Richie's 1gb TSI
 

Now that I have the 97 sold, time to start on the 1g (94). I picked it up last year and it has been sitting ever since. It's pretty much bone stock, transmission grinds, and has a fancy chinese 16g. Pretty damn clean though!

Cons:
-Bad transmission
-Previous owner installed an aftermarket alarm system that likes to shut the car down randomly.
-Front tan leather seats are in horrible condition, need to find new seats.

Current Parts list:
FP manifold
HX40 (6 blade)
Punishment Recirc. O2 housing w/Tial MVS Wastegate
Precision 1000cc injectors
Aeromotive afpr
*3/17/16
GSC S2 Camshafts
Manley springs and TI retainers
Fp Intake
*3/29/16
Premium built Jacks transmission
Fuel Lab fpr
Calen Catch Can
DSMLink V3
Tial BOV
VRSF FMIC


Goals (to be done by the end of the year):
-Get rid of aftermarket alarm.
-Find a new transmission, or send one in to rebuild.
-Install hx40 mounted on FP manifold.
-Find a fmic
-DsmLink
-Speed density

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Damn! I remember seeing that thing on CL. Sure did want it! Haha Nice lookin' car for sure.

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Looks clean. Never seen an Eclipse front bumper on a Talon before, kinda opposite of mine, like it though.

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Thanks guys! Yeah hate the eclipse bumper, I found a talon bumper but it still needs to be painted.

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Damn Richie, just sold my link for my 1g after I bought your Talon lol, would've been yours, had I known that's your plan.

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We should swap, I've thought about going back to the Eclipse bumper. :D

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Damn it that would've been nice to have!

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Is it red!?

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I like that color alot. Always have been a huge fan of 1gb talons.

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Glad to see my old talon ended up in the hands of somebody that's putting some work into it. Thanks for making a project thread, I look forward to see its progress!

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Oh yeah, I'm not letting this one get away before turning up the boost and making some power! I haven't turned up the boost past stock for any of my dsm's, biggest regret ever!! Can't send a ship out to sea before making sure it stays afloat! Lol

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Did you install the aftermarket alarm in it? That's the biggest issue I have right now. I have the entire alarm removed and all wires out but the car still won't start nor will the windows roll up. The only thing that hasn't been removed is the split on the ground cable for the ignition switch. It was split in two, and I even connected them using a wire but the car is still not allowing me to bypass the alarm. I'm stuck on what it could be.. *I drove it home from the guy I bought it from.*

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Sorry, no. Kinda kidding anyways, I'll probably just get a new one from Sorta fit.

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Lol "Sorta" fit I like what you did there.

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I'm not sure about the alarm, as I don't even remember if it had one it during my ownership. I bought the car from a guy in Duluth who is the one who rebuilt the engine. It had sat in his parents barn for years (oil change sticker was from 2004 and only had about 1000 miles more on the car than the sticker) so that's partially why it's in such great shape. I sold the car to a member on this site, and don't know the history past that. I did the exhaust (3 inch with a test pipe), suspension(kyb gr2 with tein s-tech), and those wheels and tires are off my old neon. Here's a throwback pic to the day I bought it.

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Must've been the guy who bought it after you. I wish the hood was never carbon fiber wrapped :( Do you remember what exhaust you put on it?

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I forget the name of the downpipe, buts it's a 3", and the catback is a srs 3" stainless. The hood had a huge dent and was in really bad shape, so that is why it's wrapped

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Sweet, good to know. Well that makes sense lol, I would've been pissed if it was a clean hood that was wrapped.

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Yup stock controller for the laser, and waste gate for the 2g.

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You can take the wrap off. Wait for a super warm day, peel it off, use acetone to remove the adhesive, then buff and wax. If it doesn't have rust, the dent can probably be PDR'd.

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Maybe I'll give it a shot this summer. Hopefully there's no rust, thanks for the advice!

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Got parts on their way! Pretty excited!

GSC S2 Camshafts
Manley springs and TI retainers
FP intake

Still need to get my transmission built and buy DsmLink V3 and speed density.

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You guys think my 1000cc injectors will be sufficient for the hx40? Not looking for more than 500hp on e85 until I get my other block built for 2017. I know I'll need bigger injectors then, but money wise I'd like to keep these if I don't need to go bigger yet.

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Im not sure what the HX40 will do, but here's a good airflow chart for E85.

http://www.ecmtuning.com/wiki/baseinjectordata

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Thanks for the link! Looks like I'll be fine with the 1000cc's with my goals for this year.

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Update* I just ordered a Calan VS3 catch can. I'm planning to delete the pcv and have an -8an fitting welded in place of the pcv and valve cover breather. Then have a -10an welded onto the fp intake pipe. I'm gonna start working on a spare valve cover and hopefully by the time I'm done, Greengoblin from dsmtuners will have more baffle kits ready to ship!

VRSF FMIC and Tial BOV are also on their way! :spin:

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Nice!

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Those cans are badass, you want a smaller fitting on the intake pipe side to keep velocity at a high level, I'd do a -10 on the VC and -8 on the intake.

Good luck and post some pics!

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I don't think I can switch the fittings on the catchcan can I? The one I ordered comes with 2 -8an inlets and a -10an outlet.

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Hmm, didn't know this. Thanks.

I actually thought about whether adding a slash cut (like is done with exhaust scavenging) to the fitting would help any. Would take all of about 5 minutes.

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If we have a smaller fitting at the intake wouldn't that be a restriction for the catch can system? It would have higher velocity coming out of that fitting but the velocity from the two -10an fittings on the valve cover would be significantly slower.

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DSMLink and a premium built Jacks transmission are on their way!

I currently have a gm maf and my dsmlink came with a gm maf cable. What's your opinion on gm maf vs speed density? Would it be worth it to sell my gm maf + cable and add a little cash to get speed density? Or just run gm maf? The engine is still stock, just going to add cams and valve springs/retainers to rev a little higher. With that in mind I won't be pushing the car past 500hp until I get a built motor and bigger injectors next year.

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I'll probably paint the catch can black, planning to get everything painted black besides the valve cover which will be red. I attached a pic of what I want the engine bay to look like. Let me know your opinions!

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Got the fuel lab in a trade for my 1g wheels.

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That catch can is the shit!
Check the thread on tuners for more elaboration on the line sizing and what not.