Baby G ~ 2000 Galant ES I4

**CHICAGO_ONE** · 03-13-2013, 04:57 PM

Looks awesome Jigz! I gotta come by and see this in person. Can't wait till better weather and see your car on the road again.

**4g63lover** · 04-01-2013, 01:35 AM

Short video from today. The wife and I ran to walmart and the route we take has a few good corners so I figured I'd catch it on the go pro. enjoy. I did a 1st-4th gear 0-100 pull as well towards the end.

http://youtu.be/IVXPrTp6OWM

hopefully I can get more go pro footage soon.

**Ivory8g** · 04-01-2013, 02:14 AM

Oh yeah! That was a nice little video bro. Haha in the beginning I was eyeing that diesel like whoa bro where you going?! LOL
That was at 15lbs first tune by Devin right? Pulls nice and smooth and tracks those corners. That cross was a good indicator of the pulls and the cornering

**4g63lover** · 04-01-2013, 08:33 AM

Thanks my dude and yeah it's a 15psi street tune. Goin back for the dyno the 18th. He advised me to switch to race gas so I can use the whole powerband. He was having trouble keeping knock down under 2k rpm. I guess 15psi and 9.7:1 compression on that little turbo is too much pressure for that low of an RPM. Car feels solid otherwise though. He also praised on the build. He said my galant is more solid than most of the evos that go in there. That on its own made to me is a huge accomplishment.

**Ivory8g** · 04-02-2013, 04:15 AM

Nice! Meh my theory is tune it on the fuel you will run the car on.
I'm not surprised the knock was an issue under 2k as the turbo wants to spool constantly. I remember when I was on a 16g lol
Oh and I'm sure some of the things he sees is ridiculous haha. Thats an awesome feeling to know your work done in a garage is better than what some people/shops accomplish :)

I cant wait to see the results of the tune! What else do you have left to do from your list?

**mrg7243** · 04-02-2013, 12:34 PM

Wait isnt the comp ratio on the 00+ motors 9.5:1 the earlier ones had the bowled pistons and 9.0:1 and over time with ring blow by it goes down also

**4g63lover** · 04-02-2013, 02:45 PM

Mines an 02 4g64.

**Ivory8g** · 04-02-2013, 04:03 PM

wait wut? did I miss a discovery? fsm says 9.0:1 for 00+ 4g64?

edit: Oh this is very interesting. 2000-2002 eclipse fsm 11A-3 says 9.0:1 compression ratio at the top of the page!
2000-2002 eclipse fsm 11B-64 says 9.5:1 at the bottom of the page! :O

**4g63lover** · 04-02-2013, 11:11 PM

I read on here somewhere it was 9.7:1 but nontheless whether its 9.5:1 or 9.7:1, with a turbo that wants to be fully spooled at 2500rpm the lower powerband gets a beating.

**4g63lover** · 04-02-2013, 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by Ivory8g

Nice! Meh my theory is tune it on the fuel you will run the car on.

I cant wait to see the results of the tune! What else do you have left to do from your list?

Yeah I plan on keeping it on 93 for the time being and maybe throw in a3-4 gallons of 100 octane for my track days to keep it from detonating itself to pieces through the crazy heatsoaking that goes on on a road course.

I pretty much am done. I just bought a house so I am not planning on doing anything more but maybe RRE's race pads and rotors. It's time to enjoy the fruits of my labor and drive the shit out of my car! haha.

Maybe in a couple of years I'll put a better motor in it and run it on a stand alone. For now, I am fairly content with BabyG. She doesnt need to be CRAZY fast as long as she can corner and have some pep to her I am happy.

**greddy** · 04-02-2013, 11:34 PM

^i feel you man, I"m at exactly the same point, the one thing I would suggest for you would be an LSD when you can swing it, makes a world of difference and how you can enjoy your car.

**Ivory8g** · 04-03-2013, 02:04 AM

Originally Posted by 4g63lover

I read on here somewhere it was 9.7:1 but nontheless whether its 9.5:1 or 9.7:1, with a turbo that wants to be fully spooled at 2500rpm the lower powerband gets a beating.

For sure man no matter really its only a 10 whp difference with that .5-.7 bump :)

Originally Posted by 4g63lover

Yeah I plan on keeping it on 93 for the time being and maybe throw in a3-4 gallons of 100 octane for my track days to keep it from detonating itself to pieces through the crazy heatsoaking that goes on on a road course.

I pretty much am done. I just bought a house so I am not planning on doing anything more but maybe RRE's race pads and rotors. It's time to enjoy the fruits of my labor and drive the shit out of my car! haha.

Maybe in a couple of years I'll put a better motor in it and run it on a stand alone. For now, I am fairly content with BabyG. She doesnt need to be CRAZY fast as long as she can corner and have some pep to her I am happy.

Heck yeah man I totally agree. are your bushings and suspension all in order? thats a biggy for sure.

Originally Posted by greddy

^i feel you man, I"m at exactly the same point, the one thing I would suggest for you would be an LSD when you can swing it, makes a world of difference and how you can enjoy your car.

Good advice. those one tire fires get old after a while

**Neo8G** · 04-03-2013, 04:26 AM

Car looks good. Can't wait to see it in person. Speaking of that we should get together and have a TCGIL meet soon

**4g63lover** · 04-03-2013, 08:14 AM

That's the other thing I am planning on doing are the susp bushings. As far as an LSD goes if I somehow come up with the cash it might happen this year.

Jerry, no worries I will be planning a TGCIL meet here soon!

**M-Rod** · 04-03-2013, 08:41 AM

If you go with a LSD, it changes everything about how fwd feels. I drove my car again last night and it literally feels like a completely different animal. There's not much of a better feeling than being able to hook the power in lower gears that only break loose with the open diff.