Blaze4G63
10+ Year Contributor
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- May 30, 2008
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NW,
Washington
Where do I start..... ok so I got into the dsm game back in 2008 with a black 1993 eclipse gs I bought for 400.00 with my hard earned money when I was 15 years old. The car was on craigslist for so cheap because the timing belt was broke. Not knowing exactly what i was getting into i thought i could fix the car and have it running before i turned 16. well after buying the car and getting it home the work began. I did some research on the forums on what i was going to need to do to get the car back up and running. well i quickly found out the valves had to be trashed. I have never worked on a car at this point in my life but I did not have the funds to buy a nice or even a good running car. even with my parents making over 140K a year they were not willing to help me, the only help i got was a full old tool box in the garage. so I worked my ass off the buy a used engine and swapped it and had a nice running car.
at purchase
after engine and detail work
About a 6 months after I swapped the engine I had a rod knock, at this point in my life i was 16 and wanted more power, so I searched craigslist more for a cheap 1g gst or gsx. I found a 1991 tsi down in Portland Oregon for 500 and the owner said it had something wrong with the head. i got the car home and it more then a head problem ANOTHER ROD KNOCK! here it is.
At this point im ready to sell them and give up in the dsm game but one night i was searching craigslist again and i found another 1991 Talon awd for 500, the oil filter got dropped off on the highway doing 60 and the motor seized. the car only had 81k miles on it. I figured if i was going to buy a new engine i rather have awd. so i sold the purple tsi fwd for 500 and bought the awd.
I saved and bought a 1500 rebuilt engine off ebay and had the awd running for a couple years then i started modding. 16g 272s dsmlink 3in turbo back exhaust fp manifold act2600 shep stage 2 trans. Then over spring break this happend
I got T boned by a driver that was txting
so through thick in thin I bought another 1991 GSX, i cant tell you why i love these cars but i just do. this is the gsx when i bought it, minus the fmic and the gauge pod.
I bought it in 2011 and the owner said the engine had been rebuilt in the past but the tranny was locked up. I didnt really care what the car came with i just bought it for the shell to drop my engine and trans and have a running car again. so i pulled the engine and put in the shed where it sat till now. the 1500 engine i bought was failing on me in 2012. with all the after market parts and a combo of being a cheaply built engine it started to fall apart. in the summer of 12 it had a rod knock and got parked till now. I didnt have the time to deal with it or the money. now that i bought my house i have time and my own garage to work on getting it back on the road.
I pulled the engine out of the shed and im putting it back together as we speak. I pulled the pan off and nothings rusted,everything looks ok even the pistons look to be in good shape along with the head. so i swapped all my parts to this engine and gave it all new gaskets and cleaned everything. so my mod list is 272s 16g dsmlink act 2600 shep trans stage 2 vrsf fmic 720cc wally 255 fuel lap fpr aem wideband.
Im hoping this engine will run and have good compression, it does have a warranty stamp on the head and block along with a balance shaft removal kit on it so i do know it has been gone through sometime in the past.I bought new water pump, timing belt with all the tenioners and all new gaskets and hoses.the only concern i have about the engine is the last owner used 20-50w oil. I dont know why you would run 20-50w. there was a bottle in the car when i bought it, and pulling the pan i could tell it was 20-50w oil. this should be interesting but hey its a free engine so what the hell.
ill be posting pic of engine and car soon just waiting for my pictures to show up in my email
I just bought a new mits tob to replace my act one, also a new clutch line from the master to the slave from extreme psi, because i have had clutch engagement tissues with this car that i will cover in my next post.
THANKS FOR READING AND MORE POSTS ON THE WAY!
at purchase
after engine and detail work
About a 6 months after I swapped the engine I had a rod knock, at this point in my life i was 16 and wanted more power, so I searched craigslist more for a cheap 1g gst or gsx. I found a 1991 tsi down in Portland Oregon for 500 and the owner said it had something wrong with the head. i got the car home and it more then a head problem ANOTHER ROD KNOCK! here it is.
At this point im ready to sell them and give up in the dsm game but one night i was searching craigslist again and i found another 1991 Talon awd for 500, the oil filter got dropped off on the highway doing 60 and the motor seized. the car only had 81k miles on it. I figured if i was going to buy a new engine i rather have awd. so i sold the purple tsi fwd for 500 and bought the awd.
I saved and bought a 1500 rebuilt engine off ebay and had the awd running for a couple years then i started modding. 16g 272s dsmlink 3in turbo back exhaust fp manifold act2600 shep stage 2 trans. Then over spring break this happend
I got T boned by a driver that was txting
so through thick in thin I bought another 1991 GSX, i cant tell you why i love these cars but i just do. this is the gsx when i bought it, minus the fmic and the gauge pod.
I bought it in 2011 and the owner said the engine had been rebuilt in the past but the tranny was locked up. I didnt really care what the car came with i just bought it for the shell to drop my engine and trans and have a running car again. so i pulled the engine and put in the shed where it sat till now. the 1500 engine i bought was failing on me in 2012. with all the after market parts and a combo of being a cheaply built engine it started to fall apart. in the summer of 12 it had a rod knock and got parked till now. I didnt have the time to deal with it or the money. now that i bought my house i have time and my own garage to work on getting it back on the road.
I pulled the engine out of the shed and im putting it back together as we speak. I pulled the pan off and nothings rusted,everything looks ok even the pistons look to be in good shape along with the head. so i swapped all my parts to this engine and gave it all new gaskets and cleaned everything. so my mod list is 272s 16g dsmlink act 2600 shep trans stage 2 vrsf fmic 720cc wally 255 fuel lap fpr aem wideband.
Im hoping this engine will run and have good compression, it does have a warranty stamp on the head and block along with a balance shaft removal kit on it so i do know it has been gone through sometime in the past.I bought new water pump, timing belt with all the tenioners and all new gaskets and hoses.the only concern i have about the engine is the last owner used 20-50w oil. I dont know why you would run 20-50w. there was a bottle in the car when i bought it, and pulling the pan i could tell it was 20-50w oil. this should be interesting but hey its a free engine so what the hell.
ill be posting pic of engine and car soon just waiting for my pictures to show up in my email
I just bought a new mits tob to replace my act one, also a new clutch line from the master to the slave from extreme psi, because i have had clutch engagement tissues with this car that i will cover in my next post.
THANKS FOR READING AND MORE POSTS ON THE WAY!
I'm 24 3 br 2ba over sized lot in the bellevue equivilant to the toronto area. (Canadian currency helps)
. Cams, turbo, the whole nine.
i just am very happy with the work performed on my setup and wanted to give you the same opertunity.
