96Formula6spd
10+ Year Contributor
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- Nov 17, 2009
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Greenville,
South_Carolina
Figured I would make a build thread to the new car to the herd. I had a 91 GSX years ago and sold it off. Anyways a friend of mine messaged me on Saturday and asked if I knew anybody who would want a AWD Talon. It caught my interest as the 91 has been the only car I regretted selling. He sent some pictures of it and decided to take the extra 2 hour drive home from anyyok autocross and go take a look. He said the guy was ready to let it go to scrap. It has been sitting 7 years due to a blown head gasket. Will get into that later. Anyways I figured I would show up and since the car had a Michigan tag and was sitting in the dirt that the body was probably rust and the car was close to stock. After about 10 minutes of poking around the only offer on the car was $250 and that guy had no way to move it. I offered $400 and was able to pick it up on the Tuesday as the guy worked nights and was the first day that we could meet up.
Here is the car where it had been sitting for a long time. It was in Columbia where they got the floods last year and the ground is still wet and the car was sinking into the ground.
Fast forward to Tuesday. I hand over $400 and we start pulling the car out. The Suburban pulled the car out with zero issue. All we did was air the tires up. Brakes seem to be working. Handbrake was down which make it easy for it to stop. Hand to hand crank the car up onto the trailer. That was not fun. Would move a few feet at a time and be tired. Got the car onto the trailer and proceeded to lock the one and only key under the hood as I was removing the jumper cables. We did that so we could roll the drivers window down. The drivers door handle is broken. But the trailer would not let us open the passenger door far enough to reach in to open the drivers. Had to make a broom handle with a coat hanger taped on to loop on the inside door handle so we could open the door. This got us back in so I can get the key that was under the hood. Finished locking the car down and drove home. Was later than I thought but I was happy.
All loaded up.
Where it had been sitting all those years. Not anymore
So got the car unloaded. Man its nice when projects will at least trailer drive. Been a long time since I have had to manually load and unload a car. This one was a slight pain. Anyways got it off and moved into its new space. Step one was a bath.
Before
After
After a bath I decided to find all what was left in the car. Found some old mail from a time when Wachovia was around. Also found some goodies.
Can always use a Haynes manual and the safc manual. Plus a tire tread depth checker. Been needing one of those.
3 Bottles of gear oil as well as a full set of new spark plugs. A few less things to buy.
A brand new timing belt kit. Its been sitting a bit in a hot car. The belt is turning color so its not going on the car. But the idlers are good. So it will at least save a few bucks on the new kit.
Next up was the interior. Started in the glove box to find receipts from All Aspect Motorsports in Va Beach. Installed stuff included...some nice stuff in here.
- Slow Boy Racing Stage 1 6bolt swap
- John Sheppard Stage 2? Transmission 375-425hp version
- Act 2100lb 6 puck clutch
- Koni Shocks
- Ground Control Kit
- Ebiach rear adjustable sway bar.
- Stainless Steal Brake lines.
- B&M Short throw shifter.
- Unotherodox under drive pulley.
- MSD plug wires
- Road Race Engineering Camber correction plates.
- Road Race Engineering 2.5 inch catless downpipe
- Burschur 3 in Cat back exhaust
- Injen Intake System
- TurboXS H34 Recirculating blow off Valve.
At the current moment it all looks to be there. As the car was sitting I doubt anything really got pulled. The only thing he said he did pull and that was years ago was the 16g. The car is back on the stock t-25 which needs a rebuild. I may swap on a 14b or 16g for now. Other goodies I have found in the car include.
- Safc tuner. Its someting but may get pulled for DSM link
- Autometer Air Fuel ratio gauge
- Greddy Boost Gauge.
- Some AFC seats. I will be pulling them out as how they were mounted is very unsafe. Will probably unload them on craigslist.
Anyways some random pictures
Interior
Only 135k
When cleaning out the car I found two different things.
Anybody need some keys?
However this was the worst part. Anybody want some brand new TYC Altezza tail lights. Its going to hurt me to not throw them in the trash but will be going on craigslist for $50 to fund the rebuild. Good thing they are for an eclipse and not a talon. I like the stock taillight look.
Onto the plan. Step one is to go threw the motor. Cams are rusty so they need to be replaced. I don't think they can be saved. Find out why it was parked. Who knows maybe the bottom end is shot. Will be getting a tune up. Get to play tear down to find out what is 1g and what is 2g. After that the plan is to get some tires. Has some 18 inch that need tires. The one is holding air even with a huge gash on the sidewall. Biggest concern is the fuel tank. Pumps can always be replaced but I have a feeling the tank is going to be rusty. Has 1/3 tank of ethanol fuel that has been sitting since 2009. At least car-part has a few around for $55 its just the fun of swapping it all over.
Anyways here is the start to a $400 rescue that had a date with a crusher.
Here is the car where it had been sitting for a long time. It was in Columbia where they got the floods last year and the ground is still wet and the car was sinking into the ground.
Fast forward to Tuesday. I hand over $400 and we start pulling the car out. The Suburban pulled the car out with zero issue. All we did was air the tires up. Brakes seem to be working. Handbrake was down which make it easy for it to stop. Hand to hand crank the car up onto the trailer. That was not fun. Would move a few feet at a time and be tired. Got the car onto the trailer and proceeded to lock the one and only key under the hood as I was removing the jumper cables. We did that so we could roll the drivers window down. The drivers door handle is broken. But the trailer would not let us open the passenger door far enough to reach in to open the drivers. Had to make a broom handle with a coat hanger taped on to loop on the inside door handle so we could open the door. This got us back in so I can get the key that was under the hood. Finished locking the car down and drove home. Was later than I thought but I was happy.
All loaded up.
Where it had been sitting all those years. Not anymore
So got the car unloaded. Man its nice when projects will at least trailer drive. Been a long time since I have had to manually load and unload a car. This one was a slight pain. Anyways got it off and moved into its new space. Step one was a bath.
Before
After
After a bath I decided to find all what was left in the car. Found some old mail from a time when Wachovia was around. Also found some goodies.
Can always use a Haynes manual and the safc manual. Plus a tire tread depth checker. Been needing one of those.
3 Bottles of gear oil as well as a full set of new spark plugs. A few less things to buy.
A brand new timing belt kit. Its been sitting a bit in a hot car. The belt is turning color so its not going on the car. But the idlers are good. So it will at least save a few bucks on the new kit.
Next up was the interior. Started in the glove box to find receipts from All Aspect Motorsports in Va Beach. Installed stuff included...some nice stuff in here.
- Slow Boy Racing Stage 1 6bolt swap
- John Sheppard Stage 2? Transmission 375-425hp version
- Act 2100lb 6 puck clutch
- Koni Shocks
- Ground Control Kit
- Ebiach rear adjustable sway bar.
- Stainless Steal Brake lines.
- B&M Short throw shifter.
- Unotherodox under drive pulley.
- MSD plug wires
- Road Race Engineering Camber correction plates.
- Road Race Engineering 2.5 inch catless downpipe
- Burschur 3 in Cat back exhaust
- Injen Intake System
- TurboXS H34 Recirculating blow off Valve.
At the current moment it all looks to be there. As the car was sitting I doubt anything really got pulled. The only thing he said he did pull and that was years ago was the 16g. The car is back on the stock t-25 which needs a rebuild. I may swap on a 14b or 16g for now. Other goodies I have found in the car include.
- Safc tuner. Its someting but may get pulled for DSM link
- Autometer Air Fuel ratio gauge
- Greddy Boost Gauge.
- Some AFC seats. I will be pulling them out as how they were mounted is very unsafe. Will probably unload them on craigslist.
Anyways some random pictures
Interior
Only 135k
When cleaning out the car I found two different things.
Anybody need some keys?
However this was the worst part. Anybody want some brand new TYC Altezza tail lights. Its going to hurt me to not throw them in the trash but will be going on craigslist for $50 to fund the rebuild. Good thing they are for an eclipse and not a talon. I like the stock taillight look.
Onto the plan. Step one is to go threw the motor. Cams are rusty so they need to be replaced. I don't think they can be saved. Find out why it was parked. Who knows maybe the bottom end is shot. Will be getting a tune up. Get to play tear down to find out what is 1g and what is 2g. After that the plan is to get some tires. Has some 18 inch that need tires. The one is holding air even with a huge gash on the sidewall. Biggest concern is the fuel tank. Pumps can always be replaced but I have a feeling the tank is going to be rusty. Has 1/3 tank of ethanol fuel that has been sitting since 2009. At least car-part has a few around for $55 its just the fun of swapping it all over.
Anyways here is the start to a $400 rescue that had a date with a crusher.
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