Brobo's 95 Tsi Budget Build

[brobo]

Got this car for a steal . Thanks craigslist.
95 Talon tsi awd auto leather i like stick better
has 60k orignal
guess what i paid ?? only 1500 for the car . didnt start and had a bad water pump
had a full tank of bad gas thats 2 years old.
got it home and took 2 pics for now and a video with drained tank and new gas . runs funny.?
the car next 2 it was my project im selling 95 talon tsi fwd stick 160k miles .need interior put back. asking 2500

 

[96' Eclipse GS]

I would say keep both, and have not twins, but cousins. haha, because of the colors, can't wait to see the process unfold.....

 

[brobo]

thanks . im having trouble getting the red talon put back together? every set of brake shoes i get for the ebrake they dont fit cause there to small or dont align with the hole? anyone know where do i get the right fit shoes

 

[sypherzero]

Are you making sure you are getting the shoes for the emergency brake and not the shoes for the n/t cars?

 

[brobo]

ill double check but i did look for those

Ok so here is my water pump shaft!! yea the pic pretty much sums up my noise

 

[hocka09]

That's EXACTLY how I got mine! Traded my 1996 Explorer Sport for it. The water pump impeller shaft was broken clean off the impeller. Don't know how that even happens...

Good luck with your build, dude. Killer find!

 

[brobo]

so i put together my timining. i knowticed the oil was milky and i was burning coolant. so bad headgasket... so i disassembled the head and found out that the gasket blew from sitting .. so head is off to a machine shop for resurfacing and cleaning. Also are the intake and exhaust valve any differnt i forgot to organize them . but i did organiz the cam brakets and cams

 

[2nd Gen Mnstr]

Im liking that color!

 

[brobo]

i didnt till the rims . it looks good and mean

 

[brobo]

Finally some updates.
this was my old oil

under neath it

new head and gaskets already in,
btw the head is a 1g hydiuia head

On my red dsm i redid the strut tower cause of rust

and the quater rust

so my door always sags cause the spot welds for the bolts broke.
so custom fab time

Fixed

Dsm driveway. Mine sister's and mine again

getting the fogs ready and removed the radio

More stuff

no fogs

fogs

Little surprise , buddy took out his gst after a long time

thats about it.
got an full 3inch exhaust ordered and cant wait

 

[Josh97eclipse]

I wish I had the skills to fix my tower rust, got a whole new patch panel.....shops are going to charge a ton

 

[brobo]

Wow its been a long time since and update , well i put 2k on the car and i just got another awd 5 speed with bad rings and lots of parts. so im converting my car to a 5 speed and swaping some parts

 

[brobo]

So lets say my 5 speed swap is going to a rebuild state as i ran my car with no oil and smoking my buddys camaro was so worth it. i spun a rod bearing

dam did she look good

Engine removal time

After 4 hours

now i got to clean garage and get this thing torn down

 

[brobo]

Well i havent updated my thread for a long time but ive been through alot since my motor blew. so far ive converted it to a 5 speed and rebuilt the motor.
Recently since my rear subframe swap , the toe arms werent adjusted causing the wheel bearings to go bad . So ill post alot of pictures for my fellow follwers.
Here is the start of the tear down

Before the tear down

Rear eclipse conversion

Bad rusted gas tank
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mhhmm beautiful

F### you rust , ill cut you

Before

After por15

Cutting open to fix rust

Driveshaft drop to fix rest of rust

So yes ik the welds arent that good because its gasless flux and yes i know i left a little gap

What i cut apart from my rockers

Yes ik the welds arent the greatest but they get the job done

After por15 sorry bad pic

Other side

Gotta love your friends who take pictures of you doing bad stuff