BlackWidow
Proven Member
- 36
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- May 25, 2014
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Newnan,
Georgia
Hello, DSMtuners- my name is Hannah, and I'm the proud owner of a 99 Mitsubishi eclipse GST I've named Black Widow. I got her when I was 18 and I have been obsessed ever since; having an awesome time modifying Widow and learning as I go. I thought it would be fun to share her story with all of you.
I got her all stock- no mods, and missing an engine mount. The previous owner just threw a chain link in to hold the engine in place (or so he thought ). It was running very rough and had a junk auto trans. My dad and I replaced the bad transmission with one that shifted much more smoothly and also did an OEM rebuild on the engine including a .020" overbore.
Within 6 months of replacing the auto trans, it once again started shifting rough and throwing solenoid codes. At that point I decided I wanted to just do away with the auto trans all together and go manual.
As of 6/7/14 my dad and I did a complete auto-to-manual swap on it, and also installed a new TD05H 20G from JusMX141. So far its running very well with no issues at all from the turbo, and only a few remaining issues from the trans swap- it's been slipping out of reverse on an incline, and it is having a tough time starting because the stock flywheel I got from the junk yard had a lot of teeth worn down that had to be re-shaped. As a result, it takes a minute for the starter to get a nice hold of the flywheel. All issues will be fixed eventually.
As for small things done to my car, here is a list:
• Big bore lifters
• Machined valve cover
• Injen short ram intake
• Headlights from Sick HIDs
• Evo III o2 housing
• 3” downpipe with slotted flanges (bypassing Megan Racing Test pipe I put on)
• Replaced the 3-piece low-rise wing with an OEM high-rise 2G wing, and welded up holes left from the stock 3-piece wing.
My new Brian Crower 4g63 cam gears and stage 2 BC272s came in today!!! I am so very excited to install and review them! Special thanks to Brian Crower himself for sending these parts my way to help me on my tuning journey, and also a special thanks to KelTalon for making it all possible! I am so grateful that there are people like them that will lend a hand to help someone when they are starting out. The words "Thank you" seem so inadequate. I am so humbled and thankful!
I got her all stock- no mods, and missing an engine mount. The previous owner just threw a chain link in to hold the engine in place (or so he thought ). It was running very rough and had a junk auto trans. My dad and I replaced the bad transmission with one that shifted much more smoothly and also did an OEM rebuild on the engine including a .020" overbore.
Within 6 months of replacing the auto trans, it once again started shifting rough and throwing solenoid codes. At that point I decided I wanted to just do away with the auto trans all together and go manual.
As of 6/7/14 my dad and I did a complete auto-to-manual swap on it, and also installed a new TD05H 20G from JusMX141. So far its running very well with no issues at all from the turbo, and only a few remaining issues from the trans swap- it's been slipping out of reverse on an incline, and it is having a tough time starting because the stock flywheel I got from the junk yard had a lot of teeth worn down that had to be re-shaped. As a result, it takes a minute for the starter to get a nice hold of the flywheel. All issues will be fixed eventually.
As for small things done to my car, here is a list:
• Big bore lifters
• Machined valve cover
• Injen short ram intake
• Headlights from Sick HIDs
• Evo III o2 housing
• 3” downpipe with slotted flanges (bypassing Megan Racing Test pipe I put on)
• Replaced the 3-piece low-rise wing with an OEM high-rise 2G wing, and welded up holes left from the stock 3-piece wing.
My new Brian Crower 4g63 cam gears and stage 2 BC272s came in today!!! I am so very excited to install and review them! Special thanks to Brian Crower himself for sending these parts my way to help me on my tuning journey, and also a special thanks to KelTalon for making it all possible! I am so grateful that there are people like them that will lend a hand to help someone when they are starting out. The words "Thank you" seem so inadequate. I am so humbled and thankful!