JaxTalonTSi
15+ Year Contributor
- 215
- 10
- Sep 24, 2004
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Jacksonville,
Florida
I put this on another DSM forum, but thought I'd put it up here for myself just in case the other wasn't around in a few years, and I wanted to look back.
Hello,
Some of you may know me, I'm JaxTalonTurbo aka Paul, and I used to be part of the DSM group in Charleston, SC and Jacksonville, FL, as I've lived in both places off and on for the past decade or so. I currently live in Glendale AZ, and it's very different here. But I still have my 1g. This car has led me to some of the funnest times, best friends, and has proved to be the learning foundation for everything I know in the performance/forced induction world. It's a bit different now, and I don't have any of my friends around, but I soldier on with my project.
I picked up this car in May of 2004 after being exhausted of domestics (I had just sold my LT1 Corvette) and wanted something factory forced induction. I found this car at Warehouse Motors in Jacksonville FL, and traded them a 3.8L V6 Firebird and $500 for it. I was really excited to start getting into it, and I would end up doing my first timing belt job on it, along with replacing the blown up 14b within weeks of first purchasing it. Here are some shots of it the day I bought it.
I drove this car for about a year and a half before parking it for what would be almost five years. I ended up getting tied up into other DSMs, including a 2g FWD that I swapped a 6 bolt with a 16g and supporting mods that made around 400hp. Between then and now, I have owned six 1gs, all of them all wheel drive, and all of them sent to the crusher besides this gold one, and another 90 Talon which I ended up selling to a good friend of mine.
This car started out stocker than stock. I later added an EvoIII 16g, MAFT and GM MAF, 680cc injectors, 3" exhaust, Walbro pump ect. The car was slow, unreliable, and I was not ready to give it the attention it demanded at the time. So it sat outside for almost two years in my father's boat shop yard, and almost another 3 in storage units.
Heres one place it would sit for a long time:
My good friend Kyle Smith in Jacksonville helping me swap in a 4 bolt rear in 05 or 06
The gold car among others I would end up parting. Also pictured is my 2g which I would end up devoting alot of time and effort into.
Cooking up some blow up engines:
My 1g also helped me find good friends in Charleston. Heres a good friend of mine, Lawrence, who at the time also had a 1g. He would later on end up getting a brand new Evolution IX MR. Circa 2005ish.
Heres a good friend of mine, Victor aka 6bolt2g on old 4G63HP.com Victor has been a big influence on me in terms of honing whatever technical ability I may have, and learning to build engines with precision. He built his first engine, a 6 bolt 4G63, himself, which would later power his red 2g to make over 420HP with little more than a 16g and supporting mods at a time when alot of guys werent doing so with even a 50 trim in that area. He has personally built two amazing bottom ends for me that have withstood more than I ever imagined I could throw at them. He also has built numerous other engines in that garage, including a nasty 4G63 that ended up in our good friend Kyle's black Talon with 50 trim power back in 06-07. An excellent engine builder, and a huge part in my gold car's build up!
One of our rebuilds, very similar to what is in my 1g today:
In 2009, I pulled my 1g out of storage and started to put together something to wail on. I knew I wasn't ready to a full out build, so I put together the best rebuild I could using parts I still had, while buying new forged pistons and rods among other things in preparation for what will be my next engine.
The car by this time was extremely rough. I had rattle can blacked the front just to make it somewhat uniform, as all the top surfaces and front end finish had been damaged by the sun.
Me and my friend Victor would end up throwing an engine together from parts quite literally laying around, and making a car that looked like complete garbage, but pumped the doors off everything from turbo Hondas to modded LS1s and even a Nissan GTR.
Hello,
Some of you may know me, I'm JaxTalonTurbo aka Paul, and I used to be part of the DSM group in Charleston, SC and Jacksonville, FL, as I've lived in both places off and on for the past decade or so. I currently live in Glendale AZ, and it's very different here. But I still have my 1g. This car has led me to some of the funnest times, best friends, and has proved to be the learning foundation for everything I know in the performance/forced induction world. It's a bit different now, and I don't have any of my friends around, but I soldier on with my project.
I picked up this car in May of 2004 after being exhausted of domestics (I had just sold my LT1 Corvette) and wanted something factory forced induction. I found this car at Warehouse Motors in Jacksonville FL, and traded them a 3.8L V6 Firebird and $500 for it. I was really excited to start getting into it, and I would end up doing my first timing belt job on it, along with replacing the blown up 14b within weeks of first purchasing it. Here are some shots of it the day I bought it.
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I drove this car for about a year and a half before parking it for what would be almost five years. I ended up getting tied up into other DSMs, including a 2g FWD that I swapped a 6 bolt with a 16g and supporting mods that made around 400hp. Between then and now, I have owned six 1gs, all of them all wheel drive, and all of them sent to the crusher besides this gold one, and another 90 Talon which I ended up selling to a good friend of mine.
This car started out stocker than stock. I later added an EvoIII 16g, MAFT and GM MAF, 680cc injectors, 3" exhaust, Walbro pump ect. The car was slow, unreliable, and I was not ready to give it the attention it demanded at the time. So it sat outside for almost two years in my father's boat shop yard, and almost another 3 in storage units.
Heres one place it would sit for a long time:
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My good friend Kyle Smith in Jacksonville helping me swap in a 4 bolt rear in 05 or 06
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The gold car among others I would end up parting. Also pictured is my 2g which I would end up devoting alot of time and effort into.
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Cooking up some blow up engines:
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My 1g also helped me find good friends in Charleston. Heres a good friend of mine, Lawrence, who at the time also had a 1g. He would later on end up getting a brand new Evolution IX MR. Circa 2005ish.
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Heres a good friend of mine, Victor aka 6bolt2g on old 4G63HP.com Victor has been a big influence on me in terms of honing whatever technical ability I may have, and learning to build engines with precision. He built his first engine, a 6 bolt 4G63, himself, which would later power his red 2g to make over 420HP with little more than a 16g and supporting mods at a time when alot of guys werent doing so with even a 50 trim in that area. He has personally built two amazing bottom ends for me that have withstood more than I ever imagined I could throw at them. He also has built numerous other engines in that garage, including a nasty 4G63 that ended up in our good friend Kyle's black Talon with 50 trim power back in 06-07. An excellent engine builder, and a huge part in my gold car's build up!
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One of our rebuilds, very similar to what is in my 1g today:
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In 2009, I pulled my 1g out of storage and started to put together something to wail on. I knew I wasn't ready to a full out build, so I put together the best rebuild I could using parts I still had, while buying new forged pistons and rods among other things in preparation for what will be my next engine.
The car by this time was extremely rough. I had rattle can blacked the front just to make it somewhat uniform, as all the top surfaces and front end finish had been damaged by the sun.
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Me and my friend Victor would end up throwing an engine together from parts quite literally laying around, and making a car that looked like complete garbage, but pumped the doors off everything from turbo Hondas to modded LS1s and even a Nissan GTR.