Soon to be 97 talon tsi owner!

[Masakari]

I am new to the DSM world, i use to be a big trans am guy untill a year ago when i was educated in the ways of the turbo charged 4 cylinder...staring at the tail lights of a eclipse gsx that blew the doors off of my 02 TA...i was fascinated and started searching for an eclipse of my own...on the path to finding the eclipse i discovered that the eagle talon was basically the same car and i liked the body lines of the talon better...well long story short...i found my talon today on ebay and just purchased it...i am on my way to pick it up december 1st...the list of mods this car has done to it as far as the turbo setup is concernedis jibberish to me, can someone put this in laymans terms? im especially interested in what the turbo controllers do, the greddy and the Apex-I S-AFC...i get the feelign i bit off more then i can chew

Exterior-
Vis Carbonfiber Hood (not in Pic)
ADR DV-8 17" Rims
Kuhmo Ventura 215/45/17 tires
Eibach Pro Springs
Sprint Alignment kit(ball joint type Front)
Clear Corners
Tint all the way around, 5% on the back and sides, 20% on the doors
Xenon Hyper white headlight
Shaved emblems

Interior-
Autometer Boost Gauge
Autometer EGT Gauge
Greddy Turbo Timer
Apex-I S-AFC
Samborski Shift kit
Pocket Logger
Kenwood Excellon Head unit with Sirius Tuner and antenna

Engine-
BJ's Cylinder head stage 3 head with plished and swirled over sized valves, 3 angle valve job, port and polish intake side to match the 1g intake, crower titanium valve spring retainers, 3g lifters, new valve guides, and crower valve springs
HKS 272 intake and exhaust cams
Fidonza Cam gears
Metal head gasket
1g throttle body
extruded and honed 1g intake manifold
650cc Denso injectors
Apexi front mount intercooler
Shep racing Transmission
Fidonza Alum. Fly wheel (with act street disc clutch, stock pressure plate)
Billet shift forks
4 spider center dif.
torrington bearing, with galant vr4 first gear
ss break lines(not installed)
ss clutch line(not installed)
Goodyear gatorback belts
Brembo cross drilled and slotted rotors(Back only)
1g fuel rail
new 3g lifters
Dejon Tools upper intercooler pipe
HKS SSQ BOV
Injen Intake Pipe
K&N FIPK
RRE DownPipe, long, 3"(No Cat)
Apex-I N-1 3" exhaust
Evo 3 Exhaust Manifold
Evo 3 O2 Housing
Turbocharges.com T-28 Eliminator with Big 16G cartridge and TD05 Exhaust housing (around 10k miles on turbo)
Walboro 255 Intank Fuel pump
Hallman Manual Boost Controller

 

[dave99gst]

congrats.....just too bad you didnt get a chance to do all those mods yourself.

 

[kraka]

Man how much did you get for that thing? Looks like the car came with $10k+ already in it which means you can have a lot of fun with it...I would've personally started with a stock talon so you have time to get used to the car and you would understand the car better...but if you're that anxious for a super fast street car, your choice was a good one


btw:
1. Greddy Turbo Timer - keeps your car running for a few extra minutes after your done driving to cool down the turbo

2. apexi safc- its a tuning device; used for controlling your air/fuel ratio...usually used when you have upgraded fuel components (which you do)

 

[VtecRex]

can someone put this in laymans terms? im especially interested in what the turbo controllers do, the greddy and the Apex-I S-AFC...i get the feelign i bit off more then i can chew

I would just talk to the previous owner as much as you can. Get him to take you for a ride to explain how everything works. Get him to explain what your gauges should read. I was in the same situation your are in about a month ago. Also, make sure he give you the correct safc setting for street and strip use.

And make sure you spend alot of time reading threads on this site.

 

[falcone4g63]

hey your in ohio, if its close enough you could head over to buschur racing and have them help you out with any questions. they are located in wakeman, oh. or find some dsmrs in your area.

 

[Masakari]

Thanks for the replys guys...It would have been nice to start from the ground up and do the mods myself, but the deal i got on this car i just couldnt pass up..and it sounds like i am going to have enough to learn just to keep this car on the road

 

[gstfairy]

how much did you pay?

 

[siceclipse]

To tell you the truth, there is not a lot you have to learn to keep these cars on the road. When you make seriouse HP then things will fail more often, and when you beat the hell out of your 250-275 HP car thinking it is the same as a 700 HP dragster you will get the same outcome. Basicly as long as you keep the fluids new and changed when they are supposed to and take care of your car you will be fine.


Congradulations on the new car and if you have anymore questions please feel free to post. there are plenty of sections here that can and will help you. and if you have a quick question use the search feature and im sure you will find pages of threads about the question you want to ask.

 

[Masakari]

8500 was the butchers bill for me... a little more then i was lookign to spend but even with my limited knowledge on these cars i coudl tell there was alot more invested then that

 

[Sick Shift]

Was it the AWD model?

You paid a good price, how many miles?

Have fun!

 

[Masakari]

yes, its awd...has 135000 on it but the guy who sold it to me says that all major internals have been replaced less then 10k ago....i was a little hesitant to buy a vehicle with so many miles on it..but i am buying htis thing as a project/weekend fun car...and i assuem that if everything blows apart on me 10000 miles from now i can just find a new engine for it ( assuming someone makes new engines for these)