froodawg
20+ Year Contributor
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- Aug 15, 2002
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Iowa City,
Iowa
I must've run over a puppy in my previous life.
This last month has thrown everything at me, and to surmise this post is a bit of a rant, most of which has to deal with my '97 talon. I'm looking for support in whatever fashion, I'm not expecting anyone to have any answers for me.
Talon's on the down, got tires that deflate after 36hrs in 15 degree weather. Just bought a set of Kazera KZ-J 17:7.5's with 235/45/17 dunlop sig sports to replace.
Turbo won't spool. I reach 2500 rpms and I hear a whirring sound like that of a supercharger, but I have no boost. Either I have a gigantic boost leak that I can't see ... or my turbo's in need of some attention. I'm looking into buying an fp big t28 as a replacement to my t25 but I can't seem to find one at a price I really want to get to, I don't have a ton of money. I need new plugs/wires/injectors/fp and fuel management to support the new big fp t28.
My talon's driver side window rail (above the window running from the mirror to the end of the door) wasn't replaced by my local body shop when they repaired my rear view mirror after it was clipped by another driver. The shop claimed they had no source of replacing this part - and I've had difficulty finding one myself even through the forums and classifieds etc.
My sound system has suddenly shorted out. Two 10" rockford subs in my trunk no longer put out any sound. Any fuse I throw in the circuit shorts out within 1min of operation. Worked flawlessly for 4 years. Tried removing the speakers, no go.
Brakes are emitting a slight 'whoooshing' sound. Could be pads, could be calipers?, could be air getting into the brake lines.
My main computer is having major problems. I'm seriously disappointed because I've always prided myself upon managing all of my computer related devices. Symptoms range from not being able to start my computer from a cold boot without power cycling anywhere from 1 to 15 times to randomly shutting off while operating. I've narrowed it down to either a bad power supply ($175) or bad motherboard - the motherboard I want is no longer manufactured and nothing else comes close.
Lastly I have no local place to take my talon to be serviced that I can trust. I live in Iowa City, IA and the closest tuning shop that I can take my awd to is in the quad cities of IL - I dunno if she'll make it, much less likely to find a chump to take me home and back.
This is my month of financial suffering. Words of wisdom, encouragement, expertise or comedy are all welcome. Did I mention I found my first signs of rust on the wheel wells? UGH!
This last month has thrown everything at me, and to surmise this post is a bit of a rant, most of which has to deal with my '97 talon. I'm looking for support in whatever fashion, I'm not expecting anyone to have any answers for me.
Talon's on the down, got tires that deflate after 36hrs in 15 degree weather. Just bought a set of Kazera KZ-J 17:7.5's with 235/45/17 dunlop sig sports to replace.
Turbo won't spool. I reach 2500 rpms and I hear a whirring sound like that of a supercharger, but I have no boost. Either I have a gigantic boost leak that I can't see ... or my turbo's in need of some attention. I'm looking into buying an fp big t28 as a replacement to my t25 but I can't seem to find one at a price I really want to get to, I don't have a ton of money. I need new plugs/wires/injectors/fp and fuel management to support the new big fp t28.
My talon's driver side window rail (above the window running from the mirror to the end of the door) wasn't replaced by my local body shop when they repaired my rear view mirror after it was clipped by another driver. The shop claimed they had no source of replacing this part - and I've had difficulty finding one myself even through the forums and classifieds etc.
My sound system has suddenly shorted out. Two 10" rockford subs in my trunk no longer put out any sound. Any fuse I throw in the circuit shorts out within 1min of operation. Worked flawlessly for 4 years. Tried removing the speakers, no go.
Brakes are emitting a slight 'whoooshing' sound. Could be pads, could be calipers?, could be air getting into the brake lines.
My main computer is having major problems. I'm seriously disappointed because I've always prided myself upon managing all of my computer related devices. Symptoms range from not being able to start my computer from a cold boot without power cycling anywhere from 1 to 15 times to randomly shutting off while operating. I've narrowed it down to either a bad power supply ($175) or bad motherboard - the motherboard I want is no longer manufactured and nothing else comes close.
Lastly I have no local place to take my talon to be serviced that I can trust. I live in Iowa City, IA and the closest tuning shop that I can take my awd to is in the quad cities of IL - I dunno if she'll make it, much less likely to find a chump to take me home and back.
This is my month of financial suffering. Words of wisdom, encouragement, expertise or comedy are all welcome. Did I mention I found my first signs of rust on the wheel wells? UGH!
