1996 talon tsi awd, my first dsm

[TheTalon]

here are the pics i took while i was pulling the engine out of the tsi. i have not had alot of time to work on the car latley, but its making progress slowly, sence i have the engine out now i was thinking of swaping parts out like a diff manifold and turbo running a externial waist gate and i would like some opinions on what would be the best set up, i have a huge list of parts i had made up but not sure what to go with when it comes to the turbo and manifold

 

[TheTalon]

i was able to get some more work done on the engine to day. got the tranny separated the clutch and fly wheel removed and some cleaning done, got some of the mounts and brackets cleaned up and painted just have to get 4 bolts to mount it to the engine stand to get the oil pan taken off and the rest of it disassembled to get it fixed and a couple possible upgrades

 

[96' Eclipse GS]

Hot Spots anyone?! Keep up the great work.

 

[koryto2012]

Beautiful car man. Good find.

 

[TheTalon]

Well i had a chance to get the engine up on a engine stand today. I droped the oil pan to take a look and find out that it had spun a rod bearing. So now i have to go through what options i have to get it fixed. Im either goin to send it to a machine shop or gona buy a frankenstien short block with either the evo 9 pistons or the evo x set up from the dsm grave yard

 

[TheTalon]

Well i called a machine shop to get a round about price to harebuilt do to crankwalk..... it will goin to cost 2-2.3k to have to block rebuilt... so i have desided to buy a 4g63 frankenstein block for the dsm grave yard. I just have to deside to go with the evo 9 piston or with the evo x set up. Is any one running either of these set ups?

 

[hocka09]

Don't go dsmgraveyard if you can help it. Look at the reviews for them on here....absolutely none of them are satisfactory.

 

[TheTalon]

Good to know ill have to see if i can find the reviews

Any recomendations on where i should get a new block from?

well i just got done reading the review on thedsmgraveyard.com and that defiantly changed my mind about using that company. thanks to all that wrote a review, im glad i read them i really dont want to deal with a bunch of BS to get my car running and on the road. again thanks to all that wrote a review

 

[TheTalon]

I found a replacment engine for my tsi its out of my budys gst it was rebuilt and in the car but he desided to part ways with the car the engine has 0 miles on the rebuild

 

[TheTalon]

what would be the best way to break in a new 4g63? obviously it needs to be babied for awhile but how many miles? what type of oil should be used? how many time should the oil be changed during the break in proses? and info will be greatly appreciated

 

[TheTalon]

here is a small update i have the engine down to the block, still waiting for the current pics to upload to my pc. but here are some older pics from a week ago i forgot to upload new pics will be up soon

 

[954g63gst]

hey nice pics good find i need a new unibody but my engine bay nice hey act sent me and awd street lite flywheel and couldnt return it cause i threw out the original box so i bought another fwd flywheel and its the best ill sell you the awd one for 120 brand new and ill warrenty it the differnce is one has 106 teeth and the other has 110 i believe correct me if i am wrong but that should rid your recent hot spots if you properly install your clutch

 

[TheTalon]

thanks man i might have to take you up on that offer i have have to buy a new block soon, looking at the stage 2 block from strictly import motorsports, got any pics of the fly wheel?

 

[TofastForU_99]

thanks man i might have to take you up on that offer i have have to buy a new block soon, looking at the stage 2 block from strictly import motorsports, got any pics of the fly wheel?

Great talking with you yesterday. You were right you have a really nice 2g . I hope you best of luck with getting the car back on the road, give us a call if you ever need anything thanks Allen@SIM.

 

[TheTalon]

Thanks allen. Im deff goin to go with your guys stage 2 block as soon as save up the money.