I just bought a 93 Eagle Talon DL with the 1.8. My first DSM. Now i do understand this motor is under 100 horses straight from the factory. It supposedly has 42k and the body shows it. The interior is pretty good too except i had to replace the dimmer switch because of no dash lights and the blower speed switch that was blowing fuses. And the person who had it before did a very garbage radio wiring install and broke many screw mounting points. But the guy installed black leather seats from an obviously much higher model and left the gray rear cloth.
From take off im slow enough old people would get impatient and when i hit a hill i have to downshift a couple gears. Taking off on a steep hill is almost impossible. Now im used to slow cars I used to drive a 04 kia spectra. I had the clutch and flywheel done and when the guy took it for the test ride he said its retardedly slow. I say well it had 93 horses from the factory and he says hes driven a lot of the 1.8's and theres definitely something wrong with mine. They say it could either be the timing or a clogged cat. Before even going to the shop i replaced the plugs and wires. It does idle a bit rough so that it shakes the whole car but once im moving its not too bad. And when its been sitting thru a day at work i start it and it will rev itself to 2k and back down to about 700 and then back up to 2k maybe 2 or 3 times. I would imagine more if it were winter. I hacked up the air box and by hacked up i really mean i removed the whole thing and tilted the pipe up at the intake so the filter wasnt touching anything. The filter is hanging on by the three clips that normally hold the box. Yeah i know its a mickey mouse job but i had to do something and it helped a little bit. And ill be getting a real intake soon.
Sorry for the rambling.
Oh and i was also surprised to learn even my DL with no power anything and no ac (not broken ac, just never had it to begin with) has 4 wheel disc brakes. Is 4 wheel discs standard on all dsm's?
From take off im slow enough old people would get impatient and when i hit a hill i have to downshift a couple gears. Taking off on a steep hill is almost impossible. Now im used to slow cars I used to drive a 04 kia spectra. I had the clutch and flywheel done and when the guy took it for the test ride he said its retardedly slow. I say well it had 93 horses from the factory and he says hes driven a lot of the 1.8's and theres definitely something wrong with mine. They say it could either be the timing or a clogged cat. Before even going to the shop i replaced the plugs and wires. It does idle a bit rough so that it shakes the whole car but once im moving its not too bad. And when its been sitting thru a day at work i start it and it will rev itself to 2k and back down to about 700 and then back up to 2k maybe 2 or 3 times. I would imagine more if it were winter. I hacked up the air box and by hacked up i really mean i removed the whole thing and tilted the pipe up at the intake so the filter wasnt touching anything. The filter is hanging on by the three clips that normally hold the box. Yeah i know its a mickey mouse job but i had to do something and it helped a little bit. And ill be getting a real intake soon.
Sorry for the rambling.
Oh and i was also surprised to learn even my DL with no power anything and no ac (not broken ac, just never had it to begin with) has 4 wheel disc brakes. Is 4 wheel discs standard on all dsm's?
