My Talon

[turbotalon1g]

Sounds like an amazing ride that you will never part with.

You have to show me those little things you did with the car, i know for me its what makes me happiest.
Also i wouldn't mind a ride in the car.

[john]

I eliminated them to clean up the engine bay, not to gain anything :)

Also, I used to run a "Buschur Cold Air Intake" that put a cone filter right in front of the tire. Sucking up water a few times made me decide thats a bad idea. The filter itself is staying in the stock location, But I want it to get fresh cold air so an air box is needed. I will enlarge the stock sidemount intercooler piping hole, and by that I mean get the sawzall out. I'm gonna probably run 4" or 5" dryer duct from the bumper cover to the air box.

I will post pics as I go!

Engine and tranny are sitting on a pallet infront of my car :)


I had it for a couple of years without any problems sucking up water. I used the "sawzall technique" as I was fitting a large intake pipe down there. I had to cut a lot out and use the tin snips around the fender area as it was a little tight. May go easier if you use the sawzall from the bottom.

[sleepydsm]

Update on painting the engine bay: Welle's said they could NOT put my color in an aerosol can beause it had too much pearl in it, something about the nozzle would get clogged and end up with a shitty result...

I was pissed about that, I dont have a spray gun, and I dont know anything about that so, for now, the engine bay is not getting painted anything, just cleaned a lot.

I have been in the bay redoing the wire loom for the harness with new loom and tape.

[john]

Update on painting the engine bay: Welle's said they could NOT put my color in an aerosol can beause it had too much pearl in it, something about the nozzle would get clogged and end up with a shitty result...

I was pissed about that, I dont have a spray gun, and I dont know anything about that so, for now, the engine bay is not getting painted anything, just cleaned a lot.

I have been in the bay redoing the wire loom for the harness with new loom and tape.


Do you have air tools? If you do, I can probably borrow you a paint gun. I believe mine is from MAC but you could buy one for pretty cheap.I haven't painted a car in a while though so I would have to look. I usually buy paint, reducer, etc at sherwin williams in bloomington. The paint store should be able to tell you how to mix it.

Oh, and if you do paint it with a paint gun, make sure you have a water filter on your air line.

[turbotalon1g]

Hey kevin, what are you doing tomorrow? I would like to take a look at your car and i could show you the way my car is cut for cold air, it might help give you ideas on how to do it better.

[sleepydsm]

hmmm tomorrow as friday? I will be doing nothing before 2pm.

I just need to wetsand this stuff, hopefully have pics up.

[turbotalon1g]

i'm making steak now, then i should get of my ass and fix the car.

[Swifty1638]

^lol wtf? I'm hungry now, thanks.

Where's the pics kevin? Perhaps you can help me re-do my fusebox and such to clean up my engine bay too, and then i'll mask off the motor and re-paint it gloss black (don't have room for a motor pull right now, until I find a place to purchase)

-A. Swift

[turbotalon1g]

It was good. but car still isn't fixed, i fail.t

[sleepydsm]

Pics tomorrow after I wet sand/buff (kinda).