Project Nicole, 2gb AWD Talon Spyder

[Doubleot]

Relocated the oem ones. They are just spot welded on.I don't have one of mine but Here's a picture of Crashs spyder he sent me to help with the spotting. Much appreciated Crash!

 

[GofaST4life]

Awesome build. Really make me miss my old Spyder!

 

[Doubleot]

Thanks man! I'll have another update soon I've already begun taking my motor apart

 

[crash89]

Not a problem man!!

For those who cant see or dont know what you're looking at, notice in the pic above that the center bracket is moved down ~roughly 6 or 7 inches? And the sides are down about 2". What I did to measure these was I put the center tail light section in, bolted the brackets to the bumper then held the bumper in place until the gap was how I wanted it. Marked where I wanted the side mounts to be then put a couple tack welds. Then with the center out I could mark the center mount.

Once they were all tack welded in I put all of the lights in to check the gaps. If they were off I removed the bumper and repositioned the bracket until I got the gaps how I wanted them! I probably mounted and removed the bumper and lights at least 10 times that night.

 

[Doubleot]

Yup took me a good 10 attempts as well! Glad thats over with .

Not so good news....

Pulled off the oil filter and a silver lining was in the oil along with multiple little bits of who knows what. Looks like I'm in for a rebuild :-(

 

[sirbow2]

oh darn... you might just have to make a little more power this time too

 

[Doubleot]

Found this in the oil pan

 

[92AWDHX40]

Did you find debris in the pan or is that a oil coolant mix?

 

[Doubleot]

It's debris looks like aluminum shavings. Definitely not coolant mixed with oil.

 

[92AWDHX40]

Ah I see we'll that's goo news.

Is it metal debris or just dirt and things?

 

[Doubleot]

Metal debris.

 

[92AWDHX40]

That sucks time to pull her apart and inspect the crank.

 

[Doubleot]

Yup shits going to get nasty real quick .

 

[92AWDHX40]

Sorry to hear that I've been there man.

 

[nickfromfortfun]

when my 7 bolt took a crap in my spyder i went crazy and built my dream engine, 6 bolt with forged internals kingly girdle sooooo i recommend building your dream motor but thats just me

 

[crash89]

Sorry to hear man!!

 

[Doubleot]

It'll get fixed might just take a while. I just need to hit the lottery and be rich already

 

[Blurred Talon]

It'll get fixed might just take a while. I just need to hit the lottery and be rich already

Me too bud.

Slow and steady wins the race....or at least that's what they say.

 

[NWHTanK]

Keep going and don't give up.

 

[Doubleot]

Definitely not giving up, my buddy that did the welding before is coming over next week to finish welding the holes and the x brace. Then I'll be ready to put her on the ground and be able to move her around.

 

[GRNDSM]

I am doing vertually identical swap (96 Spyder GST auto to 5sp/AWD/Talon)! Did you also swap to a 5sp engine harness?

 

[Doubleot]

No I couldn't find one for a decent price so.I'm going to snip all of the auto trans plugs and put them back into the loom of the harness. My friend just did this with no issues.

 

[GRNDSM]

I did the swap to a 5sp harness, which seemed pretty simple, but... Automatic Spyders do not allow you to open the top unless you are in "Park", naturally, I no longer have that . Any idea if my will go up with 5sp harness?

 

[Doubleot]

Not a clue, I'm actually more of a fan of manually moving my top up or down. So I won't worry about that. I did however remove the cable that goes under the steering column that won't let you start the car without being in park so I'd assume that would take care of the top issue at the same time.

 

[GRNDSM]

I am sure I am going to become a big fan of manual top actuation, AFTER IT BREAKS, but as long as it is working, I would prefer to use it!

I also removed that cable system, but it was mechanical and served a different purpose. I am pretty sure that top signal came from transmission's neutral signal. You could activate the top if you shifted into neutral, but the car was still moving, I did a few times coasting 10-15 mph.