Matt's 03 Galant ES build thread

**Rodriguez** · 04-26-2012, 01:56 PM

Ok so I guess its as good a time as ever to let people on here in on my little secret.

I am now the owner of TWO G's

Now a lot of you will recognize the new car. Yes its John's car (johnathansgalant her on TGC). Its 16g boosting and its 5 speed and before people get all upset, all the credit on this car goes to John! This was his baby for a while and my plan is to build upon it. Im going to swap it all onto my car and run a nice conservative tune while I build the much healthier engine I take from my car.

Wish me luck I know its gonna be a difficult swap but its been a longtime goal of mine to go boost and 5 speed. Any suggestions and tips are greatly appreciated.

**Rach3T8G** · 04-26-2012, 02:27 PM

Congrats on the new pick up!

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**02redgalant** · 04-26-2012, 02:39 PM

at least it stayed in the family

**oakrdrs187** · 04-26-2012, 03:06 PM

Saw it on CL, Good Deal.

**valley8g** · 04-26-2012, 03:19 PM

Congrats, great purchase...looking forward to your progress.

**IVORY_G** · 04-26-2012, 03:45 PM

Nice!

**Skyforger** · 04-26-2012, 04:04 PM

Nice find!

**wetamup2k3g** · 04-26-2012, 04:06 PM

Way to keep it going! Congrats and good luck!

**Rodriguez** · 09-07-2012, 11:28 AM

UPDATE!

Only with the help of Whokilledhoughes, We were able to pull the tranny, turbo and associated parts, FMIC, and all the piping Plus a lot more like the brakes and other misc. stuff. All that's left on the car to remove is the shifter cables and assembly, clutch cylinder, pedals Evo fuel rail, injectors, fuel pump and that's about it.

Now, we're working on pulling the Auto tranny, and swapping all the turbo parts. I will admit I'm quite the noob with all this as Whokilledhoughes will tell you. But I'm really happy that this project is moving along. Here are some pics from the work so far.

**wetamup2k3g** · 09-07-2012, 05:04 PM

Good progress so far, nice!

**finald8ta** · 09-07-2012, 06:22 PM

sweet, i make it down there and give you a hand but thats a 5hr drive for me, lol keep us posted

**Rodriguez** · 10-08-2012, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by finald8ta

sweet, i make it down there and give you a hand but thats a 5hr drive for me, lol keep us posted

Lol thanks for the offer, i could use the help, but no biggie ill figure this shit out.

**Rodriguez** · 12-04-2012, 11:47 PM

UPDATE: A BIG ONE!

So first off, its sad to say. And i feel really bad lol but, johnathansgalant former car is no more. After an overheating issue of some kind she just wouldn't give anymore.

But she was a good organ donor. Ive started work on the five speed with the help of whokilledhoughes. Also did the rear disc conversion, with steel braided lines all around. Hope to have the tranny in and working before the end of the month.

**finald8ta** · 12-05-2012, 08:11 AM

Did you at least keep the motor todo a fresh rebuild?

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**Rodriguez** · 12-05-2012, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by finald8ta

Did you at least keep the motor todo a fresh rebuild?

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Unfortunately it was totally cooked and i didn't have time to pull it even if I wanted to.

**Black8GV6** · 12-05-2012, 09:43 PM

dang, u didn't part the car out? looks like DE window trim and I could've used the driver's side headlight, oh well

**Rodriguez** · 12-05-2012, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by Black8GV6

dang, u didn't part the car out? looks like DE window trim and I could've used the driver's side headlight, oh well

I took pretty much everything except the motor. And you don't want that trim, it was shot

**[DC_eightG_00]** · 12-05-2012, 10:02 PM

Looking good bro. Nice work

**Rodriguez** · 02-13-2013, 10:13 AM

Stuff to do in the coming weeks...
Wire up speedo...
Fix lower radiator hose leak...
Buy more turbo parts...
Anyway, how she looks now, in the market for a few things by the way:
1g, evo, 3000gt steering wheel
JDM door sills
EGR VISOR!