4th times a charm.....

[Perkul8r]

Actual miles of the car are unknown. But going by the condition, there are alot of them. lol. The dash says 60,000 which can not be true.

The body does some work, but so far while working on it, everything else looks good. Dirty as hell, but good.

I was able to scrounge up the rest of the money I needed to pick up a 5 speed ecu, 450 injectors, and matching fpr. I did need injectors, so I just took it as a chance to do this minor mod at once.

Now just gotta finish cleaning up the timing belt area, and should be able to put it back together. Just gotta order new timing pulleys. they didn't look so good.

Also found out tonight that the car has a set of Eibach Lowering springs with KYB struts on it. And they look to be in decent shape.

[Perkul8r]

Holy crap......Went to the salvage yard today to pick up a right front spindle and found some good stuff in a talon.

Just sittin there was a set of ARP headstuds. Brand new in the box. And not to far from what was another set of headstuds wrapped up and all nice in a plastic bag. Also found a data logger cable in the car so I grabbed that too.

The car had pretty much all the small stuff I needed. So i went to town digging threw it. Was a pretty good day. Now just to get the stuff on my Talon. lol

[turbotalon1g]

so what are the plans for this thing?

[Perkul8r]

Right now. To get it running. lol.

After that, I am not 100% sure yet. I am gonna just start doing things one at a time and see where it ends. Thats it, if it ends.

[Perkul8r]

Got the car almost together. Just tying up some little things. Got my 5 speed ECU today, gonna get that in tomorrow.

Now my only thing is, since I did the emissions delete and got rid of the factory boost control selonoid, can I just run off wastegate boost, or do I need a boost controller of some sort. I just wanna make sure before I start driving the car.

[Perkul8r]

Got the car running tonight, but had a little issue. I didn't know what it was at first, but something was tearing up the inside edge of the timing belt. i only ran it a couple minutes, than tore the front cover apart to see what it was. Somehow the little metal plate that goes between the timing belt and balance shaft belt had gotten bent just enough to rub on the edge of the belt.

My question is now, can I still run this belt or should I just get a new one. This one was brand new when installed, so its only had like not even 3 minutes of runtime on it.

Here is a pic of the worst part on the belt I could find. I am just not sure if it would be ok to run. I mean long term wise.
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/Perkul8r/Talon%20TSI/2012-01-22_03-18-52_92.jpg

[turbotalon1g]

let 'er buck?

My honest answer is to replace it, but I don't know how much you like that one.

[cmspaz]

New one. Don't be dumb.

[Perkul8r]

I am just gonna grab a new one from work, and keep this one as a emergency spare. So hopefully I will have it running again tonight.

[Perkul8r]

Well, got another timing belt and got it all together. Now just trying to find time to top off all the fluids and make sure its good to go.

Also picked up a set of 17" eclipse stock wheels. I needed a couple tires for my stock wheels, and got this set for cheaper than a couple new tires. Not to bad.