MindBlowin03's Ride

[MindBlowin03]

My ride is a 1990 Eagle Talon TSi AWD. I dont have many recent pics, but I'll show what I got.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/MindBlowin03/DSC01862d.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/MindBlowin03/101_3201d.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/MindBlowin03/101_2627d.jpg
In its winter form here...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/MindBlowin03/101_2621d.jpg

Mods include...

Engine
- Stock 2.0L JDM 6 bolt
- No balance shafts
- ARP headstuds
- Prothane motor mounts
- HKS 272 cams
- NGK BPR7ES spark plugs
- Magnecore spark plug wires

Intake & Exhaust
- 2G MAF
- JMFabrications intake manifold
- Ported 1G exhaust manifold
- Ported EVOIII 16G turbo
- Kinetic Motorsports FMIC
- Tubular o2 housing (w/recirc.)
- Custom 3" turbo-back exhaust

Fuel
- Walbro 255 pump
- PTE 780cc injectors
- Spoolin' Up AFPR

Drivetrain & Transmission
- ACT 2600 clutch
- Extended slave rod
- SS clutch line
- Homemade shifter bushings
- Shifter cable bearings

Suspension & Brakes
- Eibach Sportline springs
- KYB AGX struts
- Front upper strut bar
- Rear upper strut bar
- 97-98 Talon AWD 17x6.5 wheels
- 225/45/17 Wanli tires
- OEM big brake upgrade

Electronics & Monitoring
- Apexi S-AFC
- DSMChips ECU chip
- Datalogger setup
- PLX M-300 wideband o2
- Autometer Z-series boost gauge
- B&M fuel pressure gauge

Other
- JMFabrications catchcan
- JMFabrications radiator overflow
- Tinted front head lights
- Tinted rear tail lights

- In 2006 the car dyno'd 323hp and 324tq on 93 octane pump gas and a conservative tune, which made me pretty happy. I ran a best of 13.0@109, my time begin held back by my crappy transmission and crappy driver.
- The car is already put away for the winter and getting ready for the 2007 season. Mods will include a PTE 57trim turbo, DSMLink, a rebuilt tranny, upgraded fuel lines and some other small items. I hope to have very respectable numbers on straight pump gas and to break some things on race gas;) .

[95RedRS]

Beautiful Car...I wish my 90 was that clean.

Red and Black Combo's make me happy!!! :)

[empie1]

Clean car, isnt scranton where "the office" takes place?

[talnteddriver29]

Jus beauty' ;)
I love the smoked headlights and rims
The only thing you need is jus some tint and its a 5*
Good stuff MindBlowin03

[11secdsm]

What an UGLY car! Why would you ever buy that heap!?!? :D

Congrats on a beautiful car...and major props on getting it to where it's at today! If you guys saw the condition Nick bought this car in (completely stripped with parts in plastic bins) you'd be even more impressed! The previous owner got bored with it in the middle of a drag build and sold it while it was torn apart... :rolleyes: :D

And yes, the office "takes place" in Scranton but isn't filmed here nor are any scenes from Scranton.

[Quick Shot xMLx]

Nice car. You definitely need some new rims at least. At the very least some 97-98 GS/GST wheels. Also lose the bra I hate those things.

[turbofonz]

Not a fan of the headlights, but other than that, beautiful car man. I would love to have mine looking that good one day.

[1QuickChic]

I like it. ;)

[psykhotic]

Do you have a closer pic of the turbo?? nice car

[TalonTsi97]

Seen this car in person a bunch of times, so clean and sweet. I love the 2g talon wheels on it. I remember seeing the pics when you bought it and its come a long way, great job. i know i have my own pics of this car but i gotta see if i have any worth posting up.

[boosteddevil]

is it just me or does that turbo on his engine look a little big for a 16g?
nice car btw, oh and for the guy above, please do post pics of your car, 2gb talons ftw!!!

[jamielaserrs]

I love the red and black look, nice car.

[11secdsm]

is it just me or does that turbo on his engine look a little big for a 16g?

You're looking at the j-pipe...not the turbo. That's why it looks big.

[KyleGST]

Thats one clean ride. Love the engine bay!

[mavisky]

I've always loved the 97-98 awd talon wheels. Looking good.

[1990 Dsm Gsx]

Very Very Clean.

I think i found myself a New Desktop Theme... DO YOU MIND? :)

[AWD_DSM]

your car is my motivation to finish my 91 red/black talon! Looking good man keep it up.

[gSx-LeX]

Who's that ugly guy in the background of your second pic ;) .

Here's a car whose bite matches it's bark.

[HIGHWAY]

Nice 1g, I like how you put the black trim on the bumper where you cut it for the fmic, makes it look clean and done right. I have seen some ugly hack jobs before. Yours is very nice. keep it up

[TalonTsi97]

http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/5057/june25phillydsmdynomeetpb6.th.jpg (http://img55.imageshack.us/my.php?image=june25phillydsmdynomeetpb6.jpg)
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[420aboy]

thats a clean car and hope you keep it that way, good job with it.

[VIGGENVY]

Sweet car, I'm a big fan of those headlights as well.

[Celticbluegs-t]

nice ride....bra's gotta go though

[ZishanMalik]

Very clean. How did you get the battery to sit so low in the engine bay?

[11secdsm]

All you have to do is move it to the cross member and make a bracket to hold it in place.

[solomontomb]

Beautiful car bro.

[PC Talon]

Nick, I love your car almost as much as mine!

[t.otalondrvr]

thats an awesome idea im going to do that when i drop in my fresh jdm(the battery thing).
i have those rims as well,the 17's.they look awesome!!

i've had them for about a month now, i just realized that all 4 rims point in the same direction.the design goes counter clockwise.
interesting..

[4G63 POWER]

Looks hot, can't wait to find a clean 1g to restore to that condition.

[95_eclipse_gs-t]

Man that is a clean ride, i havnt seen a car with those rims that look that nice. Where did u get your headlights? Did you spray them yourself? let me know thanks.

[NOMIEZVR4]

I can't wait to put my 2g talon rims on...the more I look at them the more I like em.

Oh yea..nice car...:D

Nomie

[shott17]

I like the stock plastic BOV cover being used. Very classy.

Car looks great, can't wait to see more of it.

[JOEY A]

What did you use to tint" the head lights?

[MindBlowin03]

Thanks again for all the compliments guys. Tinting the head and tail lights was pretty easy. I bought some nightshades tint spray used that.

I should have new pics of everything shortly. Car is all done and ready for '07, just need to clean it up and snap some pics of it.

[eagleone1980]

MindBlowin's car is MINDBLOWIN!:eek:
So fresh and so clean, clean!:cool:

[97wwr1915]

The best way to describe that car would be...sex in a box. Beautifully well done sir.

[boostn_by_u]

Very very clean , Bet she runs like a raped ape :burnout:

[fusion_sebring]

nice clean set up. looks good

[MindBlowin03]

OK, new updates for 2007. Here is a new complete mod list with some new pics.

Engine
- Stock rebuilt 2.0L JDM 6 bolt
- No balance shafts
- ARP headstuds
- Prothane motor mounts
- HKS 272 cams
- NGK BPR7ES spark plugs
- Magnecore spark plug wires
- Oil filter relocated

Intake & Exhaust
- 2G MAF
- JMFabrications intake manifold
- Ported 2G exhaust manifold
- PTE 57 trim turbo
- Kinetic Motorsports FMIC
- Tubular o2 housing
- Custom 3" turbo-back exhaust
- Greddy Type-S BOV

Fuel
- Walbro 255 pump
- PTE 780cc injectors
- -6an SS fuel line
- Spoolin' Up AFPR

Drivetrain & Transmission
- JNZ Tuning Rebuilt tranny
- ACT 2600 clutch
- Extended slave rod
- SS clutch line
- Homemade shifter bushings
- Shifter cable bearings

Suspension & Brakes
- Eibach Sportline springs
- KYB AGX struts
- Front upper strut bar
- Rear upper strut bar
- 97-98 Talon AWD 17x6.5 wheels
- 225/45/17 Wanli tires
- 2G OEM big brake upgrade

Electronics & Monitoring
- DSMLink
- PLX M-300 wideband o2
- Autometer Z-Series boost gauge
- Autometer Z-Series oil pressure gauge
- Summit Racing fuel pressure gauge

Other
- JMFabrications catchcan
- JMFabrications radiator overflow
- Tinted front head lights
- Tinted rear tail lights

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[4G63 POWER]

Beautiful !!!!!!

[gSx-LeX]

I wish my engine bay was that clean. Good work!

[KJS1820]

I wish my engine bay was that clean. Good work!
Me to!!!!


Sweet ride!

[eclipsed95gst]

Super clean, nice ride!

[cbnass]

hey does that heat wrap around the manifold do much for you

[lg93awdgsxer]

I see you have the extended slave rod. Do you have problems with engagemant after installing it. Before i put mine in, i had trouble with disengagement. If i held
in the clutch and rev'd it up, the car would creep.

I put the rod on and the pedal feels much stronger, but the clutch is slipping now. Wtf...?

[MindBlowin03]

hey does that heat wrap around the manifold do much for you
Makes a huge differance when standing in front of the car with the hood up. Actuall temps I have no idea about but I know its working.

I see you have the extended slave rod. Do you have problems with engagemant after installing it. Before i put mine in, i had trouble with disengagement. If i held
in the clutch and rev'd it up, the car would creep.

I put the rod on and the pedal feels much stronger, but the clutch is slipping now. Wtf...?
No problems here. Did you re-adjust your clutch rod afterwards?

[GoT 60']

beautiful car man looks clean

[turbolover]

Love the red/black! Those rims actually look really good on your car.

[D Cash]

Wow bro that is one Beautiful 1G. Good Work!

[kornmstr1]

Looks great. Your car helps me get ideas for whats in the future for mine.

[MindBlowin03]

Another small update...

I removed the stock oil pressure gauge and installed my Autometer boost gauge in its place. Here are a few pics.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/MindBlowin03/101_4424a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/MindBlowin03/101_4426a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/MindBlowin03/101_4433a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/MindBlowin03/101_4434a.jpg

[psykhotic]

Thats really sexy.

[blue_gsx]

I want to do that with my wideband gauge..What did you use to cut the hole in the cluster?

[eclipsed95gst]

Nice work, almost looks like it was supposed to come like that.

[yellow90tsi]

We used a 1 1/4" Hole saw. And then a sanding drum on the dremel to make it nice. Worked perfect. The only thing we noticed is that some guages are deeper than others which would cause a "little" trouble but with some smarts can be worked around. And for the dress up part of the cluster a sanding wheel on the dremel ever so carefully. There is alittle lip. Just remove the lip and its done.

[MindBlowin03]

^^ What he said. yellow90tsi also did this, and we dove into most of this at his house.

[blue_gsx]

We used a 1 1/4" Hole saw. And then a sanding drum on the dremel to make it nice. Worked perfect. The only thing we noticed is that some guages are deeper than others which would cause a "little" trouble but with some smarts can be worked around. And for the dress up part of the cluster a sanding wheel on the dremel ever so carefully. There is alittle lip. Just remove the lip and its done.


My PLX DM5 gauge is real thin. So i shouldn't have a problem fitting in there.

http://www.efmotor.no/bilder/plx/dm5.jpg

I'm going to do it this weekend.Thanks for the info.

[15psi88]

very clean man, nice meeting you today. I never went this deep into the thread, thats why I didn't remember seeing the gauge in the stock cluster, but its sick. Nice work.

[4g63tcrazy]

In its winter form here...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/MindBlowin03/101_2621d.jpg

Haha. In it's winter form it looks just like mine! If only my engine was the same..
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/2415000-2415999/2415930_111_full.jpg

P.S. I like what you did with the boost gauge. Looks awsome.

[menacing talon]

The black wheels look so awesome man,and nice idea with the boost gauge