Diamond Star Motors (DSM)

Diamond Star Motors was an automobile-manufacturing joint venture between the Chrysler Corporation and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC). They produced a number of similar cars, including a few models popular with tuners. This site is intended to collect a few article for those who work on their own cars, including maintenance, tuning, and troubleshooting. It is also intended to be an alternative to the VFAQ (a collection of DSM-oriented FAQ's).

''For any and all questions, comments, suggestions, please email me. Thanks! -User:Jumpfroggy''

FAQs

 * How to jack up a DSM car

Cars
There are distinct generations of DSM cars, known as the first generation (1G) and second generation (2G).

1G DSMs:
 * 1990-1994 Mitsubishi Eclipse
 * 1990-1994 Eagle Talon
 * 1990-1994 Plymouth Laser

2G DSMs:
 * 1995-1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse
 * 1995-1999 Eagle Talon

Each manufacturer had its own trims:
 * Mitsubishi Eclipse GS - 2.0L non-turbo (N/A) engine, FWD
 * Mitsubishi Eclipse GST - 2.0L turbo engine, FWD
 * Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX - 2.0L turbo engine, AWD
 * Eagle Talon ESI - 2.0L non-turbo (N/A) engine, FWD
 * Eagle Talon TSI - 2.0L turbo engine, FWD
 * Eagle Talon TSI AWD - 2.0L turbo engine, AWD