Blurred Talon
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- Jan 2, 2004
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Paradise,
NL, Canada
Alright, so I'm moved into my new house. I parked the Talon at my parents place and insurance is coming off of it at the end of the month.
My mom has an 03 Chevy Tracker that has been just sitting in the drive way so I've commandeered it to be my DD for the time being. Here's a picture of what it looks like (stolen from the net, I'm not actually going outside to take a picture of the thing).
It's silver and 110% boring, perfect for a DD imo.
As for the Talon, she'll be comfortable sitting for now. I've got quite a bit of work I want to do with it and I'll be slowly taking my time to do it. On the plate is:
- Rust repair, Wheel wells/rockers, Some in the engine bay, new rad support, some bubbling on the roof skin plus whatever else I find as I take it apart.
- New suspension. My rear shocks are toast so I'd like to do a whole new set up, likely going to be Hypercoil springs (550F/400R), GC sleeves, Koni Yellows and custom mounts and stand offs (ala http://farnorthracing.com/autocross/konis.html). On top of that I'll be doing all new bushings from Prothane and also installing aluminum sub frame bushings. Plus I'll replace the ball joints, TREs and all that fun stuff.
- De Power my steering rack.
- Clean up and tuck the engine bay. I'll likely be making my own harness. Scirocco rad and a bunch of other things I want to do to make things nicer.
- ABS delete.
- Supporting mods for my 16G. Some big ol injectors, 255lph, AFPR, FMIC, convert to speed density, etc.
- Some other minor motor things. Valve stem seals, maybe new valvetrain but I doubt bit. Might also do a cheapish rebuild with new 2G pistons and 1G rods just so the motor is fresh but we'll see.
- Most importantly, going to 2Gb Talon body style. Seriously, #### that Eclipse shit.
That's about it, or at least all I can think of for now. This will take me a while to do mainly because I'm headed back to school in a couple of months so that will be my main focus both time and money wise.
I'll update this as things slowly happen.
My mom has an 03 Chevy Tracker that has been just sitting in the drive way so I've commandeered it to be my DD for the time being. Here's a picture of what it looks like (stolen from the net, I'm not actually going outside to take a picture of the thing).
It's silver and 110% boring, perfect for a DD imo.
As for the Talon, she'll be comfortable sitting for now. I've got quite a bit of work I want to do with it and I'll be slowly taking my time to do it. On the plate is:
- Rust repair, Wheel wells/rockers, Some in the engine bay, new rad support, some bubbling on the roof skin plus whatever else I find as I take it apart.
- New suspension. My rear shocks are toast so I'd like to do a whole new set up, likely going to be Hypercoil springs (550F/400R), GC sleeves, Koni Yellows and custom mounts and stand offs (ala http://farnorthracing.com/autocross/konis.html). On top of that I'll be doing all new bushings from Prothane and also installing aluminum sub frame bushings. Plus I'll replace the ball joints, TREs and all that fun stuff.
- De Power my steering rack.
- Clean up and tuck the engine bay. I'll likely be making my own harness. Scirocco rad and a bunch of other things I want to do to make things nicer.
- ABS delete.
- Supporting mods for my 16G. Some big ol injectors, 255lph, AFPR, FMIC, convert to speed density, etc.
- Some other minor motor things. Valve stem seals, maybe new valvetrain but I doubt bit. Might also do a cheapish rebuild with new 2G pistons and 1G rods just so the motor is fresh but we'll see.
- Most importantly, going to 2Gb Talon body style. Seriously, #### that Eclipse shit.
That's about it, or at least all I can think of for now. This will take me a while to do mainly because I'm headed back to school in a couple of months so that will be my main focus both time and money wise.
I'll update this as things slowly happen.
I want the 97-98 talon front bumper but the talon tails are plain out fail...
