I've also put the awd 2g tranny on the motor by lifting it off the ground while leaning over the fender. I also blew out a discs in my neck and back. And lost the use of my left arm for approx 6 months until I had the vertebrae fusion surgery. Just because you can... Doesn't mean you should.

Everybody likes the act2600. Stick with it. Replace the clutch master and slave cylinders. It's a good time to upgrade to a ss braided clutch line and get rid of that crap on the front of the tranny

I wasn't a big fan of it's shape. I actually bought and returned 5 other knobs before I got the greddy and to my taste it's perfect.

Shape, size and feel are all that are important. This thing kicks ass and it's not big. Hardly bigger than a golf ball so you never notice that weight. I do notice gho that I hardly ever miss gears.

I didn't know it weighed that much when I bought it. I bought it because to my way of thinking it's about the perfect shape and size for a shift knob and it threaded on instead of using goofy wimpy Allen head screws. Anyways I love it. It is confidence inspiring. it's a quality part. Besides I...

Oye! This could turn into a long post. Alot of us including myself upgraded a nearly stock Dsm to an act 2100. It's a fine clutch with a street disc. Lateron when I upgraded turbos and started running 21psi it started slipping and failed. That was after 8 years and 33k. Granted the car has sat...

I use the greddy knob. Although I bought mine a 8 years ago or so and spent alot more money on it. I think $140. And the packaging labeled mine as greddy superheavy weight shift knob. It threads right on and is shockingly heavy. It weighs 2.5 pounds. It's black chrome with replaceable greddy...

There are a few in depth threads debating the use of unorthodox pulleys vs stock vs an upgraded crank pulley like fluidamper. There's quite a bit of reading that can be done about it. Why would you put an underdrive unorthodox pulley system on a Dsm which already has a alternator that's unable...

I love that show! It's kinda crazy how fast they tear around their testtrack considering most all of the time the track is wet! The show always makes me laugh. It's been a while since I saw the episode but the worst gas mileage of any vehicle ever recorded was an EVO8 (9?) MR at less than 1.8...

I'm not a fan of unorthodox pulleys. Not on our cars at least. Big fan of fluidamper and that's it. I've exceeded the holding capabilities of the act 2100 with my fp big t28. 2100 ain't gonna cut it.Without arp head studs your going to limited to what say 22 psi? I don't have arp headstuds...

I consider this art. Especially that o2 housing... It's a sensous as an Italian models hips.

2g? 1g? Dang I should have looked before I went to reply to this. On a 2g the hole is bigger than the bolt. I don't know why. I didn't like it so I drilled a hole in the centerof an aluminum dowel to minimize the freeplay.

1 step forward 2 steps back. Haha. What fun. I'd love to do that to my talon. If I were to actually go thru all that work I'd go the next step forward and put a rollcage in and stitch weld the unibody. The stock sound mat on the firewall is crazy heavy and I never liked how it looked. I never...

Mine isn't as monstrous or as aggressive looking and I'm sure it doesn't work as well but it also has a leading "knife" edge to it that some people have thought is "dangerous." lol. I'm going to have to paint it blood red now

I do not like the look of a stretched tire on a wheel. Just my opinion but to my way of thinking I want to put as fat of a tire as possible on the rim while still fitting properly. My 16x7s are wrapped in 225s. My 17x8s are wrapped in 235s. If I was going to jump up to a 9" wide rim I'd be...

Alot of people wind up losing their cars to title loans. I lost a Honda prelude to one. I actually made out ok on that one tho as timing belt snapped took out the head and valvetrain. They took the broken car back and it satisfied the title loan. I hate title and check into cash loans. 586%...

Hey Scott just awesome. Glad to see no damage in that spin. Great car! I definitively have some questions about your tranny choice and setup. Four spyder center diff? Did you change final drive gear?

$550 new. I consider it a poorly laid out design. 7cm turbo flange. My FP BigT28 is 8cm so when bolted together it abruptly go from 7cm to the larger 8cm of the turbo. That can't be great for flow. And you can't port it out bigger because there's no material there to be able to port it larger...

My hatch struts always seem to work great when the talon is broken. I got into the habit of only replacing parts that fail or break. Anytime this happens I always try to upgrade with the best parts I can get. The talon breaks parts all the time. I'd easily say I have 25k invested. Not...

The OZ Superleggeras were always my dream wheel of choice. They're head turners. Plus the powdercoat they came with is luminescent. Just like the white of a stop sign so other cars headlights light them right up. And they weigh 16 pounds flat. Of course at this point I want to trade them in for...

I built my Talon to accelerate, stop and handle the curves with the best of them. Approx 350 whp, the brakes are as upgraded as they can get while remaining stock size. brembo slotted rotors, ebc red brake pads, ss brake lines. Functional strut tower braces front and rear, upgraded rear sway...

Stop with the e316g. He's trying to go as simple as possible here. The big t28 is a direct bolt on no installation kit required unlike the e316g. Also the big t28 flows identical to the e316g. Additionally the big T28 spools up identically to the stock t25. There is no lag. It spools up...

666 haha that's funny. I have always thought my talon should be renamed Christine like in the Stephen king book and movie. I even have the back brace and I sure have put enough blood sweat and tears into that monster. Eventually my car will have koni/gc combo under it but it'll have toikiko...

The toikikos are designed to be lowered. Interestingly enough they work well at stock height as well. The toikiko illumina adjustables don't get a lot of great press but they have seriously impressed the hell out of me. They provide enough adjustability to go from a cadilac soft ride to...

Unnamed blue shock might be toikiko blues. Nonadjustable. I hope your not planning on putting the h&r springs on stock struts. I made that mistake after getting some bad advice from a tuner shop in Milwaukee. It'll blow the stock struts in short order.

I have been thinking about swapping out a set of gc coilovers in place of the h&rs. I don't know if I can justify the cost of going to a new set of konis until these toikikos are broken.

I had the toikiko/ h&r spring combo on my 2g talon with all poly bushings. It's a fun setup. Front and rear strut tower braces are mandatory. I fabbed up my own rear strut tower brace so it is actually functional. Huge benifits in handling are there to be had in upgrading to a light set of 17s...

Got a couple questions. You said car was bone stock. Does it have upgraded bov? Boost controller? If not it pointless to upgrade turbo. I'm not a big fan of slapping a bigger turbo on a stock system. Kinda useless in many ways. You'd get better results by doing first steps of supporting mods...

My fp bigT28 flows exactly the same as a evo 3 16G. There's very little difference between a big T28 and a 16G. I agree with rewired 190 LPG fuel pump would be adaquate for T28. And you wouldn't need a afpr if you stayed with rewired 190lph pump. Stock fuel pump won't hack it. Stock fuel...

I have a fp big T28 with all supporting mods. I'm running a aeromotive afpr. 550cc injectors, 255lph hi pressure fuel pump. Hahn Racecraft big smic with all hard pipes. The last thing I did was upgrade to the big T28. Fully ported. The car always stumbled around 12 psi after that. Turns out I...

Tenzo has always had a reputation for heavy wheels. 19 pounds is a geavy pig wheel. My oz superleggeras are 17x8 and weigh 16 pounds flat. If you're spending all the money on wheels for a wheelset that not only looks good but also has some serious weight reduction benefits.

I never lifted to get big. I always lifted for strength and explosive power. I used to race moutain bikes downhill and cross country at a professional so all my cardio was thru that or martial arts. I have attained a black belt level of proficiency in three different disciplines. I don't do any...

I was benching 315 at 17 years old weighing 169. I had really been trying to double my bodyweight but never got there. At my prime in 98 I was doing approx 430. I did 305 for three reps in incline bench. And managed to do 300 in military press. My leg press was around 1300. I used to do preacher...

Well I'm running a fp big T28 with Hahn Racecraft hard piping and Hahn big smic. I like it. That being said... It's $300 for the hardpiping and I got the Hahn smic for $400. They don't make the Hahn smic anymore. If I had it to do over I'd just got with punishment racing and save what $400?

I tried this way back in the day. I had the platnium plugs in for maybe 3 months. Running 17 psi at that time. I pulled them just to see how they were doing. Didn't really notice any performance differences. To my surprise the electrode, the platnium part, was visibly thinner and smaller than...

Idk. I'm not a big fan of stock smic. I have all Hahn Racecraft hard ic pipes. Even with my fp big t28 the stock smic was getting hot enough to fry eggs on. Alot of heatsoak. I switched it out for a Hahn Racecraft big smic. Problem solved. Efficienct as all hell. I found the stock smic to be...

The 800 # listed for beyond redline didn't work. I called machv and was told by the person on the phone that machv doesn't carry kaaz lsds for dsms anymore. In fact that person stated that machv didn't really carry any parts for dsms anymore since there aren't any of them left. No love for...

Thanks for the replies Tim and Andrew! Doesn't really get more heavy hitter than that! $880 from Machv. I could have sworn I saw it listed somewhere for $600. Oh well. I decided to go down this path so if that's what I have to pay then it's what I have to pay. I just can't see spending all the...

I'm going to order front LSD today or tomorow. I'll bring it with when I drop off the tranny

I was hoping one of the heavy hitters might read this and weigh in with some advice as to where to go for best price etc. I'm planning on getting my tranny built by twick69 at tce. He doesn't sell kaaz lsds so I have to get it elsewhere. I'm going to running a kaaz front LSD, welded center diff...

Going to be putting a kaaz LSD into my awd 2g tranny when it's rebuilt. Having a hard time finding a place that sells them

I went thru hell. I don't think I would have had to thru quite soo much if I knew more going into it. I had general weakness in my left arm for approx 5 years before arm stopped functioning. I kept going to the doc and he'd say things like you're a strapping young lad. There's nothing wrong with...

I'm a big part of that chronic pain thread. I absolutely destroyed a disc in my neck. My doctor blew it off. Put me on 2400 mg of ibuprofen a day plus cyclobenzaprine every night. I struggled for 5 years until my kidneys gave out. I very nearly died. Ok so I dont take ibuprofen anymore. In fact...

I got the hood from andys auto sport in California. If you type that in it'll bring you right to them on google. I'm still using the same front clip. It doesn't look as good as it did when I first fabbed up as I smacked into a snowbank drifting with friends last winter

Dang I'm stuck with iPhone as my only Internet connection right now. Can't get it to upload pictures to tuners. It's a VIS evo style hood. $440 +$120 shipping. Took a week n a year to get here from cali it was very well packaged. Very well protected. Double boxed. Flawless not a scratch on it...

I got act 2600, act streetlite, four puck unsprung, tob, shift fork and new ball from Maperformance for $700. I'm not sure if it was a sale or not. Awesome deal

Man. I was never happy with how hot things got under the hood. I did alot for heat management. I fabbed up a radiator duct very similar to the one posted on the first page of this post. It definitively helped. I am running a Hahn Racecraft big smic which works wonderfully with the ducting I...

That is exactly what I was thinking of when I refferred to galvanic corrossion. I had a bi*** of a time getting my wheels off years ago when I did the first brake job on it. Galvanic corrossion is a chemical welding process. Even since I have always had a very thin layer of antiseize on the...

Damn Scott. I'm a fan! I'd love to see some exterior footage of your car on the 275s!

I went to a Fluidamper crank pulley and haven't had a problem since. I'd never put a stock back on my car. I might wear an unorthodox pulley on a chain around my neck but I'm sure as hell not putting one on my car