New turbo from the junkyard

[SilvrEclipse]

In the winter its not bad. Will sit right at 180ish. Got a 180 thermo stat in it, but in the summer it has cooling issues. Have to run with the heat on sometimes. Going to pull the ac soon and run 2 pusher fans like dave is doing and that should solve all my issues. I think 1 fan just cant keep up with that small rad.

[david-b]

The 2 fans will work so much better than the one. Mine with just the one always overheated on hot days when idling for too long. Never had the issue with the 2. Plus the pusher style moves them out of the way so you dont have to worry about them getting in the way with anything. I would recommend a 12" for the other one.

[steviek]

my god that turbo is close to the rad

[ned032002]

That turbo looks like it was made that way, looks legit.

[david-b]

Question... is the oil feed line a problem being all going up and down? I always thought it had to be pretty level with as few "ups" as possible in it.

Originally Posted by steviek

my god that turbo is close to the rad

Mine sits very close as well. The Holset has a bigger housing, but even on these "smaller" turbos like my 54trim it's still really close. Manifold sucks.

[SilvrEclipse]

Oil feed doesn't matter which way it goes. It has pressure behind it so as long as it doesn't kink its fine. I think your talking about the way the turbo is oriented. Its suppose to be and verticle as possible, oil feed straight up and drain down to keep the oil draining properly.

[defiancy]

Originally Posted by SilvrEclipse

Not anymore, on the top of the compressor housing you can see where it hit a few times but I pulled the rad forward a little and now it has about 1/4" of clearance or so. Its very tight

Woot! Is that tin foil wrapping those radiator hoses?

[SilvrEclipse]

Yea, temp fix till i get some more heat wrap. Going to wrap the hose. The vband clamp is pretty close to it and dont want it to melt.

[vanilla gorilla]

So what way have you decided to go with the clutch?

[SilvrEclipse]

I am changing out the pressure plate to the 2400lb one again. If yall remember it wouldn't release but I have a 3kgt slave cylinder that has a smaller bore so it will give me the travel I need to release it. It was calculated to hold ab 600-700 ft lbs of torque

[defiancy]

Originally Posted by SilvrEclipse

Yea, temp fix till i get some more heat wrap. Going to wrap the hose. The vband clamp is pretty close to it and dont want it to melt.

Haha, I figured, I was taken aback by it's awesomeness.

Can't wait to see what kind of power you make with it.

[vanilla gorilla]

Originally Posted by SilvrEclipse

I am changing out the pressure plate to the 2400lb one again. If yall remember it wouldn't release but I have a 3kgt slave cylinder that has a smaller bore so it will give me the travel I need to release it. It was calculated to hold ab 600-700 ft lbs of torque

Something else to consider.....
Ive never worked on a 420a Eclipse. But between my 2.4 Spyder GS and my GST, though the master cylinders look the same, actually the master cylinder off of my 96 GST, has more travel. I know this because I have taken apart and compared side by side both the factory Spyder m-cylinder and the factory 96 GST m-cylinder.
I have rebuilt the master and slave cylinders on both of my cars. Both of my cars have stainless clutch line. Even though my GST has a heavier clutch, it has a much better pedal (as far as engagement and disengagement goes). Whereas on my Spyder, even with the pedal adjusted all the way out, I get ever so slight drag.

Just somthing to look into, like I said I have no idea what kind of equipment is on a 420a DSM.

[SilvrEclipse]

I actually would like to find a master with a larger bore to push the stock slave out more. Going to the smaller slave works fine but increases the pedal effort a good bit. Going with a 2400lb plate and the small slave may be one hell of a clutch to push. May buy a used master cylinder and try to bore it out with a larger piston.

VG - new parts make a world of a difference. Master cylinders wear over the years and cause the clutch to become stiff and give bad engagements. They actually should be changed as maintenance every 10 yrs at least

[vanilla gorilla]

Yea.....thats right. Thats why both of my Eclipses have new clutch master cylinders, slave cylinders, and lines. I was saying that from my own experience with my factory turbo and factory non turbo eclipses; The turbo models are equipped with a master cylinder that has more travel and throw than a non turbo model. I was suggesting that it may be beneficial for you to swap to a turbo model master cylinder. When I go to work tonight I will do some research on which master cylinder came on your car.

IIRC, the Perfection part number for a turbo master cylinder is 380086 whereas the number for a non-turbo (Spyder) is 380087.

[SilvrEclipse]

Yea I will have to look into that. I was considering boring a stock masters cylinder out and finding a different piston to go in it