1990 Eagle Talon TSi AWD Vehicle Profile & Build Thread

BGage's Talon TSi AWD

Build Type

Mods-Bolt-on: FP 68HTA Turbo ; eVO 3 Ex. Manifold w/ported 2g o2 housing, Fuel Lab FPR & gauge.
Eprom ECU, Walbro 255 pump, TurboX Boost controler, Short Throw Shifter, Cone Air Filter,
Avid Racing Mounts, ACT Light Steel Flywheel , ACT 2600 Clutch Assembly ,3 inch turbo back exhaust, Braided Steel Turbo Oil Feed Line , Magnacore Ignition Wires, Maft ; GM-MAF,
old Spearco RRE frontmount IC & piping, Sony stereo with one 10' Sony Sub.
Custom Carbon Fiber Console , suede headliner

Mods-Engine: Again A Brand New Build This Year:

Rotating Assembly Balanced
Entire Engine Blueprinted
Block Decked, Line Honed
Crankshaft Stock 4g63
Wiseco 8.5:1 Pistons & Manley Turbo Tuff Rods
Typhoon NA Intake Manifold (ported) [-A rare beast there!-]
Evo 3 Exhaust Manifold
Cylinder Head full rebuild and street Port job
Kelford 272s
Royal Purple HPS , SAE 10-30

Mods-Drivetrain: John Shepard Racing modified 5 speed Trans, Act Flywheel, ACT 2600 Clutch Assy., Rear lower control arm Heim conversion / 'toe-in eliminator' kit installed, custom alignment specs.
(I now get real good rear tire life!) 4 bolt rear assy conversion,
Baer Big Brake Kit with 13" Rotors, EBC Redstuff Pads

BODY and INTERIOR MODS

Shaved Doors... door handles were removed, street rod style!
Talon Has GTX Black / Grey Interior.
The original stock Talon interior in white herringbone has been stored for 16 years,
and is absolutely perfect.

Mods-Handling: Lowered 3 inches+ all around, using DA Racing Coil Overs

Ingalls : Adjustable Rear Upper Control Arms (MY) 2nd design (see below)

NOTE:I bitched at Ingalls Engineering until they redesigned their crappy 1st design...
I'd broken three of them by then.Talked to an engeneer & told them how it should have been designed... Six months later the second design appeared...they credit me not...even if it was identical to the one I laid out to them... they didn't even offer to let me test a pair for them.
I thought it really small of them after wasting 3 sets of their 1st design crap that I had to PAY FOR even after the failures! So I won't buy their shit again... 'engineering' indeed.
I'll make my own. ;-)

Rear Subframe: High Durometer bushings
Rear Lower Control Arms: 'wrist' eliminator Heim Joint conversion
(I initially wondered, how I'd get on with them, but I truly love the now solid rear!)

(FREE INFO: best STREET tire wear spec I have found after 4 tire sets and much experimentation;) If you try it and like it let me know, that is all I ask in return.
Camber:
(One Deegree) Front, 1.0*
(Half a deegree) Rear 0.5*
ZERO TOE FRONT AND REAR

Road Race setups would naturally be more severe, this is for street tire mileage and it works!

D2 Coil Over Road Race Suspension
Front & Rear Strut Bars

American Racing Wheels 18 X 8.5
Toyo Proxes 4 Tires 225-40-18

Parts Wishlist: I wish I could stop buying parts...the car runs FINE ... needs NOTHING except a hood respray.
But alas, after 13,14,now 15 years ... I CANT STOP!
Next on my list is to install the DSMLink I've had for well over 2 years & retune
to the Snow Meth Injection setup I just acquired. <grin>
and then the driving lights, and then the paint work.

Background: Bought from my 'brother from another mother' just ten years before he died. First time I saw it was in my driveway acting like Mt.St. Helens... steam everywhere! He sold it to me a year later
and I've been working on it ever since. I willed it to my son when I die. I'm keeping it till then.

Thanks Jeff! I Miss You, Brother.

Timeslip Details: Nitrous : No
Fuel Used : Pump gas
Vehicle Weight : 3360
Tires : Street Radials
Sponsored Car : no