fmars62
10+ Year Contributor
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- May 30, 2011
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Middletown,
New_York
Hey everyone, I have been a lurker on here for a while now and I keep posting threads that I want to get a dsm but now I am trying to get everything together first then Ill pick myself up one finally...
I am 19, sophomore in college and I am going for my Bachelor of Auto Tech, so I can work on my car at school any time I want.
I have 7k in my bank right now and I have more money coming my way in the future but...I want to get a 95-96 Talon Tsi as my project car. I want to completely gut it, no A/C, no heat, etc. But im not going to give up power steering. I want to make somewhere between 450-600awhp (600 being the max). I want to do this cheap and right. My goal for this car is for it to be mainly a street car, and then some drag too. I want to be taking down little civics...
Now what route do you guys recommend I take? I know the first thing I need to do is actually get a talon first but where to go from there?
Questions:
1. I want to be running high boost so what do you recommend for the block, internals, engine parts, etc...?
2. I want to lose as much weight as possible so what can I shave besides the A/C, heat, spare tire? (I want to keep powr steering)
3. Transmission and clutch recommendations? Dogbox? Sheptrans?
4. What suspension route should I take?
I am 19, sophomore in college and I am going for my Bachelor of Auto Tech, so I can work on my car at school any time I want.
I have 7k in my bank right now and I have more money coming my way in the future but...I want to get a 95-96 Talon Tsi as my project car. I want to completely gut it, no A/C, no heat, etc. But im not going to give up power steering. I want to make somewhere between 450-600awhp (600 being the max). I want to do this cheap and right. My goal for this car is for it to be mainly a street car, and then some drag too. I want to be taking down little civics...
Now what route do you guys recommend I take? I know the first thing I need to do is actually get a talon first but where to go from there?
Questions:
1. I want to be running high boost so what do you recommend for the block, internals, engine parts, etc...?
2. I want to lose as much weight as possible so what can I shave besides the A/C, heat, spare tire? (I want to keep powr steering)
3. Transmission and clutch recommendations? Dogbox? Sheptrans?
4. What suspension route should I take?