mrg7243's 2001 galant build

[M-Rod]

dude, fuck those coilpacks. Just use the OEM ones.

Agreed. There's no way in hell I'd mess with that garbage a 2nd time.

[mrg7243]

if i get my money back, i will probably sell them on ebay for what i bought them for if i get a replacement.

[mrg7243]

Just an update on my progress I just ordered a front cat a rear cat and a cat- bakc system. The front liscene plate holder is off. I havent been able to get OBX to refund or replace........yet. I have change my priorities for the car. This came from more research pricing, looking around ect.

Engine
Evo Dohc head swap
Lifters, vavles, ratainers, springs ect.
Trying to get a spare 2.4 block to build
turbo
rods crank, pistons the works
Meagan Catback Already ordered Have not installed yet
Eastern OEM front catAlready ordered Have not installed yet
Rear Cat(i dont remeber the make)Already ordered Have not installed yet
Manual Transmission
Clutch Kit
Prothane MM
Ebay cold air
6g72 TB

Exterior
Zenkie aero grill
Tinted Tails
Halo Projectors
Rims( havent found the perfect ones yet)
Tint windows

Suspension/ Braking
Meagan Lowering springs
AGX struts
DC sports STB
Suspension techinques sway bars with urathane bushings
Brembos
Rear disc conversion ss braided lines
EVO 8 or 10 wing

INterior
Alpine headunit
Alpine factory replacment speakers
Single ten inch
Reclining BUckets
Steering wheel of some sort maybe evo's momo
Painting wood trim
Reverse glow gauges


NOw all of this os going to take some time serious time and a little bit of the green stuff and elbow grease.

[mrg7243]

Mr Fedex just brought me a late xmas present to myself
My MEagan Cat back



the can is huge Has anyone had any problems with it, my friend was saying a big can attracts the cops more. I thought our bumper tucks it up nicely, can someone post some pics of theirs, and if anyone has painted thiers could you please post pics of it painted.

[mrg7243]

well i did a few things this weekend
INstalled cat-back
Cleared turns
installed both cats

[mrg7243]

This week i am ordering both o2 sensors and the silverstar clear turns
Also, the car is haveing acceleration issues. When either i floor it or roll into reall quickly it sounds like its knocking, but if i slowly roll into it is fine. NOw i dont have the o2 sensors in since i have to replace them(the got stripped out when pulling them from the rusty ass cats.) BUt im not sure if this is from them, it almost sounds like a miss fire. The car will have no power, but if i slowly roll into it does I havent scanned it for codes yet, so idk whats up. if anyone has any ideas please post about them. I copyed this from my other post in problems its something that really worries me so i want to get as many answers as i can

Where can i find o2 sensors that dont involve wiring, the ones with the clips attached??

[Proto]

The reason your car runs like crap is because you don't have the O2 sensors in and the easiest place is the dealer.

[mrg7243]

got new tie rod ends since i have no rubbber boot around my stockers

And i pulled the head since its out im going to have it PnP, decked, and checked for warpege and crakes. Hopefully my headgasket issue will solve my issues with the car

and the head off, i will post some pics off the combustion chambers later, i think one of my valves has a slights bend in it, and they all have a crusty nasty crap on them. Nut im taking it to the machine shop and having the owner look at it.

[mrg7243]

for some reason my cell phone isnt taking pics like it used to sorry guys

[4g63lover]

You removed the headstuds in the correct order right? And how are you planning to check deck warpage? I would see if you can get a machined straight edge and feeler gauges.

[mrg7243]

of course i removed them in the right order, im not that mechanically stupid lol. I am taking the head to an old timer i know who owns The Machine Shop, and he is going to show me how to check for warpage, disassemble and clean the head. And if need be deck the head and possibly the block, since on the front of cylinder 2 there is an inperfection of the meetal, kind of coroded feel to it, he will look at that too. But im thinking the car had previously had a blown headgasket and it was never fixed correctly. What lead me to belive that i had one was the fact that the car was sputterring real bad, i was burning coolant, the typical white smoke with the exhaust haveing a sickly sweet smell to it, cylindeer 2 misfire (whiich is the one that has the corroson on the cgasket mating surfacee), and my cylinder 2 plug was/is almmost greyish white type color.
damn this was along post to type out on a phone

[mrg7243]

I got some good news the machinist i had look at the block siad it was all fine, that imperfection i was felling was excess gasket material on the head. So when i tear back into the car sometime soon i new to clean it all of, and make it shiny not the black it was(dont flame me i didnt know that, you learn something new every day). But i am still thinking the car has had headwork since i was pulling the coolent connector thingys from the head and they didnt have gaskets, but somebody used a shiton of gasket maker goop on it.

I took some pics of the head ill post them up tomorrow to see what you guys think cylinder 2 is a burnt white color with alot of crap hanging off the intake valves, cylinder 1 and 3 is brownish with less stuff than 2 hanging off the intake valve, and cylinder 4 is the most normal looking one.

So im speculating that there was a major coolant leak into cylinder 2 causing a misfire code and white plug, along with the sputtering, and some of the coolant leaked into 1 and 3 which cause those to look nasty. and since 4 is the farthest away it got away with either very minimal or none at all.

Also does anyone know how to prevent red wasp from building nest in your door jams i stuck my hand on the center pillar to get out of the car and that lil sum-biyitch stung me.

[mrg7243]

Heres the pics of the bottom side of the head


Cylinders 1 and 2

3 and 4

Cylinder 2 i couldnt get a good up close pict wiht the camera and this is the best one

Here is cylinder 3, with hlaf of cylinder 2

Cleaned up the INtake Manifold

V6 Tb, all i need is the V6 IAV and it goes on, of course when the motor gets put back together

[mrg7243]

well the car is finnally together, fresh head and it was ported. JW how many people on here have a ported SOHC head?? the car runs great, just going through the final fluid flushes, getting all the cleaing crap that got down in the cooling system and oil pan.
Got some new tie rod ends, so the car should be ready for its lonnnnggg asss trip to colorado this summer.

[mrg7243]

Well havent updated in sometime. I put on a cheap ass voltage regulator box, my friend gave me. It was one of those what the hell why not, though i am impressed with it. My radio is cripser, and lights are brighter so no complaints with that. Went to the junkyard today and got myself the IAC needed for the V6 TB. Installed it in 30 min. Pretty impressed so far. I didnt reset the ECU yet though, gotta write down the radio presets and mileage. So i dont have the full benefit yet.

Sometime in the next week or so i am going to get a set of jack stands and do the rear disc conversion. It will be done with R1 drilled and slotted rotors, the v6 rear stuff, and even a proportion valve. So it will almost be that the car came with four round disc the way it will preform.

[mrg7243]

Quick teaser of whats coming up
Eclipse STB
Tinted tails
Rear disc conversion and drilled and slotted rotors

need to clean the engine bay, but the STB installed

[Corey2kG]

Looks good in a bigger pic Matt didnt waste time putting it on lol. I should post the post the pics of the grill

[mrg7243]

Its alittle easier to see. Thanks man, i wasnt even home for 5 min after the jnukyard when i installed it lol. You need to it looks great.

[Corey2kG]

Yeah I'm gonna do that now lol. I'm get black engine enamel n paint the vc you got before I put it on the one I have now I messed it up trying to get out the old gasket.

[mrg7243]

that will look good, are you doing a wrinkle?? or just gloss black??