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Continued to strip the interior. Making progress.

Is it time for an update? Perhaps.

....it still doesn't run...

Anyways, did get some more items "fixed." First we'll start with the windows. I have no idea why anyone would remove the window guide felts, stoppers and plastic guides on the bottom; but this a$$clown did. So the window would roll up too far and cause the door to not shut. For anyone...

Let's kick things off! The seats had just been removed, and I was test fitting my new harness bar before painting. The sound deadening on the rear wheel tub proved to be the hardest to remove.

Hey whats up guys just a quick update of the car since its been a while.The motor is just about ready to fire up so ill post a video here shortly, i just need to find my oil dipstick and tube somewhere in this garage, fab up my downpipe or should i say up pipe and hide that hideous throttle cable somehow.

I did a write up about the dual element I designed for APR a little while back. It is slated to be produced pretty soon. I thought it might be of interest.

case studies | Motorsport Aerodynamic Development
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The prototype of this will be going on my car for physical testing.

Okay So i Just bought a Act 2100 Clutch with the full faced street disc, A New OEM Flywheel, New Slave Cylinder, 2qts of MT90 and 1qt of MTL. Its getting swapped in today because the clutch thats in my Mystery moter is not doing so well.. (and by mystery moter I mean it is a swapped moter from a 91 fwd turbo talon and my car is a 90 eclipse gsx ). How many miles do I have? I guess I...

At this point, I'm so excited I could pee myself right now. I just got a call from the wife. My ported/polished head fresh from Strictly Import Motorsports is at home right now. This marks the point where I actually start putting it back together.

Pictures to come soon.

Still working on the talon now the front facing manifold is done and about to be ceramic coated. Next up is finishing the vband setup off of the throttle body and into the intercooler.


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I received my 9" SPAL fan in the mail yesterday and boy is that thing tiny HAHA!

To get to everything I needed to rip off the old air duct work and damn, that gorilla tape is a monster for grip. It didn't pose too much of a problem getting it off but it did put up a bit of a fight. I don't believe duct tape would do this well.

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Well I tried to start my project car and it doesn't start.

Cranks, has fuel, and timing should be good but it doesn't start. I think it doesn't have any spark but we'll see. It's a good thing that I have a spare dsm that I daily drive to test parts on my project. I'm going to see if the spark plug wires are still good and go from there.

Hopefully I'll get a chance...

So, I've been out of the game a little while. Last August my fresh 6-bolt build spun a rod bearing . So since then, I've bought a daily, and have been focusing on school and work. But now I'm finally ordering the few parts I need to get her back running again and I'm real excited. Can't wait to feel a part of the community again, although it's not like I left...I'm always on the forums lurking...

Ok, so besides this car causing all those involved with it to loose their minds, I think it's finially starting to come together.

Regardless, the engine cranks over! *yAy* This was after replacing the main start cables that were corroded. It's not running yet because it needs some 3/8" heater hose for the turbo lines. And spark sticks. Yes, spark sticks.. I keep forgetting about...

This August, I will have owned my 98 Spyder for 1 year. I've put alot of work into it. After being laid off and trying to sell the car twice, i think I'm just going to try and keep it.

So far, I've put in the following mods

DC Sports front strut bar
16g Turbo from CX racing pushing around 12 to 14 psi.
Swoosh 52mm Boost Gauge
Fuel Pump rewire...

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I've been dealing with some extremely hot coolant issues. Some days just cruising normally, I'd reach just about 230* and that's with a colder thermostat. My issues are:
1. Running a SINGLE slim fan which was only rated at 900 CFM
2. No DUCTING
3. Large FMIC

The stock fans are rated between 1300-1600 CFM each so I'm trying to...

well the deal was as good as it seemed and i couldnt resist, the dude told me he upgraded from a 16g to 60trim so he didnt need this anymore

I found a evo 16g with a evo o2 housinG AND a downpipe for only 100$!!!! I'm going to check it out tomorrow and if its as good as it sounds ill be installing these parts real quick! At the same time ill install my wide band and order me some 560cc injectors.
Then my next paycheck ill find out if I'm going with a 3.5 GM maf with maf Gen 2 or maf pro

Well its almost done.

All is left is to clean the car up, mount the new bumper, get some chicken fence, install the stiffer mounts, and coolant.

Oh! just found out that some of the valve cover bolt are stripped... well I suppose its time to get me some helicoil M6x1.0 and studs.

Oh Btw Happy Father's day!

Well, I see my last entry was almost two years ago. It has come along way and over came many bumps in the road.

So, I drove the car for the first time in 18 months. It needs some tuning, but the car runs and idles. The build looks like this :

Rebulit head, Evo springs, valves and retainers, 264/272 cams, Ross forged pistons, scat rods, ACT 2600 clutch, fidanza lightened...

Just a quick update, when I have some more time I will get some more info up. It has been a long weekend and after paint, re-assemble, and finally my computer hard drive finally taking a crap on me it is back on the road. Now all I have to do is fine tune my idle a bit so it can pass emissions and everything will be all right for a bit.

Ok, now that I have a few minutes I can get some...

Had to replace the gasket on my Intake Manifold this weekend. This is simply the worst repair I've ever had to do, it's such a pain to get at the lower bolts with the huge hands I've got but luckily with a ratchet wrench, it's doable.
Starting the tear down, the night before. There's so much stuff to get out of the way first that I didn't finish it the first day.
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After many months of being upset and frustrated with my project and not really having the money to make any progress with it I have finally had my hand forced into doing something toward getting it drivable... since the last post I haven't really done a hole lot just a bunch of little things here and there toward getting the interior done up but nothing more than that. The latest additions to the...

Just took some pictures of some new parts

Going back to May 6th, I had a camera crew come out and film me for an online project. Anyway, after a day of filming at home, they followed us to Rocky Mountain Raceway. First run was a bust, can’t exactly explain why. Second run I got all setup with in car cameras. Launch sucked, again – unsure what happened – slamming gears didn’t go well, then fourth went in and stuck. Limped down the return lane...

I upgraded my INtake and Exhuast both to 3inch now I just need a 3inch downpipe so I can install my AEM WIDEBAND ... Next Upgrade is my Act 2100 clutch also going to install new Exedy slave and Master Cylinder. Pictures coming soon!

Upgraded to Hard Intercooler Piping and fixed oil leak/Transmission Leak. Also did a full tune up new plugs/wires alternator/belt



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So I am a bit late to create my blog but I wanted to make one before its to late
Alright so i bought my 1990 gsx out in Dayton, Oregon.
It was Labeled as a eclipse GTS on craigslist and i new the guy had no clue what he was getting rid of! I went to check it out and it had a 6bolt block 4 bolt rear end. The car also has a 3inch exhaust and no muffler at this time. the linkage...

Got the head all torn apart and off and cleaned up ready for the machinist, getting a 3 angle, bronze valve guides put in and it surfaced, buying a felpro gasket set and arp head studs then buying a good timing belt just dont know which one I want to run yet


Another update already, lol just got back in, I pulled the turbo all the way off, drained the oil, cleaned the head...

Well my G4CS has gone through the paces for 8/9 years on the same standard off the shelf Wiseco pistons, and eagle rods. It handled about 15-20 passes on the auto with the nitrous kit to get it to spool, and it lost all compression in cylinder 3. The motor was never setup for what I was doing with it so 8 years is good lol.

After some decisions, Im almost 100% sure I am staying with...

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Needless to say... I'm thrilled to have the engine and trans back in the car. Things should start to move pretty quick now!

"As per tradition" here are some pictures!

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The head is still off being repaired so I have been doing what little projects I can and collecting parts for the reassembly.

The O2 housing had a pretty large leak right at the wastegate opening so that would explain the slower-than-expected spool. I had it re-surfaced and it was pretty out of whack. I don't see why MAP won't use a 1/2" flange.

I had originally...

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Well today i went to a locals house to purchase a moded wastegate actuator to maybe fix my boost creep situation. It opened up my wastegate flapper a considerable amount more but still no fix. So after we got that all squared away we took a ride in his 11 sec 1g on a 16g. All i have to say is wow. The acceleration and pull of the car was amazing. I might want to reconsider what i want to do with the...

Well, sort-of.

Got to work on the Talon again today... and was able to get quite a few things back together. It's nice to finially start seeing this 5000-piece jigsaw puzzle starting to look like something.

The engine was assembled; and the transmission was bolted back up. Also installed the intake and a few accessories. Continued on the wiring nightmare. I REALLY...

This car was finally unveiled check it out! These guys brought me in to do the design on the aerodynamics package.

http://www.worldtimeattack.com/index...gehks-r35-gtr/

Well, the 2150s work great and E98 is a blast, but it started pushing coolant. After a re-torque and lowering timing it stopped but when brining the timing back up it pushed again so it was time to pop the head!

Here is the last pull before pulling the head (attached):



It was running...

Well guys over the last week ive been tryin to figure out what to do about the boost creep im having. Race gas? No my goal was to go pump and im stickin with it. Choke the exhaust? Well that would be going backwards from where i wanna go. Port the turbo? Throwing money at a solution thats not sure to work no thanks. Solution? Found a e16g for sale on here which should help with the creep and get me...

Well, I always knew my rx8 was slow in the straight line. So i got curious what it put down to the rear wheels after being neck and neck with a new civic SI.
Now that the weather is better I brang it to the dyno to put down a pathetic 155hp and 118tq.

I knew something was wrong.
Did a compression test and found super low compression, especially on the rear rotor.
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I decided to chop the spare tire well out of my car. It was rusty and crappy so it was time to go. I replaced it with a sheet of 1/8" thick aluminum.


Old rusty wheel well.
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My car is finally running after help with a local member. Thank you tuners! I've been driving on my new rebuild for over 6.5k miles and it has not given me much problems other then the small kinks.
As is stands right now i just had a baby boy a moth ago who loves to ride in the talon.

I just ordered link and a wideband to go with my fmic intercooler and e16g .

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I picked up the FIC 2150s on Friday.



One of the injector tips didn't look like it was machined very well, is this going to cause cone/spray distribution to be off?



I ran it down as much as possible...

Well my dd trailblazer SS hydro-locked and will need a new engine and I just don't have the money to squeeze that into everything else so the day I said and hoped would never come is here...I have to part out the talon. I was back and forth the past couple of months but always talked myself out of it even though I knew that it made more sense to go a different direction as my situation is just different...

Well my dd trailblazer SS hydro-locked and will need a new engine and I just don't have the money to squeeze that into everything else so the day I said and hoped would never come is here...I have to part out the talon. I was back and forth the past couple of months but always talked myself out of it even though I knew that it made more sense to go a different direction as my situation is just different...

After months of stressing over my engine build, parts not arriving like they should, and small set backs here and there, I finally got my engine timed last night for $20 and now it's resting in it's rightful location all snug in the engine bay. I know everything I need for the engine to start (fuel, spark, etc...) is good. I'm still a little leary of the timing since this guy did it so quickly, and...

picked these up for $300. waiting for timing belt swap to do this, lifters, front main seal and head studs.



LEGIT HKS




Don't worry, I didn't disappear.

I just picked up a new tensioner, front main...

This time around, I'm not holding back any punches. No more seeing what a 16g will do on stock fuel pump. This time I go with a large turbo, built motor, built head built trans and a fuel system able to keep up. I'm even throwing in a few dress-ups for the ride. The goal is to test the limits of the H1E on a pump, daily driven car. I am hoping for AT LEAST 550 AWHP or a 10 second time slip. We'll...

Went to talk to my tuner today and let them know that my boost was still creepin around to a lil below 20psi. Tuner said that max boost could only be 16 to 17 psi on pump. So ill needa fix that before the tune. I thot boosting to 18-19 would be fine but i dont know how this will work out. Will keep it updated

Ok, here goes....after getting ripped off by a local shop I have decided to build my own car, and thus far it has been a success. What I don't know I Google, and I have paid close attention to detail, and tried to build a dsm, not only I could be proud of but we all could. Some thing you may like others you may not, but one way or another feel free to comment good or bad I welcome it.
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So after many weeks of off and on concidering going through the struggle of shaving one of my spare valve covers, I finally decided to do it and give it the rain effect paint job. I was a damn b@#*h at first when I started the grinding. Ended up getting a much coarser grit griding wheel and then breezed through the shaving. Then the sanding took a while to do, but in the process, I filed all the cast...

Well if people with similar builds as me are following this and run into the problems i have here is the solution. The nipple on the wastegate was in a postion where it would poke the hose on it for the MBC against the intake so that it would not have any control on boost. The intake that was on it was an FP 4 inch. My local performance shop told me i would need to buy a new intake. So i did and purchased...

I'm slowly getting to the point to see what this new combo will do. I picked up some VP110 today to see if the knock I was seeing was mechanical noise or if this thing just really doesn't like pump gas.

Turns out it doesn't like pump gas. I started turning it up a bit. My transmission is still acting weird on the 1-2 shift so I need to sort that out. With some more timing (+2) and 16psi...