My 1991 Talon TSi Compound Turbo AWD

[pgfpro]

Originally Posted by sqidd

You're a madman!

I get that a lot. lol

Its come a long ways.
Before. This was taken last year.

Funny story tonight when I was picking up the garage and showing my wife what I got done today, our neighbor was mowing her lawn when all of a sudden she hit a rock and it check it at us missing my truck the Talon and the Scion TC and flew between my wife and I and hit the freezer. Talk about lucky!!!

I did notice something I need to address and that is the rear bumper. Its like a parachute. It drops down about two inches and is collecting a ton of air. So when I build the belly pan I need to attach it all the way to the rear bumper. Great more work!!!


EDIT: Oh crap I just notice from this pic I need to plug in my back up lights.

[user removed]

Hypermilers don't need no stinking backup lights. Love the attention to details. I usually just use some ultra fine cutting compound then wax. Sometimes I'll even clean the inside of the lamp.

As far as the neighbors mower activated rock catapult that sounds like my luck, except the rocks nails my car every time. Had a car toss one into a customers windshield while I was test driving the car. It was a big rock weighing a couple ounces and the car was travelling in the opposite direction on a 55 MPH road. Perfectly struck in my line of sight and the windshield was a mess.

How about two nails in the rear tires of two motorcycles, both before I had ridden them 100 miles each. Had to be the rear tires . No other flats in a very very long time.

regards
mech

regards
mech

[sqidd]

Originally Posted by Old Mechanic

How about two nails in the rear tires of two motorcycles, both before I had ridden them 100 miles each. Had to be the rear tires . No other flats in a very very long time.

regards
mech

regards
mech

I had the same thing happen to me once (or is that twice). I almost lost my mind. At the time I was BROKE! Buying a pile of tires was not really on the option list. And the motorcycle was my only transportation. That sucked.

[pgfpro]

Cut some 3" u-bends and have all the pipes made except for the post turbo side out exhaust.

Also added a second pre-intercooler for the LP turbo. This will help the efficiency of the HP turbo also. I had to pull the quarter one way vents tonight. I did some calculation and I will need all the air I can to feed the LP turbo.

[sqidd]

Originally Posted by pgfpro

Cut some 3" u-bends and have all the pipes made except for the post turbo side out exhaust.

Also added a second pre-intercooler for the LP turbo. This will help the efficiency of the HP turbo also. I had to pull the quarter one way vents tonight. I did some calculation and I will need all the air I can to feed the LP turbo.

Are you going A2A, A2W or both?

[pgfpro]

Originally Posted by sqidd

Are you going A2A, A2W or both?

Both are A2A.

The LP A2A is going to be a small core and run around 75%, but the length of the charge pipe back to the HP turbo should also help. Then it gets compressed again and runs through the large FMIC that is around 85%.

I'm working on building a air duct door to control flow through the LP turbo IC.
This will/should help increasing air temps for FE.

[Daox]

Wow, missed the mirror pics of the paint until today. Looks great!

[MetroMPG]

So shiny. Great work.

[pgfpro]

Thanks Metro and Daox!!!

I just purchase a couple ecomodder decals and t-shirt from you to put on the rear quarter glass. This will get some great conversations going at the track.

[pgfpro]

Kinda at a stand still.

Trying to figure out if I will run the LP turbo charge pipe through the firewall or under the car???

If I run the charge pipe through the firewall I will have to relocate the battery from the stock location to the back of the trunk. I will then have two battery's in the trunk (deep cell is already there). The other thing I don't like is the charge pipe will run between the passenger seat and console. If it blows off a Silicone Coupler it would be ear deafening. Plus it modifies the fire wall and I don't like that. The advantage if ran inside is easier access to it and I don't have to worry about ground clearance.

If I run the charge pipe under the car it keeps the inside of the car looking stock. I don't have to worry about a charge pipe popping loose and breaking my ears. My battery stays in the stock location. Stock firewall stays intact.
But the access to the charge pipes becomes a pain in the ass and ground clearance could become an issue.

Both ways the engine bay will look pretty much stock only showing a small turbo attach to the engine.