Years and years ago I was a "wiseman" here and a big part of this community. I loved my talon but moved on after a few years. Over the holidays while I have time on my hands (and alcohol in my system) I drift back into the past.Many years later I own, what I call, the new Talon. My 911...

OK So my damn IC pipes kept blowing off tonight at 20psi while I was workign on tuning my car on my buddies wide band (what a tool, best thing ever for tuning.) It was the 90deg elbow Im using off the turbo to the first IC pipe.. Gonna have to get some crazy T clamps on there or something...

So a few of you who have been around for a while might remember me. If you remember my dad he has a maxima that he has been running for years. Well he finally hit his goal of running 10's...Thought I would post it up so everybody can see he finally did it.<object width="425"...

OK So I did a search and came up with these two threads on the blocking off the coolant to the throttle body or Fast Idle Air Valve.1G TB to 2g Swap DOESN'T work FIAV Blockoff/Elimination.Seems like some guys make a block off plate, others just by-pass the lines and some have to keep...

Buying my chick a VW Cabrio just wondering if you have access to carfax can you run it and either pm me the results or just post them here. Wanna know if this car has a jaded past..Thanks!WVWAC81E2SK003932

What is this redline movie? IT has crazy cars in it. Enzo, CCX, Carrera GT, Ford GT etc etc.. looks ok. I see Eddie Griffith in it, nobody else I recgonize in the trailer...The next F&F? Looks like a lot of girls and sepcial effects and cars to make up for crap story line or is this really...

If you are sitting next to somone who irritates you on a plane or train follow these instructions:1. Quietly and calmly open up your laptop case.2. Remove your laptop.3. Start up4. Make sure the guy who is annoying you, can see the screen.5. Close your eyes and tilt your...

http://www.pittspeed.com/media/videos/pinks.wmv 105mb, 31:08min.Here is a build up and story on a bunch of small shops that build a LS1 240SX for Pinks. Pretty cool.Might give you an idea as to how much work your really into.

Well seems like Dave ran his own personal EVO and didn't have a cage. He ran 10.2 and some dickwad ratted him out and had him DQ's at the event. What crap. So he's pissed. A thread got started at Honda-Tech and dave his in the thread mouthin off...Dave doens't show up till about page 4...

Ok, so I have to admit that generally I like guns and think they are cool, but don't really like the idea of owning one or having one in my home. I sure as hell could have used a MP5 last night though, damn..Wife and I were sleepin and 230am the home alarm goes off, freaks the shit outta me...

This video just kills me hahahah! - Not work safe due to some mild languange.<embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=2317446655187089395"...

Pulled this 90-91 motor from a 93 AWD and yanked the trans and found this holochaust.. There was a clutch which bolts upto it but what flywheel is this? WTF. Is this a Hyundai flywheel or something? It looks like it was from a honda or something. So much for step height on this beauty...

Couldn't help myself I bought a new TV for me for Christmas.LG 42" Plasma with LG Stand. Whats your gift to yourself?

Well my whole motor build up made it into HCI across 11 pages. The tranny build up will come in an issue later on.Thanks goes out to Wiseco for pistons, Comp Cams for the 101200's and Competition Clutch for the Stage 3 Clutch and Flywheel and Marco at Magnus for the trans work and of course...

So I sold my car. I got 19,000 canadian (15,500us) for it with all the toys. Just decided one day it was time for a change. It's being picked up on monday...Here's a site I made for the car. http://www.etdracing.com/jim when I was selling it.Gonna buy a Bike now I think... :sneaky:

Some pics I took with my Sony DSC-P93 in Manual mode. Shutter speed between 2.5-3 seconds. I should have done a rear end shot but never really got around to it. These are the best 4 pics I took out of about 60. The first pics has the smear of headlights and tail lights through it but it's so...

This is my 2G thermostat housing on my 2G head on a 1G block. I put on my thermostat housing back on and noticed this threaded hole that leads into the head by the looks of it. There is nothing that threads in here. The thermostat goes in here and the housing goes on and thats it.What...

Thought I would post what I did on my balance shafts and see what you guys think. I'm not sure if you guys have even seen this before but I'm a bit different so here is what I did.The description is in order of the pics below...1)Here is the stock BS shaft and oil pump2)I cut the...

So in pulling my 1g motor appart to rebuild it with some forged internals I find this...Top and bottom are green kinda like how on a Honda they have different colored bearing for different sizes. This is what all three other rods were like, no color.So here is my question.. Has...

http://www.shockhaber.com/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.htmGot to 220 and turned it off...

I just got back from Vacation in Cuba (which is not popular for U.S. citizens but very popular for European and Canadians anyway..) it was absolutly beautiful and we did quite a few dives while we were there.I'm Padi Open Water certified (basic level) and we did quite a few great...

So a website that I do for a company came up for renewal. I have not done any updates for them in a while and have not been in touch with them as a result. Anyway their web hosting and domain renewal came up and the hosting company did diddly to contact the owner or myself for payment as I...

This morning it was -20* F. Right now its about 12*F which is better but holy damn it's cold outside.I got out to start my Hyundai (winter car, great!!) and it just went whoomp whooooomp whoooooomp a few times and started luckly. I thought it wasn't gonna. Seriously the seat in my car...

Come get some...

We fired it up last night with a crazy costume party then hit the clubs to fire it up even more. Me and my buddy with the other pimp suit won for best pair costume and my wife for sexiest single costume...Anyway here are the pics... I'm in the Purple Pimp outfit and my wife is the...

Some days at the track I just cringe. What the hell are people thinking? I ran my fastest time ever (by a little bit) but still it wasn't a great day for me.60ft - 1.795 (not great...) 330 - 5.105 1/8 - 7.830 MPH - 91.62 1000- 10.156 1/4 - 12.123 MPH - 114.75If my 60ft...

Me and my buddy ordered these from buycostumes.com for Halloween. Were gonna hit the clubs and pimp the biatches hard this year yo... :laugh:What are YOU doing this year?

Check this out. My wifes beetle 1.8T blew the water pump with 50k miles on it. The worst part is the inside is all plastic and it split in two. The car doesn't even have a temp gauge just an idiot light, good thing my pocket logger works on it and I knew it was over heating when the idiot...

I got my JDM 6 bolt today and have started taking it down. I'm gonna fit it with Wiseco 9:1 pistons and Pauter rods. Some crane or comp cams and a new 2600 ACT clutch, Magnus SMIM (gotta sell mine and get one for a 1G) and re-use all my existing turbo setup, plus all the normal goodies, ARP...

I threw on my Hawk HPS pads last night (front and rear) and beded them today. All I can say is wow, holy stopping power batman. I seriously think I broke my neck when I was doing the 100-5mph stops at almost full brakeing power. If my rear tires didn't come off the ground I would be...

OK check out this time slip. I went racing in the Can-AM nationals street car challange against a whole host of V8's. They didn't wnat to even let me in the track honestly with my "import". Hey it's an Eagle, thats domestic!Anyways it was a 50 car field and I took 3rd place getting...

http://www.clubplug.net/retail_complete_ngk.htmlThey have pretty well every type of plug and you can buy them by the box.BKR7ES like the 420a Nitrous guys use are $2 each and come in a box of 10 which you will need more of. I would buy 20 acctually... Nitrous likes to eat plugs. These...

Many of you know I did the Magnus Motorsports Manifold install review in the tech section earlier in the year. Well here are the results from that manifold install now that I have something verifiable. Here is the basic info on my car for those wondering.98 Talon TSI AWD. Stock 7 Bolt...

I took 2nd place Pro Street fastest run 12.65 (not happy but whatever...) Dad ran 12.1 @ 115mph took 3rd place in Bracket.

http://jime.homeip.net/maximase/Kill.wmv - May take a sec to load, be patient. [EDIT] Right click save as, will probablly help It comes from my dads personal server so its there just busy cause there are like 50 other boards pulling the video too, very popular around the net right now hahahah...

Just got my JSP carbon fiber hood installed today. Still have to do my hood pins to make sure it doens't fly open (not good) but other then that pretty happy with it.Hood weighs 15lbs vs stock hood (65?) and is top notch construction. The underside of the hood is what impressed me the...

Congrats to Boostin4G63 for being the new featured car!Your car looks really great with the hood and wheels in white :thumb:

New England 32-29, wow what a game.

Well here are some of my new toys..It's going to be a tech piece in an up coming HCI (much like my Magnus SMIM will be in the March Issue..)It will be interesting to see how the EMS CDI and Wideband work together. I'm really going to enjoy ditching the stock maf and going to speed...

Just thought I would let everybody know I posted my Magnus SMIM install in the tech section.http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=96388If anybody finds any problems with the steps or questions let me know so I can clairfy it in the tech article. Who knows this may...

IntroThis is a guide to help you with your intake manifold install. It is done on my 98 Talon with a 7bolt however the process will be much the same on a 6bolt, just a slightly different manifold. Also installed is a 1G throttle body and all emissions equipment was deleted.Before we...

wow, another wierd thread where the original post does not appear.

I know ebay links are frowned upon but Venom has everything for sale on Ebay including the truck and the whole gammit..http://cgi6.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=bluejimsell&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50...

Check out my new phone.Kyocera SE47 "Slider"Put on a cool background on my phone too. lol... Now I'm a real big loser...:D

Well I just got home from SEMA in Las Vegas and the show was pretty good over all. Some cool new stuff coming out, maybe not new and I'm just losing it.. Turbonetics finaly made a 38mm gate to compete with Tial. Its the same size, and looks really nice. Should be priced well also. Tial...

So I was racing this weekend past at a local event here just outside of Toronto. I was racing in the Power Adder Bracket Class for cars with turbo, nitrous etc. I was kicking everybody's ass all up and down the track all day, pulled a few 12.6 and a 12.59@109mph pass.In the very last round...

Well after having my 50Trim and related components installed in my car and going to the track and working it out, I finally got the car setup the way I wanted and have the launch down.I found it was a whole different ball game launching a car with a big turbo on it so I have my DIS-2 Two...

I have 550cc now and anything over 15psi on my 50Trim my timing is getting pulled :mad:I have a SAFC for fuel control. I have seen guys with both 650cc and 750cc injectors using a SAFC but have heard of problems with the 750cc and idling etc..Does anybody out there have some first hand...

What is this box and lines etc hidden behind the bumper under the drivers side headlight? There are lines runing into it and back out that run across the front of the car and dissapear somewhere around the trans. Cant seem to figure out what all this crap is.It's in the way of where my...

Tell me what you think. Old rims are the one's in my sig... Konig Theory 17x7 with Bridgestone Potenza S-03 Pole Position tires, 225/45/17.