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TalonFiero
10-31-2008, 06:00 PM
Wow, that looks like it was a beautifull car Jim! And BTW, there's only one pic of your Talon and your Evo in your album.

Thanks, it was nice until a kid on a cell phone hit me.

Yeah, I was just checking that out, its not showing any of the photos I uploaded. They obviously uploaded somewhere because the two photos of my car in my previous post I just uploaded to the gallery? I'll figure it out.
craig
10-31-2008, 06:40 PM
yeah i read a sway bar is a must, sucks on that tranny though
TalonFiero
11-01-2008, 09:53 AM
yeah i read a sway bar is a must, sucks on that tranny though

The getrags are PITA to rebuild. I have a copy of the rebuild manual and you need an oven to heat parts up to a certain temp and then have them pressed off or on. No one rebuilds them and if they have they don't hold up. My last getrag was out of a beretta GT with the Rodney Dickman conversion kit and ultimate short throw setup.

I did have a tranny start to make a god awful sound actually on my V8 swap. It had 180,000miles, the last 40,000miles were on the V8. Tons of launches and abuse. What went out was the input shaft bearing on the tail end of the tranny, gears and syncros were perfect.

I also had ground control coil overs, and poly bushings in the rear along with the addition of a sway bar. It really helped with bump steer. I have seen people use a front sway bar and some aftermarket endlinks to mount it up in the rear. On that setup it would be best to upgrade the front bar to a larger bar.

How has your cooling on the setup been so far?
craig
11-01-2008, 10:55 AM
fine reallyof course have yet to get he coolant gauge to work but just running in the garage with the rad. fan on it doesnt get overly hot.
craig
11-14-2008, 01:40 PM
got the gauges working the new pump goibg and got it liscences today so it can legally be driven. still needs tires but that can wait for spring.
craig
11-14-2008, 01:41 PM
got the gauges working the new pump going and got it liscences today so it can legally be driven. still needs tires but that can wait for spring.
craig
12-12-2008, 08:18 PM
well with jim saying to put a sway bar in, my father did that for me today. the gear in the tranny is bad for the speed sensor so no speedo anymore.
FattyBoomBatty
12-12-2008, 08:28 PM
You don't need a speedo, just drive next to people and yell out the window to ask how fast they're going.
Kevin 1G Drummer
12-12-2008, 11:55 PM
Knowing how fast you're going is for pussies.
craig
12-14-2008, 05:28 PM
didnt say it bothered me any.