Another quick question ... I should prob change the coil insulators too right?

You are the man thank you sooooo much ... Lov the dsmers

Ok but isn't there a bearing in there to change?

Hey I'm looking for oem style strut mounts ... I saw a thread talking about 3G eclipse have the same rear strut mounts. Do the 3G eclipse also have the same front strut mount? If not does anyone know where I can buy new mounts like metal plate and bearing etc?Using Tokico Illumina struts and...

The only update I have is I ended up tearing the engine apart .. Had valve seal leaks and had to repair the head gasket. I bought ecmlink and that did help dial in the idle prior to the tear down.I will keep yall up to date.

Right on thanks man .. I'll make sure to check all those components

Hmm .. i'll check out the brake booster line thanks. I also saw on the forums that there is a evap emission purge solenoid valve ... http://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/boost-leak-behind-intake-manifold.496381/And I'll find out about the base timing before top dead centerThanks again brotha

Nice and Rockauto has it 60ish .. and thanks ill pay attention to the ignition timing What's the base timing on the 97 tsi supposed to be -- 5 degrees?

Yea I have been doing that and it helped me find the leaks I have listed above ... I'm going to try to compress the system with smoke and see where it leaks out

Good call on the siliconeintake ... they're sold out of the 2.25 in tbolt clamps ahah and I needed one

Nice .. I'll keep ya up to date on how it goesthe plan: -ecmlink v3 -IAC valve / ISC motor -both coolant temperature sensors -megan racing downpipe -HKS hi-power cat back

Are these sensors something you would purchase from rockauto or find the oem ones somewhere?

Ok good call .. thanks for all the help

What's ya'll opinion on the coolant temperature sensors going bad and causing the car to idle higher/poorly??

I just purchased ecmlink .. hopefully this will help me dial the idle in as well as air and fuel trims

Anyone have any other advise??

Thanks I'll keep that in mind .. $350 for an engine haha that's great

Oh that's great to hear .. I'll be using that site soon than thanks That's great to hear he'll replace parts no problem .. good service

Thanks, I've never heard of miller

That's what my cousin said .. my ecu may crapped out on me and yes I'm planning to upgrade my fuel system asap thankshere is a some history on my journey to help ya'll understand what I have done so far ...Maintenance: -installed 16G turbo -- replaced stock blown T25 turbo ----used the...

Very nice ... I'll measure and see what I'll have to order. Do you just get one off ebay or a aftermarket site like the approved vendors?

Oh your talking about the boost gauge being stuck at -5psi .. yea im not sure about that Ill have to look at the gauge face to see if there are any bumps

The car came with the aftermarket gauge face but I think the scale is off because the reading I get from the ECU is different from what the gauge says ...

Anyone know where I can get the OEM gauge cluster face

The 16g intake inlet is 2.5in?

Would you go with silicon couplers?

Very nice .. I enjoy my 40 with me

That's a nice engine bay .. jealous

Yea I ran into that issue myself .. thanks for the email

And it had a blown T25 turbo

I recently bought a 97 talon awd with 150K miles stock except a few suspension parts for $3500 in detroit

That's a sweet car

Ok that sounds good I'll check out ebay, thanks for the info

I was experiencing a similar issue .. Im buying ecmlink and hoping it will help

3 lugs is not enough clamp load .. get all 5 for your safety

I agree with that one

ok thanks for the info .. the larger coupler is an oval, will that work?

Does anyone have or know where I can get couplers that will fit the injen intake .. my current couplers are hard and may be causing a boost leak??Thanks guys

Right, ok thanks again I'll keep boost leak testing haha

Hey thanks .. I'll try that and let you know how it goes

How likely do you think it is that my ISC motor has gone bad?? -car has just under 150,000 miles

Comments in greenMaintenance: -installed 16G turbo -- replaced stock blown T25 turbo Good Job getting MHI on there. -- whats MHI mean? ----used the conversion kit from extremepsi ----not sure if the oil restrictor that it came with is correct? Shouldn't need an oil restrictor for 16G -----the...

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Maintenance: -installed 16G turbo -- replaced stock blown T25 turbo ----used the conversion kit from extremepsi ----not sure if the oil restrictor that it came with is correct? -----the oil drain leaks ??? I used the oem 2g tube and lobed out the holes -- can't get it to seal...

Thank you .. I will try that and let you know how it goes

Hey thanks alot for the input guys .. I have done alot of maintenance on it, which is why I not sure what else to do?

Thanks for the advise .. I'll add more detail to paint a better picture of my journey so far and the solutions I'm attempting.

My 97 talon is idling like crap. I have replaced many gaskets and it still idles poorly. I swapped the stock T25 turbo because it had blown seals and replaced it with a 16G ... the car idled fine before and now I'm dealing with this ..Any thoughts on stock talons with blown turbos and swap to...

Help,My 97 awd talon tsi has an aftermarket/custom gauge cluster face and when I plug the OBD2 reader into it (to read codes .. etc) I can view the rpm's from the device. At idle on the gauges says 1,100ish and the reader says 900ish??? -According to the gauge I do not build/peak boost until...