Blog Title: My $750 95 TSi AWD......Progress thread...

I lost my 95 GS-T last year due to my own stupidity and have been fiending for a DSM ever since. I found this car over a year later and It was retarded cheap so i bought it immediately. I was looking for this exact setup for 4 months and kept missing out on them. It had been sitting for over 2 years. I had seen it many times but never thought it was the one......

Picked it up for $750 with a blown clutch and needing a T/C. came with a BUNCH of spare parts like 2 heads and some old t-25's and MSD DIS-2. guy needed everything GONE. 149K and ran strong. 3rd head, original everything else. owner had it from 40K-when i bought it. Arizona & Virginia car most of its life.

1995 Talon TSi AWD 5-speed. Leather, ABS, EPROM, sunroof, INFINITY 6-DISC stereo with WORKING Pioneer 6-disc changer in the back with the cradle for it. Everything but LSD rear. ALL original body panels, all with DSM sticker. Original paint. No accidents. I love time capsule cars

Picked it up 26 June 2010.

I realize this car was basically a GIFT, and I will treat it as such. I get a do-over

Watch as I take this car from white swirly wheeled 90's car to my clean ass talon

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Properly cut 2gb talon Bumper for VRSF FMIC, with bumper bar

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Posted 09-05-2011 at 05:10 PM by HaveBlue83
Updated 09-16-2011 at 03:35 PM by HaveBlue83

Heavy duty Jigsaw needed...took awhile to cut. Used 3 blades.

Some pretty shots:

chopped idea for opening up the bumper.....a-la EVO style. not much else I can do with it....

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	I like it, very clean.
	Posted 09-05-2011 at 11:29 PM by Black3G

	Love it. Looks like my 2gb new friend :-)
	Posted 09-05-2011 at 11:50 PM by DWR-DSM

	Nicely donE!
	Posted 09-06-2011 at 03:56 AM by 95talongirl

	looking sharp!! i love the panda look =) hint hint
	Posted 09-06-2011 at 05:36 PM by Awdspyderman

	What size is that? That part of the bumper support will probably help with air flow. I just cut all of mine. I used ETS Race fmic.
	Posted 09-06-2011 at 06:57 PM by this_tsi_8urV8

	I know it's 3.5" thick offhand....VRSF should have size info on their page.
	Posted 09-06-2011 at 08:13 PM by HaveBlue83

	very nice gives me an idea of what to do when i get a bigger fmic, iv a got a short long oneright nowcuaseididnt want to cut a big gapping whole and basicly ruin the bumper
	Posted 09-07-2011 at 08:36 AM by eastace6

	Thats a nice looking car. Can you find me a $750 car too? Uhm wait no how about 2 of them.
	Posted 09-07-2011 at 03:32 PM by 2slow4now

	This is done a lot more often then you might think....
	Posted 09-07-2011 at 04:02 PM by Bluefire16

	I did not know you had to cut that much out of the crash bumper for the vrsf fmic..But it looks damm good when you do..
	Posted 09-07-2011 at 04:32 PM by Bud92gsx

	I ended up cutting the top and bottom out but left the front. I needed more air to reach the radiator. I am battling some very hot temps here in Phoenix so I needed the air to go around the innercooler better.
	Posted 09-08-2011 at 04:16 PM by BIGBLAZE79

	my temps were 210-216 after driving and idling for 5 min while doing fuel trims....about 80-ish outside. I am at an advantage tho as I removed my AC and WOW is there more room for flow!
	Posted 09-08-2011 at 04:20 PM by HaveBlue83

	Looks awesome, but definitely lower it some! I've been planning to do the exact same thing with my 2g. Nice car man.
	Posted 09-09-2011 at 09:34 AM by Novec64

	I know!!! i want sportlines/megan springs/GC's for a solid 2" drop. i want NO wheel gap. my svt focus is tucking tire on bilstein PSS9's and i cheaped out on the TSi. i SHOULD have saved another $100 and went with megan coils. illumina springs are still 4x4
	Posted 09-09-2011 at 09:55 AM by HaveBlue83

	ive discussed this before but you're better off by removing the bumper brace. its integrity is no longer useful. its now just a long piece of weight.
	Posted 09-10-2011 at 04:36 PM by born2tune

	Looks awesome man, nice car as well! I also like that you took the time to cut it the "right" way not the easy way and it shouldnt give you any problems
	Posted 09-10-2011 at 06:20 PM by Boosted DSM 32

	Quote: Originally Posted by born2tune ive discussed this before but you're better off by removing the bumper brace. its integrity is no longer useful. its now just a long piece of weight. ^ I concur. I love how aggressive and stock the talon 2gb is. Just a shame it has such a small gap. I haven't seen a widened talon mouth yet....
	Posted 09-13-2011 at 07:30 PM by rEclipserGST

	Nice clean cut crash beam. Got any pictures of how you mounted the FMIC itself to the chassis?
	Posted 09-15-2011 at 02:39 PM by gofer

	i see the car has it's own personal body gaurd (the durango) ay... SWEET RIDE
	Posted 09-15-2011 at 06:57 PM by 4g63 PowerBlock

	I have picts on the install page....2 bolts into the OEM foglight holes, using the supplied hard rubber bushing as a spacer. had to use bolts on a thunderbird as the supplied ones were WAY too thick. I don't think I wanna even TRY to open the bumper up...would ###### look funky. if it helps with cooling I would rather cut around the emblem than just open up the mouth.
	Posted 09-16-2011 at 02:46 PM by HaveBlue83

	what use is the bumper bar if it's almost non-existant.
	Posted 09-16-2011 at 09:10 PM by ed1380

	Looks like an angry yelling fish.
	Posted 09-16-2011 at 09:39 PM by 1gdsmftw

	Wow that looks really good as is. I wouldnt change it at all.
	Posted 09-19-2011 at 02:40 PM by Black Widow97

cooling is an issue. 206 while cruising WITH the fans on max. it got to 255Deg for some reason and almost boiled over on me while doing LTFT idling after crusing one night. I read about setting fans to MAX ON 100% right after this. it was running @ 226 deg cruising at 60mph on the highway. airflow is REALLY blocked to the rad with the FMIC and the bumper.

doesn't matter, timing (as I presume) jumped a few weeks ago while I was WOT tuning so the car is sitting now with what I presume bent valves. Another POS DSM takes more money from its owner, EVEN when u do it the right way with OEM parts and a proper build. I dont have cash for a Rebuild. If its rebuilt I will look at selling it as I can't deal with worrying about timing jumping again. everyone was right....these cars are built to make power, and FALL APART. if they didnt look soooo sexxy and have AWD I'd never want one. sorry for bitching, but this is bulls***

Posted 09-21-2011 at 05:38 PM by HaveBlue83 HaveBlue83 is offline