erik, now that i have the car up and running again, i'll try to do that for you. sorry for the late as hell reply, but i'm gonna be posting more updates in here now.

stock converter?

no, i didnt install them. i've actually been trying to find a set so that i can finally get those damn things on my car. i'm kinda getting ready to move the car 150 miles north to where i plan to swap all the stuff over. i miss going fast... the stock talon isnt doing it for me, lol...

here's a little bit of an update from whats going on with the ongoing build. so, i went and bought another dsm... which i think is probably a very common thing for a dsm owner to say. lol. this one is basically stock. all it has in it are the ipt clutches, and maybe a shift kit. its a 93...

it had under 10k miles on it and maybe 15passes. im just gonna go auto now. so i guess 10s should be in my near future.im picking up a complete auto swap this weekend. more pics to come as i do that. i should be getting started this weekend also.

well, here's a new development... my jacks transmissions stage 4 trans took a shit yesterday. i was on the freeway accelerating a little and suddenly in 4th gear i hear a loud clunk and it just revved up. lol. following that was the sound of a bunch of metal being smashed up by what was...

i made a little acceleration video last night. just to kinda show how the car pulls in its everyday trim... the back seats were packed with stuff, there was basically things everywhere in the car and a 100% full interior... i'm guessing like this, the car weighs about 3500 lbs. and this is...

thanks for the kind words dude. here's a little update… so last time i was at the drag strip i did manage to break something on the talon, the seat. lol. i'm not sure why this happened, maybe it was already broken and the launching is kinda what did it in. but since the seats are the...

Well I went back to Sonoma raceway tonight and ran a new personal best of 11.759 @ 122. This time around I just tried a couple suspension tweaks to get the front wheels to hook better. My launching is definitely improving, the best 60' I was able to pull on my street tires was a 1.777 sec. I...

This is my kind of build! Keep up the good work man. im chasing 10s myself (on street tires I hope!). Coming from rwd, im still getting used to awd. If I could chop a couple tenths off my 60' I should trap 125-130 with my current setup. But like you, my 2g maf is starting to throw in...

Who else?

as for right now, i'm just going to focus on getting that tcase brace i think. i've heard great things about that unit. i clears everything nicely, and obviously works too. i forgot about the two other things i need to look into getting for the car. i'd like a set of 272 cams... either...

i'm down. i just need to wash the hoe!

the anti lag was making about 12-15psi. but honestly i'm not sure how well it would hook out of the hole if i launched with it. i may try it out the next time i go out. another thing i want to look into is a tcase brace before i start doing real hard launches.coming soon may be one of...

i'm running the normal ecm link v3 launch control at 5500rpm. it was only building about 3-4psi of boost. but i'm using nlts set at 6k rpm. the anti lag is on backup incase i really wanna get into launching harder.

here's a video of my best pass of the night. it just happens to be bracket racing against that ferrari 458. he dialed in an 11.50 and i dialed in 12.50 because i had no idea what the car was going to run. needless to say, i broke out and lost :(

well i got a chance to go out to one of our local(ish) drag strips. the last time i went to the drag strip i only managed a 13.8 @ 113.9 mph. for the amount of stuff thats done to the car, i was a little disappointed with that. the next day i found my base timing somehow was way off...

think i should be able to make it out on saturday.

so, there are a couple of updates to add for the talon as of lately. the car is still boosting 30psi without any problems aside from the loose hose clamp/vacuum lines blowing off. so, i've been dialing in the fuel table for more fuel economy. my car also got backed into on the front bumper...

well thanks to ted, we got the car running on about 30-32psi of boost on e85 now. i wanted to leave the timing concervative because i've been driving the car a lot lately. the rci 2200's are the best damn injectors i've ever used personally. driveability is probably better on these than...

word. it was a good time.

well its time for a long overdue update on things...the new head gasket is installed, the arp L19's are in. finally i got the car to stop leaking (lol). lately its been serving daily driver duty and its been getting even half decent gas mileage on the highway (around 20-22mpg) if i drive...

think i'm gonna try to make it out for this in my hooptie.

Ill come get it tonight. Pm me for my number I have cash waiting.

i agree 100% (on the harley part) now for the exhaust i flanged my muffler. so, i can replace the muffler with a stright pipe which is nice and loud. then the muffler goes back on, and things are civilized. i dont even get attention from the cops with the real muffler on.

i already got the L19's, and a new mls head gasket. so, they'll be going in very soon. i'm not really looking for good enough with this. if paying a little more for the best head stud means extra security, even if it was just that, is completely worth it to me. especially if i'm going to...

i got the hood from a fellow member on here. the hood also didnt fit properly for me as well. i had to modify a few things to make it fit. the stock hood latch was too high up for the hood to close all the way... that was the main issue.

thanks man, the piston/rod combo are the standard wiseco pistons, and scat rods.very soon, the engine is going to come apart since we suspect the head has lifted while trying to get the car to 30psi of boost. the tune that was on the car when i bought it was way too aggressive on the...

i know i need to upload more pics probably of the progress. here's the most recent one now with the new (to me) carbon fiber hood installed.i'll get more pics i promise =)

here's another update... i took the car to ted from tedspec to have it tuned. well, on e85 we maxed out the fuel pump/injector combo pretty quickly @25psi. so, now its time to step things up in that department. here are my plans for the car now... i'm on a mission to max out the borg...

so, here's another update. i installed my new sheet metal intake manifold. its made of stainless steel and at the moment is very shiny. eventually it'll be painted black to match everything else in the engine bay. then i put some black loom over my bright yellow accel wires... well...

Raffi, sorry I missed you last night I was running way behind. I definitely still need that stuff. Glad to see you're getting the 90 ready. Now, to finish it!As you'll see in this vid, you will notice my broken oil pressure gauge :p. The video is a little 60-140 pull at a wimpy 19psi on...

i ordered some stuff tonight for the talon that should make things more exciting... first, a sheet metal intake manifold. and second, a 5 gallon jug of torco fuel accelerator so that i can start running my 100 octane tune which made 380whp before the intake manifold. oh yeah, and some accel...

well time for another update... so, lately i've been loving the new tansmission/clutch combo. i'm totally happy with the gear ratios i decided to go with, they made a big difference when hauling ass up my local twisty mountain roads.latest problems, well, the power steering pump...

time for a real update... well, i got the transmission and the twin disc installed. the car shifts much better than it did. i still wouldnt call it silky by any means, but a vast improvement. i only managed to snap 2 pics since i was in a major rush getting this thing done since we were...

^^ lol. nothing too exciting to report... still waiting on my second attempt at buying a twin disc. i ordered a new head gasket since my car has an external head gasket oil leak from the previous owner. the brakes work awesome, but i do have an issue with the pedal travel after hard...

soon there are going to be more updates... the twin disc i bought before had its price increase and it wasnt reflected in the ebay auction i purchased it from. so, they refunded my money (without me really knowing). so, yesterday i bought another twin disc. hopefully it should be here...

that's kinda what we were thinking of doing with that problem. the scoop i guess sounded easier to do at the time. it does work great, but i would like to have the ground clearance back in the front. the rest of the car pretty much clears the worst speed bumps i can find otherwise. and the...

thanks again for the kind words! the bov is pretty damn quiet... it barely even makes the woosh sound. the most obvious sound that my car makes is the typical borg warner sound when the turbo begins to spool. today, i installed the front evo brakes. i ordered the brackets from kmv (i...

thanks for the comments guys. well, the transmission thats in the car was rebuilt by tre... but it was a budget rebuild, so i'm guessing that they basically just replaced the synchros or something, and maybe a couple of seals. because the transmission shifts like crap in 3rd. i cant wait...

in case anyone gives a crap… i bought this car recently. its getting a bunch of nice stuff put on it. when i bought it the car mechanically was no different from what it was in this thread. just had new paint. well, its getting a bunch of nice stuff now… and i'm not getting rid of it...

so i've decided to post a few pics up of the parts that have been slowly coming in... so far i got a fancy catch can that came with nice -10 fittings and reinforced braided hoses. then i have all of the evo brakes, minus the 1g conversion brackets (still in the mail).also while...

hello, i figured i'd start one of these threads to kinda document the process of building up my 91 talon tsi into a fun daily driver... here are a couple of pics of what i'm starting off with.you can see my car's mod list under my profile... its kind of long to type it all out...

sorry to bring this topic back from the dead... but i atleast have some input on this subject. i happened to buy my car with a welded rear diff... and i have to say, its not all that bad... yes, i do notice it when i make sharp turns, and also when moving at real low speeds (like in parking...

unfortunately i bought the car with that oil in it. so, i guess i'll give it a shot to change it out. i kinda think the previous owners already did their number on this transmission. so, either way i'll probably go with the built option and use the correct oil this time and call it a day.

so, i recently bought a 91 talon tsi with a bunch of stuff done to it. the engine is forged, it has cams, valve springs, revised lifters, arp hardware, etc... the engine has about 16k miles on it, and it runs great. so, i dont think i have much to worry about there.however, the...