91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

I had a little impulse buy the other day and picked up this 1991 Galant VR-4. The kid that sold me the car told me it's name was Paula because that's the name of the hot mom he bought it from. I decided that "Slutty Paula" was more fitting since just about everybody and their mom has owned this car in the Fargo area.
It's number 708/2000

Like I said, the car has been around the block once or twice, so I'm not 100% sure what's all done to it, but I do know the following:
-New o2 sensors
-New timing belt
-New valves
-16g
-full exhaust

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a98...4/IMAG0004.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a98...4/IMAG0007.jpg

Like all dsms, there's a few things that need attention. First thing I noticed was the oil pooling in the vc well area. I took the vc off thinking that the gaskets just needed to be replaced and found a big crack :( I plan on tig welding it up tonight, shaving the vc, and powdercoating it.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a98...4/IMAG0015.jpg

Future plans:
-Change my sn to HiImBrian
-Research and fill my head with knowledge
-Throw it on a dyno to get a baseline

It feels good to get back to my dsm roots, and I look forward to whoring up style like back in the day :)

-Brian

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

damn, looks like she's been gettin' lots of rides...rough ones too. haha.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

You get that from a guy named Grady?? I think I know it.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Sure did. Crazy kid lol

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

lol. Ya he is. He told me the car needed only a fender and hood. And it the pics it looks alot worse. lol.

If your looking for parts, I was gonna go to the junkyard here to see if they still had the white Galant out there. I need some small interior stuff off it, but I could look for some parts for ya. I am headin that way shortly anyway so it wouldn't be a big deal.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Yea man, I'd probably take just about any white body panel they have haha. Part of me kinda likes the beat up look though. The car runs great and is fairly quick, so it kinda just adds to the sleeper status a little bit. I do want a passenger turn signal though so I don't get ticketed for that, so lmk if you find one.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

No prob man. I am heading there on Monday. I'll def let ya know.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

OMG that car is gross. GOod luck.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Thanks a ton!

I appreciate the honesty. And for the record...I'm not building a show car ;) Just something kinda fun to rock for a year-ish or so till I graduate. Who knows...maybe I'll take it back to its roots and rallycross it!

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

lol, I'm ready to see what u can do it should make for good entertainment.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Congrats on the new car brian!

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Nice buy Brian! Welcome back!

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Lucky! Good buy!

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

I say JB weld that VC haha

Also, SN should be Mr.91GVR4 :D

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Thanks for the warm welcome back guys. It's nice to have something to have a car to work on and fix up again. I didn't get as far as I would have liked to tonight with the valve cover, but we did successfully weld the crack. The previous owner tried to seal the crack using rtv which not only didn't work, but also caused a ton of extra work for me cleaning the vc before we were able to weld the crack. The weld is nothing too pretty, but it covers the crack and hopefully will stop the oil leakage. I plan on sandblasting the vc at work on monday and powdercoating it myself.

And goodhart, I'd much rather get rid of all this "Mr." mumbo jumbo and stick with HiImBrian ;)

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Nice find, I'm a sucker for beat up ugly VR4s

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Finally, somebody that sees where I'm coming from haha! Interior is surprisingly in much better shape which is nice.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

I tig welded up the crack and I think that should solve my leaky vc problem. I figured since the vc was off that I might as well powdercoat it too.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a98...4/IMAG0024.jpg

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Looks good!Red and black ftw

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Thanks Brad.

Funny story: I went into Autozone here in Fargo to replace the pvc since mine was a little sticky and $4 later I was driving home with my new pcv valve. Once I got home I gave er the ol suck n blow only to find that it didn't have a good seal. Well, I don't need a crappy pcv, so I brough it back and the Fonzie lookin guy there basically thought I was an idiot for thinking that a pcv is a one-way valve. He figured since he could hear the little ball shake back and forth that it was good. Anyways, I was able to shoot some degreaser in my pcv and it works like a boss now. the end.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Wow, that VC actually made the whole engine bay look nicer haha

LOL @ parts store know-it-all guys.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

^Thanks mike,

Now I've just gotta figure out why it's got such crappy idle surge. I checked out This Page on VFAQ and tested my ISC and got 38ohms for each pair of pins, so I think it might be something else. Basically what happens is when I stop at a light or something, the rpms will rev up and down like 300rpms consistently. Any advice?

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Nice job on the valve cover!

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

have you done a boost leak test? i know i know everyone tells you that and im sure you have but its a start, also have you checked the biss o-ring if its the origanal it might fall apart when you touch it like mine did lol.(if you figure out what it is let me know mines surges sometimes too)

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

haha ya know, I haven't done a boost leak test! I've been without a turboed car for so long, I totally forgot about that joy. Could you be more specific about the biss o-ring, not sure what you're talking about.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

On the BISS screw on the throttle body there is a rubber o-ring that seals it.

http://www.streettunedmotorsports.co...biss_screw.jpg

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

^thanks! I'll look into that and go over a few things this weekend. I've got the FE exam this Saturday, so unfortunately I won't get to play much till after that :(

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

OWCH! good luck!

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

I tried to do a boost leak test tonight and failed miserably. I forgot that my boost leak tester is a 2''-3'' coupler that I used on my old 50trim. I tried to rig something up so I could at least shoot a little air through the system and I found zero leaks which can't be right considering it's still all stock piping. So I guess I'll have to get a different coupler and try it again some other time.

On another note, I found out that my "16g" is really a 14b :( The kid who sold me the car obviously didn't know what he was talking about, and I was dumb for not looking into it closer. eh oh well, not the end of the world. The good news is that the 14b has zero shaft play and it's in great shape at least.

Sometime when I've got more time, I'll machine a fiav blockoff plate and see if that calms down the idle a little bit. The idle surge kinda comes and goes, so idk what to really think about that.

I looked into this a little more and I don't really think this my problem. The car is pretty stock and it doesn't look like my BISS has ever been adjusted previously.

My final concern about this car is that it'll grind if I try to shift into 3rd gear whenever the rpms are over 2500. The kid who sold the car said there were a couple bearings or something that needed to be replaced on the front of the transmission. He explained it to me a little and it sounded like no big deal, well I'm starting to think it's a bigger deal than he made it sound. Any thoughts/comments about what could be causing the slight grind? Maybe I'll upload a video sometime.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Like I mentioned before it could be worn out synchros. Have you tried changing the fluid? Maybe it's old.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

No I haven't even looked at the fluid :/ The kid told me he had his friend at the dealership in town put in all new fluids, but he also said the car had a 16g on it lol, so I guess I should probably look into that.

p.s. first thing's first...anybody have an old working boost gauge they want to get rid of? I should probably check what this thing is even running at haha.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

use some penzoil syncomesh, it works wonders on shifts!! my tranny grinded pretty bad when i first got it. i changed it with the syncomesh, it like butter now even at 7k.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Yeahhhh, I would definitely check in to that. So far the previous owner doesn't seem like he knows much and/or cares much. lol

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

So you're saying that just by changing the fluid your tranny doesn't grind at all anymore?! Woah nice!

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

I see over on GVR4.org you were asking about intercooler setups. Personally, I picked up an EVO core from GoodHart and am gonna do custom piping to it. Others go with the ETS kit, but thats a little spendy new.

I have seen others run a back door style intercooler off a 1g. But it takes some work to get it to fit right. Mainly making room between the sides on the radiator to fit the piping.

I have also seen people use the JDM FMIC setup but they are said to not be much of an upgrade.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Thanks for the reply. Yea I thought about going with an evo fmic, but I feel like it might be just as easy to get an ebay setup with pipes as a package and then cut/weld the pipes to work. The evo fmic are nothing to brag about if I remember right. I mean, I don't plan on ever going past a 16g, so it'd probably work for me, but I'll probably go with an ebay one for convenience sake

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Ya, I know they aint that great, but for me it will do fine. And what they call a FMIC on the galant is funny as hell. lol.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Hey Brian, I got a nice autometer boost gauge 30-0-20 that I can get rid of for pretty cheap, works perfectly. Send me a PM if interested. Includes everything like you would buy new, mostly everything is sealed still.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

Paula, you slut.

Re: 91 Galant VR-4 "Slutty Paula"
 

yup she shift like butter.