New to DSM few ??

[ISTROKEPOLE]

Hello guys,
let me start by introducing myself, I'm nick. Im currently new to the dsm scene, i have always liked them but im into the Camaro Scene, also own 2 of them. I purchased a talon due to driveability, quickness, and the overall convience of having a fast, reliable, daily driver w/ good gas mileage.

the car is a 1990 FWD Talon tsi, 129,xxx on the clock, no rust what so ever, new brakes. i just put a fresh ported rebuilt 14b turbo on it, also has a mbc, kn filter w/ hacked can, removed screens, new ngk pluges, and right now its running open exhaust after the DP. i would just like to get some insight on what i have ahead of me.

how quick do you think the car is right now given a decent launch. i can drive really well (not to boast, but my camaro is a 10.xx six speed car.) but i'm thinking its def capable of low low 14's it pulls really hard for having the boost set at 15psi. some things i have ran on the street and beat were a new g35 coupe w/ the 6speed, a 1999 gtp that went 14.7x at the track, which i spoted out 1 car lenght and the bust, and one by 3 lengths.

im having some minor issues w/ belt squeel, after reading up on it, i've replaced the ALT which took a crap on me, the alt belt, and i'm thinkin i need to replace the PS belt b/c the squeel seems to come only from the pulley where the alt and ps belts go to? I only get a squeel when the headlights are on or due to a heavy electric load on the car (ie: defrost on, blower fan hi). I was at first thinking it was due to the crank pulley but it has no wobble and such like that. Any suggestions- sorry i know this should prolly be in the Problem Diagnosis section but just wanted to include it in this post.

Would it be worth my time to try and make this car decently quick or would i be better off finding a Awd talon, i know thats what i initially wanted but due to the price i couldnt pass this car up, its imaculate.

if i were to sell it where should i start as far as a price.
detailed list below:
1990 talon tsi fwd.
130,xxx miles
no rust, few door dings, otherwise perfect exterior
interior almost perfect, only problems being small tear in right rear passenger seat, and sagging headliner.
mods: kn filter hack air can, mbc set at 15 psi, fuel pump rewire, new plugs/wires, rebuilt slightly ported out 02 housing 14b, w/ SAAB side mount intercooler (bigger than stock, 2core i believe).
test pipe.

i would like to say maybe 3k for the car? is that a good price?

also i need to know how i can get my 245/50/16 nitto drag radials to fit on my talon.

thanks,
Nick

 

[Wheels-a-turnin]

Well First DSM's are not good daily driver cars when you rag on them, Things ARE going to break. I had the same problem with my ALT belt and just replaced it and finally went away

3000 would be too much for me to pay for it since there are about a billion of them out there.

And drag radials will break axles or whatever drivetrain part if you launch hard

Chevy>DSM
V8>DSM

 

[tim_korn_99]

I purchased a talon due to driveability, quickness, and the overall convience of having a fast, reliable, daily driver w/ good gas mileage.

I've learned that fast and reliable dont work with these cars... sorry...
good luck though.
-Tim

 

[speedracer91]

...RELIABLE... thats what i thought till i effed things up 3 days after i got her...o well

 

[gsxtacy]

welcome to the dsm side of auto performance. I had a 97' 30th anniversary Z28 M6. You should have got a AWD dsm. Your just spending $$$ with a fwd IMO. Trying to be the #1 fwd in the world doesn't seem so exciting in contrast to a well prepped F-body. But welcome aboard none the less and this is definetly the place to have any questions about dsms' answered. period.

I would say you could possibly get mid to low 13's pretty easily. If juiced mid 12's. The finally equation is, just how much money do you want to sink into it. Keep your eyes peeled for a GSX/TSI AWD, pawn off the FWD to a high school grad and you'll never regret it. I'd pay $3000.00 for a good turbo dsm if it were close to me, if I was looking. I have too many toys already.

Good luck.

gsxtacy

 

[psychlow]

Nick -

Your user name concerns me.

 

[ISTROKEPOLE]

thanks for the input guys. i just want to clarify a few things. I do not intend to make this car a race car nor do i plan on putting any more money than i have to into it. I was just trying to get a ballpark of where its at right now and how much it's worth. I do intend to buy another dsm in the summer, for i like these cars alot, and reliable isnt exactly what they're all about but i am a mechanic and dont mind little things, i guess what i was trying to say is that i just wanted a quick economical (good mpg) and relatively cheap little car. it is perfect for a daily driver for me, i cannot handle very slow cars, they bore me. but in a change it is much more streetable than my camaro and yet somehwhat quick..

as for the username, i dont mean to scare people it is a inside joke w/ another one of my buddies on the board. The actually break down on my username doesnt mean anything what it appears to mean. It actually is a joke, me and my friend were once on a fishing trip up to Wisconsin when i blew my camaro up, and in return after blowing my somewhat stock camaro up, it turned into a stroked 350 lt1 being a now small block lt1 396, and the pole part coming from fishing as in fishing pole. Somewhat hard to understand if you werent there- like i said its an inside joke.

Thanks, keep up the input.

Nick