NWHTanK's Eclipse GST (AWD swap)

[spyderdrifter]

When I swapped my old spyder last year, the 2 forward bolts I ended up fishing into their holes with some solder wrapped around them. I don't really remember if they spun or not though.

 

[NWHTanK]

Messing around at work on a old rear knuckle..

 

[NWHTanK]

Well I now have a complete tubular arm setup. Front,mid,and rear toe arm, for my setup. These are megan arms that i used and combined parts from the front and toe arm to make a mid arm. Now these arms are sold for the gst, but when I got my complete urethane bushing kit, that it comes with a spacer for the toe arm that is needed on the awd. So I used it with the megan arms to complete the arm install.

 

[NWHTanK]

Getting ride height were I want it so I can get the sway bar in its proper location.

 

[NWHTanK]

NWHTanK updated NWHTanK's Eclipse GST (AWD swap)

Slow progress. Updated profile to account for part upgrades and changes. Mostly for the block and rotating assembly.

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[NWHTanK]

The car still sits up on jack stands as I pass by it on a daily basis. I haven't worked on the car much since 2014 15 ?since it spun a rod bearing. I have been instead purchasing parts to get it were I want it to be. Other than every thing in my wish list, every thing is purchased. Ugh years later. And whish list items will be treated as upgrades. Awd gas tank and rear subframe swap has been done for awhile, except I did make some changes. One,all rear lower arms have now been replaced with volk arms. Two ,the poly rear subframe bushings have been swaped out for billet aluminum ones. One of the biggest changes and has cost me the most to purchase to date is the rotating assembly. At the end of Dec 2018,I contacted FFWD to purchase one of thier rotating assemblies. Here are the specs. Going a Non turbo 6 bolt block, 88mm Eagle knifed edge crank , 156 aluminum rods, wiesco stroker hd 8.5 to 1 pistons. Everything has been coated balance and blue printed. So I'm building a 6bolt 2.0 long rod engine. I have also acquired billet main caps, and kiggly girdle. The next step is to send the block out for machine work and start building a long block.

 

[Hickory-NC-2Ggsx]

I redid the interior back to black and tan.View attachment 230127

What seats are those cipher? If so what bracket did you use? I have a tan interior 2g gsx also and have been looking at these seats for awhile. Btw awesome build!

 

[NWHTanK]

It's been awhile since I put those in , I think I got the seats from summit racing and the seat mounts from Ebay.

 

[NWHTanK]

So I have been sitting on some parts for a while and was wondering if certain after market parts would combine so I could get the tcase rebuilt to 300m spec. The drive shaft is a dss 650hp and a while back I bought into a group buy on the sonnax slip yoke . Well Dss doesn't say what size ujoint is in the 650 shaft. So I opened up some dusty boxes and did a pre assembly. The 650 shaft has a 1310 u joint so it will work with the sonnax slip yoke and as a added bonus it is now 300m case usable and lighter than the one it replaces.

 

[NWHTanK]

So I changed some things around a bit , rear subframe mount bushings are now billet aluminum, all megan arms have been replaced with volk arms, wheels have been changed out to a 17x9 with a 255/35/17

 

[NWHTanK]

At the end of last January I recieved the rotating assembly. It's a FFWD rotating assembly. The crank is a 6bolt knifed edged and coated. The rods are 156 aluminum with thier coatings also. The pistons are wiesco HD strokers with again with thier coatings. This rotating assembly is a long rod 2.0 the assembly is going in a 6bolt na block.

 

[NWHTanK]

Update. Cooling system mods. Water pipe delete, Changing to a golf mk 3 radiator, HVAC full delete .. Evo Spec water pump under drive pully.

 

[NWHTanK]

Since I'm running no squirts, and no balance shafts. I put some parts together to to make my oiling system. Fty racing remote filter adapter , this replaces the ofh. To adjust oil pressure a petersons adjustable oil regulator. The oil filter housing, Improved racing. It has a built in thermostat and allows for a big oil filter. Combined with Moroso pan and a oil cooler will round out the oiling system.

 

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[NWHTanK]

Some time the small parts can be such a pain to find. After alot of searching I found somthing over the shelf that is direct bolt in for the oil squirter delete. Racetronix part number FIT-PLGM1212. Metric hex plug. M12x1.25. 5mm thread length.

 

[NWHTanK]

Well so this happened. More inbound. Chromoly subframe, Bull fab bar, Volk arms,. Thursday a brace should be for the subframe, and still waiting on the group buy stearing rack.

 

[NWHTanK]

You can tell when people do great work when you mix up parts and bolt them together and they just bolt right up. Thank Paul

and Bobby!

 

[NWHTanK]

A few years ago I had bought a parts car with a carbon hatch. After some carefull drilling it was talonized.

 

[NWHTanK]

Well I rarely buy used parts and today was one of them . Bought a 2g dsm rear diff with a kaaz center section. Crossing fingers and hope all goes well. Ugh the wait.

 

[NWHTanK]

I had some concerns with the FTY remote filter housing . And had them modify it a bit . I didn't like all 3 fittings really close to each other and sent them some ideas. They then put it thru the 3d printer for a rendering for a mock. Waiting on the test part to be shipped so I can test fit.

 

[NWHTanK]

This is the first design which has all the 10 an line to close together for my liking. Also I didn't like the pressure relief port location. It was to close to the balncer and using a fluid damper which is just a tad bigger than stock.

 

[NWHTanK]

I also mentioned that in oder to use the timing cover a raised threaded boss will be needed .

 

[NWHTanK]

Another product from the people at FTY.

 

[NWHTanK]

Well the owner of kaaz rear diff was supposed to ship out the diff last Friday. When I sent him a IM Sat about tracking info he replied back that he was selling locally that shipping would cost to much, When he stated a certain price and that shipping was included in the advertised price. He then said he would send half payment back yesterday and the other half today, including paypall fees. I checked today and two payments are posting. I'm glad I got my money back but I'm like what the f### is going on. May be I will just spend a bit more and just have TMZ build me a evo 8 differential and skip the bs.

 

[AWD-Tony]

Some people are just wacked af. Good that you’re getting all your money back.