DJ's Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX Project

[ripstermcd]

F*ck that hose!

And yes, she WILL be running and brought back down here Tuesday or you can say goodbye to that nice little hood of yours cause ima drop kick that sh*t if something else goes wrong ;P

[Dave]

my hands were fucked up by a doctor in northern virginia and I havent even been able to write and have been typing with my pinkies for a week

Manicure gone bad?

Glad to hear the beast is back. You gonna jump right in or wait until next season to start doing events?

[Jake]

Hey congrats DJ!! Kudos to you (and your helpers) for rebuilding and fixing what went wrong. I wouldn't know where to start with an engine swap...

And ya know, Summit Point is this coming weekend

[kcook]

julie still has those pics on her camera that we took like 1.5 weeks ago. ill get her to put them up this week

[PDenbigh]

Nice man! Congrats! What a great feeling!

[ScottyB]

:thumbup:

[D_Eclipse9916]

Thanks guys!! I am thinking of trying to convince laura to let me in a hyper-drive event for this weekend at summit point so I gotta email her today or something. Main thing is to get the car all sorted out for possibly next season, I dunno, we will see.

Ordered two brand new harnesses friday and then she will be getting a bar in this winter so she should be ready!


BTW- I am trying to get a small little cruise started to go up to summit point on saturday if anybody is interested.

[D_Eclipse9916]

btw I need plate suggestions!!!

[ScottyB]

btw I need plate suggestions!!!

I CAME
RSRECTD
GON PLAD (spaceballs :lol: )
TRN N BRN
2JZWHAT
LIFTOFF
DSM PILE
TRAK RAT

[CaptainHenreh]

NOT BRK

[ViPER1313]

232BOOM
MNYSHFT
OOPS10K

[REED]

232BOOM

huh?

[Jake]

BTW- I am trying to get a small little cruise started to go up to summit point on saturday if anybody is interested.

I'd go just to spectate.

And +1 on all three of Adam's plate ideas :lol:

[flintster55]

232BOOM

huh?

2nd-3rd-2nd (instead of 4th) Boom


This is my favorite but not many people would get it unless they knew what happened

[balactm]

NOT BRK

+1

[JustinG]

POS DSM
BROKEN
PNT MEBY
FKN SKNK
TRK SKNK
CRNKWLK
DSM BOOM
ESLPODE
XPLODED

[D_Eclipse9916]

She made it down to Harrisonburg, had a few issues including a leak that I had previously before the engine build, the only thing not changed was the actual valve cover so ill be replacing that to check. She also makes a weird noise above 3000rpms which im hoping to god is the power steering pump as it was making nasty sounds on start up too, I was just hoping it was air in the lines being bled out. I may not be so lucky.

Haahhaha I love your suggestions Adam but id rather do plates that are positive. I love 232boom but I dont want to have to explain the story everytime. hmm I like pnt meby

[N0VA_zEnKI]

read over the build... awesome man! I'm hoping everything goes as smooth with my startup. haha. I've still got the entire block and head to put together, but things looks pretty similar with what we did with the motors. good stuff!

[kcook]

^ the gsx is back to stock and he has 2 new cars already lol... his white 99 e36 m3 which has replaced his gsx.

[D_Eclipse9916]

Thanks There was actually a whole nother thread about what happened. Quick overview: Sound was balance shaft taking a shit. The bearing was not put in by the machine shop, even though I told them to put in the bearings. I didnt check (stupid me) destroyed the engine. Sooo, Went 6-bolt, ran fine, but was honestly being hampered by the car having too much at the track (power, grip etc) and decided to switch down platforms for cost, safety, and lowering my stress levels (yea seriously).