Quote Originally Posted by AnthonyF
Hey there. Alright since I was 15, always wanted a 95-99 Eclipse. I didn't know the differences back then but now my truck is for sale and I am wanting a GSX BADLY. My dream was to always get a GS-T convertible and convert it to a GSX. ANYWAYS....is there anything I should look out for? I know the Mitsu's are prone for "crank walk." Im not looking to push an amazing amount of power of it, looking for just a very beautiful DD and that I can have a little fun with. I've found out about the 6 and 7 bolt engines. What vehicles are each of them located in? I also hear a lot about an EVO engine and 16g turbo from the EVO. I'm a turbo noob (D1SC @ 18psi Procharger is what I am used to. )

Any and all insight would be fantastic. I don't want to hear "DSM's are shit" Move on, no1 gives a fuck if that's all you can come up with. I work at a shop, I can call ferrari's shit too if everyone abused the fuck out of them and watched them fall apart. A car is as good as the owners wants it to be.

I appreciate it guys.

-Ant.

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Mitsu's are not "prone" to crankwalk. Early 7 bolt cars (92.5-97) seemed to get it more with stiff clutches and weaker thrust bearings. The latter 2g's seemed to have the problem remedied. (Post 97)

www.roadraceengineeing.com has an explaination of crankwalk it you don't really know what it means.

1g's (90-92.5) and Galant VR-4s (91-92) have the factory turbo 6 bolt motors.

Here is what it is referencing:


The 6 bolt holes on the flywheel that correspond with the holes on the crank.


Most 16g's you see on cars are from either JDM Galant VR-4's (small 16g's or big 16'g) Or the Evo III 16g which is slightly more effiecient.

Stock USDM 1g's come with 14b (13g for automatics which are even smaller) and then even worse than a 14b is the t25 that comes on the 2g's. A 16g upgrade kit with the feed lines would be a nice start for a 2g.


Another thing, Galant VR-4s are not DSM's. They were built in Japan and shipped over. DSM's 1g and 2g were made in Illinois. Don't make that mistake of calling them DSM's.

Furthermore, these cars are usually done right and are fast as shit or they are owned by poor knuckle-dragging retards that fuck them up. I have been messing with these for years and have seen plenty of misinformation and dumb stereotypes about them. You have said some dumb shit in your time and in general your tech posts are pretty lackluster. Honestly if you got a DSM and did the same shit to it like you did your Mustang and talked like you used to, you'd get your ass handed to you. There are too many DSM people that have been in the game long enough to hear dumb posts from people that think they are just going to just "fit right in".


Making over 400 awhp and running 11's in a 19 year old car will break some stuff over time. So you can't get frustrated with them and I definitely wouldn't dd it unless you had to. I've always had a DD with my gvr4 and couldn't have it any other way.

Well, that's my two cents. Some of it might have not been what you wanted to hear but it was all truth.