1994 Talon TSi

[goodhart]

Well, Dave (95tsi) and I got the head taken off today. Wasn't too bad, but I let him do any/all of the timing related stuff since I've never done this to any car before. The head gasket surprisingly didn't look that bad, neither did the head studs, I have a feeling it just wasn't perfect enough surface (it was a Cometic MLS HG) for the gasket and it wouldn't seal. Hopefully the permatorque and A1's will fix that. I took a TON of pics during the whole process.


Here are some:



Ready to tackle the mess:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0216.jpg




As I mentioned in this post: http://mitsustyle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25663 (http://mitsustyle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25663)

I found coolant in my FMIC.

IC outlet:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0229.jpg

So I dumped it into this coffee can:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0230.jpg



Dave:

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0240.jpg


One of three of my awesome stripped exhaust manifold studs...
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0242.jpg



Almost ready to come off:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0244.jpg





Off:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0245.jpg



Not cool:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0247.jpg





More:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0249.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0252.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0250.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0251.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0254.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0255.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0256.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0258.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0259.jpg

[goodhart]

I also need to clean up the mess under the hood. AKA delete anything that doesn't make the car run or turn. I need some help with what exactly I can get rid of, and what needs to be relocated. I have some pics here, and I already plan on getting rid of the firewall pad, ABS, move the nitrous solenoids, and drop the battery. I also want to drop the whole engine harness down out of sight.

From right to left:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0225.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0226.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0227.jpg


Another shot of the whole thing:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/mikegoodhart/CIMG0254.jpg

[tpunx99GSX]

the coolent on the pistons is normal when you take off the head. it drips off the head. It does look ok. I would talk to jhaan and ask about the turbo seals. I dont know of anywhere else where the bright green stuff would get into the intercooler piping besides throught the compressor housing. if it was leaking somehow through the head or the valve cover it would be brown chocolate milk, and the rest of your oil would look like that.

[tpunx99GSX]

First order of business. Move the battery to the trunk. Leaves a ton of extra room. Eliminate the cruise control by getting a non cruise control throttle cable (if not already done)
eliminate the A/C. Very easy to do.
You may want to pull the motor, it makes it a lot easier to pull the firewall stuff. and clean up the engine bay. The cleanest ive ever gotten mine was when i pulled the motor, cleaned everything up, then repainted the engine bay, and put everything in.

[LingLing]

You have some fun looking toys there! I'm looking forward to seeing how all your hard work is going to turn out!

[goodhart]

I should have mentioned, A/C is already removed, cruise also. I really don't want to turn this into more work than it has to be, I'm not looking for a fully tucked and shaved engine bay, just something cleaner than it is. Hopefully something that looks about like twack/123abc/4g63tcrazy's cars. I am not relocating any fuse boxes either, I don't want to remove fenders just to swap a fuse.

The fuse by the driver side corner (top right in the 1st pic of post #62) looks like it is all for A/C stuff, can I just rip that whole thing out?

[slowbubblecar]

Maybe the coolant in the FMIC was someones idea of a air-water i/c setup :) Why aren't there any pics of you working?

[turbotalon1g]

Nice work and pics.
But lets get to teh important shit, how big of a shot are you running? How long u been doing it?

[slowbubblecar]

^From the looks of the coolant in the i/c, I would guess he is pushing enough juice to tear the diamond plating off of his floor boards.

[C3L1CA]

Damn, that sucks about the exhaust mani studs. Looks like you're making some damn good progress on it though!

Think she will be ready to go come spring?