Dave_2GNA
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- Aug 28, 2020
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Mainhardt,
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I´m new to car forums like this so bear with me, i looked for this topic before and didnt find anything so far, also while looking around on google and similar in general so im hopin someone here can give me a heads up.
I bought a really cheap, great condition, 1996 pre-facelift little-to-no-rust 2G Eclipse GS, euro-spec so discs front and rear and a naturally aspirated 4G63, 146hp FWD about two months ago, but about 2000 miles on it and then, it turns out, it wasn't so great condition. Lost power on my way to work, thought it just had a hiccup or something since it had rough idle due to the battery going flat before that, I assumed it was something with that, a mile later it started knocking. Now, i haven´t had the time to crack it open yet, its still standing at a friends parking lot where limped it after hearing the knock, like an idiot, i guess i refused to accept engine-damage.
Supposedly, the car only has about 60k miles on it so it seems a little odd to me that it would have major issues at that point BUT i also had a V6 Galant before which, due to previous owners bad maintenance, had pretty big issues at only 80k miles and from what i read about the 4G63´s, they tend to last forever IF they´re well kept.
Now, as I said, I haven´t had it open before. From what it sounds like its either rod-knock or some relatively big Lifter-damage.
Considering that i can get a 4G63 NA for less then 500 bucks where i live, i thought "okay, lets just put a new one in it, do preventive maintenance on that one right away and that's it". But, as fate would have it, I got a nice shot of side-money and got offered a very cheap lease for a smaller car, I didn't want to put my rust-free eclipse through German Snow and Salt anyway.
So, long story short, I'm considering 4G63T swapping it but 99% of threads online talk about 4G63T swapping the 420A and how useless that is vs just buying a GST or GSX.
Now, a friend of mine has a semi-rusted 1G Eagle Talon AWD turbo, it was a US-import but treated pretty badly, he offered to sell me the engine and AWD drivetrain.
I also found an Evo 4 engine for a similar price, without the AWD drivetrain half the mileage tho.
I´m NOT planning to go absolutely crazy with power if the 4G63T swap WAS going to happen, bolt on-mods at most. But it would be a nice power-boost and seems like a fun project.
Let me also say that I got the car for so cheap and in such a good condition that, in terms of money, I can put a good amount in it before I remotely approach market value of even another GS so please, don't just say "buy a GSX instead".
Thoughts, opinions, ideas? Also, any safe answers on the motor-mounts of the 4G63 vs 4G63T?
Any help is appreciated.
I bought a really cheap, great condition, 1996 pre-facelift little-to-no-rust 2G Eclipse GS, euro-spec so discs front and rear and a naturally aspirated 4G63, 146hp FWD about two months ago, but about 2000 miles on it and then, it turns out, it wasn't so great condition. Lost power on my way to work, thought it just had a hiccup or something since it had rough idle due to the battery going flat before that, I assumed it was something with that, a mile later it started knocking. Now, i haven´t had the time to crack it open yet, its still standing at a friends parking lot where limped it after hearing the knock, like an idiot, i guess i refused to accept engine-damage.
Supposedly, the car only has about 60k miles on it so it seems a little odd to me that it would have major issues at that point BUT i also had a V6 Galant before which, due to previous owners bad maintenance, had pretty big issues at only 80k miles and from what i read about the 4G63´s, they tend to last forever IF they´re well kept.
Now, as I said, I haven´t had it open before. From what it sounds like its either rod-knock or some relatively big Lifter-damage.
Considering that i can get a 4G63 NA for less then 500 bucks where i live, i thought "okay, lets just put a new one in it, do preventive maintenance on that one right away and that's it". But, as fate would have it, I got a nice shot of side-money and got offered a very cheap lease for a smaller car, I didn't want to put my rust-free eclipse through German Snow and Salt anyway.
So, long story short, I'm considering 4G63T swapping it but 99% of threads online talk about 4G63T swapping the 420A and how useless that is vs just buying a GST or GSX.
Now, a friend of mine has a semi-rusted 1G Eagle Talon AWD turbo, it was a US-import but treated pretty badly, he offered to sell me the engine and AWD drivetrain.
I also found an Evo 4 engine for a similar price, without the AWD drivetrain half the mileage tho.
I´m NOT planning to go absolutely crazy with power if the 4G63T swap WAS going to happen, bolt on-mods at most. But it would be a nice power-boost and seems like a fun project.
Let me also say that I got the car for so cheap and in such a good condition that, in terms of money, I can put a good amount in it before I remotely approach market value of even another GS so please, don't just say "buy a GSX instead".
Thoughts, opinions, ideas? Also, any safe answers on the motor-mounts of the 4G63 vs 4G63T?
Any help is appreciated.
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