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Really, that looks like some relatively minor surface rust. Take a wire brush to any screw or bolt heads before trying to put a screwdriver or socket on it, and you'll probably be fine. Hitting those with some PB Blaster and letting them soak would help as well. It does not look like a big deal.
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Octopus Magic posted:I found this on my phone, this is the level of rust we're dealing with:
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Mar 3, 2012 15:40
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DJ Commie posted:Did the car spend that much time damp inside and out? It spent about 5 years in a concrete, unsealed garage on the coast, under tarps, which was probably a dumb idea. I should've just left it outside with a car cover.
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Seconding the notion that there's nothing there to be wary of, other than perhaps your brake hardlines.
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Haha too rusty. My 2010 Mazda 5 is in worse shape. If that's too rusty for them, I'd hate to see their reactions to cars North of the border.
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Mar 3, 2012 18:28
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So in your professional sock opinion, where would his Mitsubishi be on the sockington rust scale?
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Octopus Magic posted:Well, I checked out the bay this morning, and the timing belt has a hole in it from something chewing on it. Not good. At all. It seems like the car is in decent shape except for the holy timing belt.  Here's what I'm thinking: What if you change the timing belt and fluids, and just drive the thing around town for awhile doing errands and commuting? After 50-75 cycles of getting to operating temperature and vibrations from driving, that should help to loosen things up a bit. No thrashing it around, just cruising. Wouldn't that, and frequent applications of PB do the job?
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Sockington posted:Haha too rusty. My 2010 Mazda 5 is in worse shape. 
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Do you have any pics of something like the front of the motor or the suspension where the rust wouldn't be as bad as the exhaust? Rust can be really lovely to work with though. My 88 Integra spent a lot of time close to the beach before I bought it and it got a bit rusty, but not _really_ bad I thought(in my inexperience). When I had to replace a CV boot, the outer joint was rusted to the hub, so I couldn't remove the axle to replace the boot. I hammered on it, but eventually removed the whole spindle and axle to press it out. After my dad's HF 4 tons press didn't work, I gave it to a machine shop with a huge 10+ ton press to try to push the axle out of the hub. He laughed when I said it was pretty stuck and assured me it wouldn't be a problem. When I went by the next day, he said he couldn't budge it. The press started flexing and bending and he stopped trying and just gave it back to me. I ended up ordering a whole half shaft from Autozone and getting a used spindle from the junkyard and throwing mine in the garbage.. Now that I think about it I also had to use a sawzall one night to cut off a captured nut from the rear suspension in order to replace the rear shocks because the bolt was rusted in there so bad. In conclusion: gently caress rust aventari fucked around with this message at 05:56 on Mar 5, 2012 |
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If I ever move back to MA, you have my wrench. No giving up (unless you buy an Evo).
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I was talking to him this weekend, and he said there's sill/body seam rust. If that's the case, she might be a goner. :\ I'll probably take a look at it this weekend and figure out what I can do. The nice thing I actually can say is that I have enough cash on hand to buy a running or non running GSX and then pick/choose what I can off of my current car and transfer it over. Paint might be expensive though.
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Be sure to take pictures when you do, I think we're all curious as to how much rust you're dealing with here.
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Guess what I have? RUST PHOTOS!! subframe  N1 is shot.  Front axle/suspension/brakes.  dampener  Gas tank  by strut tower by clutch master cylinder/power steering.
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Not sockington levels, but drat that's pretty bad 
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gently caress that. You've got rust places where normally salt wouldn't even get to. Combined with the moldy interior, I wouldn't touch it either.
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Octopus Magic posted:Guess what I have? RUST PHOTOS!! My E30 was starting to go this way when I finally pulled it out of the moist unventilated garage I had it in. Thankfully I caught the problem in time. Did you have this thing parked in a dirt floored barn or something? I mean, this is pretty bad. It reminds me of an Austin Healey Sprite parts car I pulled out of a leaky Brooklyn parking garage once, although that thing had been in there for more like 15 years.
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Poured concrete garage with tarps over it.
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Octopus Magic posted:dampener That right there is the problem. Always use a damper when possible, dampeners just make things rusty.
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Remember to pour a POR15 for your DSM. 
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So after much soul searching, and realizing that I was being an idiot with the red car, I decided to look in other directions. Like clean cars/shells etc... After dealing with craigslist forever, and dealing with stupidity, I found one in Florida. BEHOLD THE TALON (to be converted into a 2GB GSX with that front end and painted red, cuz Talons is ugly)  Gross body molding and wing!!  ick talon front end  Built seven bolt with MAFT  crabon hood here's the list of partz: Engine specs Built short block 20k miles (180psi On all 4 +-2psi) Arias pistons eagle rods nitrated crank arp head studs bc 272 cams crower spring and ti retainers. mishimoto radiator fp 4inch intake hallman boost controller 255 walbro fic 850's Hot parts Fp 3052 turbo Ported and coated stock manifold tial waste gate , ext dump apexi n1 exhaust system Drivetrain fresh rebuild on tranny (800 miles) (with four gear spider/evo 3 shift forks/cryo treated gears) Competition twin disk (800 miles) b&m short throw shifter new shifter cables redline fluids throughout drivetrain. Electronics dsmlink v2.5 stewart warner 40 psi boost gauge autometer egt autometer oil pressure aem uego wired to ecu for logging. optima red top battery push button start gm maf and translator I'm going to ship it via truck back to the shop my current car is at and then have them install the brakes/maybe redo the ball joints and check it over. I'm going to also tow my old eclipse back home, take what I want out of it (suspension, downpipe, Trust oil cooler, seat, steering wheel, roll bar, radio, HKS electronic boost controller, my nicer greddy gauges, etc), and maybe see if I can get 2 grand out of it.
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Octopus Magic posted:So after much soul searching, and realizing that I was being an idiot with the red car, I decided to look in other directions. Like clean cars/shells etc... After dealing with craigslist forever, and dealing with stupidity, I found one in Florida. Hooray for new car! So sad for old car.
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Rhyno posted:Hooray for new car! Yeah, it kinda sucks, but it is just a car. I'm pretty sure ~400 AWHP will solve my blues.
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That's a mighty clean new car you've got there. I'm kind of jealous of your ability to pluck workable (albeit racy) DSMs from the ether. I could be retarded, but I prefer the Talon looks to the 2G Eclipse.
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Keep the 2Gb Talon! I hate when Talons get converted to Eclipses Plus 2Gb Talons are extremely rare enough as is... especially a 97+ Silver one. You found one rare DSM soon to be converted to just another red eclipse.
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BoostCreep posted:Keep the 2Gb Talon! I hate when Talons get converted to Eclipses Yeah but I strongly dislike 2G Talons and want to pretend I never let my poor red Eclipse down I really really hate the wing on it.
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Octopus Magic posted:Yeah but I strongly dislike 2G Talons and want to pretend I never let my poor red Eclipse down Then send me your Talon parts. I'll put them to good use 
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BoostCreep posted:Then send me your Talon parts. I'll put them to good use Only if you do this:  But that's a 1995....
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Keep the Talon as is.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Keep the Talon as is.  but but but this is so kawaii (cute).
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I just realized how apt the thread title is.
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BoostCreep posted:I just realized how apt the thread title is. That was the point? (also DSMs being fat and can't handle and run into icebergs)
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Also they idle about as well as a cruise ship, in my experience. Is that the only tranny rebuild it's been through, or does it like to pop gearboxes every couple of days?
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Also they idle about as well as a cruise ship, in my experience. Eh, if there's one thing I have to say about my old Eclipse, is that it idled rock solid.
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This thread inspired me to go looking for Eclipse videos and I found this gem at the top of the results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeB3AWIDvUo Remember: friends don't let friends buy Panty Saluter fucked around with this message at 21:08 on Mar 23, 2012 |
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Detroit Q. Spider posted:This thread inspired me to go looking for Eclipse videos and I found this gem at the top of the results: That's a 4th gen  I was sad for a while the way Mitsubishi went, but I think I've gotten over it at this point.
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Octopus Magic posted:That's a 4th gen I don't think I'd cop to knowing that
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I much prefer this Eclipse video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnKWMHb5ecU
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OK, has anyone shipped a car? I'm hearing wildly varying prices/costs/and horrible stories from certain carriers etc. I'm looking for basically the cheapest rates, I've had ranges from 500 to 800+, which is a big difference.
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I shipped my Talon across the country with a reputable company. It showed up with a smashed front bumper, crushed intercooler, and seized engine. You're really better off flying down yourself and driving back. It will cost about the same I'd imagine.
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