Drag Race Build Project Blue 98 Eclipse

[diambo4life]

I have been working on the car, just not much to update. I mounted the Kirkeys, started the wiring process. I installed a fuel pressure gauge on the Aeromotive AFPR, and mounted a battery box. DSS sent sent me the wrong hub bearing before Thanksgiving so they have the correct one enroute. Meanwhile, I am contemplating what to do ignition wise. But it's progress. My deadline is to be done by Christmas. Hmmm....it's approaching real fast.

 

[diambo4life]

Happy New Year all. I know I am not really updating this, just a little frsustrated with a certain vendor who is really deflating my progress and enthusiasm for this project. In the meanwhile, I am just doing small little things here and there just to buy time but hopefully I can make some meaningful progress by the end of the month.

 

[1cleangsx]

Happy New Year! I’m excited to see this thing running, should be pretty fun

 

[diambo4life]

Happy New Year! I’m excited to see this thing running, should be pretty fun

I am as well. I will get back on track shortly.....

 

[diambo4life]

The car is actually on all 4s! All the suspension is done. I just need to install the driveshaft, tcase and exhaust. Currently working on wiring.

 

[diambo4life]

I have the tcase, driveshaft, downpipe and exhaust partially installed boys and girls. It's starting to look like a car that might run on the road in the near distant future.

 

[diambo4life]

I installed a new rear wheel hub assembly weeks ago. The front wheel hubs ended up being ok, I was concerned I may need to change those since this car was rolled around with no axles installed. I installed, new brake lines for the front and ran them to the proportioning valve which is in the car. I would say 98% of everything under the car is situated. I am not a fan of the muffler and may end up switching that but for now, it will stay. I still need to get it mounted to the hanger in the back. I intend to bleed the brakes then set the car on the ground and start working on completing the ECU wiring. Remember this car has no factory wiring so it's a beast of a job....and I hate wiring! I installed the MSD in it months ago and just need to finish wiring some aux wiring from the Haltech.

 

[diambo4life]

Hey guys, still working on the wiring. I wired the Forced4 shift controller this past weekend, added fluids to the vehicle, still need to do the rear diff, but the car is rolling on the floor with all 4 wheels. It's slowly coming along. Just tying up loose ends here and there as I get time but it's slowly beginning to look like a car again. Inside is still a mess as I need to trouble shoot all the wiring before I do the final clean install. Last photo shows true ride height. Looks killer.

 

[diambo4life]

Plans for this weekend is finish my electric fuel pump wiring, add gear oil to the diff when I am back there and finish wiring for the radiator and auto trans fans. I also need to wire the alternator plug and find a belt to install on the alternator. Small annoying things that I have been lazy to complete.

 

[1cleangsx]

That car is GORGEOUS..and I’m a 1g guy

 

[diambo4life]

I am a 1G guy too. This is the only 2G I have ever owned.... And the last. I will try my best to get her finished and looking clean. Not many out there as is.

 

[diambo4life]

Not much done this weekend since I discovered my electric fuel pump is dead. I ordered an Amazon special so should be here by this weekend. This is the pump that primes my fuel line. I did update the Haltech Elite 1500 with NSP software successfully and I am currently setting it up as I finish up the little wiring here and there.

 

[diambo4life]

New fuel pump was installed last weekend, primed the line, fixed a couple leaks I had from fittings that were not tightened down. Bad news seems to be like my MSD DIS2 box might be dead. It's not waking up. So, I might be going with a different ignition setup if I can't diagnose this issue.

This weekend I plan to wire the alternator plug, find the proper sized serpentine belt and finish up the wiring for the radiator electric fan and the trans cooler electric fan. I might get a new ignition panel that looks a little nicer with 4 switches instead of my current one.

 

[diambo4life]

A few changes I had to make. Car has been swapped over to stock ignition because the MSD box I have would not wake up. I also just wired in the IQ3 digital dash. I do not have the required 7-pin V-Net cable for this dash so it will only be displaying the tach for now. I still need to modify the 1G CAS since I am running the Kiggly pick up and figure out the belt system for the crank/WP and alternator. But it gets closer and closer. I wired in the radiator fan and need to jack the car up so I can finish the routing for the wideband harness, wire the A/T cooler fan and bleed all the brakes.

 

[diambo4life]

The car runs! For the first time in OVER 10 YEARS this car RUNS. Still plenty of things to do, I may need to get new injectors since I have NO data for the PTE 1600s I am running but it IS ALIVE!

 

[1cleangsx]

Sounds good!

 

[DreamChaser7]

Igor!

 

[diambo4life]

I went ahead and got some new injectors and the car is running, idling decent but I have a fuel pressure issue I am experiencing when I crack the throttle. It's always something, but she idles perfectly with the DW2200cc/m injectors.

 

[DreamChaser7]

That thing is so gangster

 

[diambo4life]

Appreciate it bro. Once I get it driving, then I will really clean everything up. Wiring and the inside is a hot mess right now until everything is working as it should.

 

[diambo4life]

So guys, making two small changes to the car. I decided to purchase a Ross Machine 75mm throttle body. I feel this will be easier to set up with the accelerator cable I have and it's a nice new unit. I contemplated doing DBW (Bosch) but that setup uses FOUR AVI inputs and with an Elite 1500, I would have been left with only one free AVI, so I nixed that idea. Second change I am doing is to my fuel system pickup. I am going to attempt to feed the mechanical with an electrical fuel pump and slightly move it's location so it doesn't cavitate. I feel after doing this, I should be able to actually move the car out of the garage which I still haven't done because, my driveway slopes down and I can't move it back in by myself.

I will have an Accufab T/B for sale shortly if anyone is interested.

 

[diambo4life]

I reconfigured my fuel pump pickup and the car is able to rev a little without stalling so my previous setup had some issue. The car was able to move on it's own out and back into the garage so I was ecstatic as this was a milestone I had. The car is probably a little too low for that sewer pipe of an exhaust of mine. I don't feel comfortable yet to get it out of my inclined driveway just yet as i don't want to scrape and damage anything. Another option is to raise it an inch all around for added clearance. My Mustang is about the same height and I can carefully get it in and out of the driveway.

 

[diambo4life]

 

[diambo4life]

Throttle body came in yesterday. Exciting. Bolted right on, even the included hardware bolted perfectly to my Magnus IM. Swapped over the TPS and calibrated it in Haltech. Now, I just need to mount the accelerator cable and we will be in business. Note: The o-ring so no gasket needed. Well built piece. It was $299+shipp straight from their website BTW.

 

[diambo4life]

Finished mounting the throttle body. I had to shave the end of the cable so it could slide onto the the notches of the cable shaft wheel. This was the only modification I needed to do. I am using a 96 Galant accelerator cable. The spring is nice, firm and tight on this. I attempted to start the car but it would not start so I opened the cable and it started right up. I knew the problem right away so I went and adjusted the little screw on the side similar to our BISS and the car ran perfectly and would start and hold idle. I will need to go back and recalibrate the TPS again though but that was a very simple mod. I also replaced one of my broken hood latches so small progress today. This weekend I will do an oil change, try and raise the car an inch all around and attempt to drive it on my residential street.