1G Talon "Project Deathstroke"

[Paintballaa5]

1G Talon "Project Deathstroke"

Here's my build thread for my 1G AWD Talon street car. I'm a full time student and worker, so naturally this build will span over a pretty long period of time, which is perfect because I bought this car to build exactly how I want it, and not be rushed.
This car will be tagged and registered.. After daily-ing and modding a 2g throughout high-school and my first year of college, I became hooked on DSM's. I sold my 2g, bought a 03 Cobra as a DD, and found an INCREDIBLE deal on my Talon.
This car has had a long drag racing life, and (knock on wood) hopefully still has a long life ahead of her! Found her as a roller for $900 in almost immaculate shape for a 23 year old car. Came with a 4 bolt rear end, the drive shaft, some Corbeau seats/harnesses, and a box of misc. parts.
Anyway, I bought the car in September 2013, (during a major storm! Loading/pulling a car on a trailer in flash flood weather is NEVER fun.) and unfortunately, due to my housing situation here at school, it had to stay at my parents house for a little under a year. So here it is, almost June 2014, I'm moving to a bigger, MUCH nicer house with a two car garage, and plenty of shop space. So now that the car will be with me from now on, I decided to go ahead and start the build thread for my Talon; "Project Deathstroke"

So I'll shut up and post some pictures. I'll be updating as progress is made!












My intent with this project is to have fun building it/learning along the way, so if I don't hit my goals then I'll still have accomplished what I wanted.

Right now the major players in the build plan are:
2.3 built stroker motor
BW S366 top mount, twin scroll turbo
Jacks drag race trans
Water/Air IC
SD/dsmlink tuned

Shooting for 600-700 hp, low 10's or high 9's 1/4 mile.

EDIT: Since realizing I'm a broke student, I've decided to wait on these goals. I'm getting tired of looking at a dismantled car, so I'd like to just enjoy it for now. Read on to see what I have going on!

 

[shsking11]

Looks like a good starting point for what you're looking to do! The color is great, wish they had manufactured more orange 2g's.

What type of mods are you looking at doing? What are your goals in terms of track times?

 

[Paintballaa5]

Looks like a good starting point for what you're looking to do! The color is great, wish they had manufactured more orange 2g's.

What type of mods are you looking at doing? What are your goals in terms of track times?

Thank ya! I fell in love with the color as soon as I saw the pictures my buddy sent me of it. I've updated the bottom of the first post with my major mod plans and goals. Probably should have originally posted that, but it was late

 

[Paintballaa5]

June 8th, 2014

Small update, but it really makes way for progress. After moving into my new house last weekend, I was finally able to get a friend with a truck to help me move my long block to the new house and set it up on the stand. Not much of an update, but now that I have it I can pull the valve cover and start going through the head and cleaning everything up real good. Who knows how long it's been sitting. I bought it from a friend who said it came out of a running car. So if all goes planned, i'll just clean it up and stick a 14b on it and drop it in the car. Speaking of which, I guess I could share the plan for that:
Some say I'm crazy for it, but I feel like I should just drop a stock build in the car just for a little bit, then pull it and build it for it's full potential. That way, I can get a feel for the car and make sure there aren't any weird wiring/suspension/brake/ect. surprises before I put in the high hp motor and components. It just makes sense to me.

anyway, I know ya'll like pictures so here it is on the stand.


Yea it's pretty nasty, but once I get it all cleaned up and change out some gaskets and seals, it should be good as new. And yes, the garage is a mess. Like I said.. just moved into the house.

 

[Paintballaa5]

June 10th, 2014

Pulled the motor outside today and decided I'd see how much gunk I could easily get off. Had a bottle of foamy degreaser from work laying around, so I sprayed it down, let it soak for a little bit, and hosed it off. Did this two or three times and let me tell you.. Damn!! I absolutely was not expecting it to work as well as it did. Didn't even hardly put a rag to it, just 10 mins worth of spray and hose off. I'll let the pics speak for themselves.

Before:


After:


Obviously still not anywhere near my standard, but now it's not miserable to work on .

And lastly before I sign off: if all goes as planned, I will have the car delivered to me here tomorrow!! So stoked for this, I can hardly contain myself.


Goodnight all

 

[Paintballaa5]

Wow, it's been an incredibly long time and I completely let this thread go. I mostly have been posting progress pics on Facebook, (the only reason I still keep one of those) but I decided to finally update this thread. A lot of things have changed, I've been somewhat held up by college.. funds are tight.. And some of the immediate goals for the car have changed. Future goal is still the same.

I decided it would be best to keep this somewhat a street car, and to just put a mild motor in it for now. That way I can save and build a motor on the side. But I mostly want to just enjoy the car for now. I'm tired of looking at it in pieces, and it will still be a hell of a fun car, even without a massive turbo.

I'll try to keep it in sequential order, but it's been a while so it may be slightly out of order. And this is definitely not all the things I've done, just all that I could dig up picture wise.
Incoming pic dump in 3.. 2.. 1..


Car finally made it to my place, here at school.

 

[godschylde777]

is it running?

 

[Paintballaa5]

Unfortunately a lot of the wiring is in terrible shape. Have been doing away with this since day 1


Old pictures of when I first got it. Wiring stashed everywhere..


Began chipping away at the sound deadener



Where it sat for the next year and a half


Picked up a 23 spline trans and tcase


Drilling the spot welds for all the useless pieces from rear seat belts and trim






That right there is completely wired up. It's ran behind everything and you can't see it at all. Only had to extend the passenger side corner marker and splice the license plate harness through a crevice in the frame, and make a new ground. I think it looks fantastic

 

[Paintballaa5]

Early stages of wire harness routing


This is when I decided to pull the head and have everything redone.


Front suspension out.. You'll see why later on


Cleaned up/de-powered/rebuilt



Various parts powder coated. This is one of the main colors used on this build. "Porsche Silver" Found out later that I would only use the timing cover pieces


Picked up some goodies from a friend


This thing is atrocious..



Stock untouched 6 bolt


GSC Springs and Retainers!


Cage showed up:


Well that just looks awful doesn't it!


Aaaaand now it's nice


Got new twin piston calipers.. Decided to clean the casting up on them. Not perfect, but it'll do



Coated the hubs too


What E85 car is complete without the factory GM Flex Fuel badge

 

[Paintballaa5]

The seats I bought from the previous owner were faded EXTREMELY bad. Used some of the vinyl dye and they look fantastic now!
Before:

Side by side shot:

Finished:



Powder coated a oil pan for a buddy, and ended up really liking the color. So I traded him mine . It matches my Cobra!


Coated the dipstick tube and coolant hard line


Removed spoiler to fill in the wiper and antenna holes, and for paint. Also found the missing front pieces.


This is my first time really doing any body work, it came out pretty decent! Hopefully it doesn't start to crack later on.






Nice little radiator came in

 

[Paintballaa5]

Started working on this NASTY under coating.. 25 years of dirt, debris, and tire rubber are caked in the fender wells. This took way more time and effort than I ever thought it would. But I'm glad I took the time to do it.



After you take off your gloves..







Moving back to the motor:



Cleaned up the casting pretty well





Tiny...



Large..

 

[Paintballaa5]

Replica front grille badge made by a member on here:


Some old stock fans that I'll use for now. So ugly though.. why don't we clean them up..



Ayyye that looks better


Some other items being prepped for powder


Starting to look like a motor again!



Being an ohio car.. this whole subframe has seen better days. Lots of rust on it.. bushings are shot. I think I'll just end up going tubular soon. Anyway I cleaned it up pretty well



Looks pretty nice in there


Beauty shot


Picked up link


Cleaned up the rear calipers and new everything else.

 

[Paintballaa5]

Dropped the gas tank to clean it out. Had to rebuild the pump hanger, and run the bulkhead AN fitting because the metal line was broken. Eventually going to use a fuel cell, but once again.. can't afford it right now,and I'm just trying to get it running. It's currently got a 255



Few more goodies: Saturn alt with a 1.9" pulley





Found a really nice way to replace your radiator bushings for super cheap. This was just hanging on the isle at the parts store, and I saw it and thought.. man I bet these would fit perfectly. Turns out they do!



Just need to powder coat the brackets and they will be good to go

-8 AN from tank to rail with a fuel lab replaceable filter element.



Various items I needed.. correct starter plate, oem knock sensor, dowels, fuel tank gasket etc..



Alt sits nicely


Shoutout to Mike at FIST Racing in Houston for being awesome, and staying late to weld up my IAT bung!

 

[Paintballaa5]

And here it is guys: I waited an incredibly long time for this, but it finally showed up and looks fantastic. Made of Docol R8, the main bar is 1 1/4" x .095 wall, and the smaller tubes are 1" x .095 wall.










First time back on the ground! + 2.5 years of dust




I'll get more pics when I can roll the windows up (harness disconnected) and wash it.

Intercooler mounted, still have a bit to do to the bumper to make it fit right.


Fresh trans and tcase


Picked up a FP manifold


Making a new passenger brake line so that you can't see it.

 

[Paintballaa5]

Finally time for the motor to go in! This was THE easiest motor i've ever put in. I'm assuming because of the subframe.. Bolted up in less than 20 minutes.





I've spent about 25 hours working on the wire harness and making sure it's right. There were so many wires that didn't need to be where they were, or were just going to the wrong place.. They were all twisted together and taped.. So I wen't back and soldered every one I could, and got it back how it needed to be. Tucked everything as best I could, and here it is about 80% finished.



About 90%



And here it is, as it sits, 100% wired up. Just need to plug in the radiator fans when they go in. Please ignore the wrong colored valve cover. That was a failed attempt to match the color. Will be trying again in the next few days.



Various pics




Still need to get the braided clutch line so you can't see the stock one.

Ceramic coated the hotside. Waiting on a small crack to be welded before I coat the manifold.



So there it is guys! I'll definitely keep this thread up to date from now on, I had just gotten so far behind, it was becoming an overwhelming task just to sit down and write this.. So I kept putting it off.

I hope to have the car started by the end of the semester, but who knows..

 

[Paintballaa5]

is it running?

Very close! You caught me while I was still uploading pics

 

[C'LO]

Very clean build, looks like it's in good hands, who made that front cross member?

 

[Nate355RS]

Love that engine bay, everything looks so much easier to get to. When you get it running can you post some pics of the bay in better lighting?

 

[godschylde777]

Very nice. I know the feeling of a long build. Its an amazing feeling to see an engine in the bay after so long. Its like its a dream. Keep up the good work.

 

[Paintballaa5]

Very clean build, looks like it's in good hands, who made that front cross member?

It was made by Joshua Callahan out of Pennsylvania i believe. He's primarily on Facebook. Very, very nice guy but his customer service is extremely lacking. He's just overwhelmed by the work he's got I think. I'm still waiting on the tubular crossmember with the front motor mount.

Love that engine bay, everything looks so much easier to get to. When you get it running can you post some pics of the bay in better lighting?

Thanks dude! And for sure! Still got a few things to do to it, and finals are coming up quicker than I can study for. But once I get it a little further I'll grab some better shots. Garbage iphone camera doesn't like low light.

Very nice. I know the feeling of a long build. Its an amazing feeling to see an engine in the bay after so long. Its like its a dream. Keep up the good work.

As soon as I got it in, I just kept staring at it.. Looking over some of the pictures I took.. It really is a dream come true after so long. Thanks man, now to just get it running

 

[Paintballaa5]

Paintballaa5 updated 1G Talon "Project Deathstroke"


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[Paintballaa5]

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[Paintballaa5]

Next things I will be doing this weekend are shortening the throttle cable, fixing the valve cover color, and hopefully my welder buddy will come over sometime soon and fix my manifold so I can ceramic coat it. At that point the turbo can go on, then the radiator and fans. Then I can move to fluids. Then Do some checks in link and fire it up!
We also have a lot to do on the interior, I don't wanna post the pics until it's done, but we have made some sheet metal cutouts for the interior that my wire harnesses run through, and they cover up all the ugly holes. We also need to cut the rear floor and replace with sheet metal. Cage needs to be welded in. The remaining adhesive from the sound deadener and rattle can black a previous owner sprayed needs to be totally cleaned up. I will be spraying the interior (and hatch jambs) gloss silver to give the interior a clean look. Then finally run the completed harnesses and rivet the panels up.

That's the bulk of the work that needs to be done. Finals are coming up so this work may come to a halt for a moment, but will quickly be resumed once summer starts. I'm extremely motivated to get it running!

 

[weasel1G]

Beautiful car, keep us up to date.

 

[neuro_funk]

Nice clean build