Mazdax's 99 Eclipse RS

First day of frost..
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/IMG_1131.jpg

Another frosty shot at night...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/IMG_1130.jpg

Big back side...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/IMG_1129.jpg

LED Turn signal mirrors 3 selectable colors...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/IMG_1134.jpg

Need to do something about the huge wheel wells...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/16s.jpg

4 wheel disc brakes baby..After the rear knee swap...damn good picture for a phone camera =D
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/1130071647a.jpg

Cross drilled rotors and bald ass tires...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/1130071647.jpg

Shot of the motor and shinies inside...
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e266/Hidoshi/rmc.jpg

My two toys back in summer...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/IMG_1153.jpg?t=1196467629

I dont drive much ? lol....not bad for a going on 9 year old car...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/IMG_1148.jpg?t=1196467256

Intake through what should be fog lights - hole...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/IMG_1147.jpg?t=1196467680

I keep my cars clean but I never dust ?
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/IMG_1138.jpg?t=1196467718

Tweeters where ?
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/IMG_1137.jpg?t=1196467365

When I had nasty drum brakes..had to do something about the rust color...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/IMG_1135.jpg?t=1196467773

So yeah..those are the important pictures for now :/ say what you want..I don't care , it's a work in progress.

Looks nice. What are the switches under the radio for?

Looks nice, is it quick?

Looks nice. What are the switches under the radio for?

Amp kill , Radiator bypass for when running hot and hard lol , other one still open.

Looks nice, is it quick?

Eh..it's an eclipse without turbo so i'll just leave it at that.

Eh..it's an eclipse without turbo so i'll just leave it at that.

Aint no shame in that man! I got bottom of the barrel, RS. Still got a sunroof:thefinger

Is that a Straight Line Specialties sticker?

SLS = Salt Lake Street performance. Eric down at SLS gets me good prices on parts so I roll his logo =)

Looks pretty good man.

Drop that 4x4! J/k. Looks nice, what wheels are those from, they look familiar but nothing comes to mind.

Drop that 4x4! J/k. Looks nice, what wheels are those from, they look familiar but nothing comes to mind.

Well the 4runner is a friends, I dont do trucks and SUV's. I can't stand them honestly..feels like a big cluster of garbage driving down the road.

As far as the rims go , I have no idea I was just strolling through a pawn shop one day for shits and giggles and noticed them stacked in a corner by some Tv's so I popped over to check them out and they had the DSM center cap so I asked him if I could take one out side and swap with the factory wheel and he said yeah and it fit so I paid 200.00 for them with the Eagle RS-A's. They have wheel locks so no stealy steal.

Looks pretty good man.

I've put a lot of damn work into it. When I originally purchased it the interior was spray painted yellow..yes even the seats , dash , headliner , door panels , back seats , back panels , hatch interor , they spray painted hald of the upper portion of the windshield with yellow , put a big yellow 'racing' stripe down the left side of the back window , audio was literally torn out of the car wires and broken plastic everywhere , the carpet had mold in it , there was no fuel tank cover , no hvac switches or tubing , the windows only rolled up half way , the alarm kept making the car go bonkers , was throwing like 30 CEL's ...ugh..lol so much time invested and it barely looks reasonable now.

What the hell could be worse right ?

Well the 4runner is a friends, I dont do trucks and SUV's. I can't stand them honestly..feels like a big cluster of garbage driving down the road.

LMAO!!

Dude he was talking about your car, not the 4runner. He called it a 4x4 because your car is so high off the ground.

LMAO!!

Dude he was talking about your car, not the 4runner. He called it a 4x4 because your car is so high off the ground.


well bah..lol..I hate how high it is actually...but my pockets only so deep right now :frown:

Now for more pictures...of my free 420A motor tear down process... Now its bare , I am taking it in for an acid bath on wednesday and getting it bored probably friday or monday after. The crank has a few 'minor' scars so I am going to see if it can be saved in anyway.

Day of tear down…
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Engine/1202071332.jpg

Another angle…
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Engine/1202071403.jpg

About 30 minutes later…
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Engine/1202071410.jpg

All the stuff removed…
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Engine/1202071332a.jpg

Holes in the pistons I’d say…
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Engine/1202071332b.jpg

Whats left of #1 and #4 bearings are little metal flakes…
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Engine/1202071332c.jpg

Empty block…
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Engine/1202071410.jpg

Some metal particles from the bearings…
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Engine/1202071411.jpg

Nice, hoping to find me a cheap 420a block to start my build with.

I hope you numbered the crank caps as to exactly where the go and which way they go on. They're NOT interchangeable.

I hope you numbered the crank caps as to exactly where the go and which way they go on. They're NOT interchangeable.

I was about to ask the same thing

I hope you numbered the crank caps as to exactly where the go and which way they go on. They're NOT interchangeable.

Don't worry , not my first time around the 'block' don't mind the pun...

Dude, those bearings are high performance! Just like the ones that came from my old motor!

broken and thin ? light weight ?

So I dropped my motor off at Pro Machine here in SLC and should be ready tuesday..guh I hate waiting =( but hopefully they do a good job I hope so for how cheap they are charging me only 35.00 :/

What all you having done to it? Cylinder bore, line bore?

Got the motor cleaned and bored. only went .020 over this time around but when this motor is finished i'll use the one in my eclipse now and try .040 over and see how that works out but for now .020 should be fun enough =)

Sitting at my warehouse for today but should put some pics up. Im surprised the cast iron came so clean. Even the cooling tunnels are spotless =D im excited to start putting all my parts in.

What in gods name happened to the pistons in your builder block? Looking at the pictures they look utterly destroyed.

What in gods name happened to the pistons in your builder block? Looking at the pictures they look utterly destroyed.

I can't even imagine..lol..


Now for some progress pics..block bathed and bored/honed.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Engine/untitled2.jpg

Yipee...

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Engine/untitled.jpg

Fu*k thats CLEAN!

Fu*k thats CLEAN!

Not as clean as I was hoping for but the caustic solution did a fair job of getting the aged grime and gunk and such forth off. The inside though is basically spotless.

Thats sweet as balls, clean!!!

I haven't seen anywhere this has been covered in a the forum but I am looking to renew the look of the engine through either paint or powder coating and was wondering what all your opinions were and which would be the best for the 4 banger.

If you want it to stay clean looking then avoid painting it any bright colors. White, silver, red, etc... Instead go with a darker color. Dark gray or black... Of course the advantage to a brighter color is that you will be able to spot any leaks rather quickly as opposed to using a darker color... Just something to think about before doing it. :2cents:

I've found that oven cleaner works really well to clean grease and crap off blocks and such.
I'd just paint it with some spray can engine enamel from advance auto parts/autozone. Cast is annoying as hell to paint though, but it works.

Paint it with some rattle can Duplicolor Engine Enamel. Shit sticks great. And I agree with Brian, use a darker color if you want it to keep a very clean look, otherwise you'll see dirt much easier on a light color.

I thought we were opposed to the Rattle Cans:confused:

Rattle cans are awesome as long as you know what your doing and you use the right products. The main thing is prep. I love rattle cans actually. I can work wonders with them.

I thought we were opposed to the Rattle Cans:confused:

Usually yes, on anything that needs a near perfect finish, but its an engine block, so who really cares if it picks up a piece of gravel here or there. And the prep for rattle can is usually much easier, and then there is always the cost. I don't know many people that paint their motors with good can-based paint. I'll be doing it on a couple of projects in the near future, but other than that, it's all rattle can in the engine bay.

Rattle cans are awesome as long as you know what your doing and you use the right products. The main thing is prep. I love rattle cans actually. I can work wonders with them.

A-fucking-men to that!

LOL, K. I'm pretty crafty with rattle cans myself too

Some new headlights..nothing too much this weekend...

http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/th_0119081428a.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/0119081428.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/0119081427a.jpg

Wow those headlights looked horrible

Yeah...i've had the car for 16 months and finally got around to changing them..lol they came that way and i've had enough of 0 visibility at night XD

How the hell did you get around at night? Those things had no way of shining enough light ahead to see where you were going.

How the hell did you get around at night? Those things had no way of shining enough light ahead to see where you were going.

Lots of luck and fast reaction time =)

When I first inspected the car it looks as if though someone used 60 - 80 grit sand paper in an attempt to 'polish' the headlights but ended up digging so deep into the plastics that they totally screwed them beyond repair..it wasn't ever on the top of my list to get fixed until recently now that I am on the odds and ends portion of fixing the car up. It sure was nice to see more than 10 feet in front of my car last night though =)

I can imagine, when i got my car the famn things pointed to the sky. I couldn't see anyting in the rain or fog cause the lights just pointed up and created a white wall of nature. Damn it sucked.

Another engine I got..eh..wheres the piston ? lol..I don't know what happened to the motor or the condition it was in when it happened but the piston is gone and god damn..the rode seems to have broken in 3 places and shot out of the oil pan and through the main cap but the block is fine and the head is in perfect condition.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Part%20Out/0126081347.jpg


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Part%20Out/0126081559a.jpg

Holy shit, I'm gonna be a noob and ask, "What the f*ck made that happen?"

why did you pick up that second block?

Holy shit, I'm gonna be a noob and ask, "What the f*ck made that happen?"

Thrown rod. Something happened causing something else to fail and the rod went "BYE!!" and throw itself out of the block. Easy as cake son. lol

why did you pick up that second block?

It's the 420A out of the white GS I am parting out. David wants the block so I have been working on pulling it out and finally put up some pics.

Thrown rod. Something happened causing something else to fail and the rod went "BYE!!" and throw itself out of the block. Easy as cake son. lol

Correct..the are no rod pieces really left lol..The piston wasn't even in there so wtf ? Also upon further inspection the block itself is fine so if you want one still , this one will be ready to go as soon as I drop it off at my machine shop for the cleaning and cylinder inspection. Crank is in good shape as well , no spun bearings or anything..friggin rod just pooper out :/

Thats what i thought, I never really saw it for myself.

Well I went through a few things this weekend..installed the cruise control system and the int. wiper control.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/Conversions/0127081645b.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/Conversions/0127081646.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/Conversions/0127081644.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/Conversions/0127081645.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/ohjiro/Eclipse/Conversions/0127081645a.jpg

everything works fine as far as horn , turn signals , lights , cruise control controls and wiper speeds but the int. setting won't work and for those of you with a RS know the wipers stock are either too slow or too fast so the int. settings are nice..am I missing something ?

This thread should go in the Projects sections as it's an ongoing thread about your progress. Just my opinion.

Also, I'll still take it. Again, I'm moving right now, so give me some time to get the money and all that together. Now where can I find a main cap?

Why CC? Do you really use CC that much? Most people take it out of their car. To me it's pointless, and was making my TB not open all the way.

And for the wipers, I would say somethings not hooked up right. Like a wire in the wrong spot or something.

This thread should go in the Projects sections as it's an ongoing thread about your progress. Just my opinion.

Also, I'll still take it. Again, I'm moving right now, so give me some time to get the money and all that together. Now where can I find a main cap?

Why CC? Do you really use CC that much? Most people take it out of their car. To me it's pointless, and was making my TB not open all the way.

And for the wipers, I would say somethings not hooked up right. Like a wire in the wrong spot or something.

I have another block I can fo snag the main off. An overabundance in fact lol...The crank is in good condition and when it goes in for the cleaning i'll have them inspect and resurface the crank..I get good discounts =)


I would love to have CC since I do a crap load of freeway driving and I hate constantly pushing the pedal down :/

As for the wipers , there isnt really anyway to hook them up wrong :/ I'm wondering though if the wiper motor for the RS and the GS ^ have different relays or regulators....

Why did you put the wiper control thing below the steering wheel?? Looks like its going to hit your knees.

I have another block I can fo snag the main off. An overabundance in fact lol...The crank is in good condition and when it goes in for the cleaning I'll have them inspect and resurface the crank..I get good discounts =)

I would love to have CC since I do a crap load of freeway driving and I hate constantly pushing the pedal down :/

As for the wipers , there isn't really anyway to hook them up wrong :/ I'm wondering though if the wiper motor for the RS and the GS ^ have different relays or regulators....

Ah I see. I don't see why they'd be different relays. I thought all versions had the same wiper assemblies.

Why did you put the wiper control thing below the steering wheel?? Looks like its going to hit your knees.

The wheel is turned 90 degrees to the left, and he took the pic sideways. Look where the cluster is at.

Why did you put the wiper control thing below the steering wheel?? Looks like its going to hit your knees.


Lmao...Nah man its where it belongs I just took to different angled shots with with the wheel straight and another when it was turned. Having the lever down there would be weird for sure lol..

The wheel is turned 90 degrees to the left, and he took the pic sideways. Look where the cluster is at.

O shit yea my bad, i didnt even notice that.

*Moved to Project forum

Lol, it had me going. Nice catch silver, and good assist dave.

Now about the CC, if its a manual, why do yu have CC? I have a 98 RS and I don't have the controls.:mad:

Lol, it had me going. Nice catch silver, and good assist dave.

Now about the CC, if its a manual, why do yu have CC? I have a 98 RS and I don't have the controls.:mad:

Mine had CC. It's kinda weird. I only used it coming home late night on expressways. Get it up in 5th, and then set it and forget it. If you hit the clutch the rpms would just go up :) Ended up taking it out because of the opening problem and the fact that I would basically be ready to fall asleep while using CC. To keep myself awake I have to be doing as much as possible and be blasting loud music.

I wish I had kept the actual unit to sell. I think I just threw it out. May still be in the garage somewhere though.

If you push the clutch in or take the car out of gear with the cruise control on the ECU will dissable cruise control just like if you hit the brakes.