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So I'm getting a bit excited for the silver Talon.. keke.. did a bit of photoshop and am getting really stoked.. http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...streamcopy.jpg

And just bought me a lil something something for it tonight... :D
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...z/DSC07411.jpg

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how much did that cost ya? how well is the paint holding up?

btw kittay im gonna need to get a ride in that thing one day. looks like its gonna be badass

oh and nice nails

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gotta love the pink lip on the wheels.

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How often do you see a picture of a girl's hand with painted finger nails holding up a tape measure to the inlet of a turbo? LOL

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I thought the exact same thing when I first looked at the pic. lol

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And my fat cat in the background :D kekekeke

Any guesses as to what turbo it is?

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pte scm.. i dunno lol

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I have a 23lb cat. He isn't "fat" just a monster. Scares small dogs at the vet, I even saw it attack a deer in my backyard. Sometimes he even drags home smalls pups in his mouth.

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something that should not have a internal waste gate for sure

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GT42R, but I don't understand how it could have an internal gate on it either!

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Im going to guess a Borg Warner turbo with bullseye exhaust housing

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Yup.. but was off a series 6 Detroit diesel.

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I'll take one, but no internal gate.

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In the end, with them also filling in some minor dents, it cost around $900 I believe. It's not stock quality, but don't take that the wrong way, because it looks great. There were some small little bubbles, and a couple little drips, in inconspicuous areas. The car looks much better. I'd recommend it to anyone not wanting to spend more on their cars paint job, then they did on the car itself.

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Don't worry, we have to do a dif turbine housing.. too big A/R.. but it'll go external. :smoking:

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Got my head ported.. BC springs/ retainers.. revised lifters.. valves.. apr studs..

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...t/DSC07417.jpg


And I got my clear timing belt cover in:
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...t/DSC07418.jpg
Secks

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Very nice! What cams are you planning on using?

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So far basically same setup in the head as I have, looks good.

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Sweet :) The head was on the 2.4 block and figured snatch it since I'll need some heavier duty springs for fp3x cams.. so stoked it was all ready to go :)

I'm just going to run stock cam gears.. figured the cam gears were almost a waste of money for such little gain. I'm having them powdercoated :D

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yeah i got the adj gears and have yet to do anything with them.

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That was exactly what I was thinking, sweet!

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Same with when my husband had a pair.. just figure save that much and put it towards something better..

lol

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Pushed it outside and got the engine bay cleaned up.

Black cherry on black cherry action
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...n/DSC07433.jpg

Clean bay <3
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...t/DSC07419.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...t/DSC07423.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...t/DSC07425.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...t/DSC07427.jpg

..Then it started to snow. WTF?

Got a pic of the 2.4 block :)
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...p/DSC07430.jpg
Prolly going to paint it pink ;)

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looks good, go for the pink that would be hot.

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Pink on the outside, or pink on the inside?

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no you can not have pink I have already covered that market on here ;)

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I think that same dark cherry purple would be prime on that block

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The 2.4 block is going in the silver talon.. lol..
Tkr, your block is pink? Pics...?

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His valve cover is. It's hot.

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Sweet :) I wanna do a pink w. black flake on my VC.. kinda match the rims

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Gotta love pink!

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I guess it's kinda confusing talking about 3 different cars and how they're coming along in one thread.. lol

But thanks for all the nice comments and support guys :)

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wow. you have some amazing cars going on. cant wait to see em finnished

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Kittay, you got me jealous, 2 nice projects.

Can I ask what the specs are on the 255 wheels/tires? Backspace/width/size?

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The 5zigens are +35 offset. 17x9.

I actually have 3 projects :) But thanks. I have a silver GSX- my dd.. The black cherry- weekend warrior.. and the silver Talon- the race car w. 4202

But figured you guys would appreciate this photoshop for the Talon.. to go along with the pink wheels and VC:
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...wip/HKFMIC.jpg

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Got a few things painted up.. the black urethane mounts in..
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...t/DSC07457.jpg

Started disassembling the motor:
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...t/DSC07443.jpg
notice anything???

How bout now
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...t/DSC07444.jpg

LOL
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...t/DSC07454.jpg


Got the ACL bearings in and bottom end's back together

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wow i just read this whole thread! nice! looks like it is coming along!

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Thanks :)

Last night I got the TB disassembled and soaking in solvent, needed a rebuild. Stoked since I'm learning all this new stuff :)

My head's all ready to go:
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...t/DSC07463.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...t/DSC07464.jpg

Cleaned up under the motor some more, getting rid of wires:
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...t/DSC07465.jpg

Just waiting on gaskets now..

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Did you throw any assembly lube on the cams in the head? I don't see any. The aluminum scores quite easily up there! Are the pistons in yet?

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I lubed it up :)
In the second pic with the VC you can see the assembly lube at the bottom. Don't worry I get very particular about ensuring it was clean enough and all. lol
Bottom end's all finished up, got most all of my gaskets today, rest comes in this week.
Spending 200$ just in gaskets.. :ugh: