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I just recently started watching the ETCG videos. Even though I have been doing a lot of work on vehicles, I still find a hint here and there throughout the videos. It is especiall informative since I do not own or work on some of the vehicles in the videos.
Anyway, I bought a 1990 Eagle Talon for 800 bucks three years ago. It started as small bolt ons and eventually grew into a street machine. I pulled the motor to clean the bay up and found some large shavings in the pan (later I found that these where hardened pices of an old gasket.) Although no damage was done to the rods, mains, or bores, I rebuilt the motor. I used eagle H beam rods mounted to Weisco 1400HD’s .020 over. Block was bored with a torque plate. ACL bearings, ARP mains and rod bolts, and all new accesories. The head had a half dozen or so cracked valve guides so I put 1mm oversised valves in with 5 angle (2 on the seat 3 on the valve) valve job, Brian crower valve springs with titanium retainers, Regrind HKS 272’s and some adjustable cam gears. This was held together by a ACT 2900 pressure plate (overkill) and a southbend TZ/FE disk. I rebuilt the tranny with a little tighter preload as recommendend by the builder I purchased the gearsets from. All this was put together in a bay that was rebuilt from the firewall foward. I used the Holset turbo off of a Dodge Cummins in a Bullseye turbine housing. While this hotside is a little restrictive it makes for a great street turbo. I will post some pics tonight, but just thought I would share my andventure. While this adventure is far from over, I have enjoyed every secound of it and the knowledge that I have gained from the build and tuning the car is ireplaceable. Feel free to ask questions and or make comments.
Robert
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Quoted From TexasCoder:
WOW! That is awesome, thank you for posting this! I love the DSM machines (Talon/Laser/Eclipse), I would love to see photos of this when you get a chance.
This Eagle sounds like a beast!
Have you taken it to the track and gotten a 1/4 mile time on it?
What PSI are you running on the turbo?
Photos are uploading now so should be up soon if I can figure how to post them:)
Thank you for the complement. I have taken it to the track twice, but both times I could not get a good launch. I could not break a 2.0 60′. On the bright side, I trapped a high of 123MPH. This should put me deep into the 11’s if I can learn how to drive. 🙂 At this moment, I have a best of 12.1 at 121MPH with a 2.0 60′ at 28lbs. Videos here http://www.youtube.com/user/robertbaxley?feature=mhee
Robert
Quoted From dreamer2355:
Pics!
Uploading now and they are closer to being done now then when I started writing this:)
Robert
Updated for your viewing pleasure. I uploaded some before and afters along with production pics. The engine bay is a little different with a catch can and a few other goodies but for the most part the same. Let me know what you think.
Robert
WOW! That is awesome, thank you for posting this! I love the DSM machines (Talon/Laser/Eclipse), I would love to see photos of this when you get a chance.
This Eagle sounds like a beast!
Have you taken it to the track and gotten a 1/4 mile time on it?
What PSI are you running on the turbo?
Awesome. I love threads like this. I also just got done rebuilding a trans from a Toyota and what a PITA is was. I hate putting the keys in synchro’s sometimes.
What did you use to paint the engine bay?
I used duplicolor semi-gloss engine enamle on the bay. I did not like the look of mate black and full gloss would make it harder to find leaks. I did let it cure for 7 or more days and it seemed to help. It still gets dings in it put with some plastic and tap, you can touch it up. FWIW my transmission was no walk in the park. It was a great learning experience and if I ever need something I will know what I am looking at, but I do not know if I will embark on another rebuild any time soon.
Robert
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