Right you are sir. I enjoyed my 91 Talon for 120,000 miles and the 98 TSI for 200,000 miles. As a side benefit, tuning the 98 Talon made sure there was no extra filthy lucre laying around the house to spread germs.But last Dec. I decided that Tuner Talons make more sense for young 50...
If you're looking for an extreme drive to showcase the DSM try the Moki Dugway in SE Utah. This picture looks like it was taken from an airplane but twelve minutes of driving down 1100 ft. in elevation on gravel covered switch backs puts you on the road in the picture.Don't overcook...
The car has been sold to a member here who came in person and displayed knowledge of, and appreciation of, the Talon.I'm a happy quitter. My Talon has found a good home.
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After paring the description down to Autotrader requirements and providing a link to the full mod list on my web site the Ad details were viewed just over 800 times with about 10 click throughs to the full mod list.I had two calls from scammers wanting more money to help sell...
Thank you for addressing the effect of air flow, all true for any RPM. That's my point. Flow through the valves in CFM is the limit regardless of the RPM.
Bigger valves, more flow is true. I put 1mm oversize valves in my Talon along with some port work for more clearance around the...
There are several good points on this thread about how to get higher RPMs. But not a post about how to get more air through the valves. The absolute limit of horsepower for any version of the 4GXX engine is sonic air flow through the valves. The valves will reach sonic flow at the same CFM...
Read my post again.
Balancing the rotating assembly will affect the first order vibrations.
The balance shafts affect the second order vibrations.
The second order vibrations are greater than the first order vibrations for any reasonable imbalance.
Being an olde motorhead I both balanced the...
The balance shafts have no effect on, or relation to, the balance of the rotating assembly.The balance shafts compensate for differences in velocities of pistons going up from pistons going down. The differences cause a vibration that is two times the period of the crankshaft rotation. If...
1. Convert to a 2.3L stroker for more torque.
2. Use cams optimized for low/mid range power (264/264).
3. Put a high stall torque converter in front of the automatic transmission.
4. Be happy with the maximum power from a 16G.I don't have 500 WHP but the Talon pulls under a fresh green...
I have found one possible clue to mapping Eagle brochure option codes to CAPS options. They don't match.The CARFAX for my Talon's Autotrader ad shows that the car has a power sun/moon roof. Or maybe I just missed it for 15 years.
CARFAX Vehicle History Report for this 1998 EAGLE TALON...
The codes in my post 63 from Edmunds match the codes from my 1997 Talon Brochure. I have no clue how to map them to the CAPS codes and Google just failed me.
Option codes from the Edmund's 1997 new car guide used to order my 1998 Talon on Sept. 2, 1997.
List price that day was $24,139 and the purchase price was $23,069. I have about that much again in mods but it has been 15 years of fun driving.AY9 16" alum wheels (ESI)
HAA Air conditioning...