new project 95 turbo eclipse

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:03 pm

belonged to my buddys wife. threw the timing belt so she bought a new acura. picked it up cheap, figure i could have some fun with this thing.

mbouse · Post by **mbouse** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:14 pm

s'long as you don't have to rely on it for a daily driver, these things can be fun.

i think i've spent nearly every night tinkering with the "new" Spitwad, and i've yet to get it into the garage for any serious work.

tiz nice to know that even if i fail, i did not spend more (yet) than i can get back out by parting it.

Have fun. who knows, maybe you can learn something, have some fun doing it, and make a buck or two.

Jim DeShon · Post by **Jim DeShon** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 10:56 am

You must have wrangled a better deal. You weren't going to get it before. I think you'll find it a kick when you get it running although the front wheel drive takes some getting used to (or is it the all wheel drive model?). I've been spending my shop time on my 3 cylinder Triumph lately. I gave it some "upgrades". The carburettors still need some "stroking". ...J.D.

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:52 pm

$1.100. the belt broke and im sure the valves r bent. but the car is really a clean 1 owner car. front wheel drive is not new 2 me. my 1st car was a c 71 spider. my 2nd was a brand new 83 gti, must of had about 5 or 6 rabbit variations in the past. i wish it was all wheel drive. but its not. will get pics later. cant really touch it yet. need 2 get my spider running 1st.

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:13 pm

and then my dream car

Jim DeShon · Post by **Jim DeShon** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:35 pm

Looks just like the 97' I had [same color even]. They run almost forever if you take reasonable care of them. ...J.D.

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 10:56 pm

and, you've got another hood bump to play with

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:28 pm

you know how i like to play with those bumps. lol anyway. i got the head off today. all eight exhaust valves r bent. all 8 intake valves r ok. will drop head off at shop tommrow and get back to work on the spider. im gonna drop the pan on the eclipse cause its got a huge dent that needs to be removed.

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:34 pm

pistons okay?

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:22 pm

pistons r fine ,very lite marks from hitting exhaust valves .need to g.et new exhaust valves and rebuild the head now

spidernut · Post by **spidernut** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:59 am

I had to do the same on my CRX. It was a pretty simple job all in all. It was quite the hotrod when it was done.

You like the Solstice, eh? What do you think of the Saturn Sky version?

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:33 pm

although its the same car, i prefer the pontiac by a long shot. the styling is right on. i prefer all the radised lines and lack of flashy chrome.

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:11 pm

cleaned the engine bay today, then went back to work on the spider

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:13 pm

Jim DeShon · Post by **Jim DeShon** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:31 pm

Kind of 10lbs. in a 5lb bag

...J.D.