My Talon (tons of pics)

Bought this car in July of 2004. The paint was as you see it, don't hate, got it my senior year of high school and obviously I thought it was the shit lol. No, I do not still like the paint and as soon as I can afford to, the car will looks damn near stock again... When I bought it the interior was stock except for the seats, stereo, and a couple autometers. It was on the stock 7-bolt and had an intake, downpipe, exhaust, BOV, front mount, and SAFC.

On December 3, 2005 the car cracked a valve and was down for 6 months getting that repaired and upgrading to a new turbo setup. Ran for 2 months on that setup at 10psi (didn't have a logger at the time so just took it easy) and then came the good old rod knock... The "upgrade" I did was dumb anyway, didn't get get everything needed, was still on the stock clutch haha. Rod knocking started in August of 2006 and the car sat for quite a few reasons and has not been down for 15 months. As of a week or so ago it ran again for the first time in a LONG time. Just got done with the 6-bolt swap and right now I just need to get the 2nd new oil pump on and then finally drive it.

Mod list as of now...well what matters haha:

Car:
-1995 Eagle Talon TSi AWD

Engine:
-1G 6-Bolt bottom end
-2G 7-Bolt head
-2G 7-Bolt intake manifold
-Removed A/C
-Removed charcoal canister
-Removed cruise control
-Battery relocation
-AGP RS49T "50-Trim" Turbo
-AGP Wastegate actuator
-FIC 650cc Injectors
-Aeromotive Fuel Pressure Regulator w/gauge
-Walboro 255 High Pressure Fuel Pump
-Forced Performance 4" Intake
-Tubular O2 housing
-Slimline radiator fan
-Apex'i 3" downpipe
-Apex'i 3" exhaust w/4.5" tip
-Greddy Type-S Blow Off Valve
-Apex'i S-AFC II Black
-Greddy Big 24R Frount Mount Intercooler
-Greddy Upper and Lower intercooler pipes
-Competition Stage 4 clutch (sprung 6 puck)
-Fidanza Lightweight Flywheel
-Vibrant Performance couplers
-Vibrant Performance t-bolt clamps
-Forced Performance FP2 cams
-Snow Performance Stage 2 Methanol Injection


Engine Managemnet and Electronics:
-2G data logger
-EPROM ECU (chipped)
-Burned chip for 680s
-SAFCII Black (listed above)
-PLX M-300 Wideband
-Greddy Profec B SpecII electronic boost controller
-Greddy Turbo Timer

Exterior:
-F&F paint wooo
-full 97-99 eclipse conversion

Interior:
-new black carpet
-painted interior trim pieces (base coat/clear coat. not spray paint)
-SPARCO Torino racing seats (black on black)
-SPARCO 3 point racing harness
-no back seat
-triple pillar gauge pod
-dual cluster pod
-ProSport electrical Boost gauge (30/30)
-ProSport electrical Oil Pressure gauge
-ProSport electrical Air/Fuel
-ProSport electrical Volt meter gauge
-Prosport electrical Fuel Pressure gauge
-Reverse glo gauges (cluster)
-Trust weighted shift knob

Suspension:
-Tokico shocks
-front and rear strut bar
-2" lowering springs
-Megan Racing upper strut tower brace
-Vibrant Performance rear strut bar









First time it was down:










The old stereo setup before it got stolen:








The rod knocking 7-bolt:


















Cleaned it up:







After all that the car sat for a good while because of a lot of BS. The next part all happened within the last month and a half.

New resting place at Shift_Garage here in Pensacola:








The motor bought to replace it. 6-bolt, said to have around 80K mile on it, stripped head bolt. Just basically got everything off of it, cleaned, painted stuff, and put all my stuff/new parts on


Yea thats not me in the background haha






I painted a LOT of stuff but here are a couple things:


-Painted the intake manifold







-Painted intake





-all the other stuff








Trying to get the old ass crank sprocket off. HArd ot explain but two bolt were broken off in it so to get the puller to work we had to weld a stud on it haha. (I had PLENTY of extra parts for this reason so ruining it didn't matter and was much mroe fun!)






Getting that stripped head bolt out.. had a tool we welded but it just twisted and broke. SO had an extra crank bolt and welded that on there













Dropping the 2G head down on, REALLY tight fit...






Forced Performance FP2 cams installed








Just for fun, slapped the turbo on for some pics...valve cover still un-painted










Off the stand for Clutch, oil pan, and tranny install










Its new home




Quick spray on the calipers since they looked like shit (yes thats after cleaning)










Dropping it in









*birdy's thumbs down...dick






Some minor wire tucking for the injectors and other stuff by the manifold. Instead of it laying on top it goes under the manifold now and up through the runners










Proof its not FWD haha




Yea the jack broke...



hahaha



Driveshaft pic




FINALLY got to paint my valve cover, pretty happy with how it turned out














Turbo mounted






Almost done


















ANNNND DONE. Turns out the oil pump I had was a faulty one (hopefully..) but I already got a replacement and just waiting to put it on







*all the prosports I have. Yes, I have a ton of gauges and yes, I like them.






Some vids of it first starting up after 15 months of my car not running. Might be a little corny but I was pretty damn excited

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=22925539



I have SO many more pics but this should be enough. Still haven't driven it yet, but I can't wait to just take it to a car wash adn detail it for hours.

holy crap dude...you better watch your back!.......you might find me humping your car....LOL!

Hahahaha, might want to dust it off a little! Its so damn dirty from sitting so long

thats awsome dude...hope to see you out some time

HOLY 56k warning Batman!

Nah...j/k...Nice pics. Looks like a pretty decent build.

Yea I don't believe 56K still exists so I put "tons of pics" haha

Thanks. Its just a stock bottom end with bolt ons really. Can't wait to tune it and get the meth hooked up.

Looks like a fun car. I really like how you painted everything. Looks good!

Once again, thanks! Although I care a lot more about the motor side of the car now I was determined to have as clean of an engine bay as possible. In my opinion...success. haha

love the motor build, looking foward to seeing the beast on the streets some time.

That was a lot of pics, definately a sweet build, its come a long way

Dang thats a long ass time for your car being down. GJ, and hope everything works out perfectly in the end

Hahahaha, my "WOOOOOO!" scream is so loud in the video...

Me and my ripped ass pants are in a few of those as well

I can't waaiiiit to roll beside this car in traffic again. Get it, Bo!

That things sweet man.

Crazy build man, tons of time and effort is shown, great work, beautiful car.

Rob, thanks dude! I am sure you were on RP when I first got on there...lol. I can almost say I have now done everything to this car myself, except for the paint, and that will change soon enough

Dan, thanks man, its been way too long. Will feel like I just got the car or something when I go to drive it soon

Bo, I bet it will be wierd to see it on the street again haha

Kong, thanks dude

7m, appreciate it man. I have spent MANY night at the shop until close to 1 am the last month and a half. I never thought it would be so much work but I do work really slow.

sweet, nice talon

How much money do you think you spent on it already?

Dain, when i saw lots of pics. Thought that i meant lots. NOT A SHIT LOAD!

You must have spent an hour on that haha.

car looks good and motor seems like it can handle some shit

Stock 4g63 block.

dang how much can the 4g handle

Typically 400-450whp but the most is just above 500whp.

damn that is sweet man i knew i should have bought that 93 talon tsi from my friend

Just buy my car

Caim, yes it did take awhile. I have like 60 other pics in between but thats not needed.

Dan, dude I don't even want to think about that shit. I know in teh last two years I have dropped about 5K into it.

Just a stock bottom. The meth with help with that high boost though.

No doubt these car have been known fro problems but when you do get it squared away, running right, and take care of it, they are very fun and fast IMO