Dave's TT Conversion Thread

[Fbc 978]

Well I started my TT conversion tonight. Guess ill give some background. I am 17 years old and I am converting my 1993 Mitsubishi 3000GT base into a Fwd-TT. Being 17 money is tight so sometimes things are hard to buy. I am doing the conversion by myself and with a friend in times that I need a partner. I am hoping to have the conversion done by march just in time for spring. The car is off the road anyway for winter so I thought I would start my project. I go to highschool and work as a CNC machinest after school so most of the work will be on weekends. I researched for 3 monthes before starting the project and I feel like I am ready to tackle it.

My setup will be 9b's running off a TT ecu and harness, S-afc II, Uego probably, and all the basic conversion parts.

Guess Ill start will update 1.

UPDATE 1
Started off by switching over my NA fuel pump with a stock TT. I bent my NA assembly to accomadate the extra length of the TT pump. Then used a hose clamp to ensure a stable position. The only big problem that occured with this part is that when taking off the high pressure line, the connection at the bottom of the car was rusted so the bolt would no spin but the line would. I tried to spin off the line by twisting it up but ended up tearing the soft line. I did get it off eventually. I fixed the seized nut by heating up my highly explosive fuel line , I plugged the end with a pencil. The bolt spun free after breaking the rust off. Now I just need to find a new soft line. Hopefully the stealership can get me one. I tested the new pump by cranking over the car and catching the gas in a can. Works great.

Today I also dropped the whole exhaust system up to the headers. I started cracking some of the header nuts off but I have to break down the car more to get to all of them. Need 1 more manifold gasket to put the new headers on anyway. I am not going to do much more till I get more parts. I have about 3/4 of what I need. I will be making some more progress next weekend.

Heres a few pictures of the car...this is when I was doing the 60k tune up. I will have pictures of my progress as I go.





Just for giggles...

[green-lantern]

Cool! good luck. I am hoping to have mine done soon.

[Fbc 978]

Hehe went to Auto Zone today to see if they had all the gaskets for the turbos and pre cats ect...they argued with me that there were no gaskets since they were not in the computer. I bought some champion coppers that came up for the VR4...think these will be alright instead of the NGK coppers? Also should I gap to .030?
Bought all the gaskets from 3sx...got my self a switch key too lol
Thanks green lantern...ive been reading your thread for a while. Goodluck yourself.

[Mr.3000]

Well I am glad to see that another one of 3si's NA members are gonna be joining us TT converts haha. It really is worth it man, just remember that when you hit some sticking points. I would stick with NGK when it comes to spark plugs. Gapping to .030 is what I would recommend too. It takes time to work out the bugs that come with a TT conversion. Just don't cut corners and you will be good. Good luck man.

Hahaha looking at ur engine bay reminds me of the simplicity of the good ol' NA days.

[Fbc 978]

bleh...i already ordered from 3sx ...whats wrong with the champions?

[Mr.3000]

I don't think there is anything inherently wrong but I just never stray from NGK when it comes to spark plugs on my car. I was an idiot once and threw in some BOSH's and my car ran like garbage lol

[green-lantern]

I don't know if you have seen this but it's basically all the stuff I have used so far.

the TT conversion link thread

[Fbc 978]

thanks green...i read it a while ago but didnt see that you added a few things(like spark plug gap).

[J-Groove]

Congrats on starting your conversion!

-John

[92PearlTT]

Good luck man. I am also in the middle of my conversion/rebuild. Its gonna be so much fun when they get done.