shaitan

Hey, after going all over the net looking and finding no answers, I was curious if anyone has ever built a custom FI setup for a non-turbo DSM car. I have a 91 Eclipse and want to decide how to rebuild it. Money isnt really an option since it will be a longterm rebuild. If anyone has ever added a turbo or supercharger to their non-turbo car I would like to hear how you did it. I am not interested in rebuilding the car with DSM turbo specs but rather using only aftermarket parts. Anyone?
Steve

hotrex

if money is no option, obviously swap out the stock sohc crap for the cyclone 4g63 and go from there. personally id sell it ang buy a diff car

shaitan

It already has the non-turbo 2.0 dohc. Its different from the turbo engine..higher compression and different oil passages. It was a toss-up between buying a NT for 500 or a AWD turbo for 4k, and considering I would to get some high numbers from it I would have to rebuild the turbo engine anyway to handle it. Doesnt seem much of a difference in cost or labor to reach the same goal with either car, except I would rather have gotten AWD but I couldnt find a car within 400 miles of here

JD

if money and time really arent an isue I would probably just wait until a gst comes up for sale around you and get that. You'll be satisfied with the factory bump in power for a whille and you have to be boosting a lot until you need to beef up the internals.

14Bn4G

I'd give Hahn Racecraft a holla..they manufacture kits for non-turbo DSM's...putting together a turbo kit for your car would be like putting one together for a honda...a couple of places sell T3/T4 kits for turbo DSM's, you'd just have to come up with something for fuel management....keep in mind, if your car is FWD, traction is gonna be a BIIIG problem....

shaitan

No doubt, I have found alot of kits to add boost to a nt car, and I figure I will give it a shot. I aint worried about going with convention, I really prefer to build the car the way I want it and experiment. The FWD problem will be there, and I am not sure how I will overcome it, but for now I am gonna stick to this car and hold it, then when I can afford it I might pick up a S2000, NSX, or a Supra. It will be fun to rebuild it and see how much I can squueze from it with the options I have.

crx304

here's a lil info on the DSM's
go w/ the 1st gen 6 bolt block, the 7 bolt GST gets crankwalk.
change the timing belt every 50k miles... a buddy of mine has 5 dsm blocks and *ALL* of them have dents in the pistons from where the t-belt streched and the valves started hitting the pistons..... DSM's are notorious for this!

you can get a turbo 4g63 shortblock for next to nothing, just make sure its a 1st gen 90-93! you dont want crankwalk from the 7 bolt (flywheel) block

to make the car accept the turbo... u need to swap wiring harnesses

that's all for now
mike

kyle h.

should have gotten the awd

14Bn4G

ACTUALLLY, any DSM(Talon, Eclipse, Laser) manufactured after March of 92 is a 7 bolt...I don't mean to be a smartass, but I bought one of these cars( a 6 bolt)a little while back and have been doing lots of research...