orignal 89 turbo mirage hatch

[tkrPerformance]

I picked up a 89 oem turbo mirage back on 5/16/09. I worked on this car a few years ago it was a buddys car that was going to be a awd 4202 drag car but never got done. So I picked it up with out a engine (he sold the 2.3 I built for it) for free

what I did to it before when he had it
new front rotors
new front pads
new front wheel bearings
new lower ball joints
new outer tie rod ends
rebuilt 90 fwd 4g63t tranny with lsd

As for what I will be doing to it. It will be getting a 4g63 na motor and tranny out of the wifes 90 eclipse for now because I have it and her winter car is rusted out. so this will be her new winter car.

I did a lot of work to the mirage a few years ago for James so 90% of it is all new still. Since he never got it done to drive it. It just sat in his drive way for 2 years before I picked it up

her eclipse for the last time before it goes to scrap this week

I put on the 90 turbo tranny with the p.grip I put in it years ago for James. act 2100 p.p. new disk from Craig. act fly wheel. I moved the radiator mounts on the car so I can run a honda 1/2 size in the car. Put the engine in I got all the mounts for the mirage but the front roll stop mount so I used the one from the 90 eclipse and welded on some flat steel to make it work. I started to hook every thing up on the car. I also cut the engine mount off and the most of the power steering bracket to clean it up a little bit.

 

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we got everything hooked up. picked up a starter from Craig. Came to find out the fly that I got with it was a act awd fly wheel so the tranny came back out. took us all of 20mins to pull it all back out and get the clutch and fly off. I

the oem n/t down pipe is 2.25. welded on a 2.5 pipe then steped to 3in to meet up with the 3in flex in the down pipe.

as it sits now all back apart no tranny in it

95 mirage shifter box and cables with 2in cut off the bottom of the shifter and welded back on

the classic chrome autometer gauges and the jenson dvd deck

black 5g mirage arm rest

 

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the batterys new home. still have to make an alum cover for the top and find the splash shields for the car

as it sits now

and a few others

not bad for a 89

got some parts for it at back to the 50's this weekend

Found the best deal ever for horns for the car got a set for the evo,talon,and hatch. They are hella super tone horns the 118db ones that sell for 55.00 a set. I got them all new for 6.00 a set the guy had now clue what they were.

Polished s.s. coolant over flow tank for 35.00. Got it for the hatch back to get rid of the crappy oem plastic one. Kevin also picked the same one up.

Ali found a really cool hot rod style shift knob for the hatch new with the adaptor so it would screw right on for 26.00. it is made by gennie shifter

Got the new parts in yesterday. just have to wire in the hella horn's

also the 5lug swap parts

also had the wife drive almost an hour each way to pick up a set of new 3in cherry bombs going to put one on here and one on the evo got them both for 40.00

got a set of rotors from a local for 50.00 they are for the 2 piston front's

and a huge thanks to Pete for doing the tires tonight for me. they are 3g eclipse rims 17*6.5 with a set falken 205/40/17 I picked up cheap

 

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worked on it today. got the 5 lug parts on the car,2 piston front brakes and the drilled rotors front and back. it is now on the 3g eclipse 17's. In the morring I will be swapping out the master for the extra evo III brake master I have and bleeding all the brake's

the new bottom end
1g rods
2g pistons .20over
acl race bearings
b.s. elem kit
arp rod bolts
arp main studs
arp head studs

some the parts came off the short block that was not needed that came with it.
the awd fly (reused the awd act fly)
the 91 turbo water pipe (reused the n/t water pipe)
the power steering pump(still on the car)
the Alt (reused the new one)
the a/c bracket (no a/s on the car)

picked up the bottom end for 450.00. I just wanted the car back together and running right now. I will still rebuild the bottom end that came out of the car. with the 1g rods and evo 9 pistons. Will go on the shelf as a spare engine.

here is the 4g63 n/t that came out of the car
The oil cooler line blew and pumped all the oil on the the freeway. fixed it and it ran for awhile to get it home and move it around. the oil pump ended up going out and destoying the balance shafts taking out the b.s. belt. It then took out the timing belt and destoying the head and pistons. Also the crank got tossed to. It need to be turned and I will not run a turned crank in a 4g63

now to the new stuff. I have 90% of the parts to put a turbo set up on the car. I think it is funny since it is a oem 4g61t car and it has been a na car since I put it together even with the built engine and built head.

first off I traded off my zentronics wideband for a maft translator,extension harness and new gm mas and 400.00 cash

picked up a turbo from a buddy that picked up a auto gsx 2g to swap all his drag car parts into. Kid said it was a big 16g when he got the car. but when I picked it up it was a mhi evo 3 16g. also got a 2g o2 housing with it that is really a evo 3 o2 housing and all the lines and s.s. feed line for 280.00

thought I still had a manifold laying around but I sold it So from my same buddy I picked up a 2g mani that ended up also being a evo 3 mani for 20.00

also picked up a socked and rebuilt 90 eprom ecu for 130.00 shipped off of dsmlink

I will be using the fmic I had on the talon, The shorty fmic piping that I made for the evo, and a 3in intake I made for the evo.

Still need to pick up a set of injectors, and a tial bov since that is what the piping I made for the evo is flanged for.

few new parts
got a brand new tial bov for 150.00

also got a brand new forced performance j-pipe for 40.00

 

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have had the turbo on the car for awhile

changed things up a bit with the car
db performance mbc
db performance custom eprom chip
dejon tool 3in intake pipe
k&n filter
new heater core,t.stat, and rad cap
fic 850cc injectors
put in a new pass side axel
put in a new alt.
new p.s. and alt belts

still have to put in the 255 wally pump and the buschur racing afpr and gauge when the tank is not full

used the shorty piping I made for the evo 3. just had to shorten up the hot side pipe.

Also had to totaly rebuild the FP j-pipe since it was for a 2g install kit.

just used the boost gauge I found in the garage also found the shift boot for the car that I got last summer then lost in the garage.

the fmic moved the lic plate to the side

also put on one of the pink valve covers today

went to u pull it yesterday to try to find a new gauge cluster surround plastic but it was broken worse than mine. but the car was red so I grabbed the front bumper. the car was a 1.5 auto.

took the lip off my bumper drilled all the holes in the new one and put the lip on it is now fully bolted on unlike the bumper on the car that was all cut up and the lip was held on by a few of the mounts.

got it put on all masked off and painted the black since it was all faded out and most of it was gone. the bumper was repainted at one time also

just have to mask it back up tomorrow and paint the red in the middle of the black
the old bumper cut up and in the can

the drive way a few months ago

ready for winter now till it sells

The car is as far as I am going to take it now. It has been a fun little D.D. for the past few years. But it is now up for sale. I am trying to cut down on cars still.
so far this year I sold
93 mirage evo 1 swap as a shell
97 awd spyder as a shell
95 talon parted out and scrapped

so I am down to
98 awd spyder
95 evo 3
01 mirage sedan
89 turbo mirage hatch
51 mercury m-1 truch w/sbc400

 

[NWHTanK]

Dam nice build.!!

 

[Eclipse'd]

Sweet find! Awesome build

 

[tkrPerformance]

thanks. It has been a fun car to build but is up For Sale/ Trade now

 

[Eclipse'd]

How much does it weigh??

 

[tkrPerformance]

around 2200 or so

 

[Eclipse'd]

ah, like i said sweet build! I miiight be interested in the near future.

 

[MrBates]

Ahh really nice man. Very sleeper looking and really really clean for an 89. BTW, just out of curiosity, how much are you looking to sell it for?

 

[tkrPerformance]

Thanks. It is a fun car to drive around and has low miles for being a 89. I have it posted on here looking to get 4k out of it. I did have a local guy wanting to trade me his 93 fd for it but it needs a lot of work.

 

[canada4g63]

I would've just slapped a turbo motor in from the get go. You only need about 400hp to own a lot of cars on the road.

 

[tkrPerformance]

I would've just slapped a turbo motor in from the get go. You only need about 400hp to own a lot of cars on the road.

It has a semi built bottom end and a built head on it. Unless you ment just a bone stock long block.
Don't need to make 400 on it since it is just a d.d. And still gets 30mpg. I have my other cars for big power and fun with.