Parting ways

As of last month, the Spyder is sold, as comes the close of this blog. Was a great Daily Drive and tons of fun to drive. Time to move on to other projects.

Reserved spot

A new year, rebirthed.

So quite a few things have happened. I have a pretty terrible habit of forgetting this build blog.

Car has been transformed from this,

To this,

                                        

Bringing her home. Had to tow the Talon home due to not being able to drive 2 vehicles at once. 

                                     

                                     

                                     

                                     

                                

Spyder Daily Love

The Spyder lives again

Video of my first test drive of the Spyder when I finally got her started.

So I have been driving the Spyder for roughly a bit over a month. I absolutely love the car. Such a huge difference in power and torque when comparing the 4g64 vs the 420a. Not to mention that the general maintenance is much easier as well. This may be however a bit biased since I am more familiar with the 4g63 platform.

So far so good however. Got two oil changes done on the car, and runs solid. The only downsides right now is the paint job, and the top leaks when heavy rain is present.

Introduction to the Spyder

On July 12th 2013, I purchased this 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GS. It's the first convertible I've ever owned.

Reasoning for buying this car was I needed a daily that was a bit faster then my Eagle Talon ESi. While it was a great car, it is entirely too slow. The spyder, while not turbo, does have a nice torque-y 2.4 which is ideal for every day driving. My girlfriend owns a 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS, and it is much, much faster then my ESi.

The car has obviously been abused severely, and a huge lack of maintenance. However, the car was completely stock and unmodified. Which is exactly what I was looking for. I bought the car for a somewhat cheap price because the timing belt had broken off. Possibly needing head work done. Belt had 170k miles. I give serious props for the belt holding off that long.


Picking it up

[ Special Mention: A BIG thanks to a great friend of mine Harold for helping me pick this car up with his truck to tow it home. 100 mile trip going to get this thing in West Palm Beach ]

 

Bringing it home.

Here we have quick video's of prepping the car and draining coolant to get ready with the head removal.

Head removal