95 Talon TSi AWD

[twack]

tail lights 'look' great but do they pass any light. (this coming from someone who has some pretty tinted tails himself)

[DSMINMN]

Is that a 7 bolt crank?
Yeah. 2.4 4g64, but yes a, 7 bolt. lol

Nice frame rack. Tail lights look very smooth from the pictures.
lol Thanks. It is looking more or less like a shelf right now.

tail lights 'look' great but do they pass any light. (this coming from someone who has some pretty tinted tails himself)
If I stick an LED magnet light into it, you CAN see some light fairly easy. I will have to post some pictures of how it looks.

I also might add I did not plan on running these until I had ALL of the rear lights converted to LED bulbs.

[DSMINMN]

I think the car looks A LOT better with these lights!

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/imports4life/407316_3166035116877_1445374367_33342931_965636622 _n.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/imports4life/408239_3166044597114_1445374367_33342934_111357559 7_n.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/imports4life/408667_3166040837020_1445374367_33342933_541622251 _n.jpg


This is with the stock bulbs in even:

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/imports4life/400438_3166834816869_1445374367_33343474_186639016 2_n.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/imports4life/399747_3166844377108_1445374367_33343485_830049103 _n.jpg

I still plan on getting LED replacements so the cops do not even have an excuse to pull me over for the lights being "too dark".

I think the next thing on my list to do is tint the sidemarkets for the front bumper. Then possibly black out the headlight housings. After that I believe I will start tearing into the engine.

[chris02rex]

They wont pull you over at night for taillights. Its always during the day. The brightness of your bulbs does not matter. Its the reflectivity that they get there panties all bunched up for. Thats what i was told by the state pig last time.

[DSMINMN]

They wont pull you over at night for taillights. Its always during the day. The brightness of your bulbs does not matter. Its the reflectivity that they get there panties all bunched up for. Thats what i was told by the state pig last time.
Well then we will just have to see what happens! lol

[asshanson]

Good luck. I never got pulled over for tinted tails in the three or so years having my Talon, and haven't been pulled over in my vette yet, fingers crossed. I definitely like the look.

[DSMINMN]

Here is somewhat of an update. It is probably going to end in more of a Q&A session than anything, hahaha. Any who;

After a lot of thought about many things I decided I was going to swap the interior. I am swapping from the brownish color it has now, to black and tan. One of the main deciding factors I would have to say, was the lingering odor of what was (or is), a mouse's nest.

Since originally getting the car and redoing it, I have pulled most if not all of the nest out. There is enough left though, that it is affecting the ability of the airflow when using the heat and such as well.

After decided I started collecting all the interior parts. I have almost everything. All I need now are door panels, seats, a center console, a headliner, and sun visors. Otherwise I am set, and have two of a few things!

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/imports4life/taninterior-1.jpg

After pulling the dash at a junkyard today, I realized it needed some serious attention to bring it back to life. So after cleaning it once already, I took some pictures of each step.

Here was the second was.
http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/imports4life/100_3262.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/imports4life/100_3267.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/imports4life/100_3270.jpg

The owner of this car HAD to of smoked. Sorry if I offended you when saying this, but: smoking is nasty/disgusting! The dash its self-smells like smoke. Every time I "washed" it, the smell came out a little bit. I can imagine this dash never saw ArmorAll in its life either.

Here is after being ArmorAll'd for the final time (tonight).
http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/imports4life/100_3324.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/imports4life/100_3325.jpg

I know it still doesn't look as great as it could, but for under $100 I am not complaining!


Now comes to the questioning..

As some of you may, or may not know, I have a few goodies saved up for this car. The parts are kind of....varying though. 264/272* cams, a TiAL 38mm, a Holset HX35, Wally. 255... Also a 2.4L crankshaft. Here comes come the fun questions.

What do I do? Keep the idea of building a 2.3L stroker to run E85 though (1600cc injectors) with the Holset, or keep it stock? Or do I use the cams and get 'Link V3 and have a LITTLE bit of fun?

I do not know whether to go full out, of just do something "fun". Help guide me here guys. Thanks!

[DSMINMN]

Oh, almost forgot some of the pictures I snapped of the car today! My dad cleaned it, waxed it and all one day while I was at school! Too bad I have the GS-T to drive daily now. Not to worry though. This will be out again sooner or later. On to the pictures!

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/imports4life/MyShots/100_3275.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/imports4life/MyShots/100_3277.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/imports4life/MyShots/100_3282.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/imports4life/MyShots/100_3285.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/imports4life/MyShots/100_3289.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/imports4life/MyShots/100_3298.jpg

I know, I went pretty photo crazy.. But hey, the car looks nice!

[scheides]

Looks good!

A little bit of fun at a time is the way to go with these cars IMHO--every little thing makes a difference and if you're smart about it you won't have to do too many things twice.

I'd say sell off what you don't need and build a simple e85 setup with those cams...then a 16g-ish turbo and call it good! If you have boat-loads of money sitting around after that, then do a stroker and then if you have more do a big turbo.

[DSMINMN]

Looks good!

A little bit of fun at a time is the way to go with these cars IMHO--every little thing makes a difference and if you're smart about it you won't have to do too many things twice.

I'd say sell off what you don't need and build a simple e85 setup with those cams...then a 16g-ish turbo and call it good! If you have boat-loads of money sitting around after that, then do a stroker and then if you have more do a big turbo.

Thanks!

That's the only problem I run into, is the engine portion. I can sell the HKS' for $170 profit over what I bought them at. I have a little bit of money saved now, plus thr IRS still owes me a $3xx.xx check. I figured I could almost put together a stroker.

After really thinking about it though, it might just be too much. So I figured I could build a 2.0. Would it not still cost the same though? lol

I keep saying to myself, and others, my car will be running on teh' corn, but the only E85 stations are 20 miles one way, and 10 the other. lol

I could source a 16g for $200 though. I'm just not sure what size injectors would work if I did decide to go E85..