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Greetings! After 18 years am finally able to get into a GSR A few weeks ago I picked up this 100% stock never modified GSR. It came with 152K miles and it runs like a champ. I took it over to Cornerspeed Tuning in Huntington Beach CA recently to get some maintenance work done. My plan is to refresh the car and make it as close as i can to how it was when it was new. I may take it to some autox and track events. I mainly have a Miata that I do that sort of stuff with.
Here's some pics.
Miata for fun
Last edited by Saul_Good; Oct 8, 2016 at 10:11 PM.
Nice find! i found my 1998 GSR in the same 100% stock mint condition with about 150k miles too lol. To bad it doesnt have leather seats but the car is black so leather seats would get even hotter so the cloth is not to bad if you ask me. Id put that lip on when its painted it just ruins the car haha
I just got a '97 GS-R with 112k miles in black with leather interior. A one owner, 100% stock in really nice shape like yours. I did just send it off to get a bit of rust repair on the rear quarter, but other than that its in great shape (It lived in NJ its entire life, so eventually the salt/snow must have gotten to it even though it was garaged). I also plan to keep it OEM and pristine, but I do plan to do suspension and handling mods to it. Id love to see what you do with this and compare to mine along the way!
I wanted to ask though, what sort of refresher maintenance did you have done? Im looking to do the same... just do all of the important routine things that may or may not have been done to it recently. All Ive done so far is replace the thermostat as it was acting up. Other than that I havent touched it. Im thinking about maybe refreshing seals, belts, gaskets, etc to start. Its tough to figure out what to do first since I dont have any maintenance history for it from the past 2 years.
I wanted to ask though, what sort of refresher maintenance did you have done? Im looking to do the same... just do all of the important routine things that may or may not have been done to it recently. All Ive done so far is replace the thermostat as it was acting up. Other than that I havent touched it. Im thinking about maybe refreshing seals, belts, gaskets, etc to start. Its tough to figure out what to do first since I dont have any maintenance history for it from the past 2 years.
Good luck!
My temp sensors were all old and messed up and putting my car into limp mode. So I changed those. The previous owner did the T-belt, water pump ~2years ago, so i'm good there. I had also had my trans fluid replaced with some OEM stuff. I bought a new distributor cap, rotor, plugs and plug wires and will be finished replacing them by this weekend. Unfortunately I found that my oil pan was dented so I had to have that replaced. Next I'd like to replace the vtec solenoid gasket, and cam seal.
Other things I'm looking to do out in the future is to replace the worn bushings and 153k (and growing) stock struts. I'm eyeing the Bilstein B6 shocks. After that, i'll start to focus on the smaller things like the peeling outer window garnishing (is that what its called?), etc.
I am using D3300s build as a guideline and will also be using as much OEM as I can.
My temp sensors were all old and messed up and putting my car into limp mode. So I changed those. The previous owner did the T-belt, water pump ~2years ago, so i'm good there. I had also had my trans fluid replaced with some OEM stuff. I bought a new distributor cap, rotor, plugs and plug wires and will be finished replacing them by this weekend. Unfortunately I found that my oil pan was dented so I had to have that replaced. Next I'd like to replace the vtec solenoid gasket, and cam seal.
Other things I'm looking to do out in the future is to replace the worn bushings and 153k (and growing) stock struts. I'm eyeing the Bilstein B6 shocks. After that, i'll start to focus on the smaller things like the peeling outer window garnishing (is that what its called?), etc.
I am using D3300s build as a guideline and will also be using as much OEM as I can.
Thanks! Good stuff, Ill be following this.
Im about to start up my own thread as well with pics and progress. Looking forward to seeing how this goes.
Luis!!! Liking your GSR a lot, what a great find. I saw it at the shop when i stopped by a few weeks ago. So when are you bringing it out to play at the track?
Luis!!! Liking your GSR a lot, what a great find. I saw it at the shop when i stopped by a few weeks ago. So when are you bringing it out to play at the track?
When i get new struts. These stock ones are worn out age and mileage-wise. It will be a better representation of how a stock GSR performs.
These came in the mail today. I went with these based on previous experience I had on my 97 RS many years ago. Plus they are relatively affordable for a performance oriented replacement. I also ordered the hard race bushing kit which basically replaces all the old bushings. I'll have it all installed over at Cornerspeed tuning in Huntington Beach. If I am able I will try to take it to the track to see what a stocker-ish GSR can do.
So I finally got around to getting my Bilsteins installed. Had them put in at Corner Speed Tuning in Huntington Beach. I cannot recommend this place enough -- great work, timely, competitive pricing-- go see them.
Today I found time to finally put my car up on my hubstands to align it. Now its nice and straight. Since camber is unadjustable I just messed with toe and set the front at 1/8toe out and the rear at 0. For giggles I took the camber numbers. The rear average was -1.75ish, the front was -1.2ish.
Here's some pics of the progress. Found a used AEM CAI. I like it.
Time to address the braking. The rears are almost to the metal plates. Also next week the car will get a valve adjustment, and new vtec solenoid and cam seals done at Cornerspeed.
Great looking gsr man, i'm a huge fan of the stock on stock on stock look, so cheers to you for not wanting to make this a highly modified example. Would be a shame to hack up such a pristine car! How are you liking the bilsteins so far?
Great looking gsr man, i'm a huge fan of the stock on stock on stock look, so cheers to you for not wanting to make this a highly modified example. Would be a shame to hack up such a pristine car! How are you liking the bilsteins so far?
The bilsteins are great. I've always had good experiences on them with past cars. They compliment the stock springs very nicely and would highly recommend them if going with a similar build.
Great find, Man! I can't wait to see what you have planned. It reminds me of when I got my last car. Got her off an older couple that babied her and only sold her because they got tired of shifting and wanted an automatic. She was cherry.
My new 1998 GS-R
A few weeks ago I picked up this 100% stock never modified GSR. It came with 152K miles and it runs like a champ. I took it over to Cornerspeed Tuning in Huntington Beach CA recently to get some maintenance work done. My plan is to refresh the car and make it as close as i can to how it was when it was new. I may take it to some autox and track events. I mainly have a Miata that I do that sort of stuff with.
So when are you bringing it out to play at the track?
Can't wait!
