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Switchin to E-85
Well, tried selling the Talon, but couldn't get what i wanted out of it, and i don't have the time to part it out as I'm in college, so i have decided to keep it. It was fun a hell to drive before the tranny took a shit, so i am excited to get it back on the road. I have decided i am going to switch to E-85, so i will try to document my progress on here. Also, i am still looking for a transmission, so if anyone has a slightly modified awd 23 spline they are trying to get rid of, let me know.
Existing Mods: ENGINE BLOCK: Balanced Crankshaft ARP Main Studs Eagle H-Beam Rods Weisco 8.5 to 1 compression heat coated pistons New High Volume Oil Pump All new timing components. (pulleys, tensioner, etc.) Unorthodox Underdrive Lightweight one piece Racing Pulley Energy Suspension Prothane Motor/Transmission Mounts Resurfaced block Bored over and honed cylinder walls Balance Shafts removed CYLINDER HEAD: Brian Crower 1mm Oversized Stainless Steel Valves Ferrea Bronze Valve Guides Brian Crower Springs and Retainers Lightly Ported and Polished Web 546/547 Street Grind Cams Power Enterprise Kevlar Timing Belt ARP Head Studs OEM Mitsubishi Composite Headgasket DRIVETRAIN: John Shepherd Stage 3 Transmission ACT Chromemoly Flywheel ACT 2600 Pressure Plate ACT Street Disc New TOB New Revised Clutch Fork New Pivot Ball New Factory Slave Cylinder 1/4" Longer Slave Cylinder Rod (for better ACT clutch engagement) Three Speed Shatter Shield Longer Flywheel Bolts with Bolt Plate New 23 Spline Transfer Case Rebuilt Driveshaft New Carriage Bearings 4 Bolt Rearend with limited slip viscous differential New Front Hub Bearings & Seals BRAKES: Front Baer Brakes with Slotted Rotors New rear calipers with Slotted Rotors Front & Rear Stainless Steel Braided Brake Lines EXHAUST: 3" Stainless Steel Turbo Back Megan Racing Exhaust 2.5" Victory Performance Stainless Steel O2 Housing Tial 40mm Waste Gate FUEL SYSTEM: Supra TT Fuel Pump Re-wire fuel pump relay 8an braided fuel feed line from tank to fuel rail Custom fuel filter setup SX Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator 1200cc RC Fuel Injectors MAF Translator 3" GM MAFS INTAKE SYSTEM: Bullseye T04B 50 Trim turbo (oil & water cooled, -10an oil drain) Aluminum High Performance sheet metal Intake Manifold 2.5" Aluminum Intercooler piping Tial 50mm BOV 2nd Gen Polished Throttle Body Elbow 32" x 8" x 3.5" Front Mount Intercooler COOLING SYSTEM: Alumium Mishimoto Radiator Slim Fans (One Puller & One Pusher) New Water Pump New Hoses Braided 6an turbo coolant feed and return line SUSPENSION: K-Sport Fully Adjustable Front & Rear Coilovers Suspension Techniques rear sway bar with Urethane Bushings New Front & Rear Stabilizer Bar endlinks RO_JA 18" Formula 5 lightweight wheels with 225/40/18 tires. Megan Racing front and rear strut bars AUDIO: Pioneer head unit with detachable face and CD player with remote control Polk Audio front, side, and rear speakers (6) Wired for rear mounted amp GAUGES: Autometer Phantom: 30psi Boost/Vacuum Gauge Oil Pressure Gauge Volt Gauge Water Temp Gauge EGT Gauge ELECTRONICS: New Battery New Alternator New Coil Packs New Ignition Module New Spark Plug Wires and Plugs(BPR7ES) EPROM ECU with Keydiver Chip reprogrammed for the following; 8000 Rev Limiter NO Airflow CAP No Fuelcut Octane Reset Shift CE Light @ 7000 RPM Enhanced closed loop MAPS Knocksum Gauge 780cc injectors/264us deadtime 3” GM MAFT 850 RPM Idle 45 PSI AFPR 11.0:1 WOT A/F FED/AWD Locked Baro & Airtemp Future Plans: Get rid of the Keydiver chip and go with ECMLink 1000cc-1600cc FIC Injectors FP Race Manifold Lightly Built Transmission Corbeau Seats Polished Intake Pipe Get rid of eBay steering wheel and get something nice Paint Car(Original color, i have been told it is rare) Move Gauge pod from under stereo to vent where it should be(not sure how to route wires) 7" LCD Screen in place of pioneer deck, connect laptop to it DYNO TUNE! I am still looking for all these parts, so if you have 'em, let me know. I most likely wont be getting any of the major stuff done until spring/early summer when i get back home. So far all i have got done to the car is powdercoat some engine parts, so you can take a look at the pics. Would appreciate any input you guys could give. Cant wait to get this thing done!! Before: http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/...1m_ce701b0.jpg After: http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/...8m_15d53b3.jpg http://img27.picoodle.com/img/img27/...1m_08bd47e.jpg http://img27.picoodle.com/img/img27/...5m_69409d2.jpg http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/...2m_ea39781.jpg |
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Looks like one hell of a clean car, good luck with the project!
Also, not sure what kind of funding you have but you can get a shep stage 1 rebuild for about a grand if you're only looking for lightly modified transmission. :biggrin: |
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I am looking for something that will be able to handle around 450 awhp, and my price range is 400-700. I may have found a tranny on dsmtuners, but i am still looking.
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Why the Unorthodox lightweight pulley? It'll do more damage than anthing else.
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Was on the car when i bought it, i wasnt aware that they could do damage. I know the give a pretty decent hp gain(around 10hp from what i have read)
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Our cars use harmonic balancers. Most people steer away from those type of pulleys. Especially on the 2g's with there whole "crankwalk" thing. It's just not worth the risk, but that's just me.
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Yeah, i have just been reading up on them. It sounds like most people try to stay away, but i have not found many people who have experienced problems with them first hand.
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Ive heard both good and bad things about pullys like that, GL.
looks like a pretty extensive mod list, should be super fun! post pics as you progress with tranny, e85, and tuning. |
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Im planning on puttin pics up whenever i get parts, im picking up some corbeau seats next week so il snap some pics once i get 'em
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I am curious about the Cosmetic head gasket and the ECULINK :D Good luck with the project, there are a lot of E85 cars around here.
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You can get a cosmetic headgasket?
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I've heard you can get em, but have to make a special request from Mary Kay.
Good luck with the build though man, sounds like you'll have some fun with it. |
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Oh haha, i didn't write the list, il have to fix that. I had to fix Keydriver already lol
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ecu link??
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I believe he is talking about V3 of dsmlink. They call it ECUlink now..
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Its actually ECMlink, they were given me a hard time for spelling it wrong, lol :wedgie:
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Got some parts over winter break:
Corbeau TRS Seats http://img33.picoodle.com/img/img33/...3m_c17af0a.jpg EK Motorsports Polished Aluminum Intake Pipe(with my home-made boost leak tester attached) http://img33.picoodle.com/img/img33/...4m_8977f0f.jpg Removed the stock seats, il'l get some pics when the new ones are in http://img33.picoodle.com/img/img33/...5m_061bd57.jpg |
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Looks like fun Colin! Let me know whenever you wanna trade shift knobs.
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Whenever you are up here man. Im off from school until the 17th, so whenever works for you works for me.
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Updates!
Got my seats in http://img147.imagevenue.com/loc1081...122_1081lo.JPGhttp://img44.imagevenue.com/loc938/t..._122_938lo.JPG Stripped car so it is ready for paint http://img176.imagevenue.com/loc514/..._122_514lo.JPG Cleaned up engine bay and i am in the process of painting it http://img103.imagevenue.com/loc790/..._122_790lo.JPG I also decided that i am going to stick with the keydiver chip for now, as they can burn chips while i am tuning on the dyno at db Also, i bought jhahn's DNP manifold |
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Does Corbeau sell brackets for 1gs?
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They must, as i bought the seats with corbeau brackets on them.
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you get that manifold yet? i never heard back in my pm.
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Im at school now, im sure its at my house. Il let you know when i get home in a few weeks.
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Here are some pictures that I took before I swapped his transmission.
The items of interest are as follows: My dirty Shep trans. The unacceptable intercooling. The wire for the oil pressure sending unit not fully attached. The exhaust scraping against the driveshaft. |
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All in all the car is very interesting....I guess they build cars different in florida...
for instance, the whole car uses SS lines (even the water for the turbo), but the oil drain is pushlock. The car is very clean, some redline dripping from the trans/transfer case, oil dripping from the turbo return.... |
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Well, transmission is in and the car made the trip from Brainerd to Rogers fine. Transmission is great, it is a shep stage 3, but I'm still having some engine problems. The car wont boost much without sputtering, so I am hoping that getting a good tune done fixes everything.
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Did you try a boost leak test? What plugs are you running and what are they gapped at? Or are you running E85 in it without doing much of a tune at all?
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Well DB just did a boost leak test before they put it on the dyno and found 2 small leaks, plugs are BPR7ES but i dont remember what they were gapped to.
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Should I be running BPR8ES?
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The 7's should be fine, they are already one step colder than stock.
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Even when running over 25lbs of boost on e85?
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When you run too cold of a plug, you run the risk of fouling them out early.
With your turbo at that boost level I personally would not go colder than a BPR7. Hell I wouldn't run 8's on anything that saw a decent amount of regular street driving myself. Why are you wondering about 8's, are you having issues with the 7's being too hot? |
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Nope, just wondering if i should go colder. DB tried to tune today,but the car was running really lean, possibly because of a clogged fuel filter, and they could only get a good run in at 13 lbs of boost, which produced around 225 whp on the DD. After Shane cleaned the filter and was about to make another run at it, the car started to leak coolant out the overflow. Looks like i may need a new headgasket. Damn.
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You have to change out your fuel filter about 2-3 weeks after you switch to E85 cause it cleans out your tank. I am running 30psi with my bpr7s's.
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His filter was full of dirt and the main filtering screen was deformed some. The whole internal and screen design of the K&N fuel filter seems a bit cheap compared to something like the Aeromotive units. Even at 13psi it was leaning out too much and I had to abort the runs. I wasn't getting any knock, but with how clogged that filter was it would have been very bad news on pump gas under boost. The misfires he was getting before under boost were probably from it being very lean. There is a good chance that the HG is somewhat blown, since it pushes coolant.
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Well, did the head gasket, put a custom fuel filter in it, and had shane try tuning it again. The car seems to be hitting fuel cut above 22 psi, but the chip burned for no fuel cut. Shane thinks it is still a programming issue on the chip though. He was able to get the car to do 314 at 22 psi, so once that is fixed i should be at around 400 at 28-30 psi on the DD.
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Nice power, but have you tried putting like a 1.3 BAR radiator cap on there? I was pushing a bit of coolant last summer and it fixed my problem.
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