1994 Mitsubishi Eclipse

First!

Alright, so this is the first DSM I've ever owned. I bought it for $1,500, completely stock, even the intake silencer was still in it (yeah, that stock). After a couple of months, the thermostat went, and, at the time, I hadn't a clue about cars. When I mean not a clue; hadn't even changed oil in a vehicle. Yep, that new to cars.
The thermostat went, got stuck closed. Blew the engine. Picked up another engine and transmission (which shifted better, goddamn synchros) for $300. Swapped it in. And I still hadn't done an oil change. Spent countless hours on DSM1Eights.com (now DSM1Eights.org) reading, learning, reading, learning, and so on. I have to give credit to my best friend though for giving me a hand in the swap of course. Took quite a while since I hadn't the tools and he lived a pretty good distance away from where the car was at.
In any case, after the swap, the modifications began:
Weapon-R Secret Weapon SRI
MAF Hack
Spectre Cone filter
Poly sway bar bushings
Ported and somewhat polished TB
Clean intake manifold
Weight reduction (hatch interior, rear seats)
Header wrap
Removed all A/C components
No-name front and rear strut tower bars
Fidanza short shifter
2G heavy weight shift knob
Shift plate bushings swapped to washers
Shifter cable bearings
Intake wrap (thanks to Home Depot Racing for the duct insulation wrap)
Full battery ground kit


This is how the blown engine and engine bay looked.


And after the swap a year or so later.








Just to show a shitty picture of shitty valve lifters.


And the actual difference between the revised lifters that I got at PartsDinosaur.com

After all of that though, the engine started knocking and eventually threw a rod bearing. I had to park her for the winter. I didn't have the 'plethora' of tools that I have now, let alone a garage, so there was nothing that I could do about the rod knock save spending $600+ to get a used engine to my location to do a swap outside, in the negative temperatures. Had to let her sit over the winter. Then spent money to get her down to my new place (approximately 300 miles away) to which I couldn't afford to fix her. She became a parts car for the new DSM, and I had to eventually scrap her. Poor ol' 4G37. I'll miss that car, and that engine, immensely.

I am pretty sure this can go in showroom or build thread area lol, as it is a DSM and this is OTHER vehicles, aka non DSM's lol. Just letting you know.

agreed let me see if i have thread moving powers lol

moved.