Well as some of you know I recently acquired a 1989 Eagle Summit sedan. I am making slow but sure progress on it and I figured I'd make a build thread to chart this progress. While I am keeping the original 4G61 non turbo engine I am converting it to turbo using stock 1G DSM parts. I am building my list slowly but surely. To start with I've been messing with things here and there as I was trying to decide exactly WHAT it is that I want to do with this car.
Well I was bored today so I decided to get out my high speed buffer and my 3m compound and go to town on the car. The paint was so dull that you could rub your finger on the paint and come up with a chalk like substance. I started on the trunk of the car and was pleasantly surprised with the outcome. The shine came back instantly and I quickly followed with a 3m glaze and a foam hook and loop pad. The paint (for the most part) looks amazing for a 21 year old car. The only thing I don't like about doing this to cars of this age is all of the trim now has compound on it. I cleaned it up the best I could but I can't get it all the way off. Anyway, after I was done I was pretty happy with the results. I'm a little unhappy that it rained immediately after I washed it to get the dust off of it but so goes life. I finished everything up by cleaning the rims (Rota Slips) and polishing them.
Today I also took the exhaust manifold off (had an 1/8" crack all the way down the 3rd runner) and removed the remains of the exhaust, which was rediculously rusted and destroyed, to make way for the new exhaust that I am going to have custom fabbed once I get all the parts I need. I also removed the stock NT water pipe and thermostat housing. Then I took apart the intake system to get the intake side ready for the install of the FMIC and associated piping.
Seeing as this car has a NT engine it will not see any more than 10 lbs of boost. I don't plan on making any kind of significant horsepower in this car because basically I don't need it. I don't drive that much anymore because my new job is only about 5 miles from my house so really I'm just looking to up the fun factor of this car.
From the factory it had 123 horsepower and has NO guts under say 4000 RPM. Pulling out into traffic is a real task. Anyway I noticed that when I got the car the check engine light was on so I traced that down to a few different things. First of all the AC compressor was unplugged as well as the receiver dryer. Then I noticed that the vacuum lines that were supposed to go to the EGR valve were plugged and taped in a very ghetto fashion so I removed the plug and connected the vacuum lines properly. I got into the car and started it up to see no check engine light anymore. The idle improved dramatically as well.
Basically guys I'm planning to run a 14b at around 8-10 psi, a set of 450s will do the injection as well as a Talon fuel pump, intake air will be blown through a stock 1G MAF and out of the turbo on it's way to a FMIC, and the engine will be managed by a completely stock 1G manual turbo ECU. Very simple. If in the future I decide I do want some more HP I can always get my hands on a 4G63t. But for now I want to see what I can get from the 1.6 NT. I don't plan to race with it or do anything crazy as I'd just like to have a decently "quick" daily driver.
I will keep you all updated as the story progresses but this is my building block for now. Let me know what you guys think.