I have used a rod with "some" blue on the big end when there was no evidence of a spun bearing in the journal, I did have it resized though and the machine shop said it was good to go and not to worry about it.
I would just offer to buy the shell from him and be done with it, and make sure if you do that its delivered to your house with a good title before you pay for it.
The newer or older 7 bolt is not too bad, you would want a 98'-99' if you can get one, or even a 93'-94' are decent versions too, but they mount like a 6 bolt would.
I would say that the car is worth what they are asking for it, you wont find many that are that clean, for any amount of money for that matter, some will say that its a bit steep, but find another one for less, not likely, these cars are toys and toys are expensive.
It sounds like you have a good deal, your either lucky or luck had nothing to do with it and you just made an understanding between the two of you, either spoken or unspoken, my feelings are probably from observing my own parents, my dad was a mans man and did what he really wanted to do, all he...
100% spot on, EVERY holiday is about females in this modern society, there are zero expectations for women, when do men get a day? fathers day? thats a joke, there is no pressure for women to buy or do anything for men on fathers day, nothing like it is for men on Mothers day, Valentines day...
Keep in mind that it IS the off season for hot rods right now, some of us are in winter mode and just getting other things in life dealt with and taking a break before jumping back into things.
There is no immobilizer in the 2g ecu, what car is your ecu from? the 2g Spyder is different from the normal hard top 2g when it comes to how the mpi relay is triggered.
Really do want at least one of those! Every car should have one, you dont need it until you NEED it, I guess that will be a gift that I will get for myself:D
Heck, I was just down near you when I was in OC in October, and was there in July, I go several times a year and have been in Salisbury, if worse comes to worse I could possibly stop over when I am there next time which should be in the summer, hopefully you have it sussed out by then though.
The GST I think is higher in the speed limit, due to the AWD system in the GSX, this was at least true in some generation of the DSM, don't remember which one though.The black box ECU in the Spyder is not plug and play with the non Spyder cars, the fuel pump relay works the opposite way of the...
The MDP sensor would be used on the 2g to check for EGR operation.:dsm:You would want a 98-99 ECU from a GST or GSX, either ECU would work, the physical ECU would be the same, it's the programming in the ECU for those years that was different for Federal vs California or GST vs GSX or auto vs...
Using factory coolant is HUGE in the VW/Audi world, and it has been for a long time, you must use only G10 or G13 or G whatever coolant or you will blow your car to kingdom come according to the usual suspects, we all know better I should hope, engines are still made of aluminum and iron last...
I saw your post on the Link forums, I must have been told that because they thought that I had the Evo 1,2,3 ecu, but I do remember them telling me that since that was also my plan, as far as keeping the transistor I would try connecting a trigger wire from the number one and the number two...
That looks like an oem front cover but can you 100% confirm that it is oem? the knockoffs from China are getting better and better. An over tight timing belt will generally whine at idle, did you notice any whining when it was at idle? Those bearings look like they had shrapnel ran across...
If those coils are like the Toyota coils, they will have a tach output on them, that may not be able to drive the stock tach though, because our ignition transistor takes both channels and combines them and feeds them to the tach from my understanding, why are you bent on removing the factory...
Those are pretty bad to line up, I damaged my shoulder trying to lay under mine and tighten the bolts that go through the crossbar, its just an issue with the bolt holes on those brand of mounts apparently, I was also wondering if anyone else had issues with them and figured it was just me, they...
I have had these cars make that sound when the bolts that hold the idler or tensioner pulley for the timing belt come loose, and also have seen it when the timing belt tensioner is not set right or has failed, you should check those pretty quickly to rule them out, if its just the lifters its...
Somebody posted a decent video of the goings on at the shootout, and yours truly shows up at around the three second mark and a few minutes later around 5.39 or so.:hellyeah::dsm:
There was a repair kit for this, it was an issue on the Spyders when they started to age, that elastic strap thats hanging loose is not supposed to be loose, its job is to pull on the bar in front of it to allow the top to fold properly, someone attached a makeshift white piece of string to try...
If you could make some for the 6 bolt 4g63, you might sell a bunch on here as a vendor and even the 420a version could be sold on this site if you set yourself up as a vendor.
You might just do what I am going to do and make one out of some mild steel or aluminum tubing that you can pie cut and weld up and then use a piece of connector hose on the ends to connect to your barbed fittings, or in my case weld it to the AN fittings, I currently have a flexible hose down...
Yours sound more like an alternator issue, if its a cheapo parts store reman unit, no matter who its from consider it suspect and probably junk, they will act up intermittently and the parts store tests wont show it as bad even though it is.
Possible bent fork or wrong length push rod? I have had good luck myself with Southbend, they are based on oem pressure plates that are modified with heavier springs, so the pressure plate should never be an issue with other stock parts, I would be concerned about the flywheel, but replacing...
I'm not sure how he can determine that you need a new head gasket for a certain turbo if the gasket is still good, I would not replace it just for the heck of it, run it and if it ever gives out then thats when you replace it, you might look into replacing the head bolts with upgraded head studs...
That looks like a very clean car. The price of 4g63 powered second generation Dsm's have gone through the roof the last couple of years, you might have a hard time finding one worth owning in your price range right now, you might be better off looking for a clean shell and putting one together...