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I hear ya on the money but the reason they are more is cause their rare and companys like cerifit dont remanufacture them. You can get a certifit bumper for an eclipse for less that $40. Not to bad and the fitment is nice.

But when I called around the only place that had talon stuff was keystone and it was to the tune of $350 for the front and $425 for the rear, So actually $200 is not that bad.

Id still go rare look. Or just leave it. The reason why vent holes were cut into the eclipse bumpers was for airflow. If your not overheating ditch the vents in the bumper and just leave it oem look if you do decide to go that route.

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My dad owns a body shop so Keystone's advertised price is not what we pay. We pay a good amount under that. The last time I checked they were out of stock on the fronts. I forget the rear's availability.

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Im aware of the shop. Just saying the average Joe cant walk into there and get those prices. Id guess your still gonna pay $200-$250 though with said discount.

Either way whatever bumper you choose, youll do it right and get it painted and will look good.

On a side note how much would your dad charge to spray front, rear bumpers, sideskirts, fenders, hatch and hood?

PM me a price I could drop said parts of while Im ski fishing in your area.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

True true. I also didn't touch on the Certafit bumpers; I wouldn't touch 'em with a 10 foot poll. lol Keystone makes a nice OE replacement.

I'll ask him whenever possible. I should be able to get you a round-about price sometime Monday.

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Thanks.

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Do 2GB talon bumpers. I've always loved them. Just sayin

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I do love the 2gb Talon look, but there is not much that can be done to a 2gb Talon front bumper, cutting wise. I do plan to have a nice sized FMIC on this car in time. Along with the Holset or possibly the 16g.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Stock is sexy in my opinion I didn't do anything with mine just trimmed and I have a big fmic and a 35r

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I to didnt cut my bumper with my front mount and only had issues when I was in rush hr traffic and it was hot. In your neck of the woods I dont see traffic being an issue.

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I guess I just like the look of the bumper cutout to show the FMIC. Maybe I will have to look into a 2gb bumper to keep it more stock appearing. Who knows.



I started working on the car again. I forget if I have mentioned this or not but the engine has been making a tapping/rattling sound (from 3,000 up). I believe it is a cracked flex plate and/or the disc/teeth around the torque converter. That discouraged me a bit so I moved onto the interior/dash swap. I didn't get far but here are some pictures anyhow.


http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ife/talon1.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ife/talon2.jpg




http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...life/dash1.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...life/dash2.jpg

The dash is completely stripped. It kind of has me wondering what I want to delete now that I have the chance to. lol

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Just a little update. I picked up some parts for the Talon a few Weeks ago.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...5510661510.jpg

Anyone should be able to see one of the parts. Lol Here's the other one.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...5510684842.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...5510728065.jpg

Lastnight I filled the hole with cardboard and put two more layers of fiberglass on. According to my dad however, the resin didn't harden. My dad messed with it and here is the result.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...5511723829.jpg

When I get a chance I am going to file it down and drill out the holes for gauges and buttons.

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I haven't really worked on the car since my last post. I've worked on some of the dash/interior parts however. One part would be the center vent gauge holder/cluster. I cut out the holes for the buttons I plan to use.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...3901252182.jpg

I also just found a close size hole saw (51mm) to fit my 52mm gauges. It will at least get me on the right path of getting the gauges put where they belong.

I'm not sure if I am going to keep the stagger/angle I have between each of the gauges; like I have draw here.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...3902108121.jpg

Here's a picture from September of the dash and how it should be setup when I am done. Minus the gauges obviously.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...02353696_n.jpg


On another note, I have started cleaning up my old laptop to start refreshing it for its future job as a tuning laptop. I know next to nothing about computers or operating systems so I will probably have to look around on what I want to do with this. Especially as far as upgrading it goes. None the less, here she is in her unfound glory.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...3902030771.jpg

Since winter is starting, and the Colt is DAMN NEAR done (thank God), I am going to start from the ground up with this thing. Suspension and possibly braking is on my list of things to do. Stay tuned for that. Thanks for looking!

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Here are a few items a friend and I picked up yesterday. These don't even begin to scratch the surface on how much stuff we got for a great deal. We had to drive a few hours but it was well worth it.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...psa85a0036.jpg

Depending on what I keep, I should have a spare 7 bolt short block and something to get a 6 bolt swap possibly started.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Well, I guess it is about time to blow some of the dust off of this again..

Engine and trans. pull? Sounds a lot more simple than pulling the auto. alone to me.

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So a friend and I hauled this thing up here to Bemidji a few weeks ago. Kind of a pain to load and unload off of the trailer with wood planks to help it not rub. Then the planks got wet as we unloaded; INTERESTING (sliding and shit).

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...psf33a8d63.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps0e7474c5.jpg

As the weather started getting colder and classes started up I just put off pulling the transmission.. Now this here...I'm not even sure how to explain. The owner of the apartment had an older gentleman come pickup and fix his snow blower (you can see in the second picture).

The day after he dropped it back off I came out to see this.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps6875e3b6.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps45f6b17e.jpg

That would be a nice size dent and chip down to what I think may just be metal. I don't honestly remember but I do have part of the paint chip in my truck. You could say I wasn't and still am not too happy about it. My assumption is that the older guy that came to work on the snow blower and tried fixing it by flipping it on it's side in between my truck and the car. Obviously hitting the damn thing and saying nothing.

The owner of the apartment said he will take care of it so I'm not going to complain. What a pain in the ass though. After all the work to paint this thing. Stupid..

I guess this time it's getting wrapped in some damn bubble wrap!

Hopefully next time I can post on a positive note instead of bitching!

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Get it before it starts to rust.

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I am indeed going to have to do something pretty quick here.

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I am somewhat sad to be posting in this thread but happy as well. I am sad for the fact I had this car running for a few weeks (driving too I might add), then suddenly it decided to break itself. In nothing but true DSM fashion of course. I am happy as of the direction this car will FINALLY be taking!

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps44e85ad8.jpg


Now to answer all of the questions; yes the front bumper came off. It was to attempt to fit the MAP FMIC kit I picked up for cheap. I just left it that way because I had a feeling something stupid was going to happen and I'd likely need it off anyhow. Guess who was right?


Sometime this week I took the car out to go grab some McDonald's. I pulled up to a stop light with intentions to turn right and did so. As I completely the turn the transmission seemed to nearly downshift then maybe slip. It revved to probably 8k then jump back down. I instantly got over to the other side of the road and costed into Holiday.


http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...psed48f7e5.jpg


http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps2c410153.jpg


I called a bunch of people and finally found a friend to help. I attempted to drive it as this grinding sound persisted from the transmission. I was about 5 blocks from Northwest Tech. so I wasn't worried. After about 4 blocks of going 20MPH (the max speed it would go), I gave up and we pulled it with a mini-ass strap.

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I don't have any picture of the car now because it just kind of pisses me off to see it. Sometime in the next few weeks/months I am going to remove the engine and trans. I have plans to finally build my 2.3 stroker I've wanted to forever and a day.


http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps56646167.jpg


That would be my Evo.III block I am having a buddy bore & hone .020" over, line hone and resurface. I have ARP main studs ready as well as head studs. When my summer job starts up the saving begins. Hopefully by PG2 I can have this make an appearance as a WIP but still running.

I'm thinking Wiseco HD's @ 9.0:1 and Manley Tuff I-Beams. Maybe Crower rods; I haven't decided. I've got the 2.4 crank already though so I'm set there. Bearings are probably going to be ACL or Kings; can't decide.

Tuning and fuel will be 'Link V3, probably a DW 300 or Wally' 400, -8 line, FIC 2150s so I never have to worry about injector size.

Turbo will be the HX35W on either a MAP T3 or in a Bullseye housing; not sure.

I'll start the head work...as soon as I can find a damn 2g head for less than my left nut or I don't have to drive 4 hours for to end up with nothing.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps04f1296f.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...psefa29469.jpg

Any way, just your run-of-the-mill bronze thingamajigs, swirl polished doohickeys & metal bottle shaped things. Nothing fancy.


I will update as I make the little progress I can for the moment. Thanks for looking!

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2.3's ftw!

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Started off last night around 8ish and worked until 11. Tonight was only 5-8.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...psaccbc3d5.jpg


http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps8af78838.jpg


http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps27540e5a.jpg


I definitely found my problem.


http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps345e92c8.jpg

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Seen that before in a few mirages. If you just want a good stock one I have one laying around

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Good to see it wasn't something more expensive. Time to get that baby back out on the road!

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Thanks Mark. I'm still contemplating however; get two stock flex plates, clean everything up then put it back in and drive 'er or start cleaning, fixing and painting the front end plus engine bay.

The car needs a bunch of rear end bushings and I'm sure the same goes for the front. I may just put it up on stands and start buying suspension parts and the like as I wait to finish the other engine and put it in.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Well since it's so cold and I've been so lazy lately I just thought it was time for some exercise. I hauled the block into my basement apartment from the garage to help prevent some rust. Any who, my E3 block is all ready. Bored & honed to 85.344" then had it line honed with my ARP mains.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps60e70c80.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps0432eb1e.jpg


Besides ordering pistons, rods and bearings all that's left is to tap all holes :giggity:, fix one of the transmission bolt holes, clearance for the 2.4 crank then clean up the oil pump passages. Then find out what I'm missing and buy that. lol I'll hopefully be starting a nice job in the next few weeks. I hope the weather will start cooperating so I can get some of the engine bay work done. Then work on the suspension so I can actually have this done by the end of summer!

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Well...fawk me. My truck pulled some horse isht less then 10 miles after finishing it. When I say finishing it I mean building the transmission with upwards of $5,000 in parts. Yeah...parts. The money came from what was supposed to be used for school this coming year. It is what it is though.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...psd2d412a0.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps9aa99485.jpg


After dropping the pan over 6 times trying to fix it myself I gave up. I had a guy drive from my home town to pick it up with a Chevy C5600 roll-back. He plans to take it apart again and see what he can find. SO WITH THIS SAID: The Talon once again won't get the attention I wanted to give it but it is what it is.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

This is one of the problems I have to solve or else I won't sleep at night after "finishing" this thing.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...psd92b5dad.jpg

Looks good..right?


http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps6e45c22b.jpg

A little dirty..no rust though.


http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...psb52dbaa2.jpg

Looks about the same; dirty and rust free.


Take a closer look.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...psfc5c37cf.jpg


http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps6c0706f7.jpg


http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...psd3cf8be2.jpg


http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps8c89ba9e.jpg


http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps7ee44ad4.jpg


http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps1c40a914.jpg


(Underside).

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...psd4672601.jpg

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

So...yeah! I may have mentioned this issue before but very brefely. This was not something my dad or uncle did! This is yet another great example of what "amazing" body work was done to this way back when.

Many ideas have gone though my head; replace the core support? Clean it up to make it look normal or do a tube front end? It is a tough decision. I wanted to buy a front clip from someone then decide from there but the guy who had one was in a rust to scrap it.

So I am here asking for some ideas. What does everyone else suggest?

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

I vote for tubed support.

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I vote for not spending tuition money on car projects.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

depends what the cars goals are?

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Fix your truck! Come get the front clip!

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Well the money got spent on the trucks transmission which I rebuilt in an automatic transmissions class I had. In which we all had to rebuild a transmission.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

5 grand? Coulda had a Goerend for half that...

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I built one with parts mostly from them. Lol

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I've been doing some thinking lately and have run into a minor problem. Air flow to different coolers/devices. The intercooler up front won't be a big deal, the ducting for my air filter will be fine (passenger side inlet) but what about that transmission cooler. There's no way it'll sit in the factory location. Maybe if I turn it to an angle but then what good is that.

My idea for a solution: Chrysler, as terrible as they were with transmissions made a helluva cooling setup on the automatic Cummins trucks. The cooling went as follows: trans. out/hot, heat exchanger (fluid to water/coolant cooler), to front air cooler then finally back to the trans. in/cool.

What does everyone think of this idea? Using the coolant as a source of cooling for the transmission fluid rather than an air cooler?

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Unneccesary IMO

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Seems like a good way to raise coolant temps.
Btw, got this for you whenever you got time to grab it

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Is was simply an idea since there is nowhere else for the air trans. cooler to go.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

It sure as hell keeps the 47RH/RE transmissions cool!

Time isn't an issue on the front end, it's the whole not having a truck thing that's phucking me.