started working on my awd spyder after 10 years of sitting

[tkrPerformance]

I bought the car brand new off the lot. I swapped it to awd in 99 and it had been sitting apart since 2001.

Any last week I bought 2 parts car to get it back on the road
95 talon tsi fwd auto. It was a rusted out pile of crap and had a rod through the block. This is what I took out of it for my self. A/C,Power steering,alt,e-prom ecu,rear bumper,side skirts with door caps,tails.

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Also last week I bought a 97 awd spyder rolling shell. It came with a ton of parts and a 10pt chromoly cage that I sold already. What I took from the car. Black top,b&m short shifter,aem wide band,auto meter oil press,piller pod,twin projector head lights.

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had to use the rims off my evo 3 to go get it and bring it home.

got the talon rear end swap done

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gutted the inside of the car

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then swapped the tops took my tan one off for the black top

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My 60.00 craigs list find 2gb talon bumper

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also picked up a few parts from my buddy. fp2 cams,sbr fmic kit,black mirrors,stock amp,act fly,hawk front pads,tial 38mm o2 housing

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my recycled radiator. was in my 1g talon then was in my evo 1 before I sold the shell now it is going in the spyder

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[Eeeeky]

Looks great. Keep those pics coming!

 

[4Lurker4]

You have some nice cars in that garage/driveway Car looks very clean considering it sat for so long.

 

[tkrPerformance]

thanks guys. the car has sat in the garage most of its life. It still has 48k on it. so there is no rust on it. the car was shipped here from vegas since that was the color I wanted and would not take the black one they had at mitsu. I just have to under coat it still since it was never done to it. The car also had never been driven in the winter.

Right now I still need black seat belts,black leather rear seat,grey home link visors,grey pass piller and center piller,black door panels


the car's that are here right now
95 evo 3 in the garage
98 awd spyder the one I am rebuilding now
87 feiro it has a 383 sb in it
01 mirage sedan wifes d.d.
89 orignal turbo mirage hatch my d.d.
95 talon tsi (going to scrap)
97 awd spyder (getting parted and scraped)
Also have a 51 mercury m-1 truck with a sbc 400 in storage for the winter now

 

[constant_proj21]

Glad to see you're back at it a bit Mark, I haven't seen this thing in yeeeeeeeeaarrsss... Time to get it back on the road

 

[2GbTalonGuy]

I was going to buy the 2Gb Talon bumper you jerk.

Seriously though, I'm glad to see you're putting it back together. I saw it for sale on cl and on here and hoped someone would do it justice. And it looks like you are going to end up doing it justice yourself. I have seen your skills on that evo 3 swap. So it is in good hands.

 

[95talongirl]

Wow, looks like its coming together nicely!

 

[JusMX141]

Holy procrastination! I thought I was bad since the last inspection sticker on my FWD TSi expired in 2005.

Moved to the Hangout as I don't really see any technical information / question here.

 

[tkrPerformance]

the 95 talon parts car ready to go to scrap. It was a rusty pile of crap.

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drivers side rocker panel front to back ^

What I did on a boring sat. At work. Blasted,coated and backed the o2 housing

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been working on it the last 2 days. It is getting there.

got the fmic put on and started to put the a/c system back in the car

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also took out all the abs wiring out of the engine bay harness and put it back in the car. Also did a mini tuck with it. I used the 3 holes that were in the frame rail and make 3 brackets to bolt the fuse box in the wheel wheel.

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fuse box bolted into its new home

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I drilled out the spot welds on the stock lower radiator brackets and made some new ones and welded them in so I could use my 1g fludine radiator in the car

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worked on fixing the new top since arms were broken and bushing were missing. the install on the frame was messed up. took a few hours to get it to work like it should now it folds down and up just great now.
replaced the floating arms with the ones that were in my top frame. also had to redo the elstac straps so it would pull the arm back when the top folds down.

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the arms that were in the car they were broken. the floating bow arms were gone

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got the side skirts all on the car now

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also got the front bumper cut and put on for the first fitment. I have part of a 2gb eclipse front bumper so I can fill the gaps so I can run the 2gb eclipse head lights

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[Boostinsideways]

So are you building a talon Spyder? I love those. I also love your Mirage EVO 3 conversion. I've done the drivetrain swap twice now, but never went to the extent of getting OEM panels, and a RHD conversion.

 

[GofaST4life]

More please...this is awesome!

 

[tkrPerformance]

Thanks guys. It is nice to work on it after it has been sitting for so long. It was going to be a huge build back in the day but I sold off the built bottom end that never made it in to the car. Used the cnc head on a diffrent car and traded the tranny for a fmic kit for the evo 3. now that the evo has become a huge rebuild the spyder will just be a fun evo 3 16g car.

Worked on it a bit yesterday.
Got the top all done had to put the push clips in and changed the top motors out with mine. Also got the black rear panels in and the back seat back in it. Just have to find black leather rear seat and black seat belts still.

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Also got the short shifter in the car

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[tkrPerformance]

took the dash back out today and put more of the a/c back in. also swapped the dash harness out. got it all back in and the lower grey dash parts are in now.

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got the gauges from the other spyder in the car with my speedo. and the apc real carbon fiber gauge over lay

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also got the holes drilled in the apiller and the new gauge pod in. Just have to paint it grey. Also put in the auto meter boost,oil gauges and aem wide band

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[tkrPerformance]

the carpet was all dry today so took the seats back out to put it in and put the rest of the panels in also.

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pass side visor all done and painted the mirror darker to match the new color of the visors

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started to rain so pushed it back in to the garage. the thing sits low

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pic of the front bumper with Brads old fmic in it

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The black door panels showed up this morring. Now its down to a black rear seat and seat belts

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