Foolinaround's 1g Revival. Whos has a clutch fork?

[Foolinaround]

Well after my integra was stolen my parents asked me what i wanted as a replacement car,aka well front you the money and then youll pay us back which in retrospect is more then i figured,so i spent a week or so making a list asking around an i ended up coming across this on TST

So i bought this bad boy from 4drstunner with the assumption the motor is blown to ****. I havent had time to actually take it out since ive only received it a couple days ago.

It is a 1990 Eagle Talon TSI AWD.

So after delivery into the boondock area garage,i asked my buddy if i could buy his stock 1g long block from his talon he had just swapped,and he agreed. So after a struggle about how to actually get the block up off the ground we wrapped it in chains and 4 of us lifted it into the back of his suburban,and we were off to drop the new heart at the garage.

I dont have very many pics only one i took with my phone i have to get the rest off a camera i borrowed.



I have a gasket set on the way to replace all the gaskets on the new motor,and thanks to rich i have a balance shaft removal kit to do as well.

Shopping around for clutches right now,so stay tuned for more exciting adventures,and prolly a lot of cursing.

[97TurboDSM]

i have an act 2600 with street disk if you want it. gotta pull it from the trans but i have it.

[Got Insulin?]

Make sure that you replace the TOB, pivot ball, and clutch fork when you do the clutch. Welcome to DSMs.
Get familiar with these:
vfaq.com
dsmtalk.com
dsmtuners.com
plymouthlaser.com
jnztuning.com
streettunedmotorsports.com

I have a love/hate relationship with Tooners, and I never ever post on there, but there's crazy amounts of info on the site, and they have quite a few vfaqs, too. Make sure that you do the water pump and timing belt when you're in there doing the gaskets. STM and JNZ are realitively local shops that have made great strides in the DSM world, and both have great forums attached to them too.

[Foolinaround]

Im already on dsmtuners and dsmtalk.
my buddy is a huge dsm head so he already told me about vfaq and STMS

thanks for all the info. and no thanks i want a fresh clutch nothing used.

Edit:For the honda heads we had hondamarketplace that was a huge classifieds site that had vendors mixed in showing off their deals making it easy to shop and compare pricing,is there something like this for dsm's?

[97TurboDSM]

its got 3k miles on it but suit yourself.

[Forc3 F3d]

gl with the revival!

i got a yummy twin disc brand new for ya!

[Foolinaround]

haha nothing serious,im looking for mainly something a little beefier then stock for right now,i owe my parents about 3g's by the time i get this running so trying to keep the debt to a minimum where i can

[laser92dsm]

Welcome to DSM's just like everybody says its a love/hate relationship but they are fun little cars to drive around and their really fun in the snow since you have the awd. have fun and enjoy it.

[Foolinaround]

thanks
two of my buddys have dsm's ones a fully built fwd talon,and the other is a mostly stock fwd laser. so theyre helping me get my feet wet.

[laser92dsm]

Nice i wish i had friends with DSM's all my friends have hondas lol

[Foolinaround]

They are the only 2 with DSM's,the rest have hondas,but ive known them for 15 years easy and we've been friends since elementary school so they convinced me to try it out. Really my integra was turbo'd but i hated fwd,so i said whats better then turbo'd and awd.

[Forc3 F3d]

Originally Posted by Foolinaround

my integra was turbo'd but i hated fwd,so i said whats better then turbo'd and awd.

that is a good thinking process! what plans do you have for the car in the future?

[Foolinaround]

prolly 16g turbo,upgraded fuel system, safc/dsmlink
along with the regular exhaust etc.

[Got Insulin?]

Originally Posted by laser92dsm

just like everybody says its a love/hate relationship .

Haha, who said anything about love/hate relationships? I love my car, it hates me, haha.

(edit) Skip right to Link, SAFCs are junk in comparison.

[Forc3 F3d]

Originally Posted by Got Insulin?

Skip right to Link, SAFCs are junk in comparison.

x a hundred billion and 69

[Foolinaround]

ah okay,well i wasnt sure what dsm link actually replaced. im guessing its the same as hondata for hondas?

[Got Insulin?]

Originally Posted by Foolinaround

ah okay,well i wasnt sure what dsm link actually replaced. im guessing its the same as hondata for hondas?

Do your research, son. It's more like EvoScan. Link is the definitive DSM tuning program. In a nutshell, it allows you to "chip" your ECU, then reflash it on the fly. Everything from timing to injector deadtime to NLTS, to making your stock boost guage read as a knock sum or water temp guage and the best forums on the planet. SAFCs are limited piggyback BS that really doesn't give you the control you might want or need. AFCs are like band-aids, Link is a neurosurgeon.

DSMLink.com. If that doesn't get you wet, you're messing with the wrong cars. However, if you decided to go the weaksauce route and get an AFC, and trust me, skip it, I've got a whole bunch of parts that you might be interested in. Link is the single best mod you can do to a DSM.

[Foolinaround]

Yeah,i just read a bunch of threads about it,and on most guidelines to say 350awdhp they have the first mod as DSMlink.

Looks like a sound investment after i pay back the 3gs i owe.

[Foolinaround]

Sorry for the double

But who has a palm logger here? recommended or no?

[Got Insulin?]

Palms are awesome. I carry one in my whip for the times I just can't leave a laptop in it. I've used MMCS and Palmenstein with great results. Palm III's are sweet, too because you can recharge them because the biggest problem with loggers is that they lose everything when the batteries die. So, the simple solution to that is use a logger cable with a power splice and just feed it off your cabin fuse box. Just keep in mind that they are pretty much only a logger, and not so much a tuner. If you're going to grab a logger, grab yourself a boost guage and a WBo2 sensor while you're at it. The WB is a hurt on the pocket, but it's a worthwhile investment for tuning and reliability. Stay away from narrowband o2 guages period.