Its My Birthday!

[Tachyon]

Well folks, I turned 21 today. Ergo, due to the gravity of this milestone, I decided to finally buy a turbo DSM :woowoo: I got a 91 Talon AWD that is in great shape (body & interior wise) off of DSMtrader.com. In ture DSM fashion, the car is not running (tranny problems) however it came with a boat-load of spare parts and some fun stuff like a 3" DP and an Archer racing turbo manifold... Anyhoo here is a picture: and happy 21st ( )

[fievel]

whoa, crazy front bumper.

[JET]

FX Designs front bumper. The car looks pretty clean though, gratz!

When you need the manifold welded up, let me or Mike know

[Super Bleeder!!]

or just ditch it, they is craaaap

[Kracka]

Originally posted by gixxer@Sep 7 2004, 06:35 PM
or just ditch it, they is craaaap

Actually they aren't.

[AJ]

actually they are.

[Kracka]

Originally posted by DSMStyle@Sep 7 2004, 07:03 PM
actually they are.

Once properly braced they will not crack. They are a better performance upgrade than either the 2G or EVOIII exhaust manifolds. Not to mention it already came on the car at no additional cost (besides the purchase price) to him; my guess is that it has already been rewelded/braced since it is used and many years old already.

[JustROLLIN]

Very clean car. Nice purchase man. Say goodbye to all your money and time and welcome to the club.

[tpunx99GSX]

it really needs to be lowered though. but its good to see a 1g with a body kit. makes me feel all warm and cozy inside.

[Kougar]

Originally posted by tpunx99GSX@Sep 7 2004, 10:40 PM
it really needs to be lowered though. but its good to see a 1g with a body kit. makes me feel all warm and cozy inside.

You democrats are always LIBERAL, aren't ya....


SOrry i'm coming off a post whore mood on another message board, anyway...Nice purchase (other than the bumper, ick) but hope it treats ya well. HAHAHAHHAA...get it? Get it?!?! I wish i was drunk so i could excuse myself from this behavoir.

[Khadgar]

:slap:

[A//// Guy]

Tom needs to be lowered into a nice sound proof booth.

Atleast the bumper is painted to match Thats about all that is has going for the kit though. Just grab a nice stock talon bumper and that thing will be sweet.

It is nice and clean.

[Khadgar]

I got nothing against the bumper, but I am a true ricer at heart.

The blue brake calipers are ugly as sin though.

[IndiEP]

very clean. You plan on going 4 wheeling soon?

[Tachyon]

Thanks for the replys, guys.

I forgot to mention that I also came with the entire 4 bolt rear assembly (everything down to even have tires on the hubs lol) I havent decided if i'm even going to bother keeping the front bumper cover, I rather like the look of stock. And yes the calipers are the ugly (I smell TCE Wilwoods in the future)... Anyhoo I have ambitious plans for the car (including building up a 4GCS motor over winter) but not a lot of time right now with school starting At any rate as soon as I get my digital camera back ill be building a website to show the progress of the whole project (not that the project ever has an ending point if you know what I mean :dsmrule: ) Anyhoo next summer will be uber.

[Pushit2.0]

4gcs? what is it and where do I get one? Clean car.

~John

[Super Bleeder!!]

Originally posted by TalonTSiDude+Sep 7 2004, 05:47 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (TalonTSiDude @ Sep 7 2004, 05:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-gixxer@Sep 7 2004, 06:35 PM
or just ditch it, they is craaaap

Actually they aren't. [/b][/quote]
if it needs to be braced and rewelded to do its fuggin job, its a POS in the first place. i heard archer's new name was SSautochrome



anywho....yes good deal on car, looks good, buy my turbo from me

[91 tuner]

Nice, I do have a front bumper cover if interested

[Goat Blower]

Originally posted by gixxer+Sep 9 2004, 05:31 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (gixxer @ Sep 9 2004, 05:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Actually they aren't.

if it needs to be braced and rewelded to do its fuggin job, its a POS in the first place. i heard archer's new name was SSautochrome


[/b][/quote]
Uhh, the factory downpipe is braced, it is a good idea over the long run for any manifold to not have to support the weight of the turbo and downpipe by itself. Obviously a tubular manifold is not going to have the same strength as a cast piece, especially with the kind of heat cycles it experiences.

There was never anything wrong with their manifolds, only the people that installed them. They do give a performance increase, and there probably even better designs by now. Cast is always going to be more durable though.