DSM's are awesome cars. Ive had six of them myself, and all of them were a blast to build/drive. Good Luck on the project, they are super easy to make fast for cheap!
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DSM's are awesome cars. Ive had six of them myself, and all of them were a blast to build/drive. Good Luck on the project, they are super easy to make fast for cheap!
Awesome man, I'd love to come drink beer and curse at your car until it starts :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTyla
But seriously... when are you planning on firing it up? My folks are coming up for Dani's bday on Saturday during the day but I'm free pretty much any time other than that.
Yeah that's what Amber was telling me (about your parents). I don't Facebook creep like she does. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by VR4Rob
I picked up some useful parts from Harbor Freight today to help with tapping that hole in the water tube, as well as some wire brushes to clean it out. If I can get the pipe tapped successfully I can try to start it this weekend. Amber won't be here Friday-Sat since she's going to Birmingham so I can spend all my time in the garage. :p
The battery that guy gave me is dead as a doornail. Hopefully I can jump it off but if not I can pick up a new one under warranty. And if it still decides not to start I can begin a little body work and/or work on finishing the ABS delete. Sanding items were one of my acquisitions at Harbor Freight today. :)
Tapped the water pipe tonight. Going to the auto store to pick up a 3/8" NPT barb fitting tomorrow morning. Then I'll install the pipe, turbo, radiator, etc, fill it with fluid, and try to get it started!
Exciting!
needs more pictures
Got everything together and tried to jump the car off but it wouldn't start. I suspect the battery is having a problem holding a charge. Car was cranking but was too slow for the starter. Going to run to the parts store and have them check my battery.
I will be putting up more pictures at the end of the weekend. It's just hard to take pictures of a fairly stock engine bay and have them be somewhat exciting. There will be TONS more pics when I get to the body work.
The car is now running. Battery just needed a good charge.
The motor idled like total crap. This seems to fit in with the previous owner's problems. I turned the car off then turned the key back to the 'ON' position and heard this really weird clicking noise so I decided to check it out. Turns out to be the ISC. That probably explains the crappy idle. :p
VR4Rob is coming over tomorrow to help out. The brakes still need to be bled and the clutch pedal needs to be fixed. For some reason it hangs when you depress it and I heard that this is actually an issue with the 1Gs.
I'll throw a video up of the car running tomorrow if it starts again.
Well I forgot to get video of the car running, but no matter. It idles like crap. The ISC is fubar. The stepper motor isn't stepping! I'm wondering if I can salvage it but if not I'll look around for a used one. Turns out it shares the same part with the 3S!
Rob helped me out with a few things in the car like getting the exhaust sealed up. We found that the flange at the front of the downpipe was broken at one of the mounting points. I have a stock downpipe I can use in lieu of this crappy aftermarket one so it's not a big deal.
After Rob left I decided to start sanding the car down. Went with 60 grit and it did decent. I still need to do the sideskirts and front and rear bumper, then smooth it out with a lighter grit and then one more time with a fine grit.
I took some pics tonight. I'll put them up here as soon as Photobucket stops being crap.
Engine put together minus coolant lines for turbo:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...w53/DSM004.jpg
n/a 3S front calipers to go with my n/a 3S front rotors:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...w53/parts1.jpg
Sanding the car:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...w53/DSM002.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...w53/DSM003.jpg