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Ohh boy, my long tube headers have arrived. Well some assembly is required.

I reference the manufacturers catalogs to come up with the belt number. Being belts are standardized the number can be referenced between companies. This number can then be searched either online or in a local supplier to get the part. I also have a stash of belts that "do not fit anything" They...

Belts are available in 10mm increments of length. Once the AC compressor is mounted I will measure what I need. This will be done with the PS pump as well. This engine was only fitted with a pump for rack & pinion. The flow rate and pressure of that pump is considerably different than what our...

Today's current task is making new mount brackets for the AC compressor and alternator. I am utilizing the 08 Eclipse parts which one might think to be real easy, BUT, there is always that simple yet complex word, These need to be raised up since they are sitting over the front Diff. The work...

Today I am continuing with wires. The 08 Eclipse PCM has five connectors on it. Three of them are discrete for the driveline while two interface with the chassis. Those are where I have been concentrating recently. I spent a bunch of time with the powertrain previously allot of which was...

When I was young throttle and shifter linkage sure did not look like this.

I stand corrected, I had not looked at the 3rd vid you were referring to. and yes, that is the earlier SR manifold. Not my favorite manifold but others might have different experience. My findings with my 3.8 SR conversion I could not detect any improvement in low end power or fuel consumption...

Oh, and to answer, multi use vehicle, Trail rig but no intention to drive over stone walls as I did with my Turbo Gen1. Weekly trips into town when not in my '72 Colt or the GVR4, we do not drive daily. And towing, either my Glastron CVX 20 or my Superboat, Neither are a tough pull but when my...

I have one of those manifolds here, I had to go down to my shed to verify it. It is single runner. I bought it expecting it would be what I wanted when building my V6 Challenger, I chose to go with the later Galant manifold instead.

A viable option but harder to source is the manual transmission Eclipse Mivec. If not just for the ECU. Engine is the same. Sourcing the tuning is still a bit stupid but you can run any of the simpler transmissions be they manual or auto. I would not expect the manual setup is much different...

Not the dual plane, that looks to be a 97+ intake, decent but nothing special for what that engine would like. I looked into that one, the throttle is considerably smaller than what is on the Galant or Eclipse, the runners are straight, not tapered. I am sure it is fine for mid power but leaves...

I looked at his build when I was planning mine. He is losing a massive amount of power running the horribly restrictive intake and an ECU that will not properly control the engine with it's staged maps. I expect at best he would see about 240 - 250Hp, down a bunch from the factory claim of 265...

Yes it is, I like this kind of work since it challenges the mind, Plus I will have a vehicle that will offer a rather wide operating parameter that no one else in the world will have. In many ways this will be fairly close to the Pajero EVO which I do have a full Gen 3 suspension that is...

Thank you, I need to order in a steering column and other stuff as well.

Oh while we are at it, a little more. How about the throttle pedal, this is the Eclipse pedal which have been bent folded and mutilated the get the pedal pad where I think I want it. The assembly utilizes an aluminum plate adapter so it sits next to the fusebox such there are no secondary...

A bit more, back in mid Dec I worked on the shifter, particularly the cable to the transmission. One change for this Gen 3 setup is the cable runs forwards and is a considerably shorter run than a Gen 2 setup where the cable travels aft and takes a 10 foot or so loop all around the place. I had...

Were much of my time on this project is going and I do not see that it can be documented with images is the wiring. I am about 300 hours into research design-planning as well as the fun stuff, cutting and soldering multiple vehicle harnesses together. What the scope is, A 2008 Eclipse 3.8 Mivec...

I did work at the cooling a bit, at first I cleaned up the transmission cooler and re-installed it, then when installing the engine/trans, the tail of the transfer case bound up on the garage floor and the crank pulley got into the AC condenser, that did no good to the condenser. So I will pull...

The Etac system is programmed with a Citroen- Renault programmer, you can do allot with it.

Later on with December going by we got our first real snow in some years. I plow with a Gen 1, great little rig. Then digging around the SR the next day, it was now -18F out. I plowed for 5 days just in my yard, this followed with the temp rising to 55F and rain, all the snow went away in a...