I OVERPAID For The MOST Modified & Destroyed Japanese Tuner Car Ever! It's A TIME CAPSULE! 

Here's the latest GSX video! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1kKrECYcWpg.html

Super excited for this new build series Alex! I had a 1st gen DSM that I fully built years ago. I have one hard lesson I want to pass on to you. Upgrade the PCV / crankcase ventilation prior to upping the boost or upgrading the turbo. The factory system is too small and it will back pressurise the oil return on the turbo! I went through 2 turbos because of this. this can also be the reason you don't have an oil dipstick as they typically pop off from the crankcase pressure. Good luck👍

Beautiful find. Some things I would recommend thinking about replacing: 1: go to a helical center diff 2: poly bushings for rear diff and suspension 3: upgrade the synchros in the tranny (while you're in there consider upgrading other tranny internals)

For that thing to have 230k+ miles on it and be in THAT good of condition means that the previous owner fucking adored that car and gave it the best possible care for all those years. Like its impossibly rare to see someone care for such a car to that level for that long.

Peter is a true gem, you should hire him and include him in all future videos

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"I got short little arms and I can reach everything!" haha, peter is a gem, I think he loves the car more than you do.

Used to have a 99 red GSX with a 6bolt swap back in the early 2000s. Miss it so much. Currently looking for another one and you are right, so much trash being peddled as “mint” in the DSM community. Taking my time and most of us guys are now hitting our mid life and have the cash to spend. Taking my time to find the right one to come along. Restore it and just take it for Sunday drives and reliving the glory days.

I have a black '93 Eclipse GS (N/T) manual sitting in my garage waiting for me to bring it back to life. I've owned it since '94 but many years ago it got hit in the front drv side and was set aside because I didn't have time to address it (turned out to be relatively minor damage). A couple years ago I got back into repairing it a bit but I think the ECU is dead now (infamous) so it's been sitting again waiting for me to dive back into it. I love the car and it's in practically like new condition inside (tinted windows really helped keep the interior from getting destroyed in the FL and SoCal environments - and was garage kept a majority of the years). Outside has some faded paint but might come back with some polishing. All stock too, not tortured and mutilated.... 134k miles. I love that car.. extremely fun to drive. I'll be watching this playlist for sure. Eager to see what you do with your DSM.

SO excited for this series. i picked up a 95 talon tsi awd 5 speed with the lsd a few months ago right in your back yard alex. bone stock, ice cold AC, clean rockers and strut towers. 95k miles!

Couple of thoughts for a 'mature build' as you mentioned: 1. Go for maximum drivability, at least over exaggerated looks/sounds. This could be a beautiful car 'for those who know'. I'd at least add a muffler and possibly also extra sound insulation to the interior, so you really want to take this car for a road trip. 2. Don't overspend as most of us wouldn't. Find best value upgrades and show us your options, considerations and choices. Your audience will appreciate it. (AP-coilovers are available for this car, as is a Holset turbo. Both will give you performance and reliability affordably. A Holset HX35W will get you your 500 HP reliably with acceptable EGT.) 3. Don't go crazy with the paint, make it elegant and stay far away from Fast and Furious styles. I'd be more thrilled about adjusting the gearbox and ratios to the new power output, than seeing the original body being mutilated. 4. Tires on a 90's car should have some meat, both for the visual aspect as for the way it drives. 18, 19 or 20" with 35-30-25% sidewalls would make the build immature. So go with 16" or 17" light alloys, combined with brakes that are a good fit with both. I'm interested to see what others think about this ...

Umm, I have a 1990 Eagle Talon FWD Turbo that has been in my garage since 2001. It's completely original. There was a small dent in the front fender, and a small patch of rust on one quarter panel. I had the notion when I was younger, more ambitious, and "suffering" with OCD that I would rebuild it top to bottom but after a bit of tear down, life caught up to me and I stopped in my tracks. While catching up I obsessively bought tons of parts for that car, also bought and rolled another 1990 Eagle Talon AWD Turbo. Now both sit there, with lots of potential for resurrection into a completely "new" old car but no interest to ever finish. Any fans of this dude want to chat?

In my opinion, and given the global condition of the car, you should consider maintaining it externally stock with exception of the wheels you could go with some period JDM ones. Keep it white. It could be a total sleeper with 450whp. Consider it man. Will follow this build ! Congrats on the purchase

I knew right away from the thumbnail it was a second generation Mitsubishi eclipse and I got to say that is one good looking car in my opinion those cars have age very well and congratulations for you getting it man 👍

Great addition! These aren’t really “JDM” cars being built in Illinois by DSM. The 4G63 makes up for all of that though. The FP manifold is a quality part and “14b looking” turbo (stock 1g turbo) are nice step 1 mods.

Blast from the past! Soooo nice to see a non-F&F car. Love the pearl white idea, works great with the rounded elegant lines of this period car. Subscribed!

Absolutely love the dsm cars. I think I have had 4 in my life, never a 2Gen gsx though. I have to say, seems like it should be quicker than what it is, looked like it was about as fast as the non turbo 4g63 cars I had..... Can't wait to see how this thing evolves. Great find Alex

these cars are timeless looking for real. ive had a couple myself and they are beautiful cars, i just wish they werent so prone to rusting out the shocks like they are. id still daily an eclipse anytime tho, they will always look incredible.

Can anyone explain how the 4G63 sounds so good as a 4 cylinder? It truly sounds fantastic for an i4

Short shifter, bucket seats, footrest for passenger, medium roll cage, carborn door panels, bigger turbo, separate oilcooler and bigger intercooler... new poly bushings all over and coilovers . Make it sweet

Peter: 6 bolt buddies. Proceeds to head nod. He had me laughing so hard with that! 🤣 You and Peter make a great team!

What a moment of nostalgia I just had here. It brought back all the years I had with my father's Eclipse back in 1999. Congrats Alex for your Eclipse. It looks amazing and I will be watching closely all the videos coming next. Congratulations again.

build the head, raise the redline, and a nice fp red or fp black setup on e85 should make somewhere in the 400-500 neighborhood. It sounds like you're going to do this right and make it a clean build, so i'm looking forward to seeing more of this thing

To stop crankwalk: 1. Use 6 bolt rods because they are wider. Then narrow each rod at the big end individually to match the crank journal in which it will be assigned to. You can assure a snug and perfect rod side clearance with the crank to prevent excessive oil loss due to centrifugal forces. 2. Resize the big end of the rod as most (not all) aftermarket rods are too loose with bearing clearance. 3. Use only the wider early style 6-bolt rod bearings as they tend to not only live longer and have more surface area, but they hold more oil in to prevent loss. 4. The crank oil passages are too large. So large that they can continue to feed oil to the rods as the mains don't get enough. Modify the passages so as to increase oil pressure at the mains yet still give the rods adequate oil to live a long and trouble free service life.

I used to have a baby crap green turbo eagle talon when I was 19. I love that car. One of my favorites out of the hundreds that I've owned

I was hoping for a 3000GT or the Japan version GTO.

The conquest and starion were some of my favorites. I had a conquest years ago and absolutely loved driving that car. Swapping the vacuum line for more boost was always a fun time.

It’s very happy you found this, to see someone build a clean flushed matured looking clean build. Instead of a tiktok guy ruining it thank god!

Grease for making impression of gasket... bolts for punching the holes,,, oh the preexisting bolts.... works marvelous 😎

Congrats alex on a top purchase and future project/series. Thank god you didnt buy a rust bucket. Love it, looks like it's gonna shape up to be a good one. Absolutely yes, a grown up modification and restoration. Love the white, maybe make it a pearlescent white for a bit more something but not to much pearl. All the the mods you talk about are good and tasteful. Looking forward to seeing the progress on this. Hope the ford lightening gets an episode or two in between also.

I randomly found this on YT's home page. This is my one and only dream car, but it has become so expensive in Europe that it's simply not affordable for me anymore. A GSX in Europe costs around 20-30k€. It would be so easy to just import a cheap one from the US, but it costs basicaly the same amout of money to get it shipped, delivered amd registered. I just hope that someday i'll have one.

The metal center plate on the valve cover. Mirror polish with the pearl white painted valve cover. Insanely beautiful combo

There are also a few different versions of the 7 bolt. The early versions use a 360 degree thrust bearing like the 6 bolt blocks, and they moved the oil squirters from the bottom of the cylinders to the main saddles. The later 7 bolt blocks moved the squirters back to the cylinders and went with a 180 degree thrust bearing. Also, the 6 bolts use a 12mm head bolt with the 7's using an 11mm.

Don't get a heavy clutch pressure plate. Get a twin disc setup if you want good power and to keep your crank happy. Also, keep an eye on your front lower control arms. Back in the day they had issues with the aluminum being weak in those (recalled). Don't expect to turn fast at low speeds and high rpms unless you figure out a way to make an mr2 or volvo electric power steering pump work. High rpm cutout assist in your steering will happen if you autocross it. Replace the radiator if it's stock. End tanks were garbage. Otherwise, these are fantastic. Had a 2g gst and about four 1g awds. Love dsms and hate they were never taken care of by most owners.

My friend's Mom worked for the government pretty high up and we were 16 right around the first F&F. He got one of these for his birthday and we shoved in a 3000GT twin turbo. That thing was fast.

$8000 was honestly my first guess. I can't believe I was spot on. I love these cars and can't wait to see where you go with it.

Peter and I need to be friends. I have a 1987 Chrysler Conquest that I bought 21 years ago when I turned 16. Had 28k original miles, has about 55k now. All stock, prime condition. Awesome, very underrated cars!

Thank you Alex I will be watching closely I have an unfinished 1999 manual GSX That’s seating in my garage see if I can finally finish her thanks to you guys 👍👍

I had a '92 Plymouth Laser RS. It was the horribly awesome blue-green (aqua on the title) with the honeycomb wheels. Super sleeper!! I rebuild the 6 bolt, had it bored 20 over, balance shafts removed, cometic head gasket, arp head studs, lightweight flywheel, hd clutch, short shifter, 2g lifters, evo3 16g turbo, 2g wastegate, massive front mount (ran bumper cover only, removed bumper and support 😀), all hard piped, genuine HKS SSQV vented into atmosphere (with, imo the best sounding purple insert) 3in GM maft and afc Neo which I tuned (pre-google, pre-RU-vid and pre- Fast and the Furious) with a PDA data logger and my Haynes book!!! 2 1/2 inch, no cat, to a magnaflow muffler, eibach pro kit (only 1 inch drop) all the energy suspension bushings, motor mounts, strut bars front and back, Yokohama tires. Stock interior with the silly auto seat belts, lol. Had to replace the passenger side seat bolts from friends not ready for the launch. You know your doing it right when the wipers turn on because the factory heavy wiper stock attached to the steering wheel is pulling G's. I was taking 5.0 Mustangs to Gapplebee before it was a thing, could also drop a gear and disappear on the highway going 60. OMG it was too much fun, but went into big debt always fixing on it. Then had a friend and original owner of a black, 5 speed, 1998 Nissan 240sx, offer to let me buy his car and I jumped on it so quickly... I ended up selling my Laser I spent over $10,000 on for $2500 to pay for the 240sx. Crazy stuff, keep up the good, clean, and adult work your doing, very nice, I love it.

I have a 97 Talon awd. Lightly modified, factory rear lsd. Under 50,000 original miles lol. Didn't realize it got so rare. I agree that the 4g63 exhaust sound is better than most 4 cylinders.

Jessssssss... I can not wait to see this project progress. F&F 1 was my freaking childhood. I didn't care how silly it was back then and I still don't. I still stop and watch it every single time I see it while flipping through channels.

I'm jelly Peter has my dream car. I've wanted a Conquest TSI since high school, back in 93. Every one I found since 2000 has been busted. Life on the east coast is ruff on cars.

I had a 99 GST I loved that car it would smoke the tires till you grabbed 4th gear 😁 Evo 16g turbo front mount and ethanol was like 350hp that's plenty, the torque steer on the fwd is no joke if you weren't careful you were in the next lane real quick 🤣

I've had 1st, 2nd and 3rd gen Eclipses (yes, I'm one of those weirdos that liked the 3rd gen cars.) Such fun cars to drive and mod. You're gonna love it.

The turbo oil return has 3 gaskets. The washers on the bolts are gaskets, not washers. Replace them when you replace the gasket. Also that strap is a ground for the factory exhaust.

Very cool, I had a 1G GST and 2G GSX when I was in high school, I'm definitely gonna follow this, I'm now 36 with my dream Supra so I can relate for sure.

Pouring oil directly on the cams cracked me up. I've been a mechanic for 20 years and I know it makes no difference whatsoever but I still do it because it makes me feel good 😂😂😂😂

Former DSM guy chiming in with my $0.02 I would love to see you do a mix of DSM models to make a unique OEM+ build. 97 Talon TSI front bumper. 99 Eclipse rear bumper, wing, and side skirts. Finished in Pewter Blue Pearl (rare 2g eagle talon tsi color, but done 1 solid color like a eclipse. Not two-tone paint that talons came with) on 17" Bronze Volk TE37's. Super excited about this build.

The 1g turbo is a 14b. It indeed is bigger. You can Frankenstein parts of the 2g exhaust to the 1g turbo and make really good power! Man I'm jealous!

Yoooo! I had a 1G tsi back in the day my other two buddies had 2g’s tsi and gsx we “ran” the streets lol 4g63 for life bud!!! Can’t wait for this one

please more 90’s and 80’s car content! I love radera cars which is why i drive a 94 f150 and ware a flannel coat listening to nirvana or other 90’s music. It just sounds so right and brings me back to my childhood!

My first job out of high school was at a Mitsubishi/ Nissan dealership in the late 90s. I was a porter, oil changer,part runner, basically whatever they needed and got to drive alot of these as well as the 3000gts ,300 zx , and occasionally 200sx. Such a fun job even though 7.50 an hour just wasn't enough to stick around but I still think back on all the cool cars I got to drive.

You brought it home to where it was born, it IS a midwest car. They were all built in Illinois at the Mitshubishi factory in Normal, which is now used by Rivian! Congrats, great find, enjoy!

That car brings me back. My buddy Clayton and i used to wrench on DSMs all the time. He was a 4G63 guru. Still till this day i wonder what happened to his Galant VR-4 after he passed

This buy and coming build is the reason I subbed! Best engine ever sold outsides Toyota's non-interference engines! Best moders car. Best US market import until the New GTR came to the USA. I miss my 1996 Eclipse Turbo SO much! Most fun to drive car ever! I loved spanking 99% of cars on the road before AWD was everywhere. Now this car will only keep up with and beat most but not all modern sports cars unless you max it out and strip it down to a racer (which I do not care for)

I remember one that used to come around to the car shows in the late 90s that was beautiful. It was a Brandywine color with the factory wheels that had been given the bling treatment

I have only one request: Underglow. Underglow is cheesy and ridiculous but I absolutely love it because it's a long-gone representation of a more innocent car modding era. And the best part is, if your company doesn't like it, you can turn it off with a switch, and with modern tech I'm sure you could have it be any and every color you wanted adjusted with a dial. When I started watching this video I was certain your car was going to be a Toyota Celica All-Trac. My dream Japanese car sits in my garage: AP1 Honda S2000. It does not have underglow. :( It DOES have an AvalonKing application I keep putting off applying to it, complements of the code on your channel. :D

It was a japanese company but it was made in Normal Il. I could have driven that car at the factory, I retired with 26 years there from 3-6-89. I worked in several departments while there and road test was the most fun. The plant is owned by Rivian now and watching some of the videos that they put out about the test track they have made there now I haven't seen anything I couldn't do with a 5 speed galant. (they are rare from Normal because they were used for the rental fleet)

Very cool! I had a 91 Talon TSI way back, put a 17G turbo on it, and some fuel and a intercooler. It was a high 12 second car back then.

Loved my 95 GSX, one of the first, in emerald green.. Had the small front door pockets, vs the larger pockets of the later models. What a fun car 16G, AWD.. Long live the Good DSMs :)

6bolt block to 7 bolt head is DEF the way to go. The 7bolt is not as bad as some claim, mine held 550whp np for years

The eclipse was the 2nd car I fell in love with when I was growing up between that and a 3rd or 4th gen Camaro are my favorites always

Car shop got a Chicago CTS-V that was a year and a half old for a full build. They told the customer that if they ever buy a northern car again they can take it to another shop to work on it.

Put 97 front and rear eclipse bumpers on it , 20g turbo , fmic , Supra turbo fuel pump rewired , then 4 of the larger turbo rx7 injectors . . Budget build for 500 ish hp . Get ready to start shreading belts and alternators .. lol that’s all I can remember off the top of my head from 20 years ago

I really miss my 95 eagle talon sold it 8years ago. I remember my first dsm build I installed the piston backwards the valve cuts for intake and exhaust are different sizes and when I started the motor it had the loudest tap

the main thing you have to be careful with on desert cars, is all the plastic will have no more elastomer & very brittle. when I first moved to California from Chicago.. after being amazed my 9/16 actually fit & the exhaust manifold bolt broke free without a fight! (was working on a 66 Impala SS) I proceeded to brake almost every electrical plug i tried to un clip..

brings me back memories! I had a red facelift GS (Dodge neon engine) in highschool. It was soooo cool until I accelerated. Can't wait for the build!

a couple years ago I had a 95 gst with 99 facelift, it had the classic f&f mod list: Injen polished intake, greddy exhaust, greddy type s, 20g turbo and greddy/sard gauges and led gauge lighting lol and it was painted evo x limited edition cosmic blue as well. it was a ripper. You’ll have lots of fun with this one.

This is months later but that turbo is a 14B, off of a 90-94 1st Gen turbo DSMs. It’s a little bigger compressor wheel and more importantly it can actually hold more than 12lbs to redline and the top end is much better than the stock T25. That’s also why J-pipe is there. The stock one doesn’t work. That stock BOV is a leaky POS too. Changing the BOV to a 1G OEM unit is worth some horsepower by itself. Hate the Tesla content so that cost you a subscriber but I’ll be eagerly awaiting more DSM content. If you need info or help hit me up. I’ve been messing with these DSMs for close to 25 years now.

90s guy here too. This car was so desirable back then. I once went to a high school dance with a girl that her dad had let her take his NEW 3000GT VR-4 to drive... 🤯 she absolutely MURDERED the clutch and transmission 🤣 I should have intervened and showed her how that car was meant to be driven. 😬

I use sockets from my socket wrench set for punching holes in gasket material, something so satisfying and cheaper than buying punches 😉

Love the sound of your plans 👌🏼 As a fellow ‘mature’ (on paper) car enthusiast, that sounds perfect 👍🏼

I actually sold Mitsubishi's in 1996 and 1997, right before the face-lift. I even sold this very model but that was the only one the dealership during my tenure because it was expensive and the insurance was high. The Eclipse was a good looking car and the interior had a "fighter jet cockpit" feel to it, which was cool, bit the seat fabric and other interior materials felt cheap, the car was cramped inside, and the non turbo models were underpowered IMHOP. Plus the dealership owner placed the Mitsubishi store next door to his Honda store, and everyone was more interested in buying Hondas in that town 🙄.

I miss the 90s... for cars. You are doing (The Automotive) God's work with this one.

Like that some of your old videos are popping up! Always liked these eclipses! Hoping this was a series! I’m thinking 10k!

Saw the thumbnail and knew it was a 2g DSM :D. I picked mine up over a year ago and I love it, 8k is a great price in todays market for a running and driving unrotted GSX for sure! I paid around the same and the clutch was broken and i had to ship it to canada and do a lot more to it :) but I'm happy with my overall purchase it's definitely no sleeper! The prices will definitely go up, im surprised they're not as insane as the other japanese or JDM cars but they should go up slightly relatively to them too! Glad I bought it last year and not now!

I've had a few rare cars. The funnest one to drive was a 94 3000gt vr-4. My buddy had the 95 gsx. Miss those days

Who Alex that Eclipse is immaculate you took me back because I almost bought 1 years ago but was modded like crazy!!! Thanks for the Content I’ve been watching and leaning sense you started RU-vid!!! Also love seeing you cruising down familiar streets in Sweet Home Chicago!!!🇺🇸

Being from Arizona I’ve become way too blessed without ever having to worry about buying rust buckets other than some surface rust.

Good shittttt. Love the transparency, appreciate your consistency, looks like lots of work goes into making one video, can tell you take this seriously. Mad respect. Also love the black Kompressor in the background. Lastly, your outro music is sick! Don't change your format bud, it works! P.S. I'll be using your Amsoil link. No kidding, Amsoil is the BEST! Been using it in my S55 AMG for years!

White paint with a full bottle of blue pearlescent looks AMAZING in the sunlight!

Awesome video. I had a 98' GS-T and it was great.... although it wasn't always reliable, I thoroughly enjoyed owning it.

Dude… so awesome. So many of the same tastes. I too also own a 2000 trans am Arctic white m6 and had a 99 gsx back in the day. Always wanted to buy and build one again! Hopefully one day I can meet you in person!

Should add some green brakes and underglow lights make it a real 90s car and green rims with the white color would set it off and please make sure to wore tuck it NO WIRES SHOWING thats a big plus

I remember growing up a guy down the street had an amazing eclipse spider with a full body kit and some icey chrome spinners man i loved that thing

Love the way Peter just strolled up at the beginning

0:53 I LOVE WEEZER

I had a buddy that had one of those and I used to borrow it to take my girlfriend out (I only had a dirty work truck at the time) and I loved driving that little car. Just seeing this one brings back memories!

"because this is a car channel where we work on cars!" I hear that callout Alex... And ya! That is why I am here! Working on cars! Yessir!

I'm surprised at that gangster growl coming from that exhaust! It sounds really good on my end

Very nice find! This is my favorite car while i was finishing high school. Now my 15 year old daughter has been saving up for her first car and this is her favorite, without my influence so i was happy about that. She prefers a convertible. If you decide to sell this, hopefully we are able to purchase and hold until she gets her drivers license. Wow

“And now you have a restrictor plate.” I rolled. 😂

The awd transfer cases are know to leak , there was a dealer tsb where they would replace them for free , they can lock up while driving , your turbo is a 1g 14b stock turbo btw

And you need a flat washer on the return line bolts. Oil will go pass the treads and the lock washers

These Eclipse/Talons were my dream car in high school/college. Ended up buying a 90 Talon Tsi a few years back. Drove it for a bit but Sold it cheap cause it needed a motor rebuild. Should have kept it!

I have in the past...Tore down my SAAB 900 Turbo with 478,000 miles....no ring groove....so miles sometimes if serviced correct.....not a problem. I only had turbo seal problem on original turbo at that mileage....Castrol 10w30 and oil better now...changed every 2000 miles.....

Heh...I was even thinking "pearl white"...I'm a bit of a pearl white guy. lol One of my dream cars is the GT-R and I just made the dream come true last month! Found a 2016 Premium, single owner with a whole ~11800 miles on it LOCALLY! Couldn't believe it! It's FBO, flex-fuel AND it's got bigger turbos on it already, too...it's AMAZING! It's even pearl white!! Same color code as my Z! Hahaha Looks awesome, man!

I can understand ur excitement...I used to own a black on black on black on black(car, rims, tinted & interior) 92 GSX 5 speed turbo. I ended up selling it cause I got WAAAY to many tickets in it(I was 19)

Excited to see the progress on this project, i paid 6k for my 99 gsx about 8 years ago mine has never seen snow and it's a michigan car. If you need a gsx wing i have two I'd gladly donate one to the project.

Bro i live in Tucson Arizona and my family is into restoration and i highly recommend u buy cars from the south west you won't believe how great of a condition u will find vehicle but anywho love ur channel and work keep up the awesome 👍 work