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PC Talon's Project

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I have had this heap since November of 1995, it was my second car. It has out lasted many girlfriends, got me through high school and college and traveled the east coast. Here is is 2 weeks after I got it, fresh with tint and "TALON" script in the windshield.


I have been toying with it for years, mostly with the suspension and cosmetic details.



Suspension/Wheel/Brake Mods:
DSS Coilovers
KYB Struts/Shocks
Suspension Techniques Rear Sway Bar
Greddy Front Strut Bar
RRE Rear Strut Bar
Koni Bumpstops
Ingalls Front Camber Kit
Prothane Suspension and Subframe Bushing
Dunlop SP Sport 8000 225/50ZR16 Tires
Kosei Laufer 6 16*7 Wheels
AWD Big Brakes
Power Slot Rotors all round
Metal Master Pads all round
RRE Stainless Steel Lines
Motul Fluid


Engine Mods
Injen Air Intake w/ Dryer Hose Ducting
Archer/Borla 4 into 1 header
2.5" Cat
2.5" Catback w/ DynoMax Ultraflow Muffler
JM Fabrications Catch Can
NGK Plugs and Wires
Ground Kit


Interior/Exterior Mods
Dark Side Racing Carbon Fiber Hood
Blackened Headlight, 3rd Brake Light, Sidemarkers, Repeaters
TOTalon Front Lip
Sylvania Silverstar in Headlight and Pilot Foglights
No Decals
GTS Solar Wing
Window Tint
Gloss Black Valve Cover w/ Polished Letters
Momo Grand Prix Pedals
Blue Reverse Indiglow Gauges
Import Intelligence Red LED Needles
Blue LED HVAC controls and randomn interior switches
Greddy Counter Weight Shift Knob
Symborski Shifter Bushing
JNZ Short Shifter
Redline Goods Leather Shifter Boot & E-Brake Boot
Grant Steering Wheel w/ Eagle Logo
Repadded 91 GSX Black/White Houndstooth Seat
Corbeau Harness Slots in Driver Seat
Corbeau 3 point double release harness




On the way to the Shootout 2004, it had a "catastrophic" engine failure at 126,000 miles. Back to the drawing board!
So at that point I decided to get real with modding it and start throwing money away, I mean at it.:wall:




Now that the car is eleventy billion pieces it is in what I like to call a reloading mode.
With the help of Jackson Auto Machine, JNZ Tuning, JM Fabrications and Philadelphia DSM this Eagle will fly again. It will be a weekend toy and most likely enter road races for shits and giggles. It may not be the obvious route, but it will be an interesting one.

Custom built JNZ Tuning tranmission
90 6 bolt
Venolia Pistons: 13.5:1 Compression
Eagle Rods
Stroker Conversion
Revised Fuel System
Maybe a 75 shot
No A/C or Power Steering
Wider Wheels and Tires
TCE Front Brakes
etc...........stay tuned
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gSx-LeX
I"m excited about this as well.
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swade
Been awhile, any updates? :D

swade
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mavisky
Longest build evar
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OMG....lol....Thats was the longest 7 pages ever ......And I've seen your interior, tore to hell... I saw an engine, with no t-belt..... lol...


I couldnt let my cars sit that long, bleeding.....LOL>>> C-mon dude, button her up...

Good stuff!!! Just finish it.... Dont let her die....:(
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Truly the longest build ever. So what ecu management going with this thing? And what NA 4G63 maps are you going to use: JDM, EDM, USDM, or custom?
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Yup, longest build ever cause I stopped carrying for awhile, honestly. Just had more important things going on in life to really focus and dedicate time to it. A long time ago I wondered how some guys could get half way into a project and just say hell with it and let it sit. Now I know why, I just got in a rut and the car was the least of my worries.

Got a bit re-energized not to long ago luckily. It will be running this summer, good or bad. I just need to sort a few small things out. It is 90% done, seems the last 10% is the most difficult though. Removing some weight and changing some minor things here and there. Expect it to be fired in the next few weeks. But cross your fingers for me, as it may go Kaboom on the first crank.

I am getting some help from Tom at ECMLink (great guy and company to deal with) on what I am doing with the car. Sending out the ECU which already has V2 on it to get V3 on it and do a little custom programming on it, this week actually.
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cAPSlOCK97gst
It's running DSMLink (as far as I know).
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Just got the ECU back from ECMTuning:rockon:

Will post some pics up later in the week.
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4g64fiero
Any chance of this being 250 whp off the bottle? That would be nice.
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4g64fiero said:
Any chance of this being 250 whp off the bottle? That would be nice.
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I was shooting for 200HP, without it, but will probably throw some spray on it down the road just to see what happens.
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4g64fiero
Whats it supposed to weigh? I understand if thats a secret. If you could get it down to 1400 lbs this car will be faster than 90% of the turbo DSMs.
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mavisky
4g64fiero said:
Whats it supposed to weigh? I understand if thats a secret. If you could get it down to 1400 lbs this car will be faster than 90% of the turbo DSMs.
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1400lbs is almost impossibly light in one of our cars. If he can get it down to 2200lbs while still retaining some streetability it will be impressive. 1400lbs is gutted and tubeframed CRX territory.
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mavisky said:
1400lbs is gutted and tubeframed CRX territory.
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Yeah I know. Thats why I thought it would be awesome. Thats a BIG project right there.
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4g64fiero said:
Yeah I know. Thats why I thought it would be awesome. Thats a BIG project right there.
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Big is an understatement. I don't think you could get below 1800lbs and really have any streetability. Getting it to 1400lbs would require the replacement of almost every Mitsubishi stamped part in the entire vehicle. It'd essentially be a tube frame hung with the lightest of light materials and even then I don't think it's actually possible given the size and weight of the major components like the iron block.
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mavisky said:
It'd essentially be a tube frame hung with the lightest of light materials and even then I don't think it's actually possible given the size and weight of the major components like the iron block.
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I didnt know how far he was going to take it....

PC,

Did you ever consider putting a 4g61 crank in a 4g64 block? I was just wondering, quite frankly, n/a setups confuse me. I would rather raise the rpms than stroke it but I really dont know which would be more effective in this case.
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punisher
Fire it up! I want hear about this thing running.
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PC Talon said:
It will be running this summer, good or bad. I just need to sort a few small things out. It is 90% done, seems the last 10% is the most difficult though. Expect it to be fired in the next few weeks. But cross your fingers for me, as it may go Kaboom on the first crank.
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PC Talon said:
Will post some pics up later in the week.
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:bsflag:

A year later....fuckin tease! :p
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With this much time, it had better be doing god damned wheelies.
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Spoolin69
EPIC Loss?? What is going on with this car Paul???? :(
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I know guys I suck so far behind on this thing, it is a running joke.

Sorry for the crappy video, the iPhone certainly has a limited microphone.....but here you go.

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