 turbine.

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Well, this is a little update. Things have been nuts lately at the shop getting things set up and working on the race car. We were at Road Atlanta for the past Chumpcar race. We were holding a solid 6th position when the CAS fell out (DOH!!), and the wrecker that came and picked the car up decided to hook up to the front bumper and ripped the front end off the car. So we finished 32nd out of 64. Still not bad for said conditions, and we got hit a couple times, raced for about 7 hours with a broken control arm. We've been working and got all those problems fixed, and I've been assembling the spare motor to break in before we go to VIR on March 30th. But we finally got a very key part installed at the shop this past weekend...A LIFT! This will make life so much easier, I'm so excited! Also, I have decided that I'm going to go with Manly H beam rods. I can get them for a great price new through the shop, so I'm going to do that, then the block goes off to the machine shop! My turbo will hopefully be here this week, and when it gets here, I'll definitely shed some pictures :) But, here's a couple snap shots of the car, and the lift!

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The race car: Built 1990 Miata. It's slow as molasses, but fun as hell to drive!
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Clutch went boom at Roebling Road SCCA School. We had the motor and trans out in 20 min:
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Heading to Road Atlanta:
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Road Atlanta aftermath:
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So that's it for now. Hopefully next week I'll update this with some stuff about MY car. It's a slow process. But I'll get there :)
 
When do you plan on having it done? I am thinking about getting this turbo also for my evo. Doing a 2.3 also. Using pump gas. E85 is a 40 min drive for me. Can't wait for results!
 
Hopefully by summer, at the latest the beginning of the fall semester at school, around August or so. It all depends on the money situation. Man I'd love to use E85 but its a two hour drive to the closest place around. So I'm going to do a pump gas tune and a race gas tune. The race fuel will probably be Q16, or a Sunoco blend.
 
Turbo came in :)

This thing is HUGE. For those of you who don't know me, or haven't met me. I'm a big dude. 6'3 200lbs. I played football and yadda yadda yadda, basically where I'm getting at, is the size of this thing. I can fit my entire fist in the inlet. It's gonna make some serious power!

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Billet goodness :)
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And yes this is a quarter. Just for size comparison.
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It's a billet wheel that Austin supplied from Turbo Lab.
 
Here's a little update:

I have decided I am going to go with the Manley Turbo Tough H beam rods. Now, the only thing I need to do to get them, is get the money! I will go with used rods, but I am going to do things right and get good rods so nothing will go boom (knock on wood) when everything gets underway.

This past week was UNCW's spring break, so that was nice. I got a chance to go home, and I headed up to Stuart, VA. This is where Austin and Ian live (owners and machinists of Turbo Lab). I went and checked out their shop, shot the shit and hung out for a while. Really cool dudes. I also picked up some parts and built a new Evo III 16g.

I did do a few things to the car though. I put in a slim fan (I cannot for the life of me figure out how to wire in the slim fan wires (red (+) and black (-) ) to the passenger side fan connector wires. I looked on here to see what all there was, and I found some threads with a ton of great info, but nothing works on my car? Haha I'm stumped. I HATE wiring, but I'll figure it out eventually.

I also got a killer deal on a shaved black powder coated valve cover, along with stripping that shitty green off my COP coils. And I got a killer deal on a set of 2gb headlights so I can finally mount my 2gb front bumper :) Here are some update picjas:

16g I just built:
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New engine bay shot:
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New front end:
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Woohoo update time! Got a couple goodies in the mail today, along with word I'm getting my block back soon :)

HKS Adjustable Cam Gears: (Thank you Turbo Monk3y!)
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Manley H-Beam rods with ARP 2000 rod bolts!

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And I took my hand at fixing the dents in the oil pan from the block when I bought it. It looks like someone shot it repetedely with a BB gun. So, I un-dented it as much as possible and put some fresh paint on it.

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If anyone has one in better shape, I'll probably try to pick it up from them. But for now, I'll work with what I have. I'm going to pick up my block later this week, or at the beginning of the week. I had it hot tanked, bored .20 over, honed, and had the crank journals line honed with the new ARP studs. So, that's all for now till I get the block back. Then, I'm going to paint it and assemble it!
 
A little update: Things have been put on the back burner lately. There was a death in the machinist's family at the machine shop, and I was not able to get my block back today, but that's completely fine for obvious reasons. I have decided to sell my 2.4 crank, and bearings, because I want to get an Eagle crank and ACL bearings. And I'm currently broke because I have to move by May 15, and I haven't even found a house yet. So, that's where I'm at so far. If anyone knows of anyone who wants a 2.4 crank and Clevite bearings, tell them you know someone please! It sucks, Slowboy racing won't take the crank or bearings back, when I have the original receipt from when it was purchased. Oh well.
 
Not much really going on lately. I had to re-sell my rods and v3 because I'm moving soon and need the cash! But, I did get my hands on an old school Apexi T3 manifold. It's cracked in a few spots but I think it's fixable. I'm going to have to do some finangeling to get the hotside on my HX40 to fit. In the picture I'm about to post, the turbine housing hits the block, and the cylinder head is moved forwards so it will clear it and look cool for the shop when customers walk in.


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Not much really going on lately. I had to re-sell my rods and v3 because I'm moving soon and need the cash! But, I did get my hands on an old school Apexi T3 manifold. It's cracked in a few spots but I think it's fixable. I'm going to have to do some finangeling to get the hotside on my HX40 to fit. In the picture I'm about to post, the turbine housing hits the block, and the cylinder head is moved forwards so it will clear it and look cool for the shop when customers walk in.


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