New Owner: Anything I should know? What should I mod first? [merged]

[airboss]

Hello to everbody in this forum. I'm new to all of this so from time to time I may ask a foolish question or two so bear with me. I just recently purchased a 1991 Talon TSi Turbo FWD for $7,600.00 Canadian and the Car was in MINT condition, never winter driven, always stored indoors, 100,000 kms., one owner (A Doctor) who always did the regular maintenance and anything else that needed to be done, and always a couple of good coats of Mother's Wax on her. She is in Pristine condition on the inside as well as under the hood, Pictures will follow soon so you can see for youself. What do you think? Also, I plan on doing some modifications, nothing outrageous but enough to put her around 250 HP. I'm thinking a mechanical boost gauge mounted on a single A Pillar Pod, a K & N High FLow Air Filter System to replace the whole stock can filter that is there now, and a new blow-off valve...Does this sound reasonable? That would do it for mods under the hood for now. The rest would be looks items like 17" Sniper Rims, and a neon purple ground effect kit.

Let's here those comments...I'm new to this stuff so all advise and help would be appreciated.

 

[Joe's_GSX]

I have seen them for under the hood although I know nothing about these helping shifting. Anybody got them?
Joe

 

[MrPikolo]

not just awd, any dsm.

 

[LandoAWD]

Any car with a stick, in fact will benefit. I made my own for under the shift plate and run www.dsmparts.com ones under the hood at the linkage

 

[ntjoe]

Agreed, that was the first mod I did on my old Talon and it made a huge difference.

 

[irjoshy]

i'm so happy! i just bought a 96 talon tsi awd 5spd. it has 55k miles on it and i got it for $10,500. this is my first true dsm and i love it. way better than my old 95 sebring.

some things i would like to do to it are:
new exhaust
i wonder if those ruby like taillights would look good?
and maybe some other minor stuff.

i dont wanna do anything major yet, i think its real fast stock, but thats just because i've been driving an 83 blazer for the past 3 months. hehe
maybe i'll mod it up some more when my a$$ dyno gets used to the 4g63.




yayaya. i'm so happy. hopefully i'll have some picks for you on thursday, thats when i pick the car up.

feel free to give me some advice ppl. i'm all ears

thanks
-josh

 

[Ðawg]

Welcome to the family.


--Scott

 

[irjoshy]

thanks
-josh

 

[Lunch_Box]

Congrats on the nice find. Welcome to the family and hope you find all the help you need here.

 

[wastefuldreamer]

congrats

 

[Streetbeat]

i always like when people buy their car and hurry up and post, i feel their excitment and joy, brings me back to my first day

 

[irjoshy]

hehe yea i'm super happy right now.
-josh

 

[dave99gst]

welcome -

 

[me612]

nice buy, and least u got an awd and aren't like me and bought a fwd and now dream of awd

 

[blaster1812]

Congrats

 

[WhiteCharisma]

welcome to the fam dude, nice buy...

 

[mr2gman]

Nice find!
I am also a fairly new Talon Owner. I found a 1997 Talon AWD with 58K miles. I love the car and have already started modifying it. I have done exhaust, turbo, and fuel upgrades. It is making quite a lot of power. I am getting ready to do an intercooler upgrade. Good luck with your new DSM.
mr2gman.

 

[EvolvingGST]

Welcome to the fam, and mod and mod until you turn blue in the face and can run 10s. Live life fast enjoy your ride bro...

 

[HyperGSX]

Welcome to the family

 

[babell2]

Originally posted by Streetbeat
i always like when people buy their car and hurry up and post, i feel their excitment and joy, brings me back to my first day

Boy my first day We didn't have forums to post in. Then DSM.org started YEA

 

[Ricardo]

Originally posted by EvolvingGST
Welcome to the fam, and mod and mod until you turn blue in the face and can run 10s. Live life fast enjoy your ride bro...

Yeah, but he'll turn blue because his car is gonna break or crankwalk and he's gonna realise he can't run 10s.

 

[midnght]

Have fun!!

 

[irjoshy]

thanks guys, and btw i dont want to run 10's , at the most probly 12's will do. i'm just glad i bought a rockin car. its so fun

 

[laserturbo91]

Originally posted by irjoshy
thanks guys, and btw i dont want to run 10's , at the most probly 12's will do. i'm just glad i bought a rockin car. its so fun

shouldnt be too hard welcome

 

[chet]

whats up, i'm relatively new and realize i have a lot to learn about dsm's...

my current daily driver is a honda civic...with a 180whp itr motor. i've done several motor swaps with hondas...etc...but know very little about dsm's...

today i just picked up a 1g talon for 200 dollars which needs a fuel pump. i'm unsure of the year because i for some stupid reason didn't ask the owner...just inquired about it after hearing from someone that it was for sale.

by looking at the wheels could any of you tell what year the car is...or what year it could possibly be. its a black eagle talon, with the same wheels pictured in the attachement below.

on monday i will be picking up the car..and hopefully learning more about what i can do to push this into the 12's.

thanks for your help

 

[xcelr8n]

that picture there is a 92-94 non turbo talon, good luck gettin it into the 12's, do you know how to check for a turbo??