dsm's are bad mmmkay?
got a new photoshoot uploading
so he blew the worked 4g15 that was in there, munched the valves since he busted the crank pulley bolt and thought it was alright to drive it home.
$320 later, we drove home a good shape running and driving stock S coupe, and swapped another 4g15 into the car in ~7 hours. we used my LSD tranny and ACT clutch assembly as well.
since then it hasnt run right. so i put a new timing belt/water pump/cam and crank seals and did some maintenance and its running better than ever
no more leaking oil.
we swapped the old non-egr ported manifold/tb and valve cover on. looks good.
popped motor = 193K miles.
newer motor = 140K miles.
cant complain, a full motor swap and good spare parts for $320 bucks.
still other mods - full mirage LS exhaust, hockey puck motor mounts, ball bearing shifter cable bushes front and rear, LS brakes, sedan front end and carbon fiber hood
we now have an almost completely stock base to compare the upgrades of the red mirage to - and i must say its a HUGE difference.
if the tranny was geared a bit shorter i would be in heaven.