Perkul8r's 2nd DSM
 

Well, i thought i would post some quick pics of the talon i got. Before i go any further, when i originally looked at this car it was in better shape. The interior was complete, and not disassembled. From the time i looked at it to the time i bought it was about 3 months. The PO was taking parts off it for his other 1g. So i ended up getting the car cheaper.

The car itself is in decent shape. Only rust being on the front fender, looks like couple little paint chips that seen some rain, which we have had alot of. ANd interior is still in good shape. Only piece that isn't there is the right side a pillar trim. The PO did give me a new one though.

Car was running something decent, i think. It has a good sized fmic, was running a GM maf and MAFT, its also setup for meth injection. I will probably undo the meth injection the PO did, so far it doesn't look to good.

Well, anyway, here are the pics.
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...w/SAM_0399.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...w/SAM_0400.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...w/SAM_0402.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...w/SAM_0401.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...w/SAM_0403.jpg

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And one just for fun, The car as of a couple mins ago. Snow is starting to stick.
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...w/SAM_0407.jpg

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New projects are always fun! Does it have a motor in it? the front seems to be sitting pretty darn high

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I bought it with no motor. thats another reason i got it cheap. My buddy has a short block complete with rods and everything that i am gonna rebuild.

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Looks decently clean for its age. What are the plans? Any interior shots? Is this the one that was supposed to have the mint interior?

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This did have a great interior when i first went and looked at it. BUt that was three months ago. And the guy i bought it from said nothing has changed, but it did. The guy had taken panels off and switched out the rear plastics. He said that i hadn't gotten back to him so he started swapping parts to his other 1g. Which is my fault. It took me three months to get back ahold of him. I will be getting interior pics soon. Was raining yesterday and snowing and windy as hell today so i wasn't outside much.

My plans are picking up a short block to start work on that and just working on it all winter. I would really like to see this thing be a decent DD and sometimes track car. Its not gonna be my main car, i will always have my Subaru for that just in case something breaks.

I may also get into Auto X. It is starting to pick up around here. Hopefully more events next summer. I have a couple friends that say its pretty fun.

I am just waiting for my honda stuff to get picked up than i will have the money to get the short block and to get started on it. Work is gonna be real slow. I have no garage as of yesterday, and i dont think the landlord would be happy if i was rebuilding a motor in the basement.

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I hope you didn't pay the originally agreed upon price after not getting the originally agreed upon interior.

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Those wheels . . . i am about to put mine back on due to the approaching snow. I WANT A WHITE TALON!

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No i didn't. He originally wanted $500 for the car with the good interior. And I ended up getting the car for $275. The interior parts he put in aren't all that bad, just really faded. I plan on recovering them this winter. So it wasn't a bad deal. Kinda happy he went cheaper with it. I can deal with some faded interior pieces. The seats are still in good shape. and the dash is too. Not lifted like my laser was.

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Wow not bad at all for $275! Try Mother's Back-To-Black for the interior parts.

http://www.mothers.com/02_products/06108.html

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250 FOR ALL THAT IS A STEAL! CONGRATS!

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I'll have to try that, but they are pretty faded. At least its all there though. And I still have a couple parts to pick up from the guy. Mainly the Downpipe, but he said he had alot of misc 1g stuff that i could grab. Not sure what all he has, he just said to stop by tomorrow.

And i really dont mind the rims. I know they might not be everyone's choice, but i would like to keep it as stock looking as possible. Gotta try and figure out how to hide that front mount better. May even grab an eclipse front bumper to see if that hides it better. Only reason i want to is stupid kids around will see that and want to race at every stop light.

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Nice, god i bet white was the most produced color for DSMs. :O(

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nice pick up man. clean white 1ga's always glow for me for some reason. looks real clean.

Autocrossing is very fun btw.

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Now i just gotta get the time to work on it. It has been snowing all night and its windy as hell. My subaru even had a hard time gettin around, but it still has summer tires on it.

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Can't argue too much with $200 DSMs esp. when you sell parts off of them to make them less and put $100 engines to make them run.

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Damn, that's a hell of a deal!

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Now i am just trying to source some parts for the car. I found a shortblock with turbo mani and 14b turbo(not sure on condition) that my buddy has laying around for $100. Now just looking for a head with complete intake mani.

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Ok, so now i have a choice to make. lol. The guy i bought my laser from found out i have the Talon and he wants it. Bad. He wants to trade me(plus a little cash on my end) a 97 Talon FWD turbo car that has a shot motor, and a 95 TSI auto that runs and drives, does have an issue with the trans though, and has no title. I was kinda thinking about it cause i would have a complete parts car plus some more, but just not sure if i should trade right away. I really like the body style of each car, and could have the 97 running just by swapping the motors.

I will def have to think on this one.

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If you need a 1G head, I have one, along with a intake manifold. Give me a PM.

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Did a little bit of work today. Started cleaning some stuff out. Mainly misc wiring. Ended up finding the MAFT that was wired in. It was just hanging out in the engine bay. I think I am gonna make a new harness for it and run it inside to the glove box at least. Also started pulling out the ac components. A couple of the metal lines were messed up so its just gonna come out.

I also gotta figure out what to do with 1/2 tank of E85. I highly doubt i will run E85 due to the fact that if i ever go back west to Montana to visit family i wont be able to fill up. E85 is very limited if not no existent in my hometown.

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I think dsm link allows for alt maps does it not? That way you can have a 93oct tune and an e85 tune.

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I was talking about that with my buddy and if that works that will probably be the way to go for me. I would only be able to run 91 for when i went back home. But we have at least one E85 station here in town.

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So finally getting around to getting somewhere on this car. Been cold as hell here, and having no garage now sucks. But I was able to pick up a 90 GST that i will use for the motor and misc interior parts and some little body things. Rest will be parted out. That car should be here on Wed.

I am starting to look for a head and some other little parts. Mainly 91-94 throttle body, Cas, and coil pack. I think thats all i need to get the 90 motor running in my car.

The only other thing i was unsure of is the MAF on the 90. Would it work in my 91? Or should i just upgrade to the 2g one instead.

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So, my GST arrived today and i was rather surprised. In the pictures i was sent the car did not look that good. Which was fine. I was just gonna use it as parts anyway. But when it got here, its actually in really good shape. No rust on the car, and interior is in really good shape. Like alot better than my talon. The guy also gave me alot of interior pieces from his rolled Eclipse. He gave me pretty much everything except the front seats.

I will try to get some pics tomorrow before i leave town. But its kinda crowded in the garage again. lol

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Took a couple pics with my phone today before leaving town. Sorry if the pics suck. I will get some better ones later when i get the garage cleaned out.
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...0113011154.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...0113011153.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...113011153a.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...113011154a.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...113011154b.jpg
Hard to tell by the pics but there is alot of extra stuff in there. Gonna start looking for a bigger storage shed that way i can put the Talon in there for now and get the Eclipse running.

I also bought a head from Chim to replace the one on the Eclipse. I am hoping to find a cheap way to heat the garage a little otherwise i will wait to start working on it.

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That garage makes me wanna puke on the inside.

Literally puke inside myself.

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cause of all the stuff or what the stuff is. lol

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6C9RBMCJOY&hd=1

I can't stand when my garage is messy.

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Ya, i totally understand. Right now it was more of a matter of getting the stuff in there. I had to take an hour from work just to come help unload the car and put the stuff in the garage.

But i did get a call back from a storage place saying that i was able to finally get into a bigger unit. Right now i have like a 7x9 storage unit. And its on a 2nd floor. The new one i am gonna get into is a 12x20. And has outside access. So i will be able to move everything thats not needed over there.

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So i am finally getting somewhere on this project now. I ended up getting a head from Chim to replace the one thats on the car. Thanks again for that. It was great to find one quick. Than i picked up my gasket set, timing belt set, and a couple other small things. I still need to grab a water pump. Figured i might as well change it while i am in there.

Still looking for a small heater to run in the garage. As i am pretty sure I shouldn't be installing gaskets while there is still frost on the motor. But my buddy is moving into a place with a heated garage and i may be able to take the car there to do the assembly.

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NP! Good luck!

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Well, got some more work done tonight seems as how it wasn't that cold out. According to my phone it was about 20* out while i was working. lol.

This is where i stopped last night.
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/IMAG0012.jpg

And this is where i stopped tonight. I only have to get the water pump pulley, crank pulley, timing cover off, and i can almost pull the head.
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/IMAG0016.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/IMAG0017.jpg

I am not sure if i will get to work on it tomorrow or not. Its supposed to get cold. So we'll see. I wanna get this apart and cleaned up that way i can haul it over to my friends new place to just put the head on.


Sorry if the pics kinda suck. I took them with my phone.

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Well, got a little bit further on the car tonight. I would have gotten the head off but i forgot my giant allen socket at work. Hopefully tomorrow i will get it off, cleaned up, and maybe do some assembly. I would really like to get it back together while i have a small heater in the garage.

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Well, got the head off tonight and found something I really didn't want to see.
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/IMAG0025.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/IMAG0027.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/IMAG0026.jpg

Also found that the intake has a nice big ass mark in it. And a couple broken rocker arms.
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/IMAG0028.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/IMAG0029.jpg
Kinda upset. Not to much about the cam and rocker arms, thats an easily fixed problem. More so on the motor. Wasn't looking forward to going this far into it at this time.

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So now i am looking at either buying short block, or having one rebuilt. Nobody around here is willing to work on a 4g63t. So i was wondering if anyone can recommend a place in MN that could do the job. Any help would be great.

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MAP

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I have emailed Nick at map. Just waiting on a response. lol.

I am kinda impatient sometimes. lol.