90GSX
New member
Howdy all,
Bought this 1990 GSX about a year ago as my first foray into Japanese cars. I've owned a bunch of old American V8 muscle cars before and wanted something different.
I found this car in Phoenix for a fair price and it was very clean with the original dealership window sticker (!). It's from Michigan originally (I have no clue how it ended up in Phoenix) and I bought it from the second owner. It had a blown engine, some hail damage, and a small amount of rust. I bought a used 7 bolt 1G engine and a friend of mine and I swapped the motor in a weekend. I got to enjoy it for a few thousand miles before suffering a timing belt failure. Then I bought a 91 Talon as a parts car, and swapped the engine into the Galant. That motor smoked so badly from consuming oil that it lasted about a month before it got pulled out, and I decided to put ANOTHER used motor in, which proceeded to immediately throw a rod.
![IMG_1427.jpg IMG_1427.jpg](https://www.galantvr4.org/data/attachments/2/2061-39f74dca0f6eea083a87a0b3e87721eb.jpg)
![IMG_1448.jpg IMG_1448.jpg](https://www.galantvr4.org/data/attachments/2/2062-232ad50b4a7681e59d6c6b3f3a61c229.jpg)
![IMG_1883.jpg IMG_1883.jpg](https://www.galantvr4.org/data/attachments/2/2063-2c1c53df59e9e771bbb9d740b86fc126.jpg)
![IMG_3924.jpg IMG_3924.jpg](https://www.galantvr4.org/data/attachments/2/2064-1de147fc896d0c9ab842c83bf77b8625.jpg)
![IMG_9115.jpg IMG_9115.jpg](https://www.galantvr4.org/data/attachments/2/2065-a366aff1ce33ac9d3117de3e0fe9d81a.jpg)
I'm currently putting a 7 bolt back in it to get it back on the road, as I've gotten pretty good at removing the drivetrain at this point. I'm in the process of building the 6 bolt engine up to be more robust and reliable.
I have a bunch of parts I've collected over the last year and I'm excited to have the car back on the road in a week or so and then continue to improve and personalize it. It's very cool to find a group of owners of the same platform to all nerd out together. I will flesh out the build profile for the car as I go and continue to try to post updates!
Bought this 1990 GSX about a year ago as my first foray into Japanese cars. I've owned a bunch of old American V8 muscle cars before and wanted something different.
I found this car in Phoenix for a fair price and it was very clean with the original dealership window sticker (!). It's from Michigan originally (I have no clue how it ended up in Phoenix) and I bought it from the second owner. It had a blown engine, some hail damage, and a small amount of rust. I bought a used 7 bolt 1G engine and a friend of mine and I swapped the motor in a weekend. I got to enjoy it for a few thousand miles before suffering a timing belt failure. Then I bought a 91 Talon as a parts car, and swapped the engine into the Galant. That motor smoked so badly from consuming oil that it lasted about a month before it got pulled out, and I decided to put ANOTHER used motor in, which proceeded to immediately throw a rod.
![IMG_1427.jpg IMG_1427.jpg](https://www.galantvr4.org/data/attachments/2/2061-39f74dca0f6eea083a87a0b3e87721eb.jpg)
![IMG_1448.jpg IMG_1448.jpg](https://www.galantvr4.org/data/attachments/2/2062-232ad50b4a7681e59d6c6b3f3a61c229.jpg)
![IMG_1883.jpg IMG_1883.jpg](https://www.galantvr4.org/data/attachments/2/2063-2c1c53df59e9e771bbb9d740b86fc126.jpg)
![IMG_3924.jpg IMG_3924.jpg](https://www.galantvr4.org/data/attachments/2/2064-1de147fc896d0c9ab842c83bf77b8625.jpg)
![IMG_9115.jpg IMG_9115.jpg](https://www.galantvr4.org/data/attachments/2/2065-a366aff1ce33ac9d3117de3e0fe9d81a.jpg)
![NQMSE5235.JPG NQMSE5235.JPG](https://www.galantvr4.org/data/attachments/2/2066-10613bc4f3fd6ee98cb00a73c04cf859.jpg)
I have a bunch of parts I've collected over the last year and I'm excited to have the car back on the road in a week or so and then continue to improve and personalize it. It's very cool to find a group of owners of the same platform to all nerd out together. I will flesh out the build profile for the car as I go and continue to try to post updates!