Clean bay, more pics! 
Crazyguy's 03 Eclipse Spyder GT
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Thanks I have a lot more to share but this forum software isnt liking me too much. I just hosted everything to photobucket and trying to do this in segments is utterly slow. Something about hitting the "save" after making an edit, it just times out and I have to restart
Did all the maintenance first.
Fresh tune up including NGK wires and plugs/ front and rear valve gaskets/4 denso o2 sensors/TPS sensor/timing belt and water pump/distributor cap and rotor/ Denso fuel pump and sock
also painted front valve cover to match
added a cold air intake in place of the k&n drop-in that I currently had
From this
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To this
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Next I changed the suspension. Looks wayy to high to be sexy. Worried about saggy rear springs, I went with the same set up I used for my 2g, AGX and TEIN struts and springs that a member here helped me out with.
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After
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Did all the maintenance first.
Fresh tune up including NGK wires and plugs/ front and rear valve gaskets/4 denso o2 sensors/TPS sensor/timing belt and water pump/distributor cap and rotor/ Denso fuel pump and sock
also painted front valve cover to match
added a cold air intake in place of the k&n drop-in that I currently had
From this
To this
Next I changed the suspension. Looks wayy to high to be sexy. Worried about saggy rear springs, I went with the same set up I used for my 2g, AGX and TEIN struts and springs that a member here helped me out with.
Before
After
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After the lowering, I have 18" wheels and tires to put on, but I am waiting till later. I think it looks amazingly well on these 17s. They are by far, the best condition stock wheels I have ever owned that did not start off as brand new.
Installed 1 of the 2 prothane motor mounts for the front lower and rear lower mounts.
Next on the list was talking to a vender here for a complete lighting kit.
I wanted the depo/sonar package.
I bought
Sonar led tailights & Smoked rear corner lenses
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Smoked front corner lenses
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Sonar/depo headlights with the ccfl halo
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DDM Tuning H1 6k hid kit for the headlights and fog lights
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Smoked 3rd brake light ( vendor still owes me , out of stock )
Also had to do something about that paint. It was in perfect shape, just needed loving. You can see the swirls in the clear from lack of wax or polish over the years.
I spent 2 days with the DA working in polish and wax. Turned out great
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Installed 1 of the 2 prothane motor mounts for the front lower and rear lower mounts.
Next on the list was talking to a vender here for a complete lighting kit.
I wanted the depo/sonar package.
I bought
Sonar led tailights & Smoked rear corner lenses
Smoked front corner lenses
Sonar/depo headlights with the ccfl halo
DDM Tuning H1 6k hid kit for the headlights and fog lights
Smoked 3rd brake light ( vendor still owes me , out of stock )
Also had to do something about that paint. It was in perfect shape, just needed loving. You can see the swirls in the clear from lack of wax or polish over the years.
I spent 2 days with the DA working in polish and wax. Turned out great
Clean stocker
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Think I am done for now. Camber brackets installed. had -3* camber, tires squatted in the rear looks "stanced" but not my taste. I had it aligned. Almost perfect camber before I ran out of toe. How is that possible? Maybe they make an aftermarket arm I can use. As it sits now I am extremely happy. Only thing I noticed about having the camber back to almost zero is that major, I mean major, pot holes or bumps and the tire hits the lip inside the top of the fender in the rear. My 2g had almost rolled fenders from the start. The 3g , a little resemblance in the front, not soo much in the rear
Now I just want to clean up this thread, make it look like the COTM thread and resize/host the pics so its easier to follow
Thanks!
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OR
http://www.portflow.com/
You could head over to Southern California where we have one of the best racing shops that can do a Machined Port Polish with a NEWEN Machine on your short block heads. It could be a good excuse to head over to California for Vacation. It is not cheap, but you DO get your money's worth for $1,500. That is what they usually charge on an EVO head for a precision machined port polish. You never want to do a port polish by hand, it could seriously be done poorly. These guys have the right tools for the job and their cars are built for drag racing. A 6G72 Port polish should be no problem for these guys.
With all the mods and a tune, you are looking at a +15-20 HP gain easy with the heads ported and polished.
Guess what? They also have a Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Port-Flow-Design-Competition-Cylinder-Heads/410894045230
You just wont find a better race shop that can do this kind of work that I know of anywhere else in the country because they are using a NEWEN machine to make the port polish machined to perfection.
Get your headers, get your catback, then get your Port Polish and then re-tune.:yesway::yesway:
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