e85_4g63
10+ Year Contributor
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- Nov 17, 2008
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Manheim,
Pennsylvania
*** Moderators, if this is in the wrong forum, I apologize in advance, please feel free to move it, this is the best forum I felt matched ***
Intro:
I'm sure most of you don't know me (or my name) but I just wanted to start a thread to show off my latest pile of crap. My name is Jayson (btw) and I bought this car in late March (2012). It's a 93 Talon. Base model. No power steering, no rear wiper, no rear defrost, manual locks, mirrors, and windows. The heater blower motor doesn't work either, a real gem, sorta. Moving on, it has the 1.8L 4g37 with a 5 speed gear box, and a (carfax verified) 255K miles, win! I paid $400 for the car (guy kept the wheels) and $120 to have it towed to my buddies house. The overall plan for the car is to do a 4g63 swap to it and show some of you guys (that are interested), how to do it correctly. This isn't the first time I've done 1g 4g63 turbo swaps. I borrowed a set of wheels from my brother (who happened to have a new Mustang that used the same bolt pattern) to get the car home. The car ran, drove (sorta), and is inspected til Oct. 2012. The craigslist ad said the car had "a warped head gasket, a hole in the radiator, and no 5th gear. Turns out, I didn't care at all, because the only plans I had for the motor, trans, wiring harness, ECU, and radiator in the car where free lunch via the scrap yard. With my buddy and mine's work schedules being what they are, we only have weekends to work on the car. I've found numerous threads here on DSMTuners and over on DSMTalk about swapping the 4g37 out in favor of the only motor that should have ever been put in the car (4g63), most of them full of BS and not really telling you how to do the 4g63 swap properly, so I figured this thread could lend a helping hand. First pic is a screen shot of the pictures from the craigslist ad. Next 2 are of the car after I got it to my buddies house. The basic plan as of now is to convert the car to a 4g63 setup and find a good 14b to put on the car. Not going after any records this season, but we'll see what the future holds. Questions, comments, opinions?
4/1/12 Update: (3rd pic) Pulled the dash this weekend to do the 4g63 wiring harness, and figure out what's wrong with the heater blower motor. That was fun
Intro:
I'm sure most of you don't know me (or my name) but I just wanted to start a thread to show off my latest pile of crap. My name is Jayson (btw) and I bought this car in late March (2012). It's a 93 Talon. Base model. No power steering, no rear wiper, no rear defrost, manual locks, mirrors, and windows. The heater blower motor doesn't work either, a real gem, sorta. Moving on, it has the 1.8L 4g37 with a 5 speed gear box, and a (carfax verified) 255K miles, win! I paid $400 for the car (guy kept the wheels) and $120 to have it towed to my buddies house. The overall plan for the car is to do a 4g63 swap to it and show some of you guys (that are interested), how to do it correctly. This isn't the first time I've done 1g 4g63 turbo swaps. I borrowed a set of wheels from my brother (who happened to have a new Mustang that used the same bolt pattern) to get the car home. The car ran, drove (sorta), and is inspected til Oct. 2012. The craigslist ad said the car had "a warped head gasket, a hole in the radiator, and no 5th gear. Turns out, I didn't care at all, because the only plans I had for the motor, trans, wiring harness, ECU, and radiator in the car where free lunch via the scrap yard. With my buddy and mine's work schedules being what they are, we only have weekends to work on the car. I've found numerous threads here on DSMTuners and over on DSMTalk about swapping the 4g37 out in favor of the only motor that should have ever been put in the car (4g63), most of them full of BS and not really telling you how to do the 4g63 swap properly, so I figured this thread could lend a helping hand. First pic is a screen shot of the pictures from the craigslist ad. Next 2 are of the car after I got it to my buddies house. The basic plan as of now is to convert the car to a 4g63 setup and find a good 14b to put on the car. Not going after any records this season, but we'll see what the future holds. Questions, comments, opinions?
4/1/12 Update: (3rd pic) Pulled the dash this weekend to do the 4g63 wiring harness, and figure out what's wrong with the heater blower motor. That was fun