Gmoney1983
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Guess this is the place to introduce myself. My name is Mike and I'm the proud new owner of #1983/2000. Just picked up the car a couple weeks ago and have started some much needed maintenance and repairs.
When I first bought the car the check engine light was on. It needed a new alternator and clutch master cylinder. And from the codes I assumed it needed a TPS sensor and an ECT sensor. Turns out I just needed to do a little wire repair. After doing all of that the car still ran like crap at idle and was surging. After reading what seemed like a million idle surge threads, I just couldn't get it to idle well. Well upon removing the loom to rewire the TPS harness, I found 2 injector clips had really bad wires and one injector only had one wire hooked up to it. Fixed all that and what do you know car fires right up on the first turn of the key. And sounds about a million times cleaner too. After getting it to fire on all 4, i finally got the idle calmed down.
The idle is still not perfect as when its idling at 800 rpm it only pulls about 9-10 inches of vacuum. But if i hold it at say 1000 or 1200 rpm it pulls about 14-15 inches. which is about normal for 6000ft abbove sea level. About the same as my turbo cav would pull at idle. I still need to check base timing but thats next on my list. I also got a used eprom ecu as my current non-eprom shows signs of leaky caps. The new ecu appears to have had the caps replaced as they all say 105c.
I've also changed all of the fluids. Replace the super worn out motor mounts with some prothane inserts. Replaced the totally blown front struts, only to find the front springs have been cut. Coilovers on the list to buy soon. I got some speed source shifter bushings and base bushings going in right now also.
Alright mods i think or was told were on the car. 5 lug swap with Evo 8 wheels, 16g turbo with 2g exhaust manifold and possibly 2g o2 housing, 3" turbo back with a magna flow muffler, 1g dsm shifter, 4 bolt lsd rear diff. A walbro 255, that thing is loud. It also has what appears to be a 1g side mount intercooler(really want to replace soon. Thinking about just getting a ebay kit.)And a greddy knock off BOV, non-recirculated. Really want to replace that with probably a stock 1g bov and would love to recirculate it also.
Was wondering if anyone could tell me what front and rear bumper are on it. They don't appear stock and my searches just come up with some kind of JDM bumpers. Also unsure about the grill and the headlights. I think the lights are 93.
When I first bought the car the check engine light was on. It needed a new alternator and clutch master cylinder. And from the codes I assumed it needed a TPS sensor and an ECT sensor. Turns out I just needed to do a little wire repair. After doing all of that the car still ran like crap at idle and was surging. After reading what seemed like a million idle surge threads, I just couldn't get it to idle well. Well upon removing the loom to rewire the TPS harness, I found 2 injector clips had really bad wires and one injector only had one wire hooked up to it. Fixed all that and what do you know car fires right up on the first turn of the key. And sounds about a million times cleaner too. After getting it to fire on all 4, i finally got the idle calmed down.
The idle is still not perfect as when its idling at 800 rpm it only pulls about 9-10 inches of vacuum. But if i hold it at say 1000 or 1200 rpm it pulls about 14-15 inches. which is about normal for 6000ft abbove sea level. About the same as my turbo cav would pull at idle. I still need to check base timing but thats next on my list. I also got a used eprom ecu as my current non-eprom shows signs of leaky caps. The new ecu appears to have had the caps replaced as they all say 105c.
I've also changed all of the fluids. Replace the super worn out motor mounts with some prothane inserts. Replaced the totally blown front struts, only to find the front springs have been cut. Coilovers on the list to buy soon. I got some speed source shifter bushings and base bushings going in right now also.
Alright mods i think or was told were on the car. 5 lug swap with Evo 8 wheels, 16g turbo with 2g exhaust manifold and possibly 2g o2 housing, 3" turbo back with a magna flow muffler, 1g dsm shifter, 4 bolt lsd rear diff. A walbro 255, that thing is loud. It also has what appears to be a 1g side mount intercooler(really want to replace soon. Thinking about just getting a ebay kit.)And a greddy knock off BOV, non-recirculated. Really want to replace that with probably a stock 1g bov and would love to recirculate it also.
Was wondering if anyone could tell me what front and rear bumper are on it. They don't appear stock and my searches just come up with some kind of JDM bumpers. Also unsure about the grill and the headlights. I think the lights are 93.
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