Selling my 94 Talon TSi Auto "The Slingshot" .
Please READ THE BUILD THREAD HERE -- http://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/1g-auto-slingshot-build.460626/
It is currently taken apart, best way to describe this car is to check the build thread. Heres a list of parts. Anyone who knows ANYTHING about...
As much as it hurts, i just dont have time or patience for this anymore. Parting it out, getting a list together. Be on the lookout for it in classifieds.
i have a full set of brand new Fiberglass parts still all boxed up for the 1gb. I will not ship this so it'd have to be picked up. They aren't making these anymore and their wait list if you could is over 12 weeks!!
Front bumper with cutout
Fenders, hood, roof, both doors, and hatch.
Insanely...
Might as well keep the BIG changes rolling. Switching to PROEFI engine management. Going to be running their flex fuel sensor and boost controller to give me a lot more flexibility with fuel and make the tune more rock solid. So I ordered the Pro48 vs the pro128 to save some money and I am not...
First mockup on the kirkey, this is actually the passenger seat bracket, still waiting on the shipping for the drivers. Harnesses are great! Very happy with them.
Roughly cut the front end off. Just have to get the engine out of the way to make the final cuts.
Even with the chromoly Crossmemeber with the solid mount, and no crash beam it weighed 51 lbs bare. !! So there's a good amount of weight to be saved here and it is way easier to work on.
Yeah I am more looking to make it easier to work with. I'm making it bolt on so I can pull it all off easily.
And I'm too cheap for carbon fiber so I just did fiberglass parts. Going to get painted anyways.
Can't wait for some parts to show up. Got the water pump and fittings in today.
Lots of changes happening while the car is down for the engine work.
1. We are cutting the front end off the car and making it tubular to make it easier to work around and drop some weight.
2. Ive ordered the carbinetics front bumper, fenders, hood, roof, doors, and hatch in fiberglass. The...
Nice car. I run an auto with the turbolab 67mm Holset setup at 42psi. Very streetable and good power band . Need to run a log to see the flow output but it's way up there. The car easily has mid of not low 9 power. If only headgaskets would cooperate.
It would appear that the pushing coolant is getting worse and rather than screw it up, im going a different route.Ive got a new machine shop thats somewhat local that is very experienced in oringing/ high hp applications.
So now I have new oring/receiver specs i will be using as well as...
Yeah I seem to have a lot of my cousin has or my buddy has a 9 second car . Then they ride in it and say it must be a 8second car. Haha. Really wish I had my GoPro still to make a compilation .
Tried some launches today. Have it set to 20psi on the foot brake and it holds. Doesn't leave crazy hard which is good for now as it shouldn't break anything on the launch but fast enough to hopefully get into the 9s.A lot of people claim to have 9 second cars or have a buddy that had one but...
Yeah, they do friday nights here where you can run test and tune so here in the next few weeks ill get out there. Ill try to get an in car video from a passenger on the street. Its a real handful even with the welded diff.
Thank you. A 9 second pass will really motivate me. Still baffled by the fact that it is pushing coolant after the oring setup but hopefully some retorques will keep it together for a bit .
So yesterday I noticed the cooling system pressure was a bit high and went ahead and changed the headgasket before the dyno.Dyno day is here!!
Went to the dyno, took it slow with the tune and had 0 issues until about 32psi when it pushed all the coolant out of the overflow.
So we let it cool...
Tried my hand at wrapping the manifold with fiberglass. Didn't do a very good job and it took forever but hopefully it'll keep the temps down . There was a few areas that the pipes were so close together that the wrap couldn't make it in between which made it tricky .
Still think it looks...
Yeah sure makes it a lot cleaner !
28 miles and still no issues. Changed the oil today. Also ordered the stainless pipe needed to fab a race exhaust out of the hood.Dyno day set for April 10 so I've gotta get cracking on that.
I'll tell you, the easiest way to get the fuse box out of the picture is just unbolt it, drop it inside the passenger frame down low. There is a few places to mount it. And the best part is all you have to extend is the headlights ! Really easy and makes it look 100x better
Yes, I have the engine leveler attatchment for the hoist so it made it easier. Also took the drivers mount off and once all the other 3 had the bolts in but loose, was able to align the last mount pretty easily.
Engine is in and running ! So far so good. 1.7 miles in which breaks the last engines record of 1.2miles before self destruct .
Set the dyno date for April 10. Going to fab a race exhaust out of the hood in the meantime and drive it around to put some miles on it.
Getting there. Engine install went really well for once. Did it by myself so I expected a crappy time. With the solid mounts front and rear it usually makes for a bad time but it fell into place like it wanted to be back in the car. Gotta hook the rest up and wire it up. Should be running next week.
Finally figured out the cam degreeing after talking to GSC. Wasn't just a simple adjustment but ended up not needing very much luckily. Ended up doing the centerline method and just matched the cam card centerline vs doing it the opening and closing since we couldn't get that to match. I'll work...
You and me both!So I have tried this every which way I can and it's just not matching the cam card at all. It opens close to the card, within one degree of where it should but closes like 12 degrees to soon . I have checked it from every angle I can and it's always the same. The exhaust side...
First time I've bothered doing this. But the block and head have been decked so many times it can't hurt. Really a pain. Not matching the cam card so waiting for GSC engineers to call me in the am.
Been forever and have had life get in the way but the engine should be back from the machine shop next week. Also talked with Darren Thomas and he is building a trans for me . So if I can catch a break for once, maybe the car will be back together within about 6 weeks
Sure can.
I'm pretty sure they will fix it for free, but doing all that work again just to get it to them bare, then all that reassembly! I really am thinking there is something going on. From the JAM engine failure, I changed the oil cooler, this is a different block but the same head and...
Yeah, they will but considering going with a different machine shop. Really don't want to but after the insert debacle, just tired of going the that place.
Thank you loyal fans, but the dyno never happened.Came out this morning ready, just button up a few things, retorqued the head studs, start it up and let it warm up, and what's that noise?About 2 minutes into idling, oil pressures about 35psi, all good, then I hear a faint tap tap tap noise...
Well came out to the garage to about 7 quarts of atf on the floor! What a freaking mess. Couldn't figure out what the hell happened so I jacked it up and started it. Literally poured fluid out as fast as I could pour it in. Coming from the bell housing . Looked closer and could tell it was the...