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The only turbo car I have ever messed with is a friend's 1993 Eclipse GSX. We did some basic stuff-bleed valve boost controller, new stock BOV, timing belt,UR pulley, fuel rail,transfer case, etc- but nothing extremely complicated. One of the main purposes for me to do this project is to learn about several technologies which I have no major experience with on a car that will shortly loose it's usefulness, has no real value because it is so cosmetically trashed-yet is mechanically perfect.I am using it as a guinea pig for the turbo, ECU, quarter panel replacement, learning how to upholster seats, and front drive chassis setup. I also learned how to fix A/C, hub bearings, half shafts, rack and pinion steering, tint windows and section the front end of a wrecked unibody car with it. Should I kill the GA it will suck, but replacements are readily available at my choice of U pull it junkyards if need be. My next step will be getting a set of wheels I located while delivering pizza tonight that are perfect for what I want. (15x7 Rotas with Falken Aziens tires in 205 50-15) Then , I'll put my AD22VF's on, and rebuild a set of lower control arms with new balljoints and poly bushings. Next, is a set of home made strut tower braces that a friend and I want to try building, and possibly a under car chassis brace too. Following that is a 5 speed swap with a Phantom Grip LSD and then the turbo setup.I plan to research every possible angle and learn all the theory I can while gathering parts over the next 4 mos. I hope I will find someone doing a turbo project that I can help out and learn from too, but am willing to fail in order to some day succeed.
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1998 Nissan Frontier XE/2wd/5spd 1 owner, 264k miles
1985 Olds Cutlass, 350 Chevy, owned for 14 years
WANTED: 1968-1973 Datsun 510 or 1991-1994 Sentra SE-R
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