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 seller's description on Autotrader.com is limited to 2000 chars. I couldn't even list my Talon's mod list in 2000 chars so I pared down the listing to main items and linked to my site for more information. I thought it would be a good idea to list the car's positives and negatives...
Anyone in the St. Louis area interested in a 1998 Eagle Talon TSI AWD that's been professionally modified for instant gratification to throttle input? I'm selling the Talon that I've been driving since 1997 with the intent to keep it forever. But, now that my 71st birthday is behind me it's time...
There are many threads on this site about removing balance shafts.
There are many threads on this site about failures of harmonic dampeners.Since removing balance shafts increases harmonic vibrations there may be a cause and effect relationship between the two. This poll should give some...
While changing the lamps for my license plate I tugged too hard on one and broke the wire. The wire is too short to reach for mending so I need to find the feed line, pull it back and splice in longer wires.Where do the wires come from? I tried pulling off the plastic liner on the rear of...
From Dodge - 2008 Challenger - Performance - TransmissionNot very subtle. I guess Dodge thinks that street racers are so dense that they couldnt figure it out from the engine specs. Maybe theyre right.
The state of Missouri has offered me a waiver for my Talon for readiness flags not set.The research has been summarized in a new Wiki OBDII Emissions Testing and the DSM - Dsmwiki which includes a sample e-mail requesting the waiver.This applies to 32 states which are listed in the...
My Talon is showing signs of a throttle body seal leak but it is cold and wet out here in the hinterlands. I know a regular boost leak test would work even in the wet. Its just that I dont work well in the cold.Has anyone ever tried spraying ether around the throttle body with the engine...
Several recent threads have involved different combinations of bore and stroke and the effect of increasing the bore above stock. As penance for copying bad data from a vendor site to this forum I submit the following table summarizing the displacement of all combinations of crankshaft and...
After years of reading about the conventional wisdom of stroking the 4G63 engine I have drafted a white paper as my contribution to the DSM community. The white paper presents a mathematical analysis of the piston dynamics of three popular versions of the Mitsubishi 4G63 engine, the stock...