Yeah, It seems that was a fleeting thought of mine. I like my Talon, I like auto x and thought maybe I could make both work together. I see that I won't be happy with de-modifying the talon back far enough to be competitive. I'll just make the talon the way I had planned out originally then go from there, enjoying the car even if I don't come in 1st at anything. Thanks for the input.
Lazylaser’s DSM Journey 97 Talon
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Lazylaser’s DSM journey
I don’t have enough posts for the member’s projects section. Although I do way more searching than posting.
I started with a 91 fwd Plymouth Laser that I bought at a police auction for about $680. It was more of a go-cart than a car. In the beginning I had some trouble getting it to make the power that I was looking for. After finding the cams were 180* out, all the upgrades that were piled on the car really Woke up. These big power gains now created traction issues that even, polyurethane mounts , suspension, an LSD and good rubber couldn’t solve.
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The TRE (team rip) transmission was a pile of shit from the time I got it, it ended up being the weakest link and the LSD exploded on the highway.
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Luckily I was prepared; I had already Bought an AWD 97 talon tsi that was being prepped for a heart transplant.
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Whoever owned the car before me slapped a boost controller and an evo 16g on the car and Knocked the rod bearings into the bottom of the oil pan.
After about a month of wrenching on the car, my friends and I transformed it into the car I wanted,
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The mr2 is my younger brothers’ and just as much work went into his toyota
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98,000 talon tsi,
6-bolt swap, balance shafts removed, ARP rodbolts, headstuds, and turbo bolts, b/c 272’s cams and springs and titanium retainers
dsmlink, gm 3” maf and translator
slowboy fmic and piping, 63mm throttle body, greddy rs bov
pte 780cc injectors, aeromotive afpr, walbro Hp 255 and 6an from tank to rail.
Ebay 3” turboback stainless steel exhaust
Aem uego w/b, autometer C2 boost, egt, fuel pressure and oil pressure
Act2600 and fidenza aluminum flywheel.
Evo16g that I spent days porting, 38mm w/g with opendump, sbr cast manifold and 2g ported o2
Magnacore wires and ngk plugs
And other things like s.s. clutch and brake lines and a 2600cfm fan, a lot of things have been relocated (like the battery) or removed (like the A/C) , I’m sure I’m forgetting other stuff.
Future plans are, coilovers, big brakes and meth injection.
BIG THANKS GOES OUT TO Asmodeus of demonmotorworks, who turned many wrenches on this project , and Chaz Mance who did a lot of the wiring.
See everyone at the shootout
I don’t have enough posts for the member’s projects section. Although I do way more searching than posting.
I started with a 91 fwd Plymouth Laser that I bought at a police auction for about $680. It was more of a go-cart than a car. In the beginning I had some trouble getting it to make the power that I was looking for. After finding the cams were 180* out, all the upgrades that were piled on the car really Woke up. These big power gains now created traction issues that even, polyurethane mounts , suspension, an LSD and good rubber couldn’t solve.
The TRE (team rip) transmission was a pile of shit from the time I got it, it ended up being the weakest link and the LSD exploded on the highway.
Luckily I was prepared; I had already Bought an AWD 97 talon tsi that was being prepped for a heart transplant.
Whoever owned the car before me slapped a boost controller and an evo 16g on the car and Knocked the rod bearings into the bottom of the oil pan.
After about a month of wrenching on the car, my friends and I transformed it into the car I wanted,
The mr2 is my younger brothers’ and just as much work went into his toyota
98,000 talon tsi,
6-bolt swap, balance shafts removed, ARP rodbolts, headstuds, and turbo bolts, b/c 272’s cams and springs and titanium retainers
dsmlink, gm 3” maf and translator
slowboy fmic and piping, 63mm throttle body, greddy rs bov
pte 780cc injectors, aeromotive afpr, walbro Hp 255 and 6an from tank to rail.
Ebay 3” turboback stainless steel exhaust
Aem uego w/b, autometer C2 boost, egt, fuel pressure and oil pressure
Act2600 and fidenza aluminum flywheel.
Evo16g that I spent days porting, 38mm w/g with opendump, sbr cast manifold and 2g ported o2
Magnacore wires and ngk plugs
And other things like s.s. clutch and brake lines and a 2600cfm fan, a lot of things have been relocated (like the battery) or removed (like the A/C) , I’m sure I’m forgetting other stuff.
Future plans are, coilovers, big brakes and meth injection.
BIG THANKS GOES OUT TO Asmodeus of demonmotorworks, who turned many wrenches on this project , and Chaz Mance who did a lot of the wiring.
See everyone at the shootout
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Spliced in the GM IAT, used heat shrink over the solder & electrical tape.
Put the IAT in place out of the way, there was some type of red goo on the threads so I didn't use any Teflon tape. eventually I'll get a BLT in there.
With all the sensors in place I went into ecmlink and chose the inputs, I know that I could have done screenshots but I was holding my camera, I went off of memory for the wideband and map sensor. If its not right I'll trace the wiring back to where it got spiced in.
Make sure you save the pin assignments or they won't be there the next time.
So now I had to fill the gap left by the GM maf and translator.
Luckily I had a long section of coupler stashed away that fit exactly.
I took a peak at the speed density maps and realized that I don't know anything about this type of "cell" tuning.
Good thing there are demos on ECM's site.
http://www.ecmtuning.com/demos.php?osCsid=3a0c0od7nhuc4mtgmf1jtopia1
Well, the car was back together....so...
I gave it a jump, and for the 1st time since nov/dec 2010 my talon ran. I let it idle for about 1 minute then it kind of puttered out and died. I didn't restart it. I need another battery, but no way am I shelling out the cash for a redtop again until this car is done.
A lot I want to do, but I need to learn v3 and I kind of just want to drive it as is until winter. Still have a lot to do before I can even think of putting this in the road.
Put the IAT in place out of the way, there was some type of red goo on the threads so I didn't use any Teflon tape. eventually I'll get a BLT in there.
With all the sensors in place I went into ecmlink and chose the inputs, I know that I could have done screenshots but I was holding my camera, I went off of memory for the wideband and map sensor. If its not right I'll trace the wiring back to where it got spiced in.
Make sure you save the pin assignments or they won't be there the next time.
So now I had to fill the gap left by the GM maf and translator.
Luckily I had a long section of coupler stashed away that fit exactly.
I took a peak at the speed density maps and realized that I don't know anything about this type of "cell" tuning.
Good thing there are demos on ECM's site.
http://www.ecmtuning.com/demos.php?osCsid=3a0c0od7nhuc4mtgmf1jtopia1
Well, the car was back together....so...
I gave it a jump, and for the 1st time since nov/dec 2010 my talon ran. I let it idle for about 1 minute then it kind of puttered out and died. I didn't restart it. I need another battery, but no way am I shelling out the cash for a redtop again until this car is done.
A lot I want to do, but I need to learn v3 and I kind of just want to drive it as is until winter. Still have a lot to do before I can even think of putting this in the road.
Just picked up two 100% rust free DSM doors. Some guy brought them up from the south.
These are not from a 97 talon like I need, I know that for sure. They do have the dsm tag so it should just be a matter of drilling and/or filling holes for the trim locations. Using this quote as reference.
These are not from a 97 talon like I need, I know that for sure. They do have the dsm tag so it should just be a matter of drilling and/or filling holes for the trim locations. Using this quote as reference.
Also they are set up for manual windows and mine are auto so I'll need to be switching EVERYTHING over.
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Video of her running after 3 years of sitting.
The fan is SO loud. Everything seemed to be in working order.
And here it is a couple hours later.
What spurred this was that I Found that the 1st gen Slowboy racing cast manifold had broken while on the car in three places and decided it was time to start mocking up the HX35.
Also never use ARP stainless steel turbo bolts in a cast turbine housing. They WILL seize and break.
And here it is a couple hours later.
What spurred this was that I Found that the 1st gen Slowboy racing cast manifold had broken while on the car in three places and decided it was time to start mocking up the HX35.
Also never use ARP stainless steel turbo bolts in a cast turbine housing. They WILL seize and break.
I know how true that is, unfortunately. I learned about the importance of those washers and OEM bolts after the arp's were in place.
I hit another little roadblock, from putting the car on hold. I’m looking for this part.
Shane (spoolin69) made it for me, it was a custom part and now I need it to complete my turbo build. Its a flange and gasket that bolt to the turbine housing allowing me to make the o2 to downpipe section of the exhaust.
I’m ready to move forward and can’t find it. Getting nervous.
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Thanks!
My gift from Shane.
After unboxing the awesome S.S. flange & gasket I went to work on getting the turbo on this car.
I got lucky and found my Turbonetics cast t3 manifold. Got it cleaned up by tapping the threads, put anti-seize in the holes...
Then realized I don't have any bolts to mount the turbine housing to the manifold. Without this I can't really set the height to mock up the oil drain line or the o2 housing. That would be if I could find the whole 02 housing I used to have. I spent all of Saturday and part of Sunday looking for it.
Wherever it is I bet its right next to the original spoolin’ flange. I don’t know where this stuff walked off to.
So right now this is where I’m at until I can locate more of my stuff.
Got some really nice stainless ARP header bolts to do mine, you can get them in a bunch of lenghts. Only real issue with them is to bolt the turbo to the manifold first then put it in together. You might lose a knuckle doing it on the car.Thanks!
My gift from Shane.
After unboxing the awesome S.S. flange & gasket I went to work on getting the turbo on this car.
I got lucky and found my Turbonetics cast t3 manifold. Got it cleaned up by tapping the threads, put anti-seize in the holes...
Then realized I don't have any bolts to mount the turbine housing to the manifold. Without this I can't really set the height to mock up the oil drain line or the o2 housing. That would be if I could find the whole 02 housing I used to have. I spent all of Saturday and part of Sunday looking for it.
Wherever it is I bet its right next to the original spoolin’ flange. I don’t know where this stuff walked off to.
So right now this is where I’m at until I can locate more of my stuff.
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Right now I'm trying to decide between 2ga Talon side skirts, and 2gb eclipse side skirts.
Sorry this image is so small, I wish I was sent a better picture.
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I'm looking @ $255 for the twisties and $300 for the eclipse. So I think its may just come down to which ever has the most intact mounts and who can salvage the most hardware.
You guys have any thoughts?
Sorry this image is so small, I wish I was sent a better picture.
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I'm looking @ $255 for the twisties and $300 for the eclipse. So I think its may just come down to which ever has the most intact mounts and who can salvage the most hardware.
You guys have any thoughts?
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