Wat up LADSM, my name is Miguel, im 27 and i just moved to cali with my girl about 4 months ago from Newport news, VA where i was stationed at, i was in the navy for 7 years and it feels great to be a civilian again. i was Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and im dominican by nationality
i am currently attending Universal Technical Institue in Rancho cucamonga for auto tech, i own a black 98 eclipse gst which recently broke down on my way back from school, she started smoking everywhere, heard some ticking as i accelerated and eventually she gave out, shes mostly stock except for a cat back exhaust, greddy BOV and tien springs & struts.
i was sent to this web site by Black_gst, since im new to cali ive been trying to network and find as many DSM owners and tuners as i can so i can get some advice on fixing and upgrading my car while keeping her street legal but fast
i need a new suspension kit, i want to upgrade my turbo to a 16g with anything else needed in the car for that upgrade, new compressor, and some serious electrical troubleshooting
any help i can get from all ya experienced peoples would be higly appreciated, i would love to go to any of u guys meets but i go to school at night from 7 to midnight, ill be checking the site for anything on the weekends
pleasure being a new member of this site, hit me up with any suggestions
got some pics of my car at this website, feel free to check her out

Welcome to the site. You came to the right place. hope you stick around.

Nice intro btw.

Nyc! Harlem here, but bk is ok too.
Welcome to the site, it's a cool site to pick knowledge up, n a few occasional laughs.
I work at a place called Dickey's off of tradmark and haven, you should drop by one of these nights before school.

Welcome to the site. Good luck with figuring out why your car smoked everywhere. And thank you for your service to the Navy. I'm an Ensign and about to head out to Nuclear Power School in February.

thanx for the welcome, im definatly going to stay in cali for a long time, good to finally meet people, especially fellow dsm owners
what would be those most hp i can put here in cali and still pass smog and stay legal?
im a newby when it comes down to all this, but im a fast learner so keep hitting me up with some advice
thanx

hey whats up Miguel im glad you joined this site like i suggested. its a great local resource for parts and advice. theres even a few cool people

post up in detail what happened with your car in another thread in the 2g tech forum

To answer you HP question. You can put a little over 300 to the wheels and stay smog legal. The cams become one of the biggest limiting factors since big cams will make you fail smog.

Welcome...

was a squid in SD...i always enjoy the nyc way (Queens and Flushing), whenever i go back to the Chi...

Welcome to the site man... I been new at this dsm thing too for a little bit now but you came to the right place!!