how good does the abs work anyway?

 

lol i dunno any thing about ABS and all that.. i have an es.. far as i know i got regular ol'e discs...... What will I do with my old parts??? 1 either put them on my mirage lolol or sell them.. i could really care less what happens to the ol'd 4g94... it would make a sick *** go cart for all im concerned.. lol

 

You just got me thinking about making a go-cart........that would be friggin awesome, I'll give it the "paul walker" look, lmao. Paint it like 2 fast 2 furious evo

 

no i didnt notice cuz i dont get my performance parts from EBAY of all places...(lol)
and dont talk crap unless YOU see everything thats going on...if you see in my pics, you WILL see an FSB...and thats the RRM one, not some cheap *** ebay S**T. as for the abs...its STILL not an issue. TRUST ME. have YOU done this swap? no. so honestly, dont bring a bash/flame war to this thread plase...i already had that over on SCLC when all of this was underconstruction and I DONT want it again...thanks.

with that being said...to answer that original Q...its a good question, but the answer is STILL...no. there wont be any fitment issues.

 

VV ...if you look closely at the top, u can see that strut bar... VV

 

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That bar has been discontinued from RRM's inventory for some time now. Their new design is "W" shaped (for lack of a better description), and it hovers directly over the block now instead of following the firewall. So that question is still valid and unanswered.

But don't answer that for me. I'm just spitting out the questions that I don't think others are considering.

As for the ABS, I have to ask again to be sure. Remember, only the LS came with ABS. And only came in automatic. You, on the other hand, have a manual OZ. The space taken up by our engines WILL be drastically different. But, hey if you actually have seen an LS with its tranny and ABS system for your self, and you still think it can work, then I'll take your word for it.

But I've had many say, "trust me. it'll work", then when all was said and done, say "oops. I thought it would..." wasting my money in the process. I can't afford to do this the hard way.

 

As GuamLancer said, the strut bar you have isn't the only one on the market. And since have of Lancerland has eBay parts, it's a valid question.
And before you attack me, the FSB on my car is stock, so

Also, don't attack me. You flamed the guy because he had questions. That's not very cool in my book.

 

i didnt flame anyone for asking questions...i was just getting back to YOUR comment.
i know its not the only bar out there, but you get what you pay for and ebay shopping says ALOT about the ricers out there. Not bashing. just stating facts. right?

i can double check and see if the abs will be an issue or not. so give me a few days on that. and if that bar has been discontinued, then try looking for what works, and if that bar works, then join a forum that is more non evo lancer friendly for parts and get some hand me downs. its not hard to get real good quality parts guys...come on.

 

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Hey guys I didn't mean to start a fight, just asking questions I thought were valid at the time. And RPM, what you need to understand is not all of us are in the mainland U.S. This little dot I call home 8 hours away from Hawaii, is pretty far from the rest of the Evom crowd, and I can't just drive to the next state. So yes, finding parts IS hard for me. We got a BIG Honda crowd here, and junkyards are not really a good source (with the sea air and all, means I'll have to import my used engine). This is why I need my questions dead-on from the get go.

Didn't mean to give anyone a hard time. I'm not even considering this option anymore (for now, unless I'm convinced again it will be cost effective). But if there is another LS on here that is considering the swap, he/she needs to know that there are special things to consider for this trim. And also, this could be a warning as well for others that have already spent heavily into their 4G94. Alot of their RRM parts cannot be transfered to the '64.

Not trying bash the swap, just doing my part making others aware of what they are getting into.

 

Ah, I see, never realized or caught on the whole "Guam" theme, now I get it. Pfft, buy a plane!!! lol, yeah bro, RPM knows what he's talking about, and let him figure out about the ABS and stuff, if it works, and I'm sure he'll talk to you about it if you PM him, maybe he'll convince you, if not, you could just work with what you got, but in the end....it'll come out the same as doin an engine swap IMHO.

 

I don't want a fight either. Just don't understand your attitude. It's a strut bar; everyone buys a different one. Just gotta make sure we cover all the bases.

Now that I look back on it, my real answer should be "if the strut bar doesn't fit, remove it. That shouldn't be the part that stops you from doing a motor swap!"

 

Guys, the FSB was just one example. I'm inquiring about ANYTHING that could be affected by the engine swap. Not just the FSB and the ABS. Anything, that the average Evom member and I might not consider.

But hey, with the discussion drawn out this long, I'm pretty sure nothing else is affected as I'm sure RPM has caught on to what I'm asking now.

Lastly, RPM I'm not sure if you answered this question (there's alot of pages in this thread to search through now), but can us auto guys swap the auto tranny out of the Eclipse? Or does it HAVE to be upgraded to a manual?

 

I've heard of guys with galants swapping a 4g63t, and having a 4g64 manual on them, could this be true???

 

Why wouldn't you want to swap to a manual? If you're going to go to all of the trouble of swaping the engine for a gain of maybe 20-30hp (stock), wouldn't you want to have better control of those horses? Granted, it's probably a much more mod friendly engine, but you could do better without the extra weight of the auto and the fact that manual trans would make it more of a driver's car and so much more enjoyable. Switching to manual is half the reason I am considering a swap someday. I love the tossability of my car but miss manual gear selection. That's saying alot when the last car I had with manual trans was a 1985 Nissan Sentra hatchback (think base model underpowered AE85 Corolla Levin hatch, but with FWD and it was a Nissan rather than Toyota). That car was much more weak than my Lancer was (even stock) and I could still honestly say that I miss the way I could downshift around corners in that turd of a Sentra. I say swap to manual and if you're afraid of destroying your newly aquired 4G64's clutch while learning, use someone else's (rent a car).

 

I've wanted to change my lancer to a manual for a while now, and with the engine swap, it seems like the best time to do it. My main concern is understanding the whole swapping interanls, and all that nonsense, lol.