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Post by 2ez4me on Dec 28, 2009 11:48:37 GMT -5
i have had a nice 1g awd Tsi and now acquired this car and done alot of work to it and making it nice again. Had alot of aftermarket parts but been trading/selling to make it nice again and start over next year. Sits as of now with a big 16g, fmic, hard pipes, MAFT, GM 3" MAF, Greddy bov, AEM wideband. Gonna strip it down in spring and repaint it white again, without the gay stripes
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Post by CheapTalon on Dec 28, 2009 14:39:30 GMT -5
Welcome! Good lookin' car. I vote for a black respray of the top when you do the rest of the car. Talons always look a little funny with a color-matched top. PS, sell me those wheels .
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Post by SPOOLD on Dec 28, 2009 15:04:03 GMT -5
looks a million times better without those damn stripes than when shawn had it. good luck
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Post by sourcelx on Dec 28, 2009 19:57:08 GMT -5
Car looks good. Where ya located?
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Post by laser92 on Dec 28, 2009 20:29:03 GMT -5
You just bought it? I saw it at metro toyota about a month ago, when I was swapping some parts off Gene's 1gb laser. If it's the same car I think it is. Anyway, welcome.
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Post by 2ez4me on Dec 29, 2009 11:33:57 GMT -5
yeah its my car, same one as one at toyota. Once i get it running smooth I plan on doing the Top black body white, shave or get a wingless decklid and some suspension
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Post by wishihadatalon on Dec 29, 2009 15:49:34 GMT -5
Did this car have blue stripes and a 95 front bumper at one point?
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Post by SPOOLD on Dec 29, 2009 16:16:40 GMT -5
yes it did tj. well most of the time no front bumper just a giant fmic.
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Post by wishihadatalon on Jan 4, 2010 8:34:54 GMT -5
Hmm, the previous owner still owes me money for a timing belt job that I did on it.
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Post by 2ez4me on Jan 6, 2010 12:00:05 GMT -5
I hope not alot. I had to redo the timing belt since it was off a tooth. Nothing personal. Maybe it jumped a tooth, but who knows. That whole motor was all jacked up, someone drilled through the block trying to tap a halfshaft bolt hole. Both holes were elongated and had like 3 threads in random spots holding the halfshaft in, with odd sized american bolts.
That car was totally beat, its night and day difference already.
That motor is now gone and scraped. have another 6 bolt in and a smaller front mount and a evo3 big 16g.
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Post by SPOOLD on Jan 22, 2010 17:36:29 GMT -5
yep that sounds like the quality of work that was put into that car by the previous owner. good to hear it's making a come back
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Post by 2ez4me on Jan 29, 2010 16:49:38 GMT -5
up and running pretty good as of now. Running around 18psi and pulling pretty decent. Has new 97-99 eclipse front bumper, been lowered on H&R sport springs, fixed the interior back up. Replaced 3 control arms and fixed the hanging exhaust, been tucked back up under the bumper and straighted up.
the recent 6 bolt swap is running great and not smoking. Car all around is doing 5 times as good as before.
May be for sale soon, as i am picking up another daily driver so i can haul kids around better.
Ill post new pics of it this coming week.
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Post by sourcelx on Jan 29, 2010 18:48:03 GMT -5
Well at least for now it sounds like its in good hands.
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