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Kryndon
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- Jan 10, 2014
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Possibly the last update for the near future. The Talon is 100% done and running strong as ever. Did the full break-in. Swapped to my usual Motul 10w-40 oil and managed to paint the charge piping black, as well as fit the front air ducting. For some reason it now boosts even higher, up to 0.8 bar (~11.5psi) which feels quick especially from a standstill and around town. I know I'm not even pushing the 16G for now but it feels more powerful than the T25. I have no real way to measure flow right now but I'd take a bench guess and say she's around 250 hp at the crank. The air duct also fits fairly well with my current intercooler setup. The pipes sit real nice in black and give that stealthy look when you pop the hood open. Not sure if I mentioned it before but the intercooler is a 3.5" core which may look small in the pictures but it's quite girthy and sits real nice in the 2GB Talon bumper with very minimal cutting (had to take off less than an inch on the plastic bumper support). The guy I got it from said he dynod 420 hp with that cooler and my goals are more or less in that ballpark, so it should last me well.
Oh, just to explain what's going on behind the intercooler. I had to cut that middle vertical support bracket to make clearance, and made a custom bracket with adjustment to both act as support for the hood but also hold the power steering lines in place and offer easy adjustment of the hood latch. There's a long bolt on the inside and I tapped the existing hole so that as you thread the bolt, it pushes or pulls the center section. This way you can set it up to minimize the gap between the hood and bumper, but also make it so that the hood closes super easily (with 1 finger) and it doesn't wobble from the air etc.
I'll say it again, but I'm super happy and relieved it all turned out well. It was my first time going all out on this and rebuilding an engine on my own essentially. I can finally relax and forget about it for the time being, haha. I think the next step is DSMlink+Eprom and a wideband O2. That's a lot of bucks but hopefully in the near future I can get the whole kit from someone on here, or maybe wait for V4 it if ever comes out. Oh, I don't even have a laptop...
Oh, just to explain what's going on behind the intercooler. I had to cut that middle vertical support bracket to make clearance, and made a custom bracket with adjustment to both act as support for the hood but also hold the power steering lines in place and offer easy adjustment of the hood latch. There's a long bolt on the inside and I tapped the existing hole so that as you thread the bolt, it pushes or pulls the center section. This way you can set it up to minimize the gap between the hood and bumper, but also make it so that the hood closes super easily (with 1 finger) and it doesn't wobble from the air etc.
I'll say it again, but I'm super happy and relieved it all turned out well. It was my first time going all out on this and rebuilding an engine on my own essentially. I can finally relax and forget about it for the time being, haha. I think the next step is DSMlink+Eprom and a wideband O2. That's a lot of bucks but hopefully in the near future I can get the whole kit from someone on here, or maybe wait for V4 it if ever comes out. Oh, I don't even have a laptop...