Beater 2g Round 2
 

Just picked up an auto '96 Talon TSi awd from a member on here. Figured I'd make a project thread, even if it is kind of boring.

Mods:
16g
Evo9 injectors
SAFC
FMIC
HKS 272 cams
Evo valve springs/retainers
1g bov
Intake
3" exhaust
High flow cat
18" wheels/tires

Nothing crazy as far as mods go but should make for a perfect daily/beater. I think it made like 280ish at DB in shoot out mode on pump gas. Don't plan on going too crazy with it either until I get a house and another car, so it'll be a while before I can do anything super fun to it.

Future Mods (hopefully by spring). Just going to keep my eye out for good deals on these items and probably install once it gets warmer.
Lowering Springs/Struts or a set of coilovers
Get it tinted
Maybe 1000cc injectors or there abouts, whatever I can find a deal on - DONE
DSMLink - DONE
Test pipe
Wideband
Different boost gauge that has a light
Maybe another pair of front seats as these ones are pretty beat
Maybe black out the headlights
Maybe try throwing on the 2ga spoiler to see if I like it better - just keeping it wingless despite all the holes. Maybe just keep my eye out for a good deal on a hatch.
Paint side mirrors to fix the common dsm paint fade
haha and maybe other little things

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...A/b02f9a33.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...A/c537d4d8.jpg

Already tinkering with it
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...A/35bdba09.jpg

Current engine bay picture. It now has an upper timing cover on it. Really want to clean up the engine bay a bit too
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...A/0a49879e.jpg

Interior after a some cleaning. It really needed it
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...A/70c6f63c.jpg

Playing around with an extra headlight to see if I would like the headlights blacked out or not...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...A/36ac3f20.jpg

Thats about it. Thanks for looking!

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Nice, i has some injectors...

Good luck with this one, get the line pressure up asap!!

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Looks like we will have some fun come spring time. Hope this car lasts longer then that 1g.

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You're the auto pro, think I really need to up my line pressure for this little of hp?

You'd probably have more fun than me haha. I thought you were parting it out though?! Yea I'm hoping it lasts longer than the 1g too.

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Looks good man, I already miss it.

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^You will miss it once it traps 130s

If u feel any bit of slipping or flare during shifts i would up the line pressure, i did mine right away to prevent any issues.

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Nice Brad! I thought you bought mine by the pictures. Lol. Anyways I got those seats ya sold me you can have back. Lmk if there's anything else you may need.

Also I have a 2ga spolier if you wanna try that too. Looks like you need a center councel as well. I just need the stuff out of my garage so if Im in the area Ill leave um at ur house if you want. PM or text me

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panda 2gb turbos, nuff said :D

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I'd say leave the wing, headlights, get 2gb rear bumper, and the side moldings.

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I don't feel it slipping, I've only gotten on it twice though. I'll look into it though. Is there any adverse affects?

haha yea we are kind of like twins now:cheer: If you don't want those seats I wouldn't mind buying them back for whatever I sold them to you for. Center counsel is pretty good actually and the seats are the only thing that needs some attention. Maybe I can pick em up when that motor of yours is ready to be put together or if you're in the area I'll trade you beer for delivery ;)

:VP2:

I've always had a soft spot for the 2ga side moldings. Only time will tell though, I'm a sucker for not spending money on looks so it might just stay how it sits currently haha

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Oh now that I look at the picture closer, its a yellow air freshner on the arm rest,not a rip. Yeah im not using the seats and Ill bring that 2ga wing with.

Keep the twist sides they look way better! Ill Text ya if and when I can head down.

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Yea thats just an air freshener, the vanilla reminds me of the black car, just need that oil smell and it'll be just like my old black car haha.

No rush on the seats at all, they are ok for a daily and if they really bug me I can swap in the kirkey in a few minutes. Thanks for the offer though, I really appreciate it!

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Holy shit I thought I'd never see this again!!!!!! Congrats

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just glad to see another 2gb panda! LOL

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Nice!

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I approve of this pickup! Looking good.

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Yes, blue wire mod for the win. It makes it so much funner and it's easier on the trans.

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Been daily driving this thing since picking it up and so far so good. Turbo is so small and with this auto it is so hard to try and stay out of boost to try and get decent mileage. Still has some rattles I'd like to fix but a great car so far.

Picked up another valve cover tonight and I'm trying to decide what to do with it. I've got a buddy that is staring up a powdercoating so I'm going to have him coat it I just need to decide what to do. I was thinking maybe wrinkle black on the cover and then white on the letters to keep with the black/white theme. Or do that black valve cover/white letters and shave the lines off of it. Or shave the valve cover and get it coated a random candy color. Too many choices haha. What would you guys do?

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Car looked really nice today sitting at the light. Shave it and go candy color

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shaved + solid white

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White gets so dirty under the hood, but it would look nice if you could keep it clean.

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Thanks! When'd you see it? You driving your nissan?

What color candy? I can't make my mind up.

I really like that idea, it would suck if the valve cover ever cracked and oil sat in the spark plug valley haha.

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I saw you getting on hwy 36 tonight around 5. You were heading east. I was a couple cars back. I see a talon just like yours in the morning at that stop light when iam going to work. Its a darker color tho. I never get a good look to see who it is. I like goodharts idea. it would look really nice with black timing belt cover, black spark plug wire, and a white fuel rail. Do a shaved black intake manifold.

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Maybe you could put some of that bass boat sparkle in the white and have candy too, all Swalchick style n shit LOL


Plus, if its shaved and white, it'd be easy to clean. blast of brake clean and 30 seconds with a rag = good to go

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^lol.

I was planning on shaving mine and going white, i just need to get a crankcase breather setup done.

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haha I kind of liked Kevin's valve cover for being different:spin: I do think a little brake clean and a rag would clean it up nicely though if I went with white.

Oh no, I'll have to get mine done first so I'm not copying you :wink: You going with a crazy breather setup or something? -10 lines and stuff?

Ohh, I was on my way to go get that extra valve cover. I like your idea of the white and black too, might have to roll with that.

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^lol. You probably will get it done before me.

Plan is to go 2, -10 sized lines to catch can and one -12 sized line into the intake pipe. This is the plan for now, but I have a couple of more people to talk to before I try to get anything made, all I know is my worn out motor needs help!!

Oh, on the mileage thing, autos suck i only get 17mpg average. It makes me not want to drive it, that much not while my honda is getting over double that.

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^^Should talk to grimmspeed about an AOS.

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Looks stupidly overpriced and makes it a big ordeal just to fill oil.

Might be an option though when compared to additional lines for a VC breather.

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Email them and tell them you want to test one. A few people on here have got them for free for testing.

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I tested one on my evo and it really wasn't bad to fill up. It was a standard 19mm bolt so if you cary any tool to change a tire in your car you could remove the cap. I didn't really notice any difference though as I wasn't making any crazy power or had any real blow by issues.

Free parts ftw! Maybe I can get them to let me test a bunch of stuff for 2g's. If only people really cared about old crappy dsm's.

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No super cool updates but I'm bored at work.

Every since I bought the car the gas pedal was super hard to press, not sticky, just had resistence to it. So I bought a non-cruise control cable the other day to clean up the engine bay and help with the pedal feel. I'm really glad I did as the cruise kind of sucked with a small turbo/cams anyways and now the pedal feels how it should.

Also took some degreaser and tried to clean it up a little bit, didn't go too crazy as I'll be replacing the valve cover and what not before too long and removing a lot of the crap on the fire wall. Still looks a little better for not having much to do to it. The one thing I still have to do is buy a little bit longer vacuum line for the bov to intake manifold. haha that has bugged me since picking up the car but all the spare vacuum line I have laying around is just a hair short to run it under the intercooler pipe. :(

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...A/38e019f9.jpg

With the throttle cable I picked up some smoked side signals. This will be the only exterior mod I pay for besides getting it tinted someday and probably putting coil overs/springs on it (if some people count those as exterior mods). I think the side markers will look much more in place once I smoke/paint the chrome in the headlights.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...A/8fb3d765.jpg

I also bought an emprom and DSMLink v3 so that should be here this week so I can put that in and take out all the emission garbage!

Aslo trying to pick up some injectors to go e85 with it.

I'll probably end up putting nitrous on it this winter if I can get it in the garage or early spring once it warms up a bit and garage space isn't at a premium.

Also will get a shift box this winter when the new version comes out with adjustable shift points.

Also little goodies as I find good deals on stuff. I miss the cheap prices of dsm parts compared to evo stuff:spin:

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Finally got a chance to pull my car in the garage to tinker with it a bit.

Got dsmlink installed and pulled out the safc that was in there.

Next pulled out the charcoal canister, egr and most of the "extra" stuff on the fire wall.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...IMG_2597-1.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...A/IMG_2595.jpg

Then realized I needed to make an egr block off plate, so made one out of some scrap metal around the garage.

The start of it
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...IMG_2598-2.jpg

The end before sanding the backside smooth to get a good seal
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...IMG_2599-1.jpg

Ended up using the two bolts that mounted the charcoal canister to the frame to bolt down the egr block off place. Yay for free stuff:cheer:

Now just need to find a good deal on injectors and a wheel/slick setup.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...A/IMG_2602.jpg

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looking good

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Nice! This thing should be good to ya, looks like a nice lil car!

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Thats looking awesome. Looking forward to seeing it when its done.

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Thanks for the kind words guys!

So far it has lasted way longer than my last panda. haha

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Rc1200s?

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I thought you sold them...

If they are a really good deal ;)

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http://forums.evolutionm.net/sale-wh...siers-qtp.html

http://www.dsmtuners.com/classifieds...g-tires-34859/

http://forums.evolutionm.net/sale-wh...rids-qtps.html

rpf1's with the bfg DR's are cheap!