My 1980 Eterna GSR Turbo Coupe

rockerben143 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:23 pm

Wow, very inspiring.

Garant · **Posted:** Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:30 pm

wow mitsu did some cool stuff in the old days

why don't you just source a narrow block jap 5spd?
should be able to mix and match mounts as well ...

fuel · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2010 2:10 am

cause narrowblock is cable clutch while my wideblock box (same as Starion box) is hydraulic clutch and the box is stronger than a narrowblock box.

I am wishing to put a fresh engine into it anyway so its no trouble just swapping the DASH gear in place.

pm · **Posted:** Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:50 am

hi
maybe you can help me with instalation velnas in my galant lambda turbo?
Im lookin for manual or some other info

fuel · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:55 pm

Some progress on the GT

So I was getting pretty sick of the pathetic performance of the carburettor which was just slapped on the original Turbo block

So off came the carb gear

leaving this mess

looks like the mechanical fuel pump had been leaking oil for some time

after a little degreasing it looks like the starter motor had been replaced recently

I also removed the air con pump and condenser to make way for the intercooler and shed a litttle weight as the air con didn't work to begin with

turbo gear bolted on

and intercooler and piping just thrown on quickly

at this point I went to go start it, but I wasn't getting any fuel, because one of the idiot mechanics to removed all the ECI turbo gear and fitted the carb pulled the wires off the pump and cut the end off the banjo bolt fitting to slip a low pressure rubber fuel hose onto

so I bought a Walbro external fuel pump

and then got it running! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlh0y3Z1yMA

bf109gt · **Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:15 am

cool stuff here

Garant · **Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:19 pm

funny saw this fs and thought of your yellow car

http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/1787042772.html

fuel · **Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:21 am

oh wow it sure is similar haha! someone nearby needs to buy it!

RichardWilson · **Posted:** Fri Sep 10, 2010 12:46 am

Iv seen these cars on Oldschool and they are TOPS!

Never seen one on NZ roads!

Mitsi Turbo in the 80's was CLASS!

Nakazoto · **Posted:** Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:22 am

These cars look like a lot of fun!
Looking forward to seeing more progress!

fuel · **Posted:** Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:17 pm

thanks guys, here's a bit of progress

I had swapped over the coilover suspension/rear subframe including LSD and rims/semi slick tyres from the Eterna to do a trackday

fuel · **Posted:** Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:21 pm

So the trackday had been and gone about six weeks ago, here was the motor as it was:

Now, half way into the track day the engine started to sound a bit un-healthy and it decided it wanted to spit the dip stick out of the tube due to extra blow-by - the more I ran it over the rest of the afternoon the worse the engine sounded so I decided to pull the engine out

and stripped it down, to which I was greeted by this

I did a compression test prior to pulling it out.. 160, 155, 30, 120

also found the balance shaft belt had snapped and looked it had been for some time, not that I noticed any difference in the smoothness of the engine

engine block ready to send to the engine builders..

fuel · **Posted:** Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:23 pm

...to be bored out to fit these slugs

early 90s period HKS 0.50mm oversized forged pistons, and the rods are fitted with arp studs already

city hunter · **Posted:** Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:58 pm

Hey that piston looked like my rebuilt challengers piston but only one ringland was missing. That car is looking proper man.Gave me motivation to put a engine back in mine and drive it.

motorhedz01 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 25, 2010 5:22 am

how about the v6s?, whens that gonna be installed, i'm interested in seeing one

fuel · **Posted:** Sat Sep 25, 2010 4:15 pm

yeah the V6 build is pretty much on the back burner haha, I think I bit off a bit more than I can chew at the time. I have put the white GT up for sale so hopefully it will be sold in a few months once it's back up and running with the DASH power, and then the funds from the sale will inject some cash and motivation into the Eterna build.

city hunter · **Posted:** Sat Sep 25, 2010 5:25 pm

If I had the cash I'd be having you ship that thing over to met

motorhedz01 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:00 am

bump!

any updates?

fuel · **Posted:** Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:17 pm

that was good timing! I got my engine back from the engine shop yesterday:

DASH head and its workings

city hunter · **Posted:** Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:30 pm

god I want a dash head. That thing is sexy!

My 1980 Eterna GSR Turbo Coupe

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