Blog Title: FWD 14b project
In the beginning, there was Christine. I bought her from a friend that had left the car sitting in a field for years. It cost $300. Within a few hours, we had the car running again (entire turbo inlet pipe had a mouse nest in it). Then we started with the cheap/free mods.
With just an MBC, K&N, o2 dump, and upper/lower IC pipes, the car ran a best of 13.6 @ 108, killing the stock clutch in the process. Then we picked up a used B16G, FMIC, 550s, pump, clutch, 264s, and AFC, and fabbed a full 3" exhaust. This got us to a best of 371whp and 13.1 @ 111.
Fast forward a few years, I bought back my '93 Talon that I had previously sold to buy a house. I decided to go back to a stock appearing setup and see what it could do. With a 14b, Dejon SMIC, HKS 272s, 255/550s, hacked 1G MAF, 5 knob AFC, full 2.5", 2600, and little else I ran a best of 12.12 @ 112.1 on VP 103 unleaded. In '07 the car was totaled.
Skip ahead a couple more years, and I decided to give the 14b another go with a FWD setup this time.
With just an MBC, K&N, o2 dump, and upper/lower IC pipes, the car ran a best of 13.6 @ 108, killing the stock clutch in the process. Then we picked up a used B16G, FMIC, 550s, pump, clutch, 264s, and AFC, and fabbed a full 3" exhaust. This got us to a best of 371whp and 13.1 @ 111.
Fast forward a few years, I bought back my '93 Talon that I had previously sold to buy a house. I decided to go back to a stock appearing setup and see what it could do. With a 14b, Dejon SMIC, HKS 272s, 255/550s, hacked 1G MAF, 5 knob AFC, full 2.5", 2600, and little else I ran a best of 12.12 @ 112.1 on VP 103 unleaded. In '07 the car was totaled.
Skip ahead a couple more years, and I decided to give the 14b another go with a FWD setup this time.
FWD Build part 3
So, after picking up the red '90 Laser project shell, I hit a slight delay that ended up changing my plans for the build. My good friend Tort decided to part out his 700+whp Talon, and I offered to help him in my garage. This meant I had to put the FWD on hold. We got his car torn down, and his original intent was to hold onto the shell in case he ever decided to do another build later.
After talking with him for awhile, he decided that he'd rather move on and build something different if he ever did another build. He also mentioned that he'd like something he can street drive more, with no cage and retaining heat and some other creature comforts. He pointed out that he'd always preferred red, and has talked about painting his car a different color for as long as he's had it.
This turned out to be a mutually beneficial opportunity for us. We worked out a trade and he's gonna store the Laser for a future build. I am now building his black '93 Talon shell. This gets me an 8pt cage, Corbeau seats, harnesses, lots of weight reduction, full suspension, and more. The car is also AWD, which I am converting to FWD (for now...).
Here are some pics:
This is how the setup looked before we parted it
Here's a time lapse album of the tear-down:
LINK
Here's where i'm at now, engine/trans is in, just buttoning up the odds and ends and it'll be ready to go.
Start-up video
And a bonus shot
After talking with him for awhile, he decided that he'd rather move on and build something different if he ever did another build. He also mentioned that he'd like something he can street drive more, with no cage and retaining heat and some other creature comforts. He pointed out that he'd always preferred red, and has talked about painting his car a different color for as long as he's had it.
This turned out to be a mutually beneficial opportunity for us. We worked out a trade and he's gonna store the Laser for a future build. I am now building his black '93 Talon shell. This gets me an 8pt cage, Corbeau seats, harnesses, lots of weight reduction, full suspension, and more. The car is also AWD, which I am converting to FWD (for now...).
Here are some pics:
This is how the setup looked before we parted it
Here's a time lapse album of the tear-down:
LINK
Here's where i'm at now, engine/trans is in, just buttoning up the odds and ends and it'll be ready to go.
Start-up video
And a bonus shot
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