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mnim15
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mnim15 updated Beater Build
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Woah! I guess I haven't checked in here for a while.
Yeah, those will hopefully make their way on to the talon.
I needed to get the center holes machined to fit on our hubs.
Getting the coating off the wheels was ridiculous! I finally broke down and brought them to an industrial blaster.
Once I get around to painting them I will be putting my tires on.
Thanks. There are pretty good instructions online in combination with the factory service manual.
One of my friends locally has rebuilt several so I had him help out and spot check.[DOUBLEPOST=1408105936][/DOUBLEPOST]Here are the BBS wheels I picked up before they were machined and blasted:
After I got it running my AC would not hold a charge.
It turns out that the condenser had a leak, so I decided to tear the front end back apart.
While I was fixing that, my friend helped me make some modifications to the exhaust.
We combined the O2 housing and down pipe, then separated the downpipe before the flex section with a vband.
We also recirculated the wastegate dump.
After that I made a heat shield:
I happened to have a spare t-bolt clamp that was the same size as the oil filter.
So I made an anti-oil-filter-spin-off out of it:
I also took some other measures to try and lower my temps:
While it was down I also installed the RRE and RM sway bars I had and new end links:
After that was all done and I had my nice cold AC, I brought the car to get under coated.
I was having some problems with starting.
The vacuum line to my AFPR was rock hard and only two days old.
I must have had a torn diaphragm, because after I switched it out with a Fuel Lab mini, the problem went away.
I was having some problems with the throttle body I rebuilt, so I put turbo seals in another one and swapped that out.
I'm also currently experimenting with a 160 thermostat to see if that will help me keep my temps down.[DOUBLEPOST=1408106867][/DOUBLEPOST]The wastegate that came with the turbo setup was cracking open at 16PSI and maxing out around 20.
After doing a little looking around, I found Kinugawa. They make "adjustable" actuators.
After a little back and forth with them, they sent me a wastegate actuator with the bracket to mount right to the compressor housing and the correct arm for the FP housing.
The spring I ordered it with was a 1.2Bar. My understanding was that I would be able to achieve twice the springs rating in pressure.
That was not the case, I was still only able to max out around 22PSI.
I ordered a 2Bar spring and replaced that, now I am able to run >22PSI:
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You gonna throw those BBS's on it? I wanted to scoop them up but wasn't sure if they'd fit well with the +45 offset. The guy told me they "sold locally to a guy with grey talon, black wheels." AFAIK yours is the only one in town! Lol.
Woah! I guess I haven't checked in here for a while.
Yeah, those will hopefully make their way on to the talon.
I needed to get the center holes machined to fit on our hubs.
Getting the coating off the wheels was ridiculous! I finally broke down and brought them to an industrial blaster.
Once I get around to painting them I will be putting my tires on.
Awesome pics. Cute kid, and cool radiator "i have the same one".
Is there a manual to tear-down/re-build our trannys? or you just jumped in ?
Thanks. There are pretty good instructions online in combination with the factory service manual.
One of my friends locally has rebuilt several so I had him help out and spot check.[DOUBLEPOST=1408105936][/DOUBLEPOST]Here are the BBS wheels I picked up before they were machined and blasted:
After I got it running my AC would not hold a charge.
It turns out that the condenser had a leak, so I decided to tear the front end back apart.
While I was fixing that, my friend helped me make some modifications to the exhaust.
We combined the O2 housing and down pipe, then separated the downpipe before the flex section with a vband.
We also recirculated the wastegate dump.
After that I made a heat shield:
I happened to have a spare t-bolt clamp that was the same size as the oil filter.
So I made an anti-oil-filter-spin-off out of it:
I also took some other measures to try and lower my temps:
While it was down I also installed the RRE and RM sway bars I had and new end links:
After that was all done and I had my nice cold AC, I brought the car to get under coated.
I was having some problems with starting.
The vacuum line to my AFPR was rock hard and only two days old.
I must have had a torn diaphragm, because after I switched it out with a Fuel Lab mini, the problem went away.
I was having some problems with the throttle body I rebuilt, so I put turbo seals in another one and swapped that out.
I'm also currently experimenting with a 160 thermostat to see if that will help me keep my temps down.[DOUBLEPOST=1408106867][/DOUBLEPOST]The wastegate that came with the turbo setup was cracking open at 16PSI and maxing out around 20.
After doing a little looking around, I found Kinugawa. They make "adjustable" actuators.
After a little back and forth with them, they sent me a wastegate actuator with the bracket to mount right to the compressor housing and the correct arm for the FP housing.
The spring I ordered it with was a 1.2Bar. My understanding was that I would be able to achieve twice the springs rating in pressure.
That was not the case, I was still only able to max out around 22PSI.
I ordered a 2Bar spring and replaced that, now I am able to run >22PSI:
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